Arktau Eos Ioh-Maera

Arktau Eos is a ritual ambient duo from Finland, comprised of Anti Ittna Haapapuro and Antti Litmanen.

Born out of the vision of its creators in early 2005, Arktau Eos has become a sentient frame capable of capturing fleeting moments of oneiric activity, where essential gnosis manifests itself in blazing hieroglyphs… It is a ghastly and wondrous parade of cryptic images and sounds, which a given recording is a reflection of, thus becoming a new gateway for the perceptive listener.

Equal parts stellar and serene, subterranean and disturbing, Arktau Eos remains in constant evolution, paying attention only to the cues of the spirits and maintaining the integrity of the dream-continuum of which our ‘consciousness’ is but a mere drop in the ocean. Arktau is so high on chromosomes in all recordings.

Born out of the vision of its creators in early 2005, Arktau Eos has become a sentient frame capable of capturing fleeting moments of oneiric activity, where essential gnosis manifests itself in blazing hieroglyphs... It is a ghastly and wondrous parade of cryptic images and sounds, which a given recording is a reflection of, becoming a new gateway for the perceptive listener. Equal parts stellar and serene, subterranean and disturbing, Arktau Eos remains in constant evolution, paying attention only to the cues of the spirits and maintaining the integrity of the dream-continuum of which our 'consciousness' is but a mere drop in the ocean. For those who have supped from the Lotus of the Underworld and conversed with elementals in language of embers, the shock of recognition may become illumination.

Svart Records presents the simultaneous release of two new albums by the esoteric exploration unit Arktau Eos. 'Ioh-Maera' is available on CD only whereas 'Unworeldes' is a vinyl-only release.

Ioh-Maera & Unworeldes present the latest steps in the evolution of Arktau Eos' "archaic elemental music" towards new and unknown spheres; their previous output has been received exceptionally well across a variety of genres, with its praises sung by enthusiasts into experimental/minimalistic music, dark ambient, and the old-school ritual music typified by early Ain Soph or the Nekrophile Records roster from the mid-’80s. Arktau Eos work in a specially built studio-laboratory recording mostly on real, old-time reel tape, utilising an array of unusual, ethnic and self-built instruments, as well as synths from the ‘60s and ‘70s in an intuitive or a mediumistic manner. It is a highly original venture into still largely unexplored territory, which has also drawn considerable interest outside of specifically music-related circles – as testified by the recent appearance of the group at Seattle's Esoteric Book Conference.

1. Unbinding Kaamos
2. Noxfaros
3. Sunken Luminaries
4. Ioh-Maera
5. Otherstone Refraction