SPEXI057 | Some Place Else 2011

One hour of first class psychedelic electronic listening music from Igor Bardo (Bardoseneticcube).

Tracklist:
01. 01022010
02. Dissolution
03. Expirience
04. In heaven
05. Mushrooms
06. Nightmare
07. Religion
08. The end of the end
09. The Gnostick Mass
10. The smoke
11. To long
12. Your best friend

Playing time 57 minutes.

CD digipak, limited edition of 250 copies.
Price: only 10 EUR, free shipping worldwide! Also available for download (MP3/WAV).

Igor Bardo is a Russian musician and sound artist. He is best known as the mastermind of Bardoseneticcube, which is one of the leading experimental/post-industrial groups from Russia. He describes his music as Surrealism:

“Pure psychic automatism by which it is intended to express, either verbally or in writing, the true function of thought. Thought dictated in the absence of all control exerted by reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations.” (André Breton)

My Sweet Nightmare is Igor Bardo’s debut solo album, containing about one hour of first class psychedelic electronic listening music. The surrealist soundscapes will be instantly embraced by fans of Bardoseneticcube, yet the artist manages to conquer heaps of new ground at the same time. Free from the burden of expectation related to the fame of his main band, My Sweet Nightmare has mr. Bardo take us on an adventurous journey deep down into the rabbit hole. Themes such as religion, psychedelia, sleep paralysis etc. are explored with eerie atmospheres, bliss-inducing frequencies and cutting edge studio experiments.

Igor Bardo formed Bardoseneticcube in 1998. The group have released dozens of albums on various labels throughout the world, and their powerful audiovisual live performances have gathered fame in Russia, Europe and Scandinavia. Igor Bardo has also collaborated live and on record with numerous Russian experimental artists.

Reviews.

“…an appreciable collagist work of effected vocal samples, unnatural sci-fi sounds, field recordings, instrumental sketches, cryptic choirs or obscure mantras, reflections on history, metallic tumbles and water plops, explosions, jazzy breaks and emotionally powerful stage mutations, mixed together with a devilish taste for visionary humour, just sometimes buttoned inside an hallucinated bundle of esoterical references, ritual dim lights, crepuscolar sets so that the listening experience of this album could result in some good air-conditioned astral trip, which could dive your mind into the surrealist scene of a movie by Maya Deren or Jean Cocteau…” (Chain DLK)

“The compositions are an entity of elaborated, dark ambient and experimental cuts made with an impressive arsenal of sounds. Igor Bardo excels in the use of multiple sound sources and manipulations to reach a magisterial sound. It results in a mixture of experimental, dark ambient and industrial elements. But Bardo also moves on rather unexpected fields like the more jazzy-orientated “Expirience” or the more folk-like “The Smoke”. Igor Bardo claims to be influenced by themes such as religion, psychedelia, sleep paralysis ao. I’m always fascinated by the way those kinds of musicians transpose their influences into music.” (Side-Line)

“The album is well composed and most compositions have a mix of recognizable sounds of musical structures like jazzy drums, religions chants or militaristic marches. He combines lots of different elements of music and sounds. Some tracks have an ambient noise style. The mixing between highly electronic sounds and fresh field-recordings and natural sound is well chosen. Old recordings of folk songs are mixed with ongoing electronic soundwaves and he creates a new old world.
“The end of the end” is a track with the shouting voice of Adolf Hitler. He samples his terrifying voice who evokes to destroy all Jews in the great German Reich with bombastic beats and chords. The song becomes more and more abstract and personal. But for me this song has nothing to do with a sweet nightmare. The track grabs my by the throat and my stomach starts turning. Real physical music, no more, no less. Highly recommended and real surprise for experimental ears and people with a strong stomach.” (Vital Weekly)

“Kahdentoista raidan mittainen My Sweet Nightmare on nimensä mukainen tutkimusmatka ihanien painajaisten öiseen maailmaan, joka on jokaiselle meistä hyvin yksilöllinen paikka. Bardo rakentelee raitoja pienistä äänipalasista, joita yhdistellään, muokataan, käännetään ja väännetään vapaasti. Äänentaso ei nouse juuri missään vaiheessa kovaksi, sillä Bardon filosofiassa vähemmän on selvästi enemmän. Välillä taustalla kuuluu vain matalaa huminaa, jota väritetään satunnaisilla narahduksilla ja valittavilla äänillä. Äänimaisema onkin monesti aivan kuin David Lynchin viimeisistä töistä tai Andrei Tarkovskyn Stalker-elokuvasta.
Öisiin painajaisiin hiipivät vuorollaan myös niin fasismi (The End of the End), kuin esimerkiksi uskonto (Religion). Your Best Friend -kappaleessa painostuksen keskus syntyy kasvavasta puheesta, joka peittää lopulta kaiken ja saa puristumaan sanojen loputtoman jyrän alle.
Bardon albumi on kollaasimainen kerrosteos, jonka sisään voi päästä vain ajalla ja ajatuksella, ja joka ei missään nimessä sovellu jokaiseen tilanteeseen. My Sweet Nightmare kannattaakin pistää soittimeen vasta auringon laskettua, eikä näitä painajaisia tarvitse edes pelätä.” (Noise.fi)

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