Oake - Auferstehung (2014)

Brandishing a dark sound that draws from electronics and string based instruments and adds a touch of the crepuscular to finish, the Lupine fancying OAKE have become a most suitable act for the current iteration of Karl O'Connor's Downwards label. First emerging on DNS early last year with the Offenbarung EP, the Berlin duo have subsequently committed another EP of claustrophobic electronics to the label as well as contributing to the rather fine Halha compilation. One of the final Downwards acts of 2014 is to issue Auferstehung, an 11 track debut album from OAKE which offers the pair more of a canvas to work with. With a title that translates as "resurrection" and a rather opaque theme that apparently "marks an end and a beginning at the same time," there is plenty that is open to interpretation about Auferstehung, and the album is largely free of any techno aspirations. Instead OAKE elect to coax you deeper into their web of sonic paranoia, which at times is a joyously crushing experience.

Tracklist:

01. Vorwort: Umiha Sien
02. Kapitel Eins: Edunien Edreue
03. Erstes Buch: Desterieh l’Remm
04. Zweites Buch: Var Genstien
05. Drittes Buch: Graevann Grewen
06. Kapitel Zwei: Brachem Dest
07. Viertes Buch: Mortre Wrid
08. Fuenftes Buch: Dreloi Wechd
09. Kapitel Drei: Rechs Zegon
10. Sechstes Buch: Rehmin Sicht
11. Siebtes Buch: Drestan Sened