Blackfilm - Blackfilm
Blackfilm released their selftitled debut in April, and I’ve been glued t it since. It’s the sort of album that you have to be in the mood for, and recently I’ve been in the mood for a unique blend of cimenatic ambience, found sounds and corroded drum ‘n bass. Haven’t you?

Levity aside, Blackfilm is an incredibly accomplished album, that comfortably sits in the Film Noir, Modern Classical and Dark Ambient Camps, but surpasses all these. Opener ‘Come and See’ is an obvious invitation to delve into what the rest of the album has in store. ‘Stalingrad’, a ten minute opus, leads you down a dark corridor, past an open door, the television is still on. You glance in, but pass - drawn forward by the ghostly orchestration, onwards towards the unknown. The lights flicker, static pulses in the air and yet you continue, steeled by the beat and driving bass, and your journery has just started. I’ll let you discover where it takes you.

Shorter tracks on the album, like ‘Sonar’ and ‘Midnight to 4am’ are no less athmospheric and eerie, but are a little more direct. ‘Traditional’ beats and melody feature, which is always nice, yet there is always a lurking presence throughout Blackfilm, and it is this presence that makes it such an enjoyable album. ‘Sonar’ has echoes of Portishead and Amon Tobin. ‘Midnight to 4am’ conjours a darker, more etheral DJ Shadow, and paired with ‘Mahabhatta’ to form the most vocal laden segment of the album.

Blackfilm is the second release on flegdling label ’spectraliquid’,based in Athens and is a stellar start if it indicates their direction and quality. Blackfilm almost made it into the ‘_must_have’ category, because it is simply a brilliant album for headphone space. I do think that no collection should be without it.

THINK: Burial meets Amon Tobin on the set of 28 days later.
READ: The review again, there’s not much out there.
WATCH: This space, and remember where you heard it first!
BUY: Blackfilm at Spectraliquid