Enmarta
The Hermit

Release Date: 2016 | Tracklist

Enmarta's The Hermit is a perfect record to play when getting lost in the immersive landscape of Skyrim while succumbing to the magical properties of pot brownies. I'm not crazy about the dark ambient genre but Italian muscian Sergio Fulvio Tommasini really brought the pain with this release. Taking influence from usually insipid sub-genres like dark ambient, drone and field recordings, Enmarta spices up instrumental, synthesizer based music beautifully with lush string arrangements, textured nature based sound effects and compelling compositions that I also believe would go great with playing Halo 1/2 with or without unicorn power hour brownies.

The Hermit takes you on a seven track journey that begins with the classic "human got abducted after a long night of cow-tipping and waffle eating and wanders around aimlessly in a creepy space ship" styled intro Apokatástasis I and ends with the pulsating Temple of Abandon which seduces you with its alien synths and thunderstorm backdrop and then leaves you naked and hungry in the rubble of a long defunct sanctuary. In between these two complimentary pieces, the other five tracks more or less play out in a manner fitting of a breakfast starved man searching for a way back to his simple life back on earth. Sergio makes dark ambient interesting because he's able to add human warmth and life to the otherwise cold, apathetic, paranormal backdrop that is created by the dense wall of synth. The primary reason for this is his stellar use of the viola which adds a strikingly melancholic edge to the music but also because of the familiar sounding samples of rain. This record has my imagination going off in a few different directions. The haunting, celestial layer of this record dictates that the protagonist will quickly enter the void and his existence will be forgotten instantly. The viola creates an aura to me that the protagonist will die slowly and tragically in his quest for one last Waffle House run. The nature samples and the closing track dictate that the protagonist will find his way off the ship and back onto land with the glimmer of hope of Waffle House shining bright.

The Hermit has given dark ambient music new life with this surprisingly emotional and engaging release. I'm looking forward to hearing what Sergio puts out next. This is a dynamic record that I highly recommend to anyone who studies in the field of weed, breakfast and atmospheric music.

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