Nattefrost - Dying sun / Scarlet moon

Artist: Erik Wollo & Bernhard Wöstheinrich
P: 2014    
DIN 46
LTD 500
Norwegian ambient guitarist Erik Wøllo and German synthesist Bernhard Wöstheinrich are familiar names to aficionados of the DiN label. They previously collaborated in 2009 on the album Arcadia Borealis (DiN34) but have also been involved in several other DiN project collaborations. Most notably Wøllo in conjunction with DiN label boss Ian Boddy on Frontiers (DiN39) and Wöstheinrich also with Boddy on Moiré (DiN18). During a visit to Germany in 2010 to attend the Schallwelle Prize ceremony for which Arcadia Borealis had been nominated Erik spent some time with Bernhard working on new ideas for a follow up album. Due to the busy work schedule of both musicians the gestation of this project grew intermittently over the next three years. They exchanged ideas and gradually those initial sketches coalesced into their second collaborative album Weltenuhr (German for World Clock). Pushing the boundaries of ambient electronica there is a strong vocal presence to the album with a beautiful, haunting female voice on the opener Gales as well as the albums title track. These pieces complement the other fully instrumental tracks which range from the pounding beat driven Subgiants to the ethereal Echoes Of Parlours. Bernhard’s inventive textural rhythms provide the perfect backdrop for Wøllo’s soaring E-bow guitar melodies on tracks such as Oculus and Denser World.  Beautifully mastered by Lee Fletcher and with an intriguingly abstract cover image Weltenuhr is yet again another quality ambient electronica release from the DiN label.

Artist: Pink'n Orange
P: 2025
Rolf Plankensteiner, the musician and composer of the album "Exponentialis," sees himself as part of an age of exponential developments, aware that technologies in a finite world always reach their limits. At the same time, he experiences in his musical work that the creative expression of sounds and rhythms, and the effects of music on the listener, can expand almost endlessly. Thus, a turning point occurs at which the vertical of the exponential transforms into the universal. Quantity transforms into quality. And precisely this change is the special characteristic of music. The project band Pink 'n Orange celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2025 and now calls itself "The Pink 'n Orange Project." The artist collective consists primarily of Gabriele Schwerdfeger, Rolf Plankensteiner, Ives Fritzsch, Johny Demeuricy, and Conrad Westhoff. But good friends like Walter Bartel, Boris Schaa, Maurice Dreier, and Wolfgang Moser also regularly contribute their special parts to various projects, as in "EXPONENTIALIS." The music on the CD is a sound collage whose titles can invite self-reflection.

Artist: Peter Mergener
P: 2025
Chip Meditation was one of Software's most successful IC albums in the 80s. Peter Mergener was primarily responsible for the music at the time and is now celebrating the 40th anniversary of a cult album that set standards in the electronic music scene with Chip Meditation 2025.
Music to dream to. That's what electronic music listeners associate with Chip Meditation.
On Chip Meditation 2025, the Software-typical sequences (trademark!) bubble out of the choir sounds, intertwining with warm pads and building up to a successful Berlin School track. The sounds develop fluidly, with occasional effects and touches of color reminiscent of Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream, gaining depth through the pad sounds.
Peter Mergener thus knows how to perfectly showcase these traditional Berlin School style elements in a contemporary, full-bodied sound, creating an atmosphere where you can "bathe" like in the old days.
Fans have had to wait a long time for Peter to revive the "old days."
Sweet dreams!