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6th June 2016

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Epicurean Escapism III Compilation CD + Dave Phillips “Proceed With Inquiry“ DVD + 24-page catalogue

A manifesto of escapist longing, of taking things to a more extreme level, a quest for a complex contextual message: The third and final edition of the Epicurean Escapism compilation series again unites music, film and visual arts contributed by the most interesting acts in the field of experimental industrial music; exploring the viewpoint of escapism, sharing the vision of uncompromising utopian transgression, diving into this subjective counter-world. Enjoy and endure!

The CD starts with British veteran providers of the extreme, SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND, who present a straight forward power noise track with a pulsating electronic hook. Swedish units ALFARMANIA and SKIN AREA dig deep into the depraved consciousness, each of them with of their unique version of morbid industrial resonating with decay, while BUDRUS seduce the listener with beautifully melancholic Lithuanian poetry; German act GERECHTIGKEITS LIGA clank and rattle with their brand of organic industrial. NIKOLAS SCHRECK, the prominent voice of Radio Werewolf appears as a vaudevillian, with a perverse neo-psychedelic composition conveying allusions to the deity Lord Sutekh, merging European neoclassical with ethnic Indian music and poetry with an unmistakable Radio Werewolf accent. A very special treat also comes from LAST DOMINION LOST – one of the last recordings of John Murphy on drums can be heard on their ritual piece “To The Master, A Long Goodnight” dedicated to the master himself.

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The contained DVD comprises video works, live performances and collaborations by radical Swiss sound artist DAVE PHILLIPS, sonically active since 1987, part of the notorious SCHIMPFLUCH GRUPPE (with Rudolf Eb.er, Joke Lanz) since 1991, having left his signature in numerous bands, projects and collaborations.

DAVE PHILLIPS uses sound as a means to activate primordial emotions otherwise hidden underneath the debris of civilization. His concept is called “Humanimalism” accordingly, meaning a state of mind that overcomes religious, material und supremacist charges of evolution, acknowledges itself as part of a whole and has grown into an empathic, conscious and connected creature allowing emotion and instinct their equal part in decision-making.

This collection presents his multifaceted work in composition, performance, psycho-acoustics, sonic rituals, voice, video, field recordings, objects and electronics, etc. in a yet unknown complexity and coherence of motion pictures. His performance work is revealed in all its undiluted brutality, the urgency and topicality of his work and his message is clearly evident, captivating and intensely documented.

Along with DAVE PHILLIPS’ video works created between 2014 and 2016, the DVD is a document of unique solo live actions and the notorious Paris 1996 performance of SCHIMPFLUCH-GRUPPE, as well as recent collaborations with G.X. JUPITTER LARSEN, and video artists PAKISE AKIN, JAN VAN HASSELT and REMOTE-CONTROL RECTUM, who in turn created their visual interpretations of PHILLIPS' audio works. It all amounts to a mind-expanding experience, playing with altered perception and throwing back the viewer onto his own vision.

The compilation package is topped off with a 24-page catalogue with a text about the work of DAVE PHILLIPS, as well as a double page each with collages, pictures, drawings and lyrics representing the audio work of every artist featured on the CD.

Conception and compilation by The Epicurean 2015/16
Package and catalogue design by The Epicurean 2016
“Proceed with Inquiry” DVD by Dave Phillips 2014–2016
“Our Progress is One-sided – The Cosmos of Dave Phillips” essay by Uwe Schneider, African Paper 2016
CD mastering: Peter Andersson 2016
DVD Format: Region free PAL

Label: The Epicurean (D), Silken Tofu (BE)
Release date: 6th of June 2016
Limited edition of 350 copies
Packaging: luxurious 6 panel 21 x 15 cm folder + 20-page catalogue, printed on matt image paper with dispersion varnish and packaged in a transparent, sealable bag

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EPICUREAN ESCAPISM III CD
Playtime: 49 minutes

1. SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND - Amuse-Bouche 6:04
2. ALFARMANIA - I Blodets Glöd 11:46
3. LAST DOMINION LOST - To the Master, a Long Goodnight 5:35
4. NIKOLAS SCHRECK - Lord Sutekh's Dream 6:44
5. BUDRUS - Duobe˙ 4:53
6. GERECHTIGKEITS LIGA - 23/7 3:53
7. SKIN AREA - Sighs of Warning 10:14

DAVE PHILLIPS “PROCEED WITH INQUIRY” DVD
Playtime: ca. 180 minutes

VIDEO WORKS: video action / scutigera / truth is invented by liars / threnody / rattus / daniel / iv ea pe

PERFORMANCES: schimpfluch-gruppe paris / abolishing religion / 130731 / hole/holy / screamscape / extreme rituals

COLLABORATIONS: as long as the victims may be quietly buried (with REMOTE-CONTROL RECTUM) / samstags nie (with PAKISE AKIN, JAN VAN HASSELT) /i curse you and all your kind (with REMOTE-CONTROL RECTUM) / ?10 (with G.X. JUPITTER LARSEN) / untitled #3 (with MOJU)



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Epicurean Escapism II Compilation CD + Con-Dom DVD “We Who Were Living Are Now Dying” + 20-page catalogue with essay & art works

On the occasion of the second Epicurean Escapism Festival 15th of June 2013 a CD/DVD compilation was released, including a CD with exclusive tracks by the performing artists KE/HIL, POST SCRIPTVM, ANEMONE TUBE, DIETER MÜH & TREPANERINGSRITUALEN, a DVD by CON-DOM with super 8 short films and experimental movies created by Mike Dando in the 1980s to early 1990s and finally digitally restored in 2013 and a 20-page catalogue with essay & artworks by ALEX TENNIGKEIT, ANDREW LILES, CARMEN BURGUESS, DENNIS RUDOLPH, PHILIP BEST & RUDOLF EB.ER.

Conception, compilation and design: The Epicurean 2013
Curation of the visual artists & essay: Uwe Schneider/African Paper 2012/13
CD mastering: Phil Julian 2013
DVD editing & mastering: Industrial Recollections 2013
DVD Format: Region free PAL

Label: The Epicurean (D), Silken Tofu (BE) & Peripheral Records (UK)
Release date: 15th of June 2013
Edition: Limited hand numbered 350 copies
Packaging: luxurious 6 panel 21 x 15 cm folder + 20-page catalogue, printed on matt image paper with dispersion varnish and packaged in a transparent, sealable bag

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Playtime: 53 minutes

1 Ke/Hil - Dark Germany 3:55
2 Anemone Tube - Apocalyptic Fantasy 3:20
3 Anemone Tube - Accumulations 8:44
4 Post Scriptvm - Leprous Driver 7:42
5 Trepaneringsritualen - Vanärat Är Ditt Namn 3:29
6 Trepaneringsritualen - End Of Flesh 5:10
7 Dieter Müh - Bethlehem 20:34

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CON-DOM “WE WHO WERE LIVING ARE NOW DYING” DVD
Playtime: 55 minutes

1 Impressions of a System 6:12
2 The Coming of Christ 13:35
3 Our Pleasure in the Pain/Vilification 8:42
4 All In Good Faith 1 14:18
5 All In Good Faith 2 (Get Right With God) 6:52
6 Hunger for Death 5:57

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Epicurean Escapism I Compilation CD + Martin Bladh DVD “Video Works“ + a 24-page catalogue with essay & art works by Martin Bladh

Right on time for the third Epicurean Escapism Festival, The Epicurean & Silken Tofu release another compilation, which is not a mere re-issue of the “Epicurean Escapism” tape released in 2012, but a completely new work with new & exclusive tracks by IRM, KRANK, JARL as well as a collaboration track by HUMAN LARVAE & ANEMONE TUBE. Apart from this, the set includes a DVD with collected video works by IRM mastermind MARTIN BLADH and a 24-page catalogue with essays and artwork by the same artist.

Swedish industrial trio IRM provide an episodic track constructed with elements from “Indications of Nigredo”, “Order4” and their new album “Closure” unified into a new, holistic composition, which contrasts aggressive noise segments with the illusionary moments of almost folkish lavishness. The track by John Murphy's lately revived project KRANK is a dark collage of fragmented noise, accoustic samples and female vocals all intermingled in a vortex of sonic chaos. IRM member JARL contributes a subtle piece of circulating drone sound, whose tranquil surface makes the half hidden harshness beneath even more audible. ANEMONE TUBE and HUMAN LARVAE contribute a quite lucid piece that perfectly combines the qualities of both projects – the knock-on effect of Anemone Tube's flow of sounds melts with the heaviness of Human Larvae's doomlike industrial.

The 92 minute DVD by MARTIN BLADH includes his earliest short film "Pig and Tomboy"(2005), the epic pentalogy "Cycle" (2006) and the conceptual installation video “DES“ (2009) among others. All the films present unvarnished set pieces of the human body subjected to subtly implied violence within claustrophobic spaces, where the camera itself, the voyeuristic eye, is the only free player. The accompanying art catalogue includes collages and Polaroids, several short essays by Bladh as well as an introduction text by Carl Abrahamsson.

Conception, compilation and design: The Epicurean 2014
Texts: Martin Bladh
CD mastering: Phil Julian 2014
DVD Format: Region free PAL

Label: The Epicurean (D) & Silken Tofu (BE)
Release date: 22nd of August 2014
Limited Edition: 350 copies
Packaging: luxurious 6 panel 21 x 15 cm folder, 24-page catalogue, printed on matt image paper with dispersion varnish and packaged in a transparent, sealable bag

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EPICUREAN ESCAPISM I CD
Playtime: 65 minutes

1 KRANK - Eyes Half Closed 10:19
2 IRM - Triptych 16:52
3 HUMAN LARVAE & ANEMONE TUBE - Shining with Insignificance / Reviving in Obscurity 12:50
4 JARL - A Case of Inbreeding: A Homage to my Doppelganger 25:21

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MARTIN BLADH “VIDEO WORKS” DVD
Playtime: 92 minutes

1 DES (2009)
2 Cycle (2005 - 2006): Exhibit A, Talk Show, Talk Show II, Talk Show III, Exhibit B
3 Hole3 (2006)
4 Pig and Tomboy (2005)
5 Matt 5:29 - 30 (2005)

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On the occasion of the Epicurean Escapism Festival 7th of July 2012

Pro-dubliated C-50 Tape with silk-screenprint + DVD-R, comes in a luxurious packaging in a limited edition of 100 copies only. Each package includes an individual download code. All tracks on the tape are exclusive (only 2 tracks are different versions/remixes)!

Released by: The Epicurean (D) & Silken Tofu (B)
Release date: 07th of July 2012
Edition: Limited hand numbered 100 copies (50 silver bags / 50 red bags)
Packaging: Silver/red bags with b/w sticker attached

Compiled & designed by The Epicurean June 2012
All tracks mastered by the artists, except Krank & Anemone Tube mastered by Pierre Jolivet

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TAPE
A1 Krank - Drain Sounds In The Well 5:19
A2 Anemone Tube - Dream Landscape (Remix) 4:56
A3 IRM - 4 (Live at Nalen, Stockholm, 12.11.2011) 6:46
A4 Jarl - Succubus 5:52
B1 Human Larvae - Obsession Intermezzo 3:24
B2 Human Larvae - Path Of The Unwanted 4:38
B3 Dissecting Table - Human Sacrifice 11:01
B4 Anemone Tube - In A New Light 3:09

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Martin Bladh - Pig And Tomboy 6:56