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TBA, CD (Aural Hypnox, 2008) – preliminary notes 
Arktau Eos are presently putting finishing touches to their third album. No title or release date can be given yet, but the new album will consist of lengthy songs suffused in atmosphere akin to “Scorpion Milk” yet swelling with power reminiscent of “Mirrorion”. Inexplicable phenomena have accompanied the recording sessions, such as reel tapes suddenly starting to melt before our eyes. Barring further such obstacles, we will be finished with recordings in early January. Work will then proceed on what will hopefully become a truly exquisite packaging. As usual, there will also be a limited edition with additions. Further news will follow when possible.
MIRRORION, CD (Aural Hypnox, 2006)
As the title suggests, "Mirrorion" is the music of stellar light thrown down from the Heaven's zenith and its eldritch reflections in the depths below, uniting atavistic elemental noise with serene passages of crystalline, spectral ambience. Ultimately, "Mirrorion" seeks to surpass such earthly definitions in favour of a non-dual vision of reality, hopefully transforming the listener in the process. For this recording Arktau Eos have favoured an organic approach with majority of instrumentation being of acoustic variety, including the unearthly choral of the kanglings, piercing blasts of windbones, accelerating steel-plate rolls, singing bowls and various kinds of stringed instruments. Comes in a six-panel, A5 booklet. Limited to 1000 copies. Mirrorion MP3 excerpts:    MIRRORION DELUXE BOXED SET (Aural Hypnox, 2006) [SOLD OUT!]
SCORPION MILK, CD-R, (Aural Hypnox, 2006) [SOLD OUT!]
The effect is equal parts unsettling and soothing: the way forward to the next Arktau Eos outing seen through a spectral kaleidoscope. Performed and mixed live using mainly obscure '70s electronica on a real reel tape, it is the antithesis of the sterile, lifeless sound so common in our times. A connoisseur's choice that stands alone despite its undercurrents flowing from the heart of "Mirrorion". Comes in a plastic slim case with hand-painted textures and an insert card. Limited and numbered edition of 222 copies (the first 80 copies included in the "Mirrorion" -deluxe box). Scorpion Milk MP3 excerpt: |
Presented in seventeen chapters that can be approached as singular gateways or a slowly unfolding journey of epic proportions, the debut album of Arktau Eos is a challenging, complex work. Born of intense private musico-magical sessions held in places abandoned by man and further refined in the temple-laboratory of the duo, it is the distillation of seven arduous months of work.
"Mirrorion" deluxe box consists of:
- "Mirrorion" CD
"Scorpion Milk" consists of a single album length track, which is best apprehended in a meditative state with minimum outside interference. It is truly a 'Mirroir Noir' to the album itself - its shadowy companion, the candle-bearer responding to no call but silence itself. The music can be likened to a dark well, the oily surface of which not only reflects the phantasms of mind recalled through participation in the "Mirrorion" cycle, but is occasionally broken by scorpionic surges of primal Power invigorating the act of contemplation.