Project sheets for the named ensembles, collaborations, and label activity attached to Albin Julius. Sources are tracked in SOURCES_ARCHIV.md; open uncertainties in QUESTIONS_ARCHIV.md.
The person — public record
Civil name Albin Julius Martinek (Metal Archives, SR-Archiv). MusicBrainz person record gives 1967-10-16 → 2022-05-04 with country-level birthplace Austria; ISNI 0000000406806195. No city-level place of birth is published here pending primary documentation (see Q1 of QUESTIONS_ARCHIV.md).
Wikidata item — Q3509713 (hub; not used as sole evidence)
Projects & collaborations
The Moon lay hidden beneath a Cloud
Period
1992 – 1999 (MusicBrainz group span; ended)
Role
Albin Julius with vocalist Alzbeth (per third-party press); per-release credits to be cross-checked against label sleeves
Aesthetic register
Dark ambient and proto-neofolk strata, archaic European instruments and texts; releases issued through the duo's own framework, distributed at the time by World Serpent
Sources
MusicBrainz group page; Discogs artist hub; specialist press (Side-Line)
1996 – 2022 (MusicBrainz group span; documented locality: Vienna)
Role
Founder and primary author; everything-instrument credits on the early period (1996–2010)
Aesthetic register
Started as martial-industrial sample composition (orchestral / military citation, dark ambient), shifted from 2003 onward toward a band format and rock-oriented presentation (per Side-Line)
Sources
MusicBrainz group; Discogs artist hub; SR-Archiv; AllMusic
