William S. Burroughs – Häxan – Witchcraft Through The AgesLabel: Sotpackan – sp0067Format: CD, AlbumCountry: ItalyReleased: 2014Style: Spoken Word, Free Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz Celebrating it’s 100th anniversary in 2022, Benjamin Christensen’s legendary 1922 film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious; instead it’s a witches’ brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous. Featuring grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath, it was censored in many countries at that time for its graphic depictions of the occult, torture, nudity, and sexual…
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Zu – Jhator
Zu – JhatorLabel: House of Mythology – HOM 009Format: CD, AlbumCountry: UKReleased: 07 Apr 2017Style: Free Jazz, Noise, Prog Rock Stubbornly free from genre classification, Italian trio Zu have been proud to follow their own musical pathways for some twenty years now. Throughout their highly diverse career the band has cultivated the art of collaboration, joining forces with luminaries such as Mike Patton, Damo Suzuki, Mats Gustafsson and Nobukazu Takemura. Their new album – and first on House of Mythology – is no exception, featuring guest musicians such as Jessica Moss of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Kristoffer Lo of Norwegian pop sensations Highasakite, among others. Jhator is…
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Phallus Dei – Black Dawn
Phallus Dei – Black DawnLabel: Dark Vinyl Records – DV 70Format: CD, AlbumCountry: EuropeReleased: 08 Mar 2017Style: Drone, Minimal, Industrial, Krautrock, Free Jazz “Stigmata” is exclusive to the CD version. Phallus Dei (one of the most important German industrial & darkwave project of the 90s!!) are celebrating their 25th anniversary with the new album Black Dawn. Combining industrial guitar drones with minimal music, Phallus Dei’s signature elements melt together creating a repetitive, orchestral wall of sound on what is definitely their heaviest, deepest album ever. Featuring guest performances by Merzbow, Peter Brötzmann, Niels van Hoorn and Jacqueline Hamelink . Phallus Dei are: Mk. E. / Oliver St. Lingam / Richard…
