hybryds, front 242, lustmord, lisa gerrard, dead can dance, art zoyd, stanley kubrick, david lynch, HR Giger, massive attack, klinik, section 25, cabaret voltaire, Siouxsie Sioux, purcell, mozart, shinjuku thief, jah wobble, arthur baker, meat beat manifesto, dave clarke, miles davis, leftfield, kate bush, diamanda galas, elizabeth frazer, jocelyn pook, arvo pärt, sleep chamber, einstürzende neubauten , Mylene Farmer, jello biafra, prodigy, peter gabriel, bauhaus, la perversita, liquid liquid, kraftwerk, the young gods, ministry, Vanilla Fudge, Sigur Rós, goldfrapp, herbie hancock, sergio mendes, cameo, david bowie, joy division, the stranglers, jimi hendrix, curtis mayfield, ennio morricone, fluke, tool, joaquin rodrigo, maurice ravel, Narciso Yepes, Andalucia, Barcelona, Picasso, peter greenaway, russ meyer, B.B., Jane Fonda, Michel Polnareff, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jeanne d'Arc, bram stoker, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, H.P. Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley, Antoni Gaudi, Bauhaus architecture, Schoonselhof Cemetery, Paris, Père Lachaise Cemetery, The name of the rose, Lawrence of Arabia, Barry Lyndon, blade, eyes wide shut, Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo, The Sicilian Clan, Rio Bravo, A Fistfull of Dollars, The Man with the Harmonica,
von magnet, sex is bass & bass is sex ...
During his career Ah Cama-Sotz has carved a niche for himself as one of the darkest industrial acts around. His music is steeped in a multitude of mythology, occultism and bloody history, which lend a context and significance to the individual works that is noticeably absent from a lot of contemporary industrial / noise music. The past 16 years have seen the Ah Cama-Sotz sound progress from cold, minimalist electronics through to dark ambient soundscapes and pounding techno floor-fillers. Herman's boyhood infatuation of classical music has prominantly formed the foundation of his present musicality. Subsequently his fascination for "dance" led him into DJ'ing in clubs and local pirate radio stations, where he noticed the incessant evolution and metamorphosis of " dance " and experimental music. Yet, he didn't want to remain a passive onlooker and aspired to formulate his individual sound, by mean of acquiring synths and samplers. His objective was to combine his musical passion and esoteric ideology which resulted in an obscure and macabre but rhythmic and atmospherically sound. This project required an appropriate moniker, which could integrate and mirror all those constituents. When wandering in Mexico he uncovered local mythology and found his alter ego: " Ah Cama-Sotz ", named after a giant bat which used his extremely elongated sharp claws to decapitate his victims. In the mid-eighties he recorded his first tracks, which were given airplay on a controversial local radio station, " radio centraal ". While on the air he attracted the attention of an electronic/ritual band called " Hybryds " which resulted into a ritual-ambient project/recording for the Antwerp zoo: " Soundtrack voor het aquarium " (project by hybryds and vidna obmana). When listening to Ah Cama-Sotz' recordings you will ascertain his mephystological values interpolated with rhythmical-ritual ambience and accentuated with industrial vibes. Ah Cama-Sotz will transport your subconscious in a mythical universe where his alter ego " Ah Cama-Sotz " haunts the night and proliferates anxiety amidst every living creature. Ah Cama-Sotz' music reflects the epitome of mankind's mis(t)ery and (in)humanity.
" They rage against mankind, they spill their blood like rain,
devouring their flesh and sucking their veins. "
Side projects: OKK-ULTh, wai pi wai, camanecroszcope, pow[d]er pussy, tortura, death and internal thirst.
. DECLARATION OF INNOCENCE (bats & cats)
. "DEAD CITIES" (bats & cats)
. 13 (bats & cats digital)
. CAMANECROSZCOPE II : Echoes ov a beckoning arcanum (spectre)
. THE WAY TO HERESY (hands)
. GHOST IN THE SHADOW (spectre)
. 10 YEARS BAT VIBEZ (hands)
. CAMANECROSZCOPE : Echoes ov who lieth dead but ever dreameth (spectre)
. RITES OF THE FLESH (bats & cats)
. LA PROCESION DE LA SANGRE (hands)
. MANTRA (hands)
. U-BOOT (spectre)
. THE HOUSE OF THE LORDH (ant-zen)
. TERRA INFERNALIS (hands)
. POISON (old europe café)
. LA PESTE (bats & cats)
. EPITHAPHE (hands)
. FIRST CIRCLE OF HELL (spectre)
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As winter hibernation and spring awakening gives way to summer, Halo Manash rises radiant into luminosity, with wings spread into all worlds, and brings forth Taiwaskivi, an opulent work of solar ambience and primordial Ur-music.
Taiwaskivi, a work of sonic flame and aural ash, consists of seven interrelated tracks, utilizing such diverse instrumentation as organ, horns, vocals, drums, gongs, percussions and various string instruments as well as field-recordings captured during the pilgrimage that the creation of the work embodies.
An air of finality abounds, as Taiwaskivi, although a complete work in itself, can also be viewed as the third and final facet of a tripartite series of works that are part of one holistic creation – a treelogy, with seed, root, trunk and finally, branches. Being the culmination of an ascending journey through the aforementioned realms within and without, Taiwaskivi is the celestial crown at the peak, reaching toward Sol, source and beyond; it is the leaves and fruit of the branches and their skybound nectar ever-flowing - the sacred fire, the consummation and conjunction of All.
Comes in a hand finished cardboard booklet. Two different editions are available; regular CD edition and CD + DVD with inserts. Both are limited to 500 copies.
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