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Nocturnal Wanderings

by Medhelan

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TempuraShrimpKBD
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TempuraShrimpKBD Found the album on cassette in a local record shop. Wasn't sure what I was going to hear when I started listening but hot dang! Really love the ambient soundscape all 4 tracks provide and the use of synthesis and samples in this.
Gabriel Tamas
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Gabriel Tamas Deeply ambiental, with a dark, pressing, yet welcoming sound. Very different than your usual Medhelan releases from a few years ago, where melodicism and melody driven songs were the rule. This release comes with a change, but truly a welcomed one. A certain mood is required for the listener to truly immerse in this new music, but everyone needs to find by themselves! Go wander! Favorite track: Nocturnal Wanderings - Crossing the Path to the River, Through the Woods, Under Shooting Stars.
Evergreen
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Evergreen This whole album is such a trip. It really expands beyond the "dungeon synth" tag into true nature ambient. I wish I had the words to describe it, but I can say I am very glad I bought this cassette.
Kaptain Carbon
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Kaptain Carbon ..the scope of nature ambient and melodic dungeon synth stretches like a wooded canopy across a glowing night sky. This is dungeon synth from an old wizard who has once again dedicated to open their spellbook for us.
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about

“What we can see is just a small part of reality... there's a whole invisible world existing along with our 'real' world, and there are places where the fine line between them becomes blurred until it dissolves."

Sound artist Matteo Brusa returns to the label exploring these boundaries of invisible worlds and the blended lines between.

"Nocturnal Wanderings" brings deep long-form compositions inspired by traditional pagan virtues; Nature, Magic and the landscapes of the artist's homeland in northern Italy. Field recordings from these landscapes themselves are incorporated into the sound, bringing a connectivity and elemental atmosphere to the transcendent journey ahead.

We're proud to finally manifest this deluxe archival edition of these formative recordings from Brusa's highly regarded dungeon synth project MEDHELAN, now beautifully remastered and presented in physical form, alongside a full second bonus offering of “Eternal Wanderings”; two exclusive, all new tracks made in the same focused spirit as the initial first recordings.

The lengthy track titles convey a story, acting as a metaphor for the journey to spiritual transcendence. We follow our path in four steps.

The final track title is a reference to Tir na Nog, the mythical island across the ocean found in ancient Irish sagas, which no death and suffering can reach. Detachment from the burdens of our world is complete.



"Nocturnal Wanderings", Tracks 1 and 2 were originally composed and recorded in 2009, re-edited and remastered in 2015.

"Eternal Wanderings", Tracks 3 and 4 composed and recorded between 2010 and 2015, re-edited and remastered in 2019, and are both as of yet unheard.

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released July 17, 2020

All tracks written and performed by Matteo Brusa.
Cover art photography by the artist.
Medhelan logo by Dan Capp.
Layout and design by M.H.

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