The following review by Ambientrance.org
Tarkatak/C.Reider: The Druser Pricid (Vuzh Music - 2003)
This trippy dark-abstract collab was originally recorded in 2000, but is just now seeing the light of day... Like an astoundingly ominous stormcloud raging in from nether atmospheres arises half-hour-plus Pueth Drer Cidris (apparently broken into subsections known as aunbrae, norr, vollenkon, vara överens, lark and tog... boy, the spellchecker's gonna love these!). That glaring vortex of metallic streamers and boneshaking drones slips into a mellower space of hovering, machine-edged greyness eventually morphing into a gusty zone of buzzy electric wails and crazily warping whistles, laced with glass, the grumbling mutations.
From a brassily-churning beginning, almost-as-long Uerdt Scepir Dhir (w/ eclecia, utomhus, agrzzdt, ytlig and dödstrött) devolves into a gratingly intense thrumripple ingrained with fractured human cries, into wind-splintered tones backed by clattering metal; shortly thereafter cyclonic gales seem to rip apart a structure... leaving behind a still-rumbling aftermath populated by crickets, then fading away in a prolonged disappearance. So many things all balled in together... I can love some, but not others. An averaged-out B- for true experimental spirit, for those who like their strangeness densely-packed! Vuzh Music is re-releasing other lost gems, and more... stay tuned.
The following review by Godsend online
Tarkatak / c. reider - "The Druser Pricid" CDR - 60 minutes of ambient, abstracted somnolence from this international collaboration of artists from the US (reider) and Germany (Tarkatak). Consisting of 2 lengthy tracks, 'The Druser Pricid' is an ideal accompaniment to a lonely late night, as mysterious textures permeate the dense and amorphous mix. Track one ('Pueth Drer Cidris') seems more ambient, slowly shifting in a hazy fog of drifting moodiness. Track two ('Uerdt Scepir Dhir') goes an even more freeform experimental route, with plenty of jarring noises, glitchy pops, and disembodied voices punctuating the ever-evolving noisescape. A highly rewarding and enjoyable listen for those with an ear for the darkly sublime.
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