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Dark Winter is a net.label dedicated to releasing dark ambient, atmospheric, and unconventional music from around the world. All Dark Winter releases are available for free download in MP3 format.


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06.03.19
New Release - Bunk Data - Reasons For Tomorrow
New Release - Subseason: IV

10.07.16
New Release - Rosalie Mulder - Chords of Chaos

03.20.15
New Release - ovdk vs seetyca - allegorik symptom before the cataclysm

02.20.15
New Release - Nadador Nocturno - Harsh Winters In The Distance

01.17.15
New Release - Scott Lawlor - world of ice and snow

11.30.13
New Release - circle of pines - tulpa raiser

10.30.13
New Release - nerthus - music for trees

09.30.13
New Release - oVdk & Bunk Data - Unschärferelation (prevent its reach to the zenith)

05.04.13
New Release - palancar - précis

03.30.13
New Release - Exuviae - No Such Thing As Sleep

02.17.13
New Release - seetyca & till slayer - übern zaun

01.20.13
New Release - Grenzregionen - 436
New Review - Somnarium - Voices In The Dust
New Review - Joel Hinkle - as the flesh departs...
New Review - PHOLDE - In Favour of More Permanent Pleasures

11.11.12
New Release - Somnarium - Voices In The Dust

08.30.12
New Release - Eddie Entropy - The Earth is Thirsty for Blood

01.28.12
New Release - Kirill Platonkin - Taiga Dream

11.28.11
New Release - Seetyca - The Invention of Sorrowe
New Reviews - Igor Karaca - Rituelle
New Review - Hochata - Crypsis
New Review - Somnarium - The Fourth Presence
New Review - Garland Villanova - Crushed Grass And Milky Ganglia
New Review - Morgan Craft - Tilting Against A Paper Sky

10.30.11
New Release - Cocktopussy - Tijuana Bible College
New Review - Igor Karaca - Rituelle

09.25.11
New Release - Mystified - Urgent Cells
New Reviews - Hochata - Crypsis

08.29.11
New Release - Horchata - Crypsis
New Review - Somnarium - The Fourth Presence
New Video - Kirill Platonkin - Our Eternal Alarm (Realm of Gods)

07.31.11
New Release - Somnarium - The Fourth Presence
New Review - Bulkrate - entities
New Link - Sadayatana

05.29.11
New Release - Igor Karaca - Rituelle
New Review - Daina Dieva - Nakcia

04.20.11
New Release - Bulkrate - entites
New Review - Prosektor - Mortuus Spital
New Review - Mystified - Ophir
New Review - Mister Vapor - It Came From Vapor

02.28.11
New Release - Prosektor - Mortuus Spital
New Review - Kirill Platonkin - Repose
New Review - Mystified - Altered Signals

01.24.11
New Release - Kirill Platonkin - Repose
New Review - Garland Villanova - Crushed Grass And Milky Ganglia
New Review - Saiph - Diffusion

12.23.10
New Release - Garland Villanova - Crushed Grass And Milky Ganglia
New Review - Kalte - Glaciations
New Link - Kirill Platonkin

11.26.10
*Black Friday*

New Release - edge of october - the death of days
New Video - Fractaled - Ionized Universe
New Review - PHOLDE - In Favour of More Permanent Pleasures
New Links - Ryu/oVdk, Agniworld, Civic Duty Records

RIP Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson you will be missed!



10.21.10
New Release - Eddie Entropy - Blot Out the Sun With Sex
New Video - Eddie Entropy - Blot Out the Sun With Sex
New Video - Kirill Platonkin - Our Eternal Alarm

09.25.10
New Release - C. Reider / Desohll - Falling Into Disrepair
New Video - oVdk & Bunk Data - Flight of the Yameil Jyuravli (sick crane)

08.30.10
New Release - Perimeter - Perceiving The Invisible
New Review - Saiph - Diffusion
New Review - Kirill Platonkin - Our Eternal Alarm
Updated Links Page (thanks James Friedman!)

07.21.10
New Release - Saiph - Diffusion
New Reviews - Kirill Platonkin - Our Eternal Alarm

06.15.10
New Release - Kirill Platonkin - Our Eternal Alarm
New Review - Bulkrate - Convocation
New Review - Exuviae - Amnesiascape
New Review - Daina Dieva - Nakcia
New Reviews - oVdk & Bunk Data - Discourse of the Other

03.29.10
New Release - Bulkrate - Convocation
New Review - S/M - The Unbearable Darkness of Being

02.28.10
New Release - Exuviae - Amnesiascape
New Review - oVdk & Bunk Data - Discourse of the Other
New Review - Mister Vapor - It Came From Vapor

01.29.10
New Release - oVdk & Bunk Data - Discourse of the Other
New Review - Daina Dieva - Nakcia

12.30.09
New Release - Daina Dieva - Nakcia

12.4.09
New Release - S/M - The Unbearable Darkness of Being
New Reviews - Horchata - Curuá Una
New Review - Horchata - Heterocera

10.31.09
New Release - Mister Vapor - It Came From Vapor
New Review - Horchata - Curuá Una

10.03.09
New Release - Horchata - Curuá Una
New Reviews - Geronymakis - Hupnos

08.31.09
New Release - Geronymakis - Hupnos
New Review - Subseason: II

Check out Horchata performing a live set comprised of songs off of the Dark Winter release titled "Isolated House". Available for free download through Percussion Lab.

07.31.09
New Release - Subseason: II
New Reviews - abre ojos - elements

06.27.09
New Release - Morgan Craft - Tilting Against A Paper Sky
New Review - Exuviae - Swallow The Ghost
New Review - abre ojos - elements

05.31.09
New Release - Exuviae - Swallow The Ghost

05.22.09
New Release - abre ojos - elements (week 4 - air)



The abre ojos DVD for 'elements' is now available! It features the four tracks, Earth, Air, Water, Fire, plus an extra bonus track, Spirit which is only available on this DVD. The DVD also features mp3 versions of all five tracks that you can download on to your favourite device. This is a hand numbered limited edition run of 50 copies. Available for purchase here or directly through abreojos.net

05.15.09
New Release - abre ojos - elements (week 3 - water)

05.08.09
New Release - abre ojos - elements (week 2 - fire)

04.29.09
New Release - abre ojos - elements

Elements are a series of improvised audio-visual tracks based around the four alchemical elements of Earth, Air, Water & Fire.

Each week, for the next four weeks, a new element track will be released culminating in the fourth week with a limited edition DVD compiling all four tracks as well as an extra bonus fifth track, Spirit, which will only be available on the DVD. Purchase and ordering information will be found here on Dark Winter in the fourth week.

Enjoy!

New Review - Kalte - Glaciations

dw046 - Mystified Altered Signals - Self-remixed by Mystified!
Mystified has returned to his work on dw046 and remixed them into an EP incorporating beats, percussion sounds and electronic sequences to add special flavor to the tracks. Download it from Mystified's site here and check out the review at Disquiet!

New Link - Abre Ojos
New Link - Dark Ambient Radio

03.28.09
New Release - Kalte - Glaciations
New Review - Mrcien - Bridges over symptoms and tunnels under disorders
New Review - Ryuta.k - In the middle of late capitalism

02.27.09
New Release - Mrcien - Bridges over symptoms and tunnels under disorders
New Reviews - Ryuta.k - In the middle of late capitalism

01.31.09
New Release - Ryuta.k - In the middle of late capitalism
New Reviews - Wavespan - Tilling the Soul

12.31.08
New Release - Wavespan - Tilling the Soul
New Review - Stephen Philips - The Air Up There
New Reviews - Formication - Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium)

11.29.08
New Release - Stephen Philips - The Air Up There

It's that time of year again, so don't forget to check our previously released holiday themed projects:

Archive - Silent Night (Shepherds Quake)
Dark Winter Holiday Compilation - A Candle's Golden Glow

11.14.08
New Reviews - Ka-baalim & Bunk Data - Insomniati Two: 'when you forget you're dreaming and never wake up'
New Review - Mystified - Ophir
New Reviews - Formication - Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium)

10.29.08
New Release - Ka-baalim & Bunk Data - Insomniati Two: 'when you forget you're dreaming and never wake up'
New Video - Horchata - Bedroom (from Isolated House)
New Reviews - Formication - Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium)

09.30.08
New Review - Exuviae & Kenji Siratori - The Drug Embryo

09.28.08
DARK WINTER 50th RELEASE!
We are proud to bring you a very special 50th release, a collaboration between Exuviae & Kenji Siratori! "The Drug Embryo" is a dark and strange musical excursion that comes complete with a full-color PDF booklet designed by Exuviae, and a bonus remix of the entire album in one track by Bunk Data!

New Review - Edge of October - Collapse
New Review - Mystified - Altered Signals
New Link - Kenji Siratori
New Link - Geronymakis

09.10.08
New Review - Formication - Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium)

09.09.08
New Review - Geronymakis - Baked Eggs
New Review - Formication - Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium)

Endless Ascent - New Sister Label
www.endlessascent.com

Endless Ascent is the new sister label of Dark Winter.  Endless Ascent is geared towards more light ambient (vs. dark), atmospheric and space music.  This label will operate just as Dark Winter has by releasing the majority of its music in FREE mp3 format under a Creative Commons license.  The first release is now available for download:



ea001 - Exuviae - Jamais Vu
http://www.endlessascent.com/ea001.html

Endless Ascent is also actively looking for new and established artists to release in 2008 and 2009. Please send all inquires to info@endlessascent.com

08.31.08
New Release - Edge of October - Collapse
New Reviews - Horchata - Isolated House

08.07.08
Upcoming Formication release & free advance listen on Dark Winter!



Formication - Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium)
MP3/ Deluxe Hardback Book Edition of 9
Harmful Records
Release Date: August 16, 2008

On the 16th August 2008, Formication release ‘Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium)’ as a DRM free, high quality MP3 download and deluxe hardback book edition of 9 signed copies at www.theformicarium.com. The book will also be available to purchase separately here, though only the first 9 copies will be signed and feature an original print, taken from the book.

Dark Winter is proud to present an advance listen to two tracks from the release right now!

Download Advance Listen:
Formication -Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium) Dark Winter Advance (35.2 MB)

Download Songs:
Track 03: It Will Be As If You'd Never Existed (11.7 MB)
Track 06: All Hell and Despair (23.0 MB)

Download Press Release:
Formication - Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium) Press Release (0.6 MB)

Another track from Ghosts (Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium) will appear on the forthcoming Wire Tapper 20 CD. Go to The Wire website to find out where you can get your copy!

07.30.08
New Release - Geronymakis - Baked Eggs
New Review - Horchata - Isolated House
New Review - Mystified - Altered Signals

06.30.08
New Release - Horchata - Isolated House
New Review - Mystified - Altered Signals
New Review - Ryu - The Depressed

05.29.08
New Release - Mystified - Altered Signals
New Reviews - Quiet Covenant - Underneath

04.26.08
New Release - Quiet Covenant - Underneath

04.17.08
New Review - Cordell Klier & Datura 1.0 Repeal Compulsion

03.21.08
New Release - Cordell Klier & Datura 1.0 Repeal Compulsion










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Dark Winter releases are free to download under a Creative Commons License.



     




    Now Available!

    dw100 - Bunk Data - Reasons For Tomorrow
    dw099 - Subseason: IV