Die Striche - "Schlafe Ein" (2007)

DIE STRICHE "Schlafe Ein"

Year: 2007
Genre: Dark Ambient / Industrial / Noise
Country: Russia

Track List:

1. Das Wasser im Haus
2. Reisse aus dem Schlaf aus
3. Zeitlos
4. Entstellt
5. Die Vergangeitheit
6. Zehn Minuten der Kraftlosigkeit
7. Der schwarze Traum von der Erschiessung des Gedachtnisses

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Some more noise/PE made by people with leftist beliefs, this time from St.Petersburg. Die Striche is an one-woman project led by Yarina, who's also a founder of relatively well-known darkwave/gothic rock project Neutrale Erde. Don't know if I should post NE's albums here, as it stylistically differs greatly from all what I've posted here before - but I'll do it, if you're interested in female-fronted darkwave. As for Die Striche, it ranges from minimalistic dark ambient to harsh noise, using mostly analog sounds. The release is a bit lengthy, but it creates very impressive, dark atmosphere. Archive contains all the cover art, music and photos, all of which are officially available for free (AFAIK, Yarina is strongly against copyright).

At first I thought Yarina's beliefs to be quite authoritarian (way more authoritarian than those of most RABM bands), but after reading her long article on communism, I understood that her views (especially those considering individuality and private matters) are much closer to those of mine than I initially thought. She still idealizes the USSR a bit too much, though, but I guess she's doing it mostly to piss off neoliberals and nationalists/separatists. I'll try to translate some of her political writings to English, if I'd have some time and appropriate mood. BTW, she's not only a musician, but also poet, photographer, amateur model, handicraft maker, urban explorer and aviation enthusiast, and hell knows what else...