CONTROLLED DEATH / RUDOLF EB.ER - 'Death Ceremonies'






CSR283LP (21 August 2020)
Black vinyl LP. Ltd x 400 copies on 180gm vinyl in a 350gsm sleeve. (DELETED)
Barcode: 0641871745562

"Death Ceremonies" is the darkest, most primitive death industrial record, soaked throughout with the smell of rotting corpses and burning bodies.

Controlled Death (MASONNA) features Yamazaki's most compulsive Korg MS-20 drones and obsessive, disturbing vocals, drenched with anxiety and alienation. Dense atmospheres of doom, death and decay build up just to break away in deep paranoia. Rudolf Eb.er (SCHIMPFLUCH) scratches a near-dead violin over horrifying synth tones, celebrating obscure forest rituals, unearthing an archaic actionism and long forgotten witchery - decomposing his raw sounds on dusty magnetic tape.

Maso Yamazaki (best known for his extreme Japanoise project Masonna) and Rudolf Eb.er (Swiss noise-actionists of the legendary Schimpfluch circle) collaborated live and in the studio multiple times during the mid and late 90's. Both based in Osaka, Japan, a spontaneous meeting brought up their mutual interest in degraded and primitive black metal. Discussing their own latest black brews of sinister side projects gave birth to the idea of the "Death Ceremonies" LP.

Track listing:

Rudolf Eb.er:

A1. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) I (2:35)
A2. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) II (2:13)
A3. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) III (2:50)
A4. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) IV (2:36)
A5. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) V (2:29)
A6. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) VI (2:53)
A7. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) VII (2:17)
A8. Ende Leben (Hëxapoda Cëremonia) VIII (1:39)

Controlled Death:

B1. Death Ceremony I (5:17)
B2. Death Ceremony II (0:50)
B3. Death Ceremony III (4:17)
B4. Death Ceremony IV (1:44)
B5. Death Ceremony V (1:04)
B6. Death Ceremony VI (1:50)
B7. Death Ceremony VII (2:28)
B8. Death Ceremony VIII (2:12)

Reviews:

"[Rudolf eb.er]  plays a  very  ritualistic, and  violin  oriented  form  of  death  industrial... field  recordings  and  some  stringed  instruments  gives  the  music  more  of  an  avant  garde  feeling.  The  grim  spoken  word  parts  also  add  in  touches  of  black  metal  and  also  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  eastern  style  occult  and  ritualistic  atmosphere... [Controlled Death] plays a primitive  mixture  of  death  industrial  and  Japanese  noise... At  times  the  music  also  brings  in  the  brutal  side  of  death  industrial  along  with  some  demonic  sounding  growls  and  screams... Avant  garde  and  lo-fi  orientated  soundscapes  are  also  brought  into  some  parts... more  diverse as  the  album  progresses  and  the  production  also  sounds  very  dark... a  very  great  sounding  split  and  I  would  recommend  it  to  all  fans  of  death  industrial" (8/10, DarkUndergroundMusicZine)