Ugasanie knows for his freezing desolate soundscapes is back with a new album taking us even further north to explore the concept of the unusual and mysterious phenomenon known as arctic hysteria (also known as menerik and the call of the North Star). It manifests itself only in the polar night, and only when the northern lights shine. Man, as if under hypnosis journeys north. In this state of trance he is almost impossible to stop, he becomes aggressive, sings a song, mumbles, experience hallucinations and persistently continues towards the polar star. It is not uncommon that these people end up freezing or starving to death.
In track 5 the voice belongs to an old yakutish man. The recording was made during an attack of polar hysteria. This field recording was recorded in a Yakutia group of researchers led by Eduard Alekseev in the 60s.
Label: Cryo Chamber
Artist: Ugasanie
Format: Album, 8 x File, Digital / CD
Released: 09 December 2014
Written, Produced & Performed by Pavel Malyshkin
Artwork & Mastering by Simon Heath
1. Without The Sun – 6:27
2. Pulsation – 5:14
3. Aurora – 7:09
4. Call Of The North – 9:06
5. Arctic Hysteria – 6:13
6. In The Waves Of LIght – 4:50
7. Freezing – 8:00
8. Cold Wasteland – 7:55
THE BLACK BOX 