58 minutes, 6 seconds

Klinik & Vidna Obmana
Gluttony

Two great tastes that go great together. At least that's probably what the plan was when these two got together to record this new series of recordings, based on the seven deadly sins. It's not the first time Klinik's Marc Verhaegen has collaborated with Vidna Obmana: Way back in 1991 Obmana contributed to "Lost Ambience," a track on Verhaegen's Semblance album (recorded under the alias X10). Plus, Belgium's a pretty small country. They were bound to run into each other at some point.

I gave up on Klinik after Dirk Ivens left and it became a Verhaegen solo project (although Contrast wasn't a terrible album). I suppose now I need to go back and listen to the material he's recorded since. (Great--another excuse to eventually spend a bunch of dough on eBay and GEMM.)

This disc bubbles along in a low-key sort of way--not necessarily reminiscent of either musician's golden era but not completely different-sounding either. And what it has to do with gluttony I can't really say. Also can't really say for sure whether they're truly planning to release seven CDs together, in order to fulfill all seven of the deadly sins. (The second in the series, Greed, was released in 2006.) If they do, more power to them. If they don't, more power to my poor wallet.

Also today:

58:04 Symbiont, Ology
58:03 Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, In Darkness Let Me Dwell
58:00 Seven Pines, The Garden of Fand
57:59 Attrition, Keepsakes and Reflections
57:59 Les Berrtas, Nekropolis
57:59 Massiv in Mensch, Die Rein
57:58 Brian Eno, Neroli
57:57 Flëur, Siyanie