Josef Nadek - Bluatig Hart
As you all (probably) have noticed; the so-called popularity and fame of our favorite evil Santa-Claus and Austrian-bred Christmas horror-ghoul Krampus have been slowly on the rise for the past 5 years or so. Countless horror movies and appearances in various pop-horror inspired tv-series like Supernatural and Grimm, even being mentioned in a food and cook series with Anthony Bourdain (Christmas special). There is no doubt about it that Krampus will probably be more around with us for some time.
A year after Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013) horror-flick was released, an experimental and highly productive noise/ambient artist named Josef Nadek thought of having a go with with the Krampus theme. He has been meddling with weird, outrageous and rather abstract soundscapes since 2009. For a clear overview of his productivity, I suggest you give his Discogs site a visit.
This release was exposed to the public back in Christmas 2014, limited to 50 copies (sold out, I got the last one!). Still of course available by digital means via Fall Into Void´s Bandcamp site.
We´re dealing with a 20-minute 4-track treat of Christmas eerieness, handling the effects of spooky ambient field-recordings to ritualistic mood glitches and further into abstract and brutal-distorted sound-aesthetics. Nurse With Wound, Sutcliffe Jugend and Coil fans should take notice. Quite convincing feats of created sound material, unique - fascinating and scary at the same time. Not exactly a kind of album decent to listen to when you are sociable with a bunch of people, but absolutely perfect when you are alone on Christmas evening!. You don´t really have to be in a Christmas mood to listen to this, works most of the seasons I think. When I miss the dear Krampus fellow in the summertime, I think I´ll have a listen to this excellent tape.
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