BIOLITH
Biolith (Bari Yukaro) is an explorer, naturalist, and musician based in Colorado. He spends most of his time secluded in the mountains, using the natural world as his main source of inspiration.
Over the years, Biolith’s musical style has shifted from piano-focused ambient electronica influenced by C418 and Floex to atmospheric post-rock after being exposed to bands like Sigur Rós and Radiohead.
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In August of 2023, Biolith helped form Human People, a short-lived project with Fletcher Gull, another artist whom he met while studying in Boulder. Human People had numerous shows with other guest musicians before they disbanded in April of the following year.
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Since the disbanding of Human People, Biolith has been all but inactive, preparing for the release of his upcoming album, seas: chapter 2. It will be his most adventurous work yet, featuring cello-bowed electric guitar and vocals.
Biolith I
(2021)
1. Last Lights of Earthstar
2. Star of the False Summer
3. The Distant Peak
4. Properties of Water
5. Membrane
6. Redcliff
7. Mahoniacelium
Biolith I is the debut album of artist and producer Biolith. It was released on Bandcamp on April 24, 2021 and to streaming platforms in 2022. With nature as his main inspiration, the album soundtracks the exploration that Biolith did during lockdown around the forests of southwest Colorado. Many of the songs are named after places around his home, with others being taken from pieces of poetry that Biolith was writing at the time. The album features Biolith’s early piano-focused style, with tight electronic drums and layered ambient synths holding the songs together. It's a very personal album, coming from a dark period in Biolith’s life in the middle of COVID-19, when social interaction was at an all-time low.
The Return of Splitrock
(2021)
1. The Return
2. Ballad of Flags
3. Sandstone Meteorite
4. Resilient
5. Finale
6. Moonscape
7. The Mystic Forest
The Return of Splitrock is the sophomore album of artist and producer Biolith. It was released on June 1, 2021, during a time of increased construction and deforestation around Biolith’s home. The album expresses a lot of the anger and grief that was felt as Biolith watched the forests that he grew up in being flattened for housing in the ever--expanding town of Durango. Named after a stick fort that Biolith built with his childhood friends, the Return of Splitrock represents a silent rebellion against corporate greed and urbanization. It has a similar style to Biolith I with a much darker tone.
Trip Reports
(2021)
1. Megarhiza
2. Embers of Dragonbone
3. Castle Ruins / Mineshafts
4. Slopes / Drifting Away
5. Great Divide
6. Seasons
7. In the End
Trip Reports is the third full-length album of artist and producer Biolith. It was released on August 1, 2021, completing Biolith’s 2021 album trilogy. The album was inspired by various trips that Biolith took in the summer of 2021, with each song referencing one of seven different locations in the San Juan Mountains. Trip Reports was an important milestone in Biolith’s songwriting, featuring the addition of guitar and a more rock-oriented style, while keeping piano as a main instrument. It would also experiment with more acoustic instruments, including acoustic guitar, bassoon, and harp.
Year 1: Origins / Snigiro
(2022)
1. Megarhiza
2. Resilient
3. Properties of Water
4. Great Divide
5. Ballad of Flags
6. Redcliff
7. Seasons
8. Sandstone Meteorite
9. Mahoniacelium
10. Horizon
11. Afghani Bop
Year 1: Origins is a compilation album by artist and producer Biolith, released on November 10, 2022. It contains two collaborative tracks with two of Biolith’s childhood friends, Patch and Notorious, as well as nine songs from Biolith’s first three albums. The styles of the two songs vary a bit from Biolith’s other work, featuring some of Patch’s distinct piano style in Horizon and Notorious’ unique choice of samples in Afghani Bop.
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Year 1: Snigiro was an experimental album that featured the entirety of Year 1: Origins in reverse order.
leviathan.
(2022)
1. MEMORY
2. DIVERGE
3. PACUARE
4. SKYBLOOM
5. HOME
leviathan. is the fifth project by artist and producer Biolith. It was released on December 10, 2022. The EP features remixes of some of Biolith’s other songs, including The Mystic Forest from The Return of Splitrock and Rainforest Droplets (unreleased). Rather than contributing to a common theme like Biolith’s previous three albums, the songs in leviathan. aren’t as connected, having been written throughout 2021 and 2022. Regardless, it is an important release in Biolith’s discography, highlighting more experimentation in song structure and marking the end of Biolith’s 2021-2022 era.
seas: chapter 1
(2023)
1. išod (ambient)
2. süvonas (ambient)
3. kompa (ambient)
4. dásoba (ambient)
5. nepí (ambient)
6. vodózo (ambient)
7. kuga / ünari (ambient)
seas: chapter 1 is the sixth project by artist and producer Biolith, released on March 4, 2023. It is the first chapter in the seas trilogy, marking a major shift in Biolith’s musical style from piano-oriented electronic to ambient post-rock and drone. The songs in seas: chapter 1 are very atmospheric, all flowing together into a massive pool of synth pads that brings a feeling of peace and longing for the ocean. Two songs were later added to the project as a b-side to the original album. seas: chapter 1 is the calm before the storm that is seas: chapter 2.
seas: chapter 2
(2024)
1. intro
2. kuga
3. suga
4. þubota
5. vodózo
6. tusá
7. süvonas
8. reef
9. išod
10. em
11. dive
seas: chapter 2 is the fifth studio album by artist and producer Biolith. The album explores completely new subject matter from Biolith's previous projects, telling a story about rejecting society to explore the sea. It is the first of Biolith's projects to feature vocals, as well as almost completely live production. Most of the lyrics and song names are in nepa-sata, a language created by Biolith. Sonically, the album is much different than Biolith's past works, showing Biolith's exploration of live instrumentation and atmospheric post-rock.
1. solar.flare
solar.flare is the second single of artist and producer Necrolith, released on September 6, 2024. The track shows Necrolith’s exploration back into electronic music, this time having more of a d&b/breakcore sound by introducing samples, long builds, and breakbeats.
solar.flare
(2024)
1. destroyer
2. destroyer (instrumental)
3. destroyer (broken version)
destroyer is the debut single of artist and producer Necrolith, released on January 26, 2024. It features a building piano piece layered over with bass, strings, and a gripping spoken word poem; setting the stage for Necrolith’s future releases. The single also contains an instrumental version and a heavily-distorted “broken” version.
destroyer
(2024)
1. dark
2. spore
3. 2163
from darkness is the first project by Necrolith and Biolith, and marks the beginning of both artists' musical careers. It's short and rough on the edges, but it shows the start of something that would become much greater for both Necrolith and Biolith.
from darkness
(2021)
(Neko Drenas) is an urban explorer, artist, and musician based in Colorado. A bit of a social recluse, he spends most of his time in the depths of abandoned buildings preparing for the "inevitable fall of humanity".
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The musical style of Necrolith is heavily inspired by post-rock acts like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Swans, and Have A Nice Life, resulting in darker-sounding music that paints a bleak, dystopian image of modern society.
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Necrolith is currently working on his debut album, the ghosts of valmont butte.
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