While The Hermit\u2019s previous album \u201eLiber 3\u201c still was concerned with the apparent dichotomy between life and death, his latest full-length release \u201cGate\u201d picks up where \u201cLiber 3\u201d left off in order to take the next inevitable step. As the music of his new album brings the post-industrial electronica sound of his earlier works to full perfection, the album\u2019s underlying theme and subject is the transition to a whole new spiritual level that has nothing in common anymore with the observable universe. There is one overarching question: What lies behind a symbol such as Ain Soph, the non-sefirot of the kabbalistic tree of life, when consciously climbing the infinite steps of Jacob\u2019s ladder? Starting from C.G. Jung\u2019s contemplation of the mundane ego\u2019s psyche in the intro \u201cGate Keeper\u201d, the album\u2019s eight tracks in between ambient, glitchy electronica and post-industrial proto- and dub techno lead us on a journey which culminates in the final dissolution of the worldly ego, that is perfectly manifested through the album\u2019s closing track \u201cTotality\u201d, a marching homage to teutonic EBM- and proto-techno from the likes of DAF. \u201cGate\u201d is an album that \u2013 like all of The Hermit\u2019s art – will resonate for a long time and will open new emotional and spiritual doors.\n<\/p>\n
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