・name: AIN SOPH
・area: Italy
・members: Claudio Giammarini aka ClauDEDI (founder/previous), Forenovis (founder/previous), Toni Pettini aka THX (founder/previous), Crucifige (previous), Marcello Fraioli (present), Steve Stroll (present)
・involved projects [Claudio Giammarini]: Circus Joy, Mushroom's Patience, etc.
・organizing label [Claudio Giammarini]l: Misty Circles
・accomplice labels: Misty Circles, Old Europa Cafe, Minus Habens Records, Nekrophile Rekords, Cthulhu Records, Staalplaat, Athanor, WKN, etc.
Ain Soph arose in Rome in the early 1980's, composing disturbing industrial-ambient soundtracks for their esoteric rituals. The music of their first tape releases is dark, frightening and evocative. In 1988 they released their first LP, the masterpiece "Kshatriya", blending neoclassical arrangements, noise and experimental sounds. At the beginning of the 1990's, Ain Soph radically changed direction, first releasing a collection of sacral-hymn songs, then exploring traditional folk music and psychedelic hard rock.