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Curio

Album cover for Curio by ICDC. A layered collage of mystic and cinematic fragments: veiled figures, ritual gestures, and theatrical tableaux framed in ornate gold filigree. Red text announces ‘Ihsan & The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari��’ above and ‘Curio’ below, anchoring the piece in a surreal fusion of cultural memory and esoteric cinema. The composition evokes a ceremonial poster from a lost archive, blending devotional iconography with avant-garde storytelling.

Released in 2015, Curio marks the debut of Ihsan & The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, introducing a soundworld where electronic jazz, classical motifs, and ambient experimentation intersect. The album unfolds like a small cabinet of sonic artifacts — each track a self‑contained study in mood, texture, and shifting emotional states.


Across its six pieces, Curio moves from introspective calm to more shadowed, cinematic spaces. “You’re Who You Are” opens the record with a sense of quiet assertion, while “In a Meditative State” drifts into slower, more contemplative terrain. “Syakina” offers a gentle, luminous center point, and “The Melancholic Somnambulist” closes the album with a dreamlike, wandering quality that lingers long after the final notes fade.


Curio stands as a subtle but confident first statement — a debut that treats sound as both inquiry and atmosphere, setting the foundation for the project’s later explorations into more expansive experimental forms.

01. You're Who You Are 


02. In A Meditative State


03. Syakina 


04. Mineral Kingdom - Disintegration Crawler


05. Burst of Glass


06. The Melancholic Somnambulist 

2015/12/15

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