Reissue of the 2021 debut album by Scopophilia - the collaborative project of Harriet Kate Morgan (aka MILITARY POSITION) and Ester Kärkkäinen (aka HIMUKALT).

One cannot write about Scopophilia without discussing the female condition, as both artists sublimate their own biographies and biologies into sound. Literally, 'scopophilia' means an extreme sense of the male gaze, with the woman bearing nothing but her own sexuality. Yes, this album is a fractured autobiographical rendering on the inherently fraught situation of being a woman; but more so, it is a raw production of power electronics, industrial decadence, and provocative discipline.

The two share a number of similar influences, with their respective solo work being largely industrial and quite minimal in comparison to Scopophilia. In the album's dark techno rhythms the duo create tracks which are lurid, sensual, intimate, and violent all at once, stirring visual images and narrative fragments through the noise.

The album is more than a synthesis of the bruised noise from Military Position and postmortem electronics from Himukalt, through an uncanny communion of misery, mania, sexual addiction, innate trauma, the loss of self, the aftermath of abuse or controlling situations, the horror of being in a female body and the subsequent feelings of entrapment this brings.

A definite vignette of female sexuality ... and a commentary on their past and their subsequent feelings of disempowerment, as well as thoughts on what it is to be a woman and industrial artist.

6-panel digipak with 12-page booklet.