Fimbulvetr

Fimbulvetr is back this Friday, the 23rd February, to play some of the finest in dark/black ambient, industrial, noise, neo-folk, neo-classical, post-rock, extreme/ambient doom and related genres.

( Flyer with more details behind the cut... )

http://fimbulvetr.co.uk/
Edinburgh, UK

Apologies for the x-posting

Fimbulvetr presents ...

SonVer

London-based cinematic post-rock act play a special full-length audio-visual set.

+ Fimbulvetr DJs until 3am

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Thanks to everyone that turned out!
Remember, Rose McDowall (28th April) and In Gowan Ring (19th May) tickets now available!

Gav.1
Sunn0)) - Orthodox Caveman
Cordiell Klier - For Jhonn and On and On and On
The Dead Texan - When I See Scissors, I Cannot Help but Think of You
Maggar Posse - Kings of Time #5
Red Sparowes - The Soundless Dawn Came Alive as Cities Began to Mark the Horizon
Explosions in the Sky - Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
Gregor Samsa - Young and Old - Divine Longing
Earth - The Dry Lake
A Silver Mt. Zion - The Gentle Hearts Like Shot Bird's Fallen
Deathprod - Dead People's Things
Eye - Don't Open the Box
Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan (Remix)
Mono - Sabbath

Neil.1
Vitaminsforyou - Luxury and Hope
Dirty 3 (feat Cat Power) - Great Waves *
Apparat - Contradiction
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
Backworld - Pleasure Park
Black Sun Productions - The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Goose - Dream Cycle
Current 93 - Sunset
Ain Soph - Gli Amanti Tristi
Sorrow - Long Dark Shadow

Iain.1 (Special Cold Spring 'Swarm' set)
Andrew Liles - Sea Man Or Giordano Giosus The Unsuspecting Landlord
Sistrenatus - IV ( Remix)
Necropolis - Eudaimonia
Kriegsfall-U - Crisis And Catharsis
Bleiburg feat. Werkraum/Von Thronstahl - Herdfeuer (Reburned)
A Challenge Of Honour - At Dawn We Meet Our Maker'
Shinjuku Thief - Sacred Fury Live
H.E.R.R. - Stalingrad
Kreuzweg Ost - Ein Neuer Krieg
Schloss Tegal - Coital Affirmation (A.C.E. Remix)
Merzbow Vs Nordvargr - Partikel MN2

Gav.2
Loss - The Turning
Amazing Grace - Blind Man's Ears
LEAK - The Old Teahouse #5
Bleak - Grey Clouds
Coil - Wraiths and Strays
Jeye - The Fifth Chamber
Dr. Demento - Dead Puppies

Neil.2
G.G.F.H. - Thorns
Throbbing Gristle - Still Walking
Tertium Non Data - A Spell for Breaking an Opening in the Sky (Lake of Fire remix)
Silk Saw - Say No
Beekcake - Coincidentia Oppositorum, Track 8 (4:37)
Enfusion - Zweiundvierzigfieber
Laibach - Codex Durex
Bitcrush - Eye Koto

Iain.2
Allerseelen - Nest 2.0 *
Current 93 - Let us go to the Rose
While Angels Watch - Moonchild (Redroom Mix)
Death in June - Unconditional Armistice
:Of The Wand and the Moon: - Raven Chant
Sol Invictus - Laws and Crowns
Woven Hand - White Bird *

* denotes request

Thanks to all who turned up to this, and the night on Friday (setlist up real soon - I promise!)

Neil.1

SWANS - Helpless Child
Inanna - Silence (excerpt)
Lustmord - Oblivion
Ice Breaker International + Manual - A Turning
The [Law-Rah] Collective - Oxydation Paintings
Scorn - Stairway
Coil - The Last Amethyst Deceiver
Nurse With Wound - A New Dress


Iain.1

Archon Satani - In The Body Ov Christ
Ildfrost - Violetta
Indianhead - Embolism
Sorrow - Love Dies
Funerary Call - Beckoning At The Black
Aditi - Determination
Sol Invictus - Europa Calling
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Hell Is Where The Heart Is - The Gospel of Thomas


Shug Niggurath.1

Les Joyaux De La Princesse - Automne 1941
Derniere Volonte - Nous Maintenons Notr Histore
Deutsch Nepal - Morgue Restaurant
L'Orchestre Noir - Odin's Day
Ulver - Lyckanthropen Themes
Sophia - Sigilum Militum
Boyd Rice + Friends - Murder Bag
Allerseelen - Sturm
Cotton Ferox (feat. Genesis P-Orridge) - Amenema
Belborn - Heldentaten/Heldengraber
Fire + Ice - Greyhead
Des Esseintes - Closure


Neil.2

Clear Stream Temple - Division (City of Mosques)
Muslimgauze - Zindabad
Masaki Batoh - Death Star
Wood + Wand (feat The Rose) - Death Dealer Blues
Mum - Green Grass Of Tunnel
Low - That's How You Sing Amazing Grace
Cathness - Solesme's Echoes
In Gowan Ring - To Thrum A Glassy Stem


Iain.2

Boyd Rice + Friends - Disneyland Can Wait
Blood Axis - Electricity
yelworC - Trinity
Sagentoeter - Armageddon Is A Sunny Day
Flint Glass - Al Hazar
Die Form - Via Dolorosa


Shug Niggurath.2

Am'Ganesha'n - Ashes Dance
Hagalaz' Runedance - The Falcon (Ulver Mix)
Arcana - Under The Sun
Muslimgauze - Under The Burka (Gia Mix)
Allerseelen - Schwartzer Rab
Arcana - Cathar
No Neck Blues Band - 2nd Columbus (Outro)

A bit late, but here's the playlist from January! Note I've corrected the order from the list posted on the forum.
Thanks to all that came to that one, and to everyone that came to the February date as well - it was a fun night! The February playlist will be posted soon.
The next Fimbulvetr is next Friday - 10th March. The last two Fimbulvetrs of the term will be extra-special ones, look for an anouncement in the next week.

Iain.1

Sophia - The End of Ages
Sorrow - Despair
Coil - Where Are You?
Funerary Call - Black Art
Kutna Hora - The Voice Of God
Belborn - All Our Blood
Fire And Ice - Gaze Of The Proud
Triarii - Europe In Flames
Herr - A New Rome
Death In June - Fall Apart

Neil.1

Vashti Bunyan - Hidden
Nick Drake - Day is Done
The Iditarod & Sharron Kraus - Lyke Wake Dirge
Stone Breath - It's Hard To Dance WIth The Devil On Your Back
Current 93 - The Death Of The Corn
Of The Wand & The Moon - Wonderful, Wonderful Sun
Dreams Into Dust - Invictus
Techix - Tear of Dust
Black Sun Productions - Johnny Over The Sea
The Gray Field Recordings - Nancy's Song To Charlie
B'eirth's Birch Book - Windows

Dan.1

Navicon Torture Technologies - It Gets Darkest Before The Dawn
Download - The Eyes of Stanley Pain
Goldfrapp - Let It Take You
The Raveonettes - Everyday
Tugend - Augustus
Amina - Track 2
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
Swans - Mind Body Light Sound
Ordo Equilibrio - Thou Canst Not Love Them All

Iain.2

Blood Axis - Lord of Ages
Halgadom - Gott In Uns
Sagentoeter - Another Friend
Qntal - Flow*
Amethystium - Autumn Interlude*
Der Blutharsch - When Did Wonderland End? (Track 11)

Neil.2

Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Rituals of Love In The Passage Of Genocide Song Of Rose
Changes - Icarus
Ernte - Stolze Herzen
House Of Low Culture - A.T. Drone Home
Throbbing Gristle - Hamburger Lady
Desiderii Marginis - In A Nameless Place
Einsturzende Neubauten - Schwindel
Snog - The Human Germ

Dan.2

Sephiroth - Therasia
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Diamanda Galas - III
Red Reflection - Nearly God
Bjork - Desired Constellation
M83 - On a White Lake

* denotes request

This has been up on the forum for ages, but I'm updating here for completeness.

Thanks to everyone that turned out for a good night!

Nik.1

SPK - In Flagrante Delicto
Raison D'Etre - Faceless
Deutsch Nepal - Deflagration of Hell
Ingnis Fatuus - The Vastness of It All
Deutsch Nepal - The Hierophants of Light
Schloss Tegal - The First Glint of Consciousness

Neil.1

Chris Carter - Convicting People
Predominance - Luftschifte
Coil - Heaven's Blade
Allerseelen - Alle Lust will Ewigkeit
Death in June - 13 Years of Carrion

Dan.1

Leo Slayer - Fuck The World
Godflesh - Empyreal 2
Body Lovers - Body Haters 1
Wraiths - Untitled (Oriflamme edit)
Zbigniew Preisner - Lacrimosa
Pan Sonic - Mayhem 1

Nik.2

Wumpscut - Neolith
Flesh Fetisch - Dance of the Tongues
Scorn - Six Hours, One Week
In the Nursery - Blue Religion
Einsturzende Neubauten - Tanz Diel
Foetus - Anything (Viva!)
Bauhaus - Rosegarden Funeral of Sores

Neil.2

Dead Can Dance - Ullyses
Axiom of Choice - Parvaz
Slowdive - Sing
The God Machine - It's All Over
Pale Horse and Rider - I Told Jesus How Much I Love Her
The Spectral Light and Moonshine Firefly Snake Oil Jamboree - The Bone Collector
Ghost - Who Found a Lost Rose in the Warship?
A Silver Mt Zion - Horses in the Sky

Dan.2

Sigur Ros - Ny Batteri
PJ Harvey - Who Will Love Me Now?
Dreams Into Dust - Seasons in the Mist
Coil - Solar Lodge
Radiohead - Pull/Pulk Revolving Door
Cyclobe - Brightness Falls From The Sky

Nik.3

Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Throbbing Gristle - See You Are
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
Leechwoman - TK421
Eco - Hass und Liebe

Neil.3

Lustmord - Pyre (necro cristi)
Coil - Triple Sun
The Gray Field Recordings - Rune of the Moon and Endymion
Diana Obscura - West Wind
Stone Breath - Odalisque
Forseti - Jenzig II
Spiritual Front - Will
Swans - Beautiful Child

Dan.3

Einsturzende Neubauten - 123ste Nachte
Aphex Twin - Untitled Ambient 3
Dead Can Dance - Host of the Seraphim
Caithness - III
Frederick Chopin - Nocturne in C Minor
Cordell Klier - Winter II
Maruta Kommand - Machinery of Death

Thanks to all that braved the weather to come out!

Intro: Sunn0))) - My Wall

Neil

Thomas Dimuzio - Zero Tolerance
Shinkiro - The Rivers (Hybryds Remix)
Inade - With the Flood to Light
Coil - Snow Falls into Military Temples
Muslimgauze - Tozeur Palm
SPK - In The Dying Moments

Dan

Sheep on Drugs - Church
A Challenge of Honour - Departure
Endvra - A Golden Heresy
Sunn0))) - It Took The Night To Believe
Velvet Caccoon - Bete Noire
Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit
Blut Aus Nord - Nothing Becomes

Iain

Desiderii Marginis - Deceit
Deadwood - Bitch on the...
Herr - Hope Dies in Winter*

Luis

Hedninyarna - Tass on Nainen
Germana - Herr Holger
Jean Michel Jarre - Rendezvous 2
Liu Sola - Gumin Wuyi
Depeche Mode - Fly on the Windscreen
Mecano - Naturale za Muerta*
Lunascape - Sequoia

Neil

Kattoo - Megrim 4
Gridlock - Voiceless
Displacer - Toy Collector
Abfahrt Hinwil - of 1
Flint Glass - Heliotrop
Allo Die & Mathias Grassow - Organum
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - In High Heels Through Nights of Broken Glass
Suspicion Breeds Confidence - Botanist's Endorphine Identity
Brighter Death Now - Meat Improvement
Axon Neuron/Vagwa - Radio Message 1970
Philip Glass - November 25: Morning*

Dan

Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun Heart
Neurosis & Jarboe - Seizure
Swans - How They Suffer
Beth Gibbons - Show
Wumpscut - Slave to Evil

Iain

A Challenge of Honour - The Hope of Truth v2
Triarii - Mother of Pain
Puissance - No Enemy
Current 93 - Lucifer over London*
Strength Through Joy - A Grave For Burning Wings
Qntal - Spiegelglas

Luis

Lunascape - Lane Navachi
Enigma - Beyond Reality
Virgina Gluck - So tu guires
Faith and the Muse - Failure to Thrive
Ennio Morricone - On Earth As It Is In Heaven*
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Radio Futura - Annabel Lee

* indicates request

Thanks to everyone that came down to make our first night a resounding success!
Here's what we played:

Dan H

Northaunt - In the Midst of Life, We are In Death
Northaunt - Shadows Over the Barren Land
OND - Titus
Coil - Dark River
Mount Vernon Astral Temple - The Black Drop

Sublevel 3

Steve Roach - The Alchemist
Deutsches Ahnenerbe - Nebelwerfer
Backworld - Revolution 12
Pilori - Snake and Rune
Kriegsfall U - Port Heroum

Neil

Edward Ka'Spell - The End of Everything (part 1)
Death in June - Red Dog, Black Dog
George - Week of Wonders
Ain Soph - Legionnaire en Algiers
Nina Nastasia - I Say That I WIll Go*

Christian

Lille Roger - Is Two Wrong?
Deathpile - Shine & Yeong-wook Jo - The Last Waltz (krachstoff mix**)
Lith - Lost
Triarii - Neuropa
Gruntsplatter - Underneath the Luminous Poison
PPF - Untitled II
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Post Scriptum - Gentle Diversions
Novy Svet - Crushed

Dan H

Tujiko Noriko - Doki Doki Last Night
Sigur Ros - Di Do
The Body Lovers - Untitled I & Tom Waits - What Is He Building In There?**
Swans - Love of Life
Coil - The Golden Section
Current 93 - As The Bloodbells Chime

Sublevel 3

Leger Des Heils - Nachtleid
Fire and Ice - Drighten's Hall
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Three is an Orgy, Four is Forever
Kreuzweg Ost - Fur Kaiser, Gott und Vaterland
Gae Bolg - La Venue*
Current 93 - Sunset

Christian

Band of Pain - The Look in her Eyes
Bad Sector - Generated
Merzbow with Christoph Heemann - Eagle
Genocide Organ - Conditio Humano
MSBR - Thumbing Abstraction
Sea Green Series - Interactive Soap Opera
Dresden Dolls - Christopher Lydon

Neil

Jack or Jive - Chieko
The Iditarod - Afternoons Like This Are Hard to Come By
Six Organs of Admittance - Saint Cloud*
Espers - Byss and Abyss
In Gowan Ring - Morning's Waking Dream
Hagalaz' Runedance - Raven Night
Hekate - Moritori e Salutant
Spiritual Front - Song For The Old Man

* indicates request
** played together

The following article was submitted to the University's Freshers' Week magazine; as an introduction to, and advert for Fimbulvetr. It is written mainly for people unfamiliar with the scene.

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Fimbulvetr is a unique club on the Edinburgh scene – playing a blend of music aimed at moving the mind rather than the feet; we aim to create a dark, relaxed atmosphere where patrons can enjoy a broad range of esoteric music in a convivial environment. Although a new club, we replace Edinburgh's previous dark ambient club "Finsternis", which built up a solid reputation, as well as playing host to many international bands.

Much of the music played at Fimbulvetr can be traced back to the post-industrial scene in the early-to-mid 80s. While the original industrial scene was typified by bands such as Throbbing Gristle, NON and SPK producing often ear-splitting noise music; the post-industrial scene was typified by bands such as Coil, Current 93, Nurse With Wound and Death In June (who formed the trend later labelled "England's Hidden Reverse” by the book of the same name); who took a deeper approach to the "cultural terrorism" of the early industrial scene - subtle and complex sounds replaced noisier ones, with a keen ear for detail, and an often-obsessive attitude to sound sources. This attitude was carried in the philosophies of the bands - much of which was related to a rejection of Judeo-Christian ideals, and paralleled cultural currents reviving European pagan traditions. This has led to a multitude of rivalist sub-genres, notably neomedieval, neoclassical, neofolk, and tribal ambient; which utilise traditional instruments in addition to modern recording and sound-manipulation techniques.

From this original scene, several distinct styles have grown into genres in their own right, providing a large amount of potential source material for the club.

The Neofolk scene, in particular, is currently gaining popularity in Europe. The term Neofolk is a fairly new one used to describe to a collection of bands with a similar outlook, style and aesthetic that have followed in the footsteps of Douglas Pearce's Death In June. The term “Neofolk” is a recent one, and artists in this vein would previously have been classed under the banner of "Apocalyptic Folk" – a name apparently coined by David Tibet to describe the style of music that Current 93 had moved into with their seminal 1988 album, "Swastikas for Noddy”, which was their first full length folk-influenced album (before this, their music had been much more experimental).

A good description of Neofolk is provided by Heathen Harvest webzine (an invaluable resource):

"The Neofolk genre is a rich tapestry of music with roots in traditional European music. Bands under this category range from traditional folk music to esoteric and martial toned folk music."

“Dark Ambient” is the term used to describe a broad range of bands producing dark textured music – focusing exclusively on atmospheres, the style is typified by deep rumbling bass drones, frightening ambient sounds and subdued rhythms. Brian Lustmord of SPK is often credited with pioneering the genre, although the scene owes a lot to the incidental music of horror films (Lustmord, and Graeme Revelle of SPK both have successful careers in film sound design) - the music of Halowe'en director John Carpenter is particular noteworthy - as well as earlier ambient music pioneers such as Brian Eno.

Neoclassical is the term used for music composed with traditionally classical instrumentation, or music with classical vocal styles or symphonic song structures. Music in this category ranges from soft ethereal compositions to bombastic and martial orchestrations. The most influential band who really led the way for others to follow was Dead Can Dance. Since their formation in 1981, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard have created the most beautiful atmospheric music taking in a variety of influences, both archaic and ethnic. Closely related is the term “Neomedieval” – relating to music using medieval instrumentation and vocal styles.

Of course, dark atmospheric music is a fairly archetypal style, and most established genres have a dark side. One current trend is that of "post-rock" music - bands such as Mogwai, who play slow ethereal guitar-based music. The wide electronic scene provides much dark atmospheric music as well - much of it informed "intelligent techno” and the recent trend of artists (for example, múm) combining organic elements with ambient electronics is particularly of interest to those keen on atmospheric music.

There is so much atmospheric music out there, and Fimbulvetr aims to find the best to play in a club free from genre-snobbery or scene politics.

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