John Bergstrom, Brannon Hungness
with Mark Kirschenmann, Doug Wallace, Rebecca Karpoff and various others
Influences
Toru Takemitsu, Jacob Druckman, Glenn Branca, Gustav Holst, Scott Walker, House Of Love, Miles Davis, Swans, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nine Inch Nails, Tan Dun, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner, Claude Debussy, David Lynch, Portishead, Ennio Morricone
Of the 4 tracks above, "r(embr)yo u" is the first track from Seraphim Hallucino, "Seraphim Hallucino Excerpt" is from the 2nd Movement of Seraphim Hallucino, "i fall, sound(in)g her dream" (1st Movement)" is an in-the-works piece for our next album and "Live In Montreal (Portion)" is an excerpt from a video piece that will also be included on our next album.
"I stake all that I own that you’ll not have heard anything so dynamically impressive before. The overall effect of the music like being on a hallucinogenic merry go round. ‘Seraphim Hallucino’ is a hugely diverse and highly intense musical experience. Beautifully crafted and realized from the imaginations of artists at one with their work, this sounds completely different with each play and forces you to sit up and take notice from first note to last. The first mandatory recording of 2007 that everyone must acquire. Just get yourself a copy and be prepared to be confused, confounded and totally mesmerized and amazed."
-Heathen Harvest
"Seraphim Hallucino is a highly psychedelic ambient trip of pure and undefinable beauty. Buy this."
-Gothtronic
“the band most likely to compose a fitting soundtrack for the end of the world” -Sorted magAZine
"You often find yourself lost in the shapeless forms that surround you. It really feels like the listener (has been) dragged into another world."
-Blood Ties
"Psychedelic noise that’s artistic and varied, leaving one’s soul no rest as the brain’s burial music continues onwards going lower and lower until your intestines have been wrestled free from your guts. Yeah powerful stuff indeed."
-Smother
"It unfolds great beauty when explored in depth (and in the dark, I presume)- They know how to create an intense piece that holds the attention throughout."
-Vital Weekly
“visionary gothic pyschedelia" -The Wire
“the most undefinable gorgeous musical anything that I have ever witnessed...a beyond great performance, chilling and anxious"
-Best Of Times
DISCMAKERS HAS SELECTED SERAPHIM HALLUCINO TO BE FEATURED IN THEIR CATALOG AS A RELEASE THAT SURPASSES THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS!
At last, after 11 years spent working on Seraphim Hallucino, (as well as other musical projects, technological innovations, mental institutions and boardroom discussions) it ARRIVES! SERAPHIM HALLUCINO
Deeply imbedded in the music and fragmented lyrics are secrets, intertwining themes, voices, imprinted messages - listening with headphones in a darkened room is highly recommended.
Additional info, photos, upcoming performances and mp3 downloads can be found at www.oblivionensemble.com
Discography:
2006 Seraphim Hallucino CD on Malignant Records (distributed by Cold Meat Industry)
1998 Phonorecord 7" on Drone Records
1995 Nightmare SinistrotorsE CD on Complacency Records (distributed by Caroline)
1991 Spectacle/Twilight's Flight Of Reason 7" on Oblivious Music
Founded and lead by Brannon Hungness and John Bergstrom in 1988.
You may send a message directly through myspace for information about purchasing Oblivion Ensemble products. We have everything in stock (including a very rare 7" from 1991 that someone is trying to sell online along with a cdr copy for $30.00! We'll sell the 7" and a cdr made directly from the digital master for a much better price!)
Oblivion Ensemble is currently recording new music and working on a series of videos.
Related Projects:
Brannon has worked with musicians from The Peter Gabriel Band, Paul McCartney Band, King Crimson and many others, including Glenn Branca and Elliott Sharp. He leads his own band, Hungness (formerly Kill Myself On Monday), and is also a member of Doped The Horse, Inward Becomes An Anthem, Famous Breathers, and his solo project Figure. See below for links and visit WWW.HUNGNESS.COM
John also has his solo project Torse and runs WWW.STATICSIGNALS.COM
Thank you for adding me. Live in Montreal was incredible. I liked the build up and static sounds. Sounded like boarding a strange machine. That melody in R Embryo U was incredible. I really liked those sounds. Keep up the awesome work and keep in touch, J
Hello. Best Regards. ARX KAELI - Highway. Released on label Acidsamovar, Russia. Cd packed in wooden box with laser engraving, covered a grey varnish. Time 62 min.
-Hi, Thanks you for ADD!!!! I am to your disposition for any project, if you need my style and estetica!!! In order to make to the art of cover CD. ROZ - Illustrator
Hello The latest issue of Wonderful Wooden Reasons is now online and features a review of one of your albums. you can read it at our blog and also at www. wonderfulwoodenreasons. co. uk peace ian
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