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NARTHEX
Superstitions

Label : Sub Rosa
Year : 2025
Format : LP
Style : Rock / Experimental
Availability : Available on request

Price : 20.30 € - BUY
Description :Never released before(recorded from 1994 to 1999).Rhythmic, Exotic, Deep & Primitive Soundsfor Post Modern Ears.featuring special guests:Anna Homler, M.A.L., Michel Berckmans...

Narthex means railed-off western portico or ante-nave in eartyChristian churches for women, penitents and catechumens.



Narthex is also a trio featuring (at the beginning)Daniel Denis (UNIVERS ZERO, ART ZOYD),Alain Neffe (PSEUDO CODE, HUMAN FLESH, BENE GESSERIT)and Nicolas de Villemarqué (NUWAGE MUSIC).They had a very different musical background (mostly electric /electronic rock) and decided to work in the field of a totally acousticmusic recorded live (two microphones + portable DA T) in churchesof their area. After several recording sessions, Nicolas de Villemarquédecides to leave the group. ln order to complete the trio, Daniel Denisand Alain Neffe ask the participation of some of their friends.Anna Homler (THE SUGAR CONNECTION, CRO-MAGNON),Michel Berckmans (UNIVERS ZERO, JULVERNE, AKSAK MABOUL,VON ZAMLA,... ) and Daniel Malempré (M.A.L., HUMAN FLESH)have accepted the challenge and succeed to fit into theirmusical universe.

InstrumentsChurch organ, harmonium, sitar, saxophone, oboe, bassoon, zither,valiha, senzas, tarang, voice, percussions, metal clarinet, classical guitar,jew's harp, ongolok, violin, dulcimer, mouth organ, etc ...



The MusicOften dark, sometimes repetitive or experimental, sometimesrhythmical and exotic, always based on emotion inducted by the Sound.One could define it as dark age music (as opposite to new age music),a sort of minimal come back to the roots and purity of acoustic soundwithout the cultural background linked to the 'academic' use of some instruments (for example African senzas are transformed and tunedto sound like Indonesian instruments, sitar or harmonium are usedas rhythmical instruments, vahilla is played with a bow).

The PlacesChurches located in an area of 20 kms in the region where DanielDenis and Alain Neffe live for years and where they feel at home(and feel the vibrations}. Every church, place emotionally loaded,has its own specific resonance and sound structure. Every churchgave to the musicians a particular inspiration and fill the sound ofthe instruments with a natural reverberation/echo. The place butalso the moment is important. They had the privilege to be allowedto record in the Ecaussines church at night lightened only by candles.lt was one of their most productive recording sessions.

Titles :01. Squelettes de pierre 3'29
02. Le mal des ardents 2'29
03. Silhouette 4'54
04. Rain Song 2'49
05. Searching Souls 1'58
06. Pénitence 5'34
07. The Gift 3'10
08. Nonchalance 4'13
09. Anima 3'41
10. Hic et Nunc 4'36
11. Ombres de papier 3'06
12. A rebours 3'33
13. Stone Sky 2'05

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