Drawing inspiration from the captivating world-building of faux film soundtracks, it recalls the eerie and elusive ambiance of cult classics like Barry Adamson's "Moss Side Story." However, "The Inner Room" is far from a typical soundtrack – sounding more like a disorienting lo-fi unearthed bootleg recording of a film's eerie score captured directly from a vintage TV screen. "The Inner Room" delves into a realm of ambient horror, echoing the soundscapes of 1970s and 1980s Italian horror films, 70s giallo, and American 80s neon synth slashers. In this evocative soundscape,
Ruppert crafts a world that's at once familiar and unsettling, as if it's been lost in the mists of time or faded from memory like a hazy, half-remembered dream of a film. Blending samples, found sound, field recordings and analog synthesizers, it creates an atmospheric tapestry of dread and unease. These 17 tracks serve as a portal to a bygone era of cinematic nightmares, of fear and fascination. A world where the line between reality and the macabre blurs, and the dread of the unknown is constant.