"It feels like a mixture of pong, an arcade
machine with glitches and a glitch bitch pronouncing her presence.
Subtile work, but pretty good. [...] There’s a sort of ambient vibe with whispers underneath the abstract rhythmic sound textures."
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Eever Schores reviewed by Yeah I Know It Sucks
"I’m mesmerized, as if I were transported
suddenly into a tropical rainforest, standing at the brink of a massive
waterfall, the horizon nothing but canopy and falls. Scary, yes; scary
like the shrill, ceaseless noise I’m hearing, but also beautiful. Like
everything. Immersion is mandatory. [...] This album is like an eternal twilight, as if time had been stilled at
the sun’s rise or fall and we’d forgotten whether it was coming or
going."
Cellars Descqent (The First Recordings) reviewed by Yeah I Know It Sucks
"8 quality tracks, squeezed on one single floppy disk is truly a remarkable fact. [...] Think of harbors, the smell of the sea and dead fish, perhaps a place
where waves would commit suicide when arriving in this little bay of
humanity. [...] The music is obviously Drone orientated in this amazing venue, but it also seems to be very danceable. [...] Be sure to get one copy so you can go too to this holy drone temple, and experience a great holiday!"
loss/ANGLE\less track (as part of the Sonopsies compilation) reviewed by Yeah I Know It Sucks
Ichtyor Tides' track "loss/ANGLE\less" is part of the Sonopsies compilation released by the Caméras Animales music label. Here are some nice words that Kai Nobuko from Yeah I Know It Sucks has said about it :
"The actual track here is called loss/ANGLE\less and with its highly
interesting approach of strange sound rumblings and a heavenly warmth
that shines through it all, it created something angelic and electronic
at the same time. It feels like an angel that is escaping the digital
ages but I’m not sure if the winged creature is actually making it
successful as we stay here on earth with the electronic blibs as our
company."
Mortisle Elytrion reviewed by Musique Machine
""Exiphannist Plunge" is the beast here, clocking in at
over 16 minutes. [...] It almost reminds me of some
Skullflower stuff."
Mortisle Elytrion reviewed in New Noise magazine #13
"Ichtyor Tides nous impose une ambiance urbaine, futuriste et contaminée. [...] Bien que narrative, la musique d'Ichtyor Tides est accompagnée d'une poésie tantôt descriptive, tantôt symbolique. [...] L'EP Oodrownesis, sorti au printemps 2011 explorait les possibilités du bruit blanc, une toute autre direction que Mortisle Elytrion. Le poète n'utilise pas que le glitch mais une quantité d'armes sonores pour créer son paysage apocalyptique : du drone, de l'ambient, de l'indus, des bruits bruts..."
Insektion video-clip reviewed by Yeah I Know it Sucks
Track is reviewed as part of the video compilation "What's This TV Channel?" released by Sirona-Records (Siro500) :
"If you don’t like close-ups of gross insects, then skip this video! Or,
watch it anyway… face your fears so that they may be overcome. [...] proper experimental weird stuff that is at the same time ridiculously
enjoyable! We hear some hiss, a talking insect and someone who is
fascinated by this insekt, and rhythmic noises that will give you a
nervous twitch. Sweet stuff!"
Mortisle Elytrion reviewed in Obsküre Mag #12
"Nikola Akileus ne nous est pas inconnu : présent dans les Éditions Caméras Animales, il offre ici un disque mutantiste sous le nom d'Ichtyor Tides. [...] Le contenu est noir. Très ; quelque part il rejoint le cri bouche fermée d'un Serge Teyssot-Gay reprenant Georges Hyvernaud. Dans Ichtyor Tides, rien n'est fait pour danser. Les rythmes répétés (« BM »), un temps groovy (« PQRsux ») ne débouchent que sur les réflexes d'un corps agonisant. Lointains signes d'une vie créatrice masqués par les vents du drone (« Soreilles Guines ») ou occultée sous les saturations (« Acherno »). Étouffement progressif de la voix, psalmodiée pour feindre la vie. [...] Les parasites électroniques se lient avec des bruits d'animaux (« Wooise Perkage ») pour des ambiances de jungle post-exotiques. [...]"
Eever Schores mentioned on kulturterrorismus
"[...] an intensive 3 track work (playing time 47:05), that is based on massive organ drones and noise sequences. [...]"
Mortisle Elytrion reviewed on I Die: You Die
"Ichtyor Tides is a project steeped in the deeper histories of
industrial, noise, and experimental music, and while its first LP
combines elements of those in some new and stimulating fashions, its
pairing of them with sole member Nikola Akileus’ poetry is perhaps its
most striking characteristic. [...] It’s a perplexing and often inscrutable record which won’t be to
everyone’s taste, perhaps resembling some portions of the Nurse With
Wound catalog from time to time, but Mortisle Elytrion is a refreshing change from many of the conventions which have calcified around what were once far more experimental forms. [...] Where the listener chooses to place Mortisle Elytrion on the
sliding scale found between the noise and industrial traditions will
depend on individual histories with those genres, and how Ichtyor Tides
break from the expectations which come with records tagged by both of
those markers. There are enough musical ideas here to catch the fancy
of open-minded fans of either genre, all directed by the focus of
Akileus’ words."
Mortisle Elytrion reviewed on Yeah I Know It Sucks
"A concert of machinery that sounds like they have come to life and
about to escape into the wild world of ice-cold nature. [...] Electronic
wind storms and a melancholic piece of drama that is guiding you from
afar. Yet again I would like to notice that even the sounds are far from
smooth, the experience is like listening to pure warmth. [...] The
machines are taken over and completely absorb your body , soul and most
of all your ears. [...] This is obviously a well-made and very
listenable release that contains many elements without losing its own
concept and style... Ambient, noise, minimal, soundscapes and spoken
word are moulded in a perfect album that is unique to say the least."
Mortisle Elytrion reviewed on Ambient Churches
"Lors de mon codage, quelque chose a raté. [...] J'aime voir les
gens inertes. Les choses inertes. Les vagues inertes. Je n'irai pas les
déplier aujourd'hui. Car c'est ici que la beauté réside. Dans ces murs
vivants de leur inaptitude à exister. Bien plus qu'un homme. [...]
Ichtyor Tides est un projet français entre l'indus, le drone, l'ambient
et la noise incorporant à sa musique de la poésie. Non seulement la
musique, plutôt rythmique, est en elle-même intriguante et parfaite pour
qui a une imagination digne de ce nom (!), mais les passages narrés de
poésie urbaine sont tout simplement magnifiques. Entre haiku et
désespoir scandé, IT dit se sentir proche d'Arnold Böcklin, à raison. Un
travail sur la dystopie qui nous la montre sous un angle froid,
dénu(d)é d'artifices, mais splendide en ceci qu'elle peut créer les
pensées les plus vivantes."
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