Pheme - Crux

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1. Motion Utility (32:14)
2. Crux (1:54)
3. Solace in the Rain (16:27)

Total playing time: 50:36

Cux is a much more conceptual album than any of Pheme's earlier releases, based on the conflict between technology and nature - or a coexistence, if the listener interprets it that way. This album is roughly split into two halves, represented by the long tracks, with an interlude in the middle. "Motion Utility" is the epitome of Pheme's drone work; extensive length, distortion and other ways of processing sound. The track itself is split into two sections with an dark electronica-style beat seperating the two, on a bed of low noise. This is to create the sense that this is the technology-based side to the album. The interlude, "Crux" is the no-man's land, where neither technology nor nature are dominant, but the listener can reflect on the divide. The third and final track, "Solace in the Rain", is a relaxing guitar-based ambient piece, which creates an atmosphere completely distant from the first song, where nature guides the music.

Pheme - Memory's Shadow

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1. Memory's Shadow (24:00)
2. Wastes (22:26)
3. Pond (20:36)

Total playing time: 1:07:32

Memory's Shadow takes Pheme's direction of dark ambient and drone in three seperate ways, in the form of three tracks each clocking in at 20-25 minutes. "Wastes" is a development of the method of slowing sound processed sounds to create psychadelic drone, first seen in the "Blood" tracks on Blood Ice Tunnel. The track itself is made up of three distinct parts. Next, the title track is a very traditional dark ambient piece, simiilar to artists like Lustmord, aiming to create the darkest possible atmosphere by using quiet, low tones and odd sound effects. "Pond" is a completely new style for Pheme, a song influenced by black metal-style guitars, with high-pitched distortion, creating an almost grating sound.

Pheme - Blood Ice Tunnel

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1. Blood 1 (8:07)
2. Ice (14:51)
3. Blood 2 (13:36)
4. Tunnel (15:36)

Total playing time: 52:12

Blood Ice Tunnel is an important release in Pheme's discography. This is the album where Pheme develops his dark ambient style into the genre of drone, using the method of extensively slowing down various sounds. The "Blood" tracks include psychadelic effects applied to this. "Ice" features long, cold waves of feedback, arguably almost too much feedback! "Tunnel" uses synths that are reminscent of the strings found in melancholic post-rock such as Godspeed You Black Emperor. Blood Ice Tunnel also showcases Pheme's new direction at this time to use few but very long tracks, to give listeners the full extent of the drone experience.