Scalpafloi
The intrigue & stuff is dead high on this one, a mouth-wateringly rare and otherworldly missive from Hamburg’s cult, highly enigmatic Werkbund collective. It’s evidently one of their dankest trips into concrète synth abstraction too, highly recommended if yr deep in that Coil, Zoviet France x Hafler Trio zone.
Since 1987, Werkbund have remained a riddle to practically anyone outside their studio, rumoured to be any combo - solo or joint - of Felix Kubin, Uli Rehberg, Asmus Tietchens, or your maw’s cousin’s dog from Hamburg. Between the late ‘80s and the ‘00s, they released a handful of LPs and CDs on their puzzling Walter Ulbricbht Schallfolien imprint and the related Abraum label, including some extraordinary electronic recordings by Mechthildt Von Leusch, a properly shady character, who would also appear to be behind their 1997 classic ‘Tanz Und Andacht’ (Dance and Devotion) - an album that ranged from beautifully windswept synths and airborne waltzes to deeply creepy horror themes.
This 9th and possibly final excursion under their prized handle could really have been recorded at any point in the intervening years and manifests an ice cold plunge into the drone unknown across nine parts that sustain the mystery. We’re pulled in through passages of what sounds like a heart beating in an iron lung, into something like a contact mic recording of a submarine resisting a tonne weight of pressure before a final implosion on ‘Die Flotte’. They generate the eeriest crystal skull rub piquancy in ‘Cava Und Hoy - Kein Trost’, leading to pharynx-resonating tones on ‘Farewell, Von Der Tann’ and a ghostly, abstracted lament for drowned sailors on ‘Scapa Flow’ that sees the project off in the most bewildering, uncanny style.
Real special, elusive gear, definitely served best with the lights off.
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Individually hand numbered edition of 500 copies.
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The intrigue & stuff is dead high on this one, a mouth-wateringly rare and otherworldly missive from Hamburg’s cult, highly enigmatic Werkbund collective. It’s evidently one of their dankest trips into concrète synth abstraction too, highly recommended if yr deep in that Coil, Zoviet France x Hafler Trio zone.
Since 1987, Werkbund have remained a riddle to practically anyone outside their studio, rumoured to be any combo - solo or joint - of Felix Kubin, Uli Rehberg, Asmus Tietchens, or your maw’s cousin’s dog from Hamburg. Between the late ‘80s and the ‘00s, they released a handful of LPs and CDs on their puzzling Walter Ulbricbht Schallfolien imprint and the related Abraum label, including some extraordinary electronic recordings by Mechthildt Von Leusch, a properly shady character, who would also appear to be behind their 1997 classic ‘Tanz Und Andacht’ (Dance and Devotion) - an album that ranged from beautifully windswept synths and airborne waltzes to deeply creepy horror themes.
This 9th and possibly final excursion under their prized handle could really have been recorded at any point in the intervening years and manifests an ice cold plunge into the drone unknown across nine parts that sustain the mystery. We’re pulled in through passages of what sounds like a heart beating in an iron lung, into something like a contact mic recording of a submarine resisting a tonne weight of pressure before a final implosion on ‘Die Flotte’. They generate the eeriest crystal skull rub piquancy in ‘Cava Und Hoy - Kein Trost’, leading to pharynx-resonating tones on ‘Farewell, Von Der Tann’ and a ghostly, abstracted lament for drowned sailors on ‘Scapa Flow’ that sees the project off in the most bewildering, uncanny style.
Real special, elusive gear, definitely served best with the lights off.