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Katarrhaktes
12+ albums
ambientnoiseeverythingindustrialunder 2000 listeners
about
Katarrhaktes explores the unexplained, the boundaries of truth, the meaning of a linear perceptive existence, and other discourses via conceptual pieces of music which range from destructive, anarchistic dirges to structured, beautiful ambience. A cataract is a dulling of the vision – a physical blockage that deteriorates the way the brain perceives the world, and therefore, left untreated, it can collapse our sense of reality. Notions both of physical and metaphorical ‘blindness’ are being explored. The word is derived from the Latin ‘cataracta’, referring to obstructions from above such as waterfalls or portcullises, and, more importantly, from the Greek ‘katarassein’, ‘kataraktes’, ‘katarrhaktes’, meaning ‘to strike/dash down’. Echoing this concept, the sound crafted for Katarrhaktes is dense, noisy, and glitched – a blend of harsh noise and industrial percussion with wavering moments of beauty in the form of orchestral elements and mellow ambience. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
