We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

plays ars moriendi

by philipp münch

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €8.80 EUR  or more

     

  • philipp münch plays ars moriendi: limited edition cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    high-bias red cassette tape with printed cover. limited to 50 copies

    Includes unlimited streaming of plays ars moriendi via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
bewegung 05:36
2.
3.
4.
stimulation 03:57
5.
kein wille 04:56
6.
valium 04:12
7.
8.
splatter me! 05:13
9.
soul / seele 04:57
10.
11.
12.
armageddon 04:03

about

know your history: ars moriendi originated in the - undisputedly historic - autumn of 1989, more a collective than a band, teeming with youthful energy and idealism. in the following five years they would record half a dozen albums on their very own fich-art label, stylistically shifting from industrial-with-punk-rock-aesthetics to an exploration of deeper and darker musical realms. these cassette-only release were later recollected on a lavish ant-zen retrospective, and while the single members were already continuing their creative efforts recording and performing in units such as asche, templegarden's, morgenstern, monokrom, mandelbrot and synapscape (to name a few), ars moriendi also graced the maschinenfest stage in 2002 and 2008 for reunion shows. seminal, influential, legendary - one may choose the adjective of his own liking for this band, it's all true.

life in the here and now: these are unsettling and uncertain times, so the music of ars moriendi is as topical as it was back then. and, their music is simply too strong to just sink into oblivion, so philipp münch (who has been the most constantly active musician of the original line-up) as the trustee of the ars moriendi heritage has meticulously re-recorded twelve original tracks with contemporary means of production. rhythmic bangers like 'deeper trance', 'meiner selbst' or 'splatter me!' pack a punch, upfront tracks like 'bewegung' or 'valium' are as confrontational as ever, 'kingdom ov trust' represents the solemn and sinister side of am, and 'verworrene welt' takes us back to those apocalyptic outlooks of the passing cold war, making an alarming comeback. 'plays ars moriendi' proves the timeless appeal and importance of industrial music.

what goes around comes around: as children of the underground cassette culture, it is only appropriate ars moriendi should re-emerge with a cassette release. and, in true keeping of their communal spirit, philipp münch could rely on a string of vocal and musical contributions from former ars moriendi members and companions: m.o.a.t.a.-omen and hell-g, tim kniep and babsi teichner, asche/morgenstern - and their children lilith and leigh, an appropriate gesture of passing on the legacy.

credits

released November 10, 2020

philipp münch: vocals, synthesizers, programming, percussion, bass guitar. 'bewegung' with strange microphonic soundbox bowing by b.teichner. 'stimulation' with vocals by joky and screams by lilith and leigh. 'kein wille' with vocals by m.o.a.t.a.- omen. 'valium' with additional rhythm programming by hell-g.. 'i want to tease you' with vocals by tim kniep. 'meiner selbst' with guitar by asche and vocals by tim kniep. 'verworrene welt' with carbon kalimba and metal bowing by b.teichner. 'armageddon' with voice by joky and guitar by asche. lyrics on 'verworrene welt' by alfred kerr.

all other music and lyrics originally written by ars moriendi, 1990 - 1994: sven pügge, andrea börner-schramm, andreas schramm & philipp münch

arsmoriendimusic.bandcamp.com

layout by stefan alt
released by ant-zen & raubbau. 2020
ant-zen act388 / raubbau raub-079
www.ant-zen.com · www.raubbau.org

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

ant-zen Lappersdorf, Germany

ant-zen audio and visual arts is a german independent record label founded in 1993.

contact / help

Contact ant-zen

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

ant-zen recommends:

If you like plays ars moriendi, you may also like: