{"id":11921,"date":"2026-05-12T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=11921"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:53:27","slug":"duran-vazquez-kloobs-vinum-sabbati-in-the-dawn-of-science-fiction-reviewed-by-nitestylez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=11921","title":{"rendered":"Dur\u00e1n V\u00e1zquez + Kloob\u2019s \u201cVinum Sabbati: In the Dawn of Science Fiction\u201d reviewed by Nitestylez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cronicaelectronica.org\/243\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cronica243-2025_1440-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Vinum Sabbati: In the Dawn of Science Fiction\" class=\"wp-image-11790\" style=\"width:520px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cronica243-2025_1440-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cronica243-2025_1440-260x260.jpg 260w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cronica243-2025_1440-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cronica243-2025_1440-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cronica243-2025_1440.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Released on November 11th, 2k25 via the ever active Portuguese label that is known under the name of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cronica.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cronica<\/a>\u00a0is &#8220;Vinum Sabbati: At The Dawn Of Science Fiction&#8221;, the first full length collaboration album conceived by Duran Vazquez and Kloob which had known eachother for almost a quarter of a century before actually starting to work on a shared musical project. Over the course of 58 minutes and a total of eight pieces the two artists built a sonic universe strongly influenced by the proto science fiction of Arthur Machen&#8217;s short story &#8220;Novel Of The White Powder&#8221;, opening with what can be described as a well unsettling maelstrom of unease named &#8220;Prelude To Dreadful Confessions By A Doctor&#8221;, a spiralling stream of Cold Ambient x Death Ambient hostile and cold like the interstellar void subsequently followed by &#8220;A Premonition Of Self-Inflicted Harm&#8221; which presents a calmer, more droning and certainly more spatial take on slowly morphing Dark Ambient backed by futuristic bleeps hidden deep within the mix. With the &#8220;Ambience Of Suspicion&#8221; the duo enters a realm of deep melancholia built up over the course of eons before &#8220;The Devil&#8217;s Pharmacy&#8221; brings forth eerie deep space claustrophobia and vantablack atmospheres in combination with metallic clangings, ever morphing echoes of alien communication and rumbling low end movements whereas &#8220;The Rotten Limb&#8221; further explores icy exoterrestrial landscapes and their wafting mists out of which ghostly, fluttering and angelic choirs emerge, covered and interrupted by ever intensifying sirens. Furthermore we see &#8220;Ominous Remedy &#8211; Transcending Human Condition&#8221; presenting an almost classic approach to rather melodic sci-fi Ambient comprised of widescreen atmospheres and a backbone of harmonic, intermodulating pulses before drifting off into score&#8217;esque soundspheres and, later on, abrasive all annihilating Noize whilst &#8220;Confinement And Mortification&#8221; embodies a feel of neverending hollow nothingness, once again sitting on the brink of mind-numbing Death Ambient, and the concluding cut aptly titled &#8220;Scientific Horror&#8221; rounds things off in a surprisingly calm and shimmering Ambient manner, providing a glimpse of hope at the horizon after a trip through eternal darkness. Highly recommended, yet one album not to play to the mentally or emotionally unstable as its sonic contents might have disturbing or disorienting effects. <em>BAZE.DJUNKIII<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nitestylez.de\/2026\/05\/duran-vazquez-kloob-vinum-sabbati-in.html\">Nitestylez<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Released on November 11th, 2k25 via the ever active Portuguese label that is known under the name of\u00a0Cronica\u00a0is &#8220;Vinum Sabbati: At The Dawn Of Science Fiction&#8221;, the first full length collaboration album conceived by Duran Vazquez and Kloob which had known eachother for almost a quarter of a century before actually starting to work on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=11921\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dur\u00e1n V\u00e1zquez + Kloob\u2019s \u201cVinum Sabbati: In the Dawn of Science Fiction\u201d reviewed by Nitestylez&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[619,23,617],"class_list":["post-11921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-619","tag-duran-vazquez","tag-kloob","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11922,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11921\/revisions\/11922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}