HIDDEN SOUNDS

Ecuadorian Dungeon Synth / Dark Folk artist URKU LLANTHU has recently launched another well-crafted album, the 4th full-length entitled "Tarpuk Amsa" as a magnificent follow-up to his previous releases; "Urku Llanthu" (2020), "Waka Isku" (2022) and "Ayapampa" (2024). Pablo Mesías a.k.a Atuk Urku Llanthu has spent 26 years of musical artistic career, in various bands of the Ecuadorian underground from the period 1988 to the present 2024, an uninterrupted activity actively participating in bands such as Acracia, Nekropcia, Blasfemo, Alkitran and the current one-man-band project: URKU LLANTHU. Interview by Jiwa [01] Hail and dark greetings Urku Llanthu. How are you Pablo Mesías? Pablo Mesías: A big hello from Ecuador, it is an honor for me to maintain this contact through this underground means of communication and dissemination. [02] Congratulations on the recent release of a new album. Please share your feelings about the fourth full-length "

Dark music for people in the dark! Alexei Rojinski is an “excellent” independent composer and musician from this universe but maybe not from this planet (haha!). His brilliant works and music/sound-style orbits around these genres: dark ambient, drone, cinematic, atmospheric, soundscape, soundtracks, atmospheric music but also EBM, synthpop, darkpop, industrial, dark techno. We have recently managed to catch Alexei to interrogate him about his intelligent ROJINSKI. Check it out! Interview by Jiwa [01] Hello Alexei. We are from Hidden Sounds, an online blog / experimental music fanzine based in Malaysia. We are fascinated by the dark music of Rojinski and that is why we are interviewing you. Introduce yourself and where do you actually originate from? Alexei: Hello there ! So, my name is Alexei Rojinski and I’m from planet Earth. I’m just a citizen of this world, an human being. I compose music since the last 42 years. I’ve played in bands as singer / guitarist / keyboardist. [02] When

TEMPLE OF TIERMES is a Finnish esoteric ritual industrial noise duo in existence since 1995. Formed by Jarkko Toivonen (Unholy) and Mikko Aspa (Grunt). Using various instruments and objects such as 7 string guitars, analogue synths, analogue effects, metal percussions and junk metal, they create an original meld of sounds taking its roots from ritual / industrial / noise and ambient music. Interview by Jiwa [01] Hail JRQ. Thanks for accepting an interview from Hidden Sounds. Hope you can introduce further about the Temple of Tiermes line-up? Jarkko Toivonen: Thank you for having me. The current line-up of Temple of Tiermes consists of myself, Jarkko Toivonen, and Hannu Saarnos. Over the years, we've had the pleasure of collaborating with different musicians, including Mikko Aspa, who was part of the project in the past. Temple of Tiermes has always been about channeling the creative and esoteric energy that flows through, regardless of who is involved at any given time. [02] Templ

Finnish Dungeon Synth inspired by the Nordic Stone Age. Based in Helsinki, KIVINEN KIRVES released its debut, a 3-track Demo 2024 last September 13. They are apparently spectacular works and that has prompted us to chat with Aleksi Huhta. Let us raise our stone axes towards the face of the sun! Interview by Jiwa [01] Hail Aleksi Huhta. How are you today? As an introduction, please say something about you yourself, and how is your life in Helsinki, Finland at the moment? Aleksi Huhta: Hail Jiwa! I have traveled back to the north of Finland where I grew up. Here you can feel the autumn in the air and enjoy the yellow, red and brown colors of the fall. When I left my home in Helsinki it was 25+ celsius and people were taking sunbathes in the beach… in September. [02] How did you meet interests and passion in Dungeon Synth, and what sort of artists / albums that influenced / inspired you individually (in this music genre)? Aleksi Huhta: I had listened to the old classics Mortiis, Secret

If you follow the chronology of SUWUNG, this project at the beginning of its establishment is more inclined towards Dark and Ambient oriented Noise. This project based in Pekalongan, Indonesia has evolved well in terms of ideas and musically where if you listen to the latest singles like "Rumekso Ing Wengi" and "Adigang Adigung Adiguna" more towards a mystical, spiritual, ritualistic and traditional sound. Abdul Dark (the individual behind this) actually has several other projects such as Noestalgya, Sadness of Pluto, Membabi Brutal etc. but this time we are talking about Suwung. Interview by Jiwa [01] Hail and greetings Abdul Dark. What's up today? As an introduction, it would be good if you tell us something about yourself and maybe about your daily life? Abdul Dark: Hello, I'm great today, thank you. I was born in Pekalongan city, Central Java. And now I work in Bekasi city, West Java. Even weekdays going work like a majorities person and when weekend go

Based in Minas Gerais - Brazil, BRUTALIZE NETLABEL is a fast growing digital release channel, becoming more influential and always fully supporting multi-genre releases; harsh noise, hnw, ambient, drone, noisecore, industrial, metal, etc. Brutalize Netlabel was founded and run by Fabricio 'Brutalizer' Alves who is also the backbone of an industrial/noise project, Misantropskia. Interview by Jiwa [01] Hello my friend Fabricio 'Brutalizer' Alves. How are you there? Tell us a little about yourself, and your life in Minas Gerais? Fabricio: Hello, dear readers and lovers of good experimental art. First of all, thank you very much for inviting me to exchange ideas with you. I am privileged to live in a state where the extreme metal scene is known for names like Sarcófago, Sepultura, Chakal, among other bands that in the 80s contributed a lot to everything we hear in metal today. My life here is relatively peaceful. I live in a small town in the interior, my city is two hours

ILLUIN is a dungeon synth project from Baku, Azerbaijan. Mainly inspired by Tolkien's works and bands such as Depressive Silence, Mortiis, Burzum, Secret Stairways and etc. On August 27, 2024, Illuin launched their debut release entitled "The Last Hope". It is an album containing 7 songs that are really great and astounding to my ears, and that has led me to immediately contact Zetav Burtiyev for a conversation. Interview by Jiwa [01] Hail Zetav Burtiyev. Many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. First of all, please introduce something about yourself in person and a bit about your daily routines of life in Baku? Zetav: Hello. First of all thank you for having me on this interview. My name is Zetav and I was born in Balakan district of Azerbaijan. I'm 29 year old. Currently working and living in Baku. My daily routine is wake up in the morning and go to the work. After work I usually like to spend my time by reading books, listening to music and trying to compose s

NAUZEA NEGRA is generally a project focused on Harsh Noise Wall, Noise, Drone, Experimental, Ambient and Distortions - based in Mexico City, Mexico. Almost entirely themed around mental health and illness problems, Nauzea Negra has unleashed hundreds of works through his official bandcamp and also several netlabels / record labels. Nauzea Negra seems like there is no stopping point and always release new albums. Here we are with  Khrzyszt  Ezpannto on all Noises! Interview by Jiwa [01] Hello my friend Khrzyszt Ezpannto. How are you today? First of all, can you introduce a little bit about yourself personally, and maybe a few things about your regular life? Ezpannto: Hi Jiwa, everything is fine. Well I am a kind of an antisocial man, I don't get out to parties or that kind of stuff, I rather prefer to be alone, since I was a child I was always in a kind of different world. [02] When did you first recognize and fall in love with Noise, HNW, Drone, and other experimental music / soun