TO OUR RESCUE will possibly be the next release by IN THE LABYRINTH. This material is more vocally oriented than their previous albums and the style, as a whole, runs in a relatively new direction bringing it all a bit closer to psychedelic rock. This means that they are departing ever so slightly from the ethnical, semi-oriental touch present in most of what has happened up till now. Besides Peter Lindahl, there is a long line up of musicians taking part, among these Håkan Almkvist. And you will not only hear the voice of Peter where there are lyrics or choir sections, but several other vocalists will also be putting in their efforts helping out with harmonies. One of these is as usual Helena Selander. The lyrics of this album are dealing with several topics but not least environmental issues, as the title track To our rescue suggests. But there are also messages about love, myth and magic and other more or less subtle themes which softly align with the dreamy nature of the music. Another important contributor to this album is Peter's late brother Niklas Lindahl who will appear with a couple of compositions which have been recently recorded by the whole project, partly also including Niklas on  a few instruments.

SAMAS ANTARAL is an IN THE LABYRINTH production which Peter worked on together with old friend Stefan Ottman both before and while recording The Garden of Mysteries, which would be around the late eighties to mid nineties. Parts of the music of this vast album has now and then been incor- porated into the ITL productions in that some of the material has now and then been reedited and included in all three of the CD releases. The remaining core of Samas Antaral will hopefully see the light of day when the album finally has been completed. Style wise, it´s mainly acoustic and basically instrum- ental, taking you from mediaeval tarantulas via  oriental, sweeping themes to heavier passages with a rock progressive trademark. In the list of musicians, many familiar names appear as do a couple of rather new participants with an intriguing background. One of these is Styrbjörn Bergelt who indulges in Swedish folk lore and constructs, as well as exhibits his art on ancient nordic instruments. Another new participant is Marcos Chagallo who plays the violin and who has routes in Argentina.

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