Wejdas - Zemes alsavimas - 2004

Wejdas ("Face")

In 2004 WEJDAS celebrate the 10th anniversary of amber/ambient sound making. It is just a little step in pursuing the Oracle, but still… These past 10 years WEJDAS have recorded 8 full-length albums, collaborating in some other neo-folk/ethereal and experimental music projects. Since 1998 the act was suspended, but from January, 2004 WEJDAS started creating Baltic ethno-based ambient again (with soft electronics used in the last work). There are plans for the near future to record an album of pure sound using no computer, etc., as the essential idea of the project is live recording from Lithuanian woods, meadows, with minimum manipulations…

Since 1995-1996 both members of WEJDAS run "solo" projects exploring and aiming at neo-folk/ethereal, electronic (Donatas aka DONIS), and electroacoustic/drone music (Darius aka ENSEMBLE SP), environmental recordings.

The evolution of WEJDAS conceptual background is based on intuition, suspicion, inner/implicit experiences, "blind" walk… "That what is old, forgotten, but not defunct". It means spreading the ideas from deep ethnic springs (wells) that are drowned by contemporary lifestyle, technology, political thinking, socialization, etc. Subtle introduction of ancient feelings, opening the door to ideas, fantasies, without limiting or constricting oneself. [Texts are more like surrealistic, but the semantic field of the meaning is very wide.] Odd escape, pursuing the Oracle, harmony of wisdom, instincts, visions, works. With some myths and reminiscences…

The official wejdas website:

http://www.dangus.net/wejdas/

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Wejdas - Žemės Alsavimas (Earth Breath; mp3; VBR 320-192 kb/s)

Label: Dangus
Catalog#: DGCD015
Format: CD
Country: Lithuania
Released: 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental, Ambient
Credits: Composed By - Darius Gerulaitis , Donatas Bielkauskas
Keyboards, Sampler, Mastered By, Producer - Donatas Bielkauskas
Lyrics By - Darius Gerulaitis
Vocals, Synthesizer, Sampler - Darius Gerulaitis
Notes: Recorded during November 2003 - June 2004 in Klaipėda (Lithuania) and Šiauliai (Lithuania).

Amber ambient originators are back after five years of wise silence. This time it is a profound journey into the depth of earth - "Earth Breath", the 6th Wejdas album. It shivers with magic tenebrous ambient and entrancing tribal parts, fey poetry and solid modern sound. Highly empyreal atmosphere with strong ethnic experience. Wejdas consists of two original Baltic composers - Donatas Bielkauskas (Donis) and Darius Gerulaitis (Ensemble SP). The album has 8 parts and takes your mind away for 70:07 min.

Tracklisting:
Klinčių Sluoksnis
1 Varvos Ratai... (30:03)
Anglių Sluoksnis
2 Juodmedis (8:03)
3 [Mirusių Augalų] Nuogulos (5:32)
4 Gintaro Ritualai (6:49)
5 Abisalė [Geležies Blizgesys] (3:04)
6 Atavistiniai Ženklai (5:07)
7 Sidabro Pilys (7:08)
8 ...Taip Gėlė Ir Užgijo Žemė... (4:20)

Keywords: Wejdas, Žemės alsavimas, Earth Breath, Donis, Ensemble SP, Donatas Bielkauskas, Darius Gerulaitis, ambient, dark ambient, darkwave, industrial, electronic, experimental, amber, amber ambient, Dangus, Dangus label, Lithuania