DRIFT – THE BEYOND – 2CD

Beschreibung

Second in the trilogy of Drift albums released on Slaughter
Productions, The Beyond takes on a minimal yet darker approach,
sheding the dense cavernous aspect of the preceding album, Exile.
Replaced, is a more introspective Autumnal Dark Ambient style,
which will become Drift’s trademark on following releases. However,
Gabrielle Giuliani never abandons the isolationist atmosphere
he previously established. The result is a masterwork in Ambient
Industrial Noise.
Winds howl, rain soaked leaves are walked on, broken branches
reverberate to the abyss, and voices of unknown origin lurk in the
background. In a sense, much of the album’s noisier moments play like
an answer to the soundtrack to the Jean Rollin filmed dream sequences
of Jess Franco’s „A Virgin Among the Living Dead“. Given the album’s
namesake, one can’t help to think Giuliani had Euro-horror cinema on
his mind while channeling these soundscapes.
Unlike the suffocating characteristics of the Exile album, Giuliani
uses The Beyond to experiment with silence and space. Throughout
„Before Silence“ the listener is faced with seeming… mehr
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veröffentlicht am 19. März 2026

All compositions by DRIFT
Rec. between Apr-May ’95
Dolby B SPT045

Originally released on Slaughter Productions

Total Black 196 / Chondritic Sound 396
Mastered by Grant Richardson