flint glass is the paris-based one man project of gwenn trémorin, formed in 1999, which has been described by critics as one of the most innovative artists witin electronica, industrial and dark ambient. inspired by fantastic and dystopian literature and influenced by 90's ambient as well as various forms of idm, tribal, industrial rhythmic noise and experimental, his music tends to crawl under your skin, shapes the most fantastic images, and keeps challenging you by means of an intelligent use of samples, rhythms and beats. all through his artistic history gwenn set a high value on collaborations with befriended artists, including this album which was conjointly developed together with collapsar, a dark space ambient solo project from strasbourg, formed by thibaud thaunay who gained great attention with his debut release on malignant records. 'deus irae' ('god of wrath') characterizes a mystical sensory journey into the depths of a post apocalyptic world, inspired by philip k. dick & roger zelazny's science fiction novel of the same title. across an imaginary nightmarish landscape as described in this novel, flint glass and collapsar join their force to create evocative, cinematic music which is suitable for discrete listening at home, and which might be also perfectly fit as a score to a yet unwritten video game. dark synth tones are deployed with an innate sense of dramatic, leading the listener through widescreen narratives of terrifying scope. dystopian futuristic soundscapes and elaborated rhythmic textures meet cataclysmic drones, epic melodic themes and arcane voice samples. this ficticious journey, separated in two parts, lasts for more than fourty minutes and is perfected by alternative aural 'script variations' by spherical disrupted, hologram_, sylvgheist maëlström, ah cama-sotz and iszoloscope. be invited to join a parallel world of suspense, mystery, and faith.
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