Murmurs in Space is the rough translation for the new Eleventh Fear EP, Murmeln im Raum. Out on Neris Records, Eleventh Fear is the electro-goth child of Frenchman, Ludovic Dhenry. We last heard from this project in 2022 with the release of the first EP, Waldhexen.
“Drachenblut” or dragon blood, hears Dhenry hissing like the very mystical creature itself, over an amazing, minimalistic electronic dance piece, with grand swirls. The bass reverberates through your chest and the keyboard playing shines through the top of your head in “Hexen des Meeres“. The music is about the watery wenches, the witches of the sea, whom want to steal away sailors and bathe in their blood. There is definitely a chill down the spine with the first serpentine words whispered on a seething tongue for “Wir werden leben“. Low fuzzing tones and vocals are offset by the angelic lighter keys, making the track feel expansive and cavernous all at the same time.
Dhenry’s persona is Eleventh Fear, and he pulls on those primaeval superstitions of what lays in the shadows, awaiting the unsuspecting victims, triggering the imagination. You can almost feel the dankness of the witches, or the greedy harbingers, rubbing together their hands, watching other’s untimely deaths, as they, themselves will never die. The music of Murmeln im Raum is evocative and darkly pleasing, so go check out Eleventh Fear.
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