Aural Hypnox Evenings, 2007 ~ Finland / Russia

[Arktau Eos, Halo Manash and Zoät·Aon]


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November 15, 2007 ~ Ravintola Lepakkomies, Helsinginkatu 1, Helsinki.
Vapaa pääsy!

November 17, 2007 ~ Club GEZ - 21 ( www.tac.spb.ru ), Saint-Petersburg,
Russia

November 18, 2007 ~ Club Vermel ( www.vermel.ru ), Moscow, Russia



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ARKTAU EOS released the debut album “Mirrorion” on AURAL HYPNOX in the
solar blaze of Midsummer 2006, but in essence, exists outside and beyond
mere musical parameters as an arena of manifestation for the dreams and
desires of its creators and their patron spirits, streaming forth from
the Void through myriads of hidden pathways. A religion without name, a
liturgy in elemental language; ARKTAU EOS is many things and thus may
shift between several mediums – these dates mark our first foray into
live musical environment outside of our hermitage. If the stars be
right, you shall dream as we do.


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HALO MANASH is an entity that took its shape and shadow in Finland in
the late 90's, manifesting itself through Elemental music. Sounds and
visions born from raw experience, from being devoured and born anew,
from the great heights and deepest depths, that take the form of music,
images and artifacts. Utilizing primarily organic soundsources (such as
bones and horns), various traditional and self-made instruments, as well
as the Elemental sounds themselves, combined in an electronic medium,
Halo Manash music ranges from serene serpentine ambient to frenzied and
possessive outpourings of rythmic chaos and thunder - an unleashing of
primal ecstacy.

Rather than a group or band in any traditional sense, Halo Manash is an
entity, a being in and of itself. And as all things pulsating with life
and death and dreams, Halo Manash is constantly shedding its skin and
remains in a state of never-ending metamorphosis, toward ever clearer
forms, deeper shades and the Void beyond All. Thus, the personae
involved in Halo Manash is not central - rather it is the face of Halo
Manash itself that is at the heart of all. The members of Halo Manash
are the Dream that It dreams, the mask that It wears.

Each Halo Manash performance is a unique time-bound manifestation and
work of creation/destruction in itself, rather than being merely a
repetition of already created works. Halo Manash seeks to trancend the
boundaries of ordinary live-shows by creating an intense and
multi-sensory experience, both for the audience and for Halo Manash itself.


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Since 1995 Jaakko Vanhala has been making experimental music of an
electronic bent. The latest phase of this work has been named Zoät-Aon,
and under this title two full-length albums have been released ('Star
Autopsy' in 2005 and 'The Triplex Bestial' in 2006).

The soundwork on the albums is multifaceted, dynamic and organically
shifting soundscapes created by a mixture of modern and archaic
techniques common to electro-acoustic music, musique concrete, ambient,
ethnic and ritual music.

As the studio and live material are heard in different settings, there
is a slight, intentional aural difference between them. However, the
ultimate aim remains the same: to create a space in which both the
operators and the audience have an experience that is assumed to
intensify the discovery and assimilation of the repressed aspects of
'reality' in a creative sense.


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If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact us:

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90501 OULU
FINLAND

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