Terrace of Memories - Terrace of Memories (1992)

Related:
Vidna Obmana - The Ultimated Sign of Burning Death (1985)
Sam Rosenthal - Before the Buildings Fell (1986)
black tape for a blue girl - Mesmerized by the Sirens (1987)
Vidna Obmana - Gathering in Frozen Beauty (1989)
black tape for a blue girl - A Chaos of Desire (1991)
Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight (1993)
Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - Well of Souls (1995)
Vidna Obmana - The River of Appearance (1996)

A one-off collaboration between Sam Rosenthal and Vidna Obmana. Haunting ambient compositions that truly sound like what they are -- a combination of BTFABG's dark, enveloping synths and early Vidna Obmana's icy beauty.

Track listing:
1. These Ancient Halls
2. Dark Mist, Rain
3. Terrace of Memories
4. From Within the Cold (A Fragment)
5. Of Silent Crossings

Float through nights

You'd probably also like:

Vangelis -
L'Apocalypse des Animaux (1973)

David Darling -
Cello (1993)

Vidna Obmana - The Ultimated Sign of Burning Death (1985)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Vidna Obmana - Gathering in Frozen Beauty (1989)
Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight (1993)
Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - The Well of Souls (1995)
Vidna Obmana - The River of Appearance (1996)

The Ultimated Sign of Burning Death is Vidna Obmana's first release, and as you may have guessed from the title, it is far, far removed from the tranquil ambient/new age sound for which the project would become known. Instead of gentle tribal drumming and ethereal synthesizers, we get rumbling static, inhuman howls, distorted moans, cacophonous tape loops, and jagged feedback. It took me years to track this down, and I still haven't been able to find The Face That Must Die -- any leads would be greatly appreciated.

Track listing:
1. Move
2. Headdecay II
3. Skinned Alive
4. Unvital
5. Shroud
6. The Inquisition II
7. Doom to Die
8. Hell of Victory
9. Suck Blood

Bring out your dead

If for some reason you want more like this, try:

The Rita & Wilt -
Werewolf in the Black Space (2008)

Werewolf Jerusalem -
Confessions of a Sex Maniac (2011)

Vidna Obmana - The River of Appearance (1996)

Previously:
Vidna Obmana - Gathering in Frozen Beauty (1989)
Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight (1993)
Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - Well of Souls (1995)

Lulling, melancholic, nocturnal ambience composed mostly of gauzy synths, with some gentle percussion and ye olde rainsticks. I feel somewhat obligated to post this record, as it has been my go-to sleepytime record for the past four nights, but it's great when I'm awake, too!

Track listing:
1. The Angelic Appearance
2. Ephemeral Vision
3. A Scenic Fall
4. Night-Blooming
5. The Solitary Circle
6. Weaving Cluster
7. Streamers of Stillness
8. The Ominous Dwelling

Mindtunnels

You'll probably also like:

Michael Shrieve & David Beal - The Big Picture (1988)

Robert Rich & Steve Roach - Strata (1990)

Vidna Obmana - Gathering in Frozen Beauty (1989)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight (1993)
Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - Well of Souls (1995)

Haunting ambience from this Belgian composer. Icy floes of synthesizer -- crystalline chords, simple melodic mantras, dissonant drones -- drift about with an eerie calm.

Track listing:
1. Dazzling Array 1
2. Lost in the Swirling Distance
3. Inside the Empty Mass
4. Dazzling Array 2
5. Before Mutual Grace
6. Upon Steel Heaven
7. Dazzling Array 3
8. Reflecting Deep Stars
9. Into Gray Divides
10. Gathering in Frozen Beauty

Silver growing

Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight (1993)

Vidna Obmana is Belgian composer Dirk Serries, who specializes in the same type of drone-based, tribal-flavored ambient as Opium Hum favorite Steve Roach, with whom he has released a couple of collaborative full-lengths (here's one that I posted back in August.) Echoing Delight is arguably his defining moment: a spacious, shimmering, nocturnal world of drifting synths, drones, and insistent, trance-like percussion.

Track listing:
1. Winter Mouvement
2. Crystal Traveling
3. The Empty Night
4. Echoing Delight
5. Narrow Gloom (Part Two)
6. Glass Splendour

At the edge of everything

Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - Well of Souls (1995)

Cavernous tribal percussion, shimmering synth washes and drones. Over two hours of gorgeous, meditative sounds. Exactly what one might expect from a Steve Roach-Vidna Obmana collaboration.

Track listing:
-Disc One-
1. In the Presence of Something
2. In the Realm of Twilight - Outlands One
3. The Secret Arrival - Outlands Two
4. The Gathering
-Disc Two-
1. Deep Hours
2. Well of Souls
3. The Quiet Companion
4. The Dwelling Place

Above the Mellow Earth