The debut track from Sydney ambient/drone artist Lachlan R. Dale is a droning meditation on death, here matched with otherworldly visuals by Nema Amen / darkcinema.
Lachlan’s debut album will be out late 2021 on Art As Catharsis.
Built upon washing ambience and ever-building waves of cascading drone, the track calls to mind a mixture of Rafael Anton Irisarri’s soundscape work, the weight of Sunn O))), and the post-apocalyptic atmosphere of Earth and Year Of No Light.
‘Death Envelops All’ can be seen as an elaboration of the ritual aspects of Hashshashin’s 2019 album Badakhshan, with its use of space and repetition to induce a trance-like state.
Lachlan is best known for his work in Middle Eastern drone outfit Hashshashin, psychedelic doom band Adrift For Days, and the progressive metal group Serious Beak – but he has also founded and manages two record labels: Art As Catharsis, which focuses on forward-thinking music from the Australian underground, and Worlds Within Worlds, which showcases classical instrumental music from the East.
2021 sees Lachlan focused on exploring new collaborations, with an album for Persian drone duo Black Aleph, and a film collaboration with Conor Ashleigh currently underway.