Oniro Label: World Serpent Released: 1996 Yasnaia used to be one half of the Belgian Hybryds duo ... Oniro is an unearthly paradise of an album, combining powerful ambient drones and exotic, fragile rhythms. Interestingly enough, it in the way in which Yasnaïa uses her own voice to make it become a subtle, yet striking element of Oniro. Whispers, cries, chants, weeping made indistinguishable from laughter, and recitations of the poetry of William Blake are all echoed, distorted, or just generally manipulated to weave an ethereal and sometimes menacing air layered over mechanical spirals, sparse piano and flute, and metallic patches of melody. Oniro is music from another planet - one in which the listener is made to feel suspended fathoms beneath a cold sea - and wanting never to escape. www.oldeuropacafe.com www.myspace.com