After their contribution to the RB100-series with “Kokolias” Bengalfuel are doing their next release on Resting Bell. “Neely” is meant to be a continuation of “Kokolias”. Taking the general feeling and transferring it to a deeper and sometimes darker level. That doesn’t mean that you get a dark ambient album. All pieces have their typically wonderful, atmospheric and melodic quality. But in some tracks you can find a darker mood, more chaotic elements or some unexpected turns.

“Neely” is a great album for these warm summer days (here in Germany). And you can compare it to the actual summer weather here. It is mostly warm and mild, but sometimes you can get heavy thunderstorms. Please enjoy and thanks a lot Lou & Joe.

With an emphasis on Post-apocalyptic sounds and themes — Winterbound strives to bring new textures and Journeys through the broken and cold harsh realities of a fallen world.

Dark ambient like any type of Ambient music is highly creative — the production process can be long. Ever since I heard Brian Eno’s amazing piece of art (An ending — Ascent) I was hooked on Ambient music. As the years rolled along I become immersed in creating «Sound Journeys» in creating textures, and designing sound, from nothingness to something so beautifully sculpted, whether dark or happy in tone and texture. I then got hold of a Steve Roach album, and again, everything changed — for the first time I knew that I could truly create worlds without an end through textured sounds. Ambient music, is like a sphere of light and sound that can radiate through ones being. Ambient is the definition of stillness pesonified through sounds of mezmerising beauty and sculpted by a passionate mind.

“Sleepy” is a single, one hour long track. His last releases “Guide” and “Again” based on the limited time-frame of three minutes and presented drone and ambient soundscapes in a really focused and condensed version. Listening to a one hour piece is the complete counterpart.
The sounds within this track have the chance to evolve with every listen. Based on a simple looping guitar structure, you find more and more swirling tones and fragments, you didn’t recognize before.

So take a rest and enjoy!