Editorial Reviews
In the Bloodlit Dark
Music Review:
Music Review
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"; Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Music: Hicaz Mevlevi Ayini [Import]
Lonely in Paris [CD-single] [Import]
Mapleoak [Import] [Original recording remastered]
Dvorák: Piano Concerto, Op. 33; The Water Goblin, Op. 107
New York Times, 1997
Neil Strauss of the New York Times proclaimed ZOAR as: “Masters of the cinematic instrumental.”
Kyle Gann “The Village Voice
conjuring as finely calculated an atmosphere as I’ve heard any ambient music elicit..superb...Kyle Gann The Village Voice
Album Description
ZOAR creates atmospheric music without boundaries. From ambient washes of the subconscious to explosions of dark industrial sounds, In the Bloodlit Dark (or ITBD) explores the theater of the mind. Each song is a mini-film score that paints disturbing images, from deep underwater melodic fantasies to a nightmarish predatory sexual soundscape that unfolds into a sub-basement torture chamber. Eerie ambience from cellos and strings combine with the sharp destructive teeth of synths and guitars to fill your mind with surreal sounds. With each repeated listening, ITBD reveals new layers of events and motion, invoking scenery as descriptive as a work of literature.