Metaorganism was conceived — or discovered — in Kuuskulma studio while conducting various experiments with sinewaves, oscillators and feedback.

Metaorganism is based on — or communicates through — a network of digital and analog devices transmitting information to each other, back and forth. In the system, a minor change in a supposedly insignificant parameter may unexpectedly change the overall course of the sound. Everything affects everything — as above, so below...

At some point of its development, the system will reach a state of balance where it seems to become self-reliant — independent, evolving — and in a sense a communicating entity which becomes conscious of itself. The Manifestation occurs, through sound.

A series of recording sessions were held, with the attempt to experiment with the system to serve certain 'hermetic' purposes, to influence the nature of Manifestation, ie. what exactly is invoked in/through the sound.

I:Baphomet is the first in what is being planned as a series of Metaorganism audio documents.

Reviews

"Some place else, the label that serves as a signature on albums from Niko Skorpio, Ovro and other names, with some projects being the projects of these same artists, or as a gathering of several of these artists when they are asking to produce more musical ideas and collaborations. Metaorganism is such an example, being the brainchild of Niko Skorpio but having such an impact that it might as well be regarded as another project.
Niko Skorpio does what it takes to preserve a living organism. Experimenting with different sine waves, oscillators and feedbacks of different sources of sound, information, a balance is gained, as each source affecting the other and affected, in turn, but everything else. At this very point, the hands of its master, the hands that took care of the birthing process, can leave the being alone. The sine waves and the feedbacks are taking care for themselves. Holding themselves alive. Metaorganism is born. Or maybe it is summoned? Maybe its putting all the stones in their places and opening the gate for Baphomet to enter? Either by birth or by order, Metaorganism is what Niko Skorpio writes about it. It is an audio documentation of this baby. Of these sounds, independently communicating with themselves. Of Baphomet.
From the first sounds, the drones and the hums, this Metaorganism is taking hold of you. Being dense and multi layered with deep sound processes, either manually played by Skorpio or created by the self contained sound organism, the haunting feeling of this dark room where these machines, these life preserving machines that keep this Baphomet alive are sitting, is vivid and strong.
As the time flows and the tracks move on, the sounds thicken and become more solid around the central idea, the passing back and forth of the sonic information and the way waves hit other waves and change. Track number 3 feels awake and running around my room and back into my speakers. Over the next tracks, the occasional high pitched feedback blast over the low drones, the low breathing, grow into a more complex structure. Track number five begins with sinister mechanical whispers that grow in size and shape. The pulsing, vibrating low beat that kept the album going so far is more evident over here. Sudden bursts of sound make this creature talk clearer and clearer. All in a subtle, calm, yet fearful voice. Track number five is a story being told by this creature. No doubt about it.
Track number six is the long farewell. I can see these machines releasing weaker and weaker signals, and the entire structure of the sounds collapsing slowly until silence comes. The experiment is over.
Of all the releases by some place else, and without taking for granted the rest of the albums released by it, this is the best one I have heard (Haven't heard them all, now, but more than several). This black CDr might be more limited in numbers than the rest of the label's albums, and maybe because of that, it is possible to buy it as a net release from the label. But black CDrs are so much better than files. Always and forever.
A great album!"
(Oren ben Yosef/Heathen Harvest)

"Here is another project from the eclectic creative mental organism known as Niko Skorpio, but this time he arrives with a surreal structure known as Metaorganism. A living organism manifested unconsciously through different experiments in the fields of digital music working with sinewaves, oscillators and feedback. Metaorganism is like an entity mutating through digital sonic paradigms and revealing its most in depth nature, through drone, ambient atmospheres. I:Baphomet includes 5 compositions and a hidden track for a total of six, wrapping into repetitive sinister structures, always moving in all directions. Music seems to collapse all the time giving birth to new organisms through reververations, and oscillators giving sensations of trance state.
I:Baphomet is the first in what is being planned as a series of Metaorganisms audio documents and through each series of experiments is where you can give form to unanimated shapes and abstract forms from your subconscious. Its better to experience Metaorganism in total darkness just in a comfortable position, preferable with a strong purple light in front of your eyes, and you can experience some shapes emerging from the lights, so such experiment works fine to me. Just be able to enter this digital world, mesmerizing through dark dis-harmonic defragmentation of sounds which are always under improvisations, with any predetermined plane. An element Metaorganism, A core Baphomet, and two words REAL and UNREAL, to chanalize the transmission generated by this project. Where the manifestation occurs through sounds and your mind to materialize Metaorganism... the transmission has just begun."
(Pan.O.Ra.Ma Journal)

"I:Baphomet delivers six slices of damned, blacked yet often fairly shiftily moving dark ambience. The tracks are simplistic yet memorable in their execution and above all thick with dark and sinister intent.
Each track has at it’s centre an heavy ‘n’ sinister bassy analogue synth throb or drone which is revolved continually with menacing intent & often seems to hit you at gut rumbling level. To this main synth loop are added smaller electronic & atmospheric details like; deep and dark groans/ rumbles, dark brass like pitches, edgy feedback trails and general heady and pitch black atmospherics. As the albums title suggest this would be an wonderful soundtrack to a damned and yet quite active blacked ceremony, where gowned figures bow down and perform before a blood coved mendes goat headed man thing.
A damned, blackly atmospheric and at times eerier collection of deep ‘n’ sinister analogue heavy ambient sound dwells and rituals. With the tracks been both knee deep in grim atmospherics and highly memorable too." (4/5, Roger Batty/Musique Machine)

"Divided into five different movements I:Baphomet is the first album of a series of audio documents performed by Niko Skorpio under the Metaorganism moniker. The sounds created for this album form an entity on its own: Niko linked different analogue and digital devices which were communicating data back and forth. Each slight change in the chain could have changed the resulting sound. In this way the human interaction was very limited and the tracks made of drones, hisses, frequencies are like recordings of distant galaxies. Niko and his machines created a sort of dark ambient/alchemical suites ruled by Baphomet, the devilish goat who has written Solve/Coagula on his/her arms. If you are into ritual music like the early Ain Soph records, try this one..."
(4/5, Maurizio Pustianaz/Chain D.L.K.)

"Metaorganism makes some very dark music on this album. The cd sleeve contains very little information, but as I play the cd I see that the album is just over an hour long. With only 6 tracks, this means we get long soundscapes.
The whole album is a combination of deep, dark drones and industrial frequencies. It’s very spatial dark-ambient, although not really in the Lustmord sense. Actually, part of the album feels more like something Nordvargr could do (especially the middle song). If you know his work then you know what can be expected. It would also fit very well with paintings of H.R. Giger, or for the world of Cenobites; that sense of infernal space and claustrophobia is very much represented here. Though it doesn’t get really boring, it also doesn’t stray too much from its initial path. The whole album is basically one long soundscape, with some variations. I like the ambience on this album very much, though it’s less interesting then above mentioned Lustmord or Nordvargr would do.
Although there are little surprises to be found here, it is an accomplished album and has some great dark ambience to it. Also, the long tracks work very well for this kind of music so you can delve into your worst nightmares. All in all, it’s certainly something to pick up if you’re into very dark soundscapes, though don’t expect it to be earth-shattering."
(7.8, Fabian/Gothtronic)

"Metaorganism makes excellent old school -style dark ambient. It's like a mixture of Ovro at her most organic and early Tangerine Dream at their most drone. It's got fine pulsating sound layers, obvious tones of the analog ambient of times gone by, and lots of changes on top of those. On one hand the result is, especially on the first three tracks, ingenious – like an update of the best parts of essential pioneer works to the style of today. On the other hand it does not provide anything new, because those same best parts were already well documented, as were their key variations, 35 years ago.
Nevertheless, as I already said, this is extremely good stuff if taken by itself, and it fits various listening circumstances. The production quality is beautiful and brings the best out of the tones. I was left wanting a list of instruments, though – in music like this, it would really be appropriate despite the apparent desire of the artist(s) to stay anonymous (though the music does sound at times a lot like the work of certain names associated with the label…)
High quality retro-ambient with a great price-quality ratio. If you're at all into old school and analog sounds, this is a must-have."
(Kuolleen Musiikin Yhdistys)

"Niko Skorpio can put on another hat, which reads Metaorganism and then he plays different kind of music, although I must admit these differences aren't the biggest in the world. One day he found himself in a studio with sinewaves, oscillators and feedback, and with these elements he constructed the I:Baphomet release, which indeed is different than his Skorpio hat. More electronic, more 'clean', no real instruments and no voice material. Machines that interact with eachother, slowly change color or shape or both, and which actually makes a very fine listen. Less hovering in the 'ritualisk' side of life (well, except for the title of course), this is something that I enjoyed even more than the Skorpio release. Dark, atmospheric, drone ambient – nothing new under the sun there, but he does a very fine job at this."
(Frans De Waard/Vital Weekly)