The French
label Hermetique have released some utterly compelling recordings
from Radiodrama and Post Scriptvm…not forgetting their Propergol
ties…wherefore art thou Clean-shaven & Un Dechainement re-releases?
Here’s another one to add to that list.
Dusk of
Hope are a new French dark ambient act whose only previous
output was a track on the V/A compilation "Like Music to their
Ears Vol 1". Their debut ten track release CD "Flexible Response"
comes packaged in a DVD case with assorted postcards and inlay
cards showing scenes from urban and industrial decay. The
immaculate presentation emulates the music that Dusk of Hope
have recorded. Think of the touch of cold concrete on the
skin, of pylons rusting slowly before disintegrating, of bricks
shattered into dust, of a wasteland populated only by rats,
of the life sucked out of a once thriving community, of dead
machines long since abandoned, of mother nature clawing back
what once was hers. Armageddon time arrived too soon.
By using
electronics and samples Dusk of Hope presents this look into
the future and it’s not a nice place to be. The music hums
and throbs with hisses of static flying through the atmosphere.
Mechanical looped noise sends patterns of freezing air down
the spine. A drum pattern emerges before being swallowed by
clanking and shrieking pistons. Staying just outside of the
power noise genre "Flexible Response" is a black ambient /
experimental work of beautiful wonder. The hypnotic rhythms
belie the gradually increasing tension that ominously surrounds
and encompasses all the pieces.
Dusk of
Hope state that "Flexible Response" is "Your Past - Our Present"
and their vision is of a world in perpetual decay. Music that
can conjure up such images so comprehensively shouldn’t be
ignored and justifies your immediate attention. The future
definitely looks bright for Dusk of Hope.
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