It's not so often I happen to get some "new" Hospital productions tapes, but just got 3 of the Mitochondrial DNA tapes from 2012. It was Fernow + Conelly project.
I got 3 of the 5 releases this project did. Graphic design is pretty horrid, but sound I like. You can still get some of these for pretty cheap prices from discogs. Not sure if label still has them.
Tapes appear like they could be studio-live, but at the same time part of the sounds seems like slowed down or at least pitched down and they do have density of layering.
Fernow mentioned to me last time we meet that he isn't particularly happy with a lot of releases on Hospital Productions as it wasn't really label in traditional sense, but documenting a lot of things what was just happening. People that was hanging around, people he meet and co-operate with. Lots of small scale releases which barely needed to be firm cornerstones of label, but just things happening in process.
At the same time, I have dislike and admiration for such approach. In one hand, when it's curated, yet relatively free form of flowing energy, interesting things may emerge. And at the same time, putting out small insignificant releases to be forgotten doesn't seem like good idea for label, hah... And yet another collaboration.. is it necessary? Perhaps not, but is it obsolete? I guess not.
Each tape is short, c. 10 minutes session and perhaps one could have compiled all the 4 Hospital productions tapes into one tape. I can see that one reason why they aren't, is that each tape is different.
"Powercrash" leans towards raw and brutal noise with some pitched undertones. "Strawberry Sugar Zeros" has one side noisier, perhaps guitar created sounds while other side is far more experimental. "World Largest Ink Collection" appears like guitar drone being evoked below mass of multieffect noise. It feels like best material of each tape is on a-side, and b either just follows more the same, or is something little less interesting. Each tape does have odd charm in them. Visually so lame and format wise far from ideal, but I still like them.
It makes me wonder how much people have followed Fernows side projects? I hardly ever hear anyone talk about them and seems like audience is elsewhere.
Christian Cosmos, Christmas Trees, D Magdalene, December Magic, Exploring Jezebel, Machinegun Warfare, Noose Ensures Survival Wants And Needs, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, River Magic, Tortured, Window Cleaning By Ian, Winter Soldier... those are probably just handful, and I must say that I can't really remember how Exploring Jezebel really sounded like, but it's probably only one of mentioned I even have in my tape shelves...
I must admit the covers of the Mitochondrial DNA put me off buying them as they look so horrible. I might try them out though, they are selling for cheap.
I really like Exploring Jezebel. The 8xtape box is pretty intense release and very good. The recent LP from this project on Blackest Ever Black might not be everyone's cup of tea as it's a little different to previous releases but I absolutely love it, almost a narrative journey of a businessman's trip through the darker side of London, more short techno loops than noise.
Bits of Vatican Shadow, Christian Cosmos and Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement I like but haven't kept up with all of the projects as like you said, many are incredibly small editions, some of which sell for crazy prices.
Yes, the Exploring Jezebel releases I managed to get I really enjoy.
I have to laugh because Exploring Jezebel was one side-project I could not get into, at least when the first few tapes came out. Eventually wound up selling them. Maybe I'd like the techno-oriented direction of it more?
Personally, I really enjoy the first few years of Vatican Shadow with it's rough ethnic techno vibe reminding me of Future Sounds of London and Regis mashed up. I know some people think of it as a knock-off Muslimgauze but I find Muslimgauze to be way too inconsistent for my liking. It's certainly one of the most techno oriented side-projects, if not the most but tapes like Ghosts of Chechnya, Jordanian Descent and the Washington Buries... tapes are all great to my ears. I hear a lot of older WARP RECORDS in them.
the gritty industrial of Geography of Hell was all aces, too bad that most/all of the tapes are very rare and pricey.
also I wasn't a huge fan of Tortured Hooker, but then I don't care for most noisecore....
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 27, 2015, 10:31:41 PM
the gritty industrial of Geography of Hell was all aces, too bad that most/all of the tapes are very rare and pricey.
Is 'Geography of Hell' Prurient? If so this project is really great.
Mitochondrial DNA is great stuff. My personal favorites of Dom's solo side projects would be Tortured Hooker, December Magic and River Magic. And as far as groups go, some of his black metal work is excellent, especially Ash Pool.
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on October 27, 2015, 05:05:18 PM
Fernow mentioned to me last time we meet that he isn't particularly happy with a lot of releases on Hospital Productions as it wasn't really label in traditional sense, but documenting a lot of things what was just happening. People that was hanging around, people he meet and co-operate with. Lots of small scale releases which barely needed to be firm cornerstones of label, but just things happening in process.
This is the trouble with everything the man touches and for all the fair arguments to be made in favour of this approach, all you are really left with is a handful of good material amidst a sea of drudge. Absolutely counts for Prurient too. Whether it's a 5 minute tape of any old feedback and hum or some kind of euro synth inspired work out, it's always hilarious to see it get analysed for conceptual possibilities when it's a Fernow based release despite the likely reality that what one is really listening to is just shat out and poorly executed. There isn't actually anything wrong with doing this and as I say, you can argue fairly for people doing this kinda thing, but when so much other noise work gets criticized for precisely this kind of thing (very often by Dom himself in a lot of his interviews!) all the claims to a higher artistic purpose behind the things Hospital/Fernow come up with, not to mention the cultish following, hold very little water in my eyes.
Quote from: Duncan on October 28, 2015, 11:47:25 AM
hold very little water in my eyes.
Interesting choice of words.
love tortured hooker, lowest of the low noisecore shitcore garbage. so bad. which is why so good.
coming from an oldschool electro background (90s metropolis records, etc.) i absolutely hate vatican shadow... sounds exactly like my first techno-industrial adventures in early highschool while figuring out how to use synths. bad in the embarrassing way. feel the same about christian cosomos or any other minimal techno using preset sounds, regardless of who is behind the project. cant understand the current fixation - learn how to use your fucking gear - make your own patches and stay away from the arpeggiator!
it was my understanding that geography of hell had a rotating cast of characters, all involved fernow though. favorite of that work would be the tape on lust vessel. great tense industrial sound.
exploring jezebel i enjoy quite a bit. easy to loose sense of time in the repetitive long tracks. succeeds in feeling like those times where you are in a marathon sex session and don't know why you still continue. that business trip to london i don't like, but can appreciate it as being just extremely bizarre record...
i usually enjoy the metal he's involved with - the taylor bow 7", ash pool
always wanted more material from PARROT - jeff plummer and dom - miserable depressive synth noise wall from i:g and relentless vocal assault period fernow, great!
i remember a quote from phil blankenship on the topic of putting out a ton of limited tapes saying that the process is sometimes more important then the result - i feel a lot of hospital titles in recent years would fit that mode of operation. not necessarily a bad thing. to me the label was much more consistant earlier on... kinda feel apart around 2010 except a few excellent mainstays - like lussuria or alberich or ffh... but once he started assigning cat #'s to mp3 only releases it was clear things are just not the same anymore. give me feedback and a stack of amps over artfag techno flac files anyday.
Quote from: collapsedhole on October 28, 2015, 04:32:07 PM
coming from an oldschool electro background (90s metropolis records, etc.) i absolutely hate vatican shadow... sounds exactly like my first techno-industrial adventures in early highschool while figuring out how to use synths. bad in the embarrassing way. feel the same about christian cosomos or any other minimal techno using preset sounds, regardless of who is behind the project. cant understand the current fixation - learn how to use your fucking gear - make your own patches and stay away from the arpeggiator!
"Bleh, presets" was the reaction I had to Mauthausen Orchestra's Digression, hah. Which Vatican Shadow records did you listen to? I like Kneel Before Religious Icons.
What bothers me is that a lot of his small releases go lukewarm quickly. I trust Jeff Witscher's labels and Monorail Trespassing way more on that type of thing, honestly.
Quote from: Duncan on October 28, 2015, 11:47:25 AM
all the claims to a higher artistic purpose behind the things Hospital/Fernow come up with, not to mention the cultish following, hold very little water in my eyes.
Agree completely, but would add that it's not just Fernow and followers guilty of such things.
The "cultish following" is pretty much of his and any other artist's control, although it could hardly be unwelcome. But the "claims to a higher artistic purpose behind the things" is something that is all too often indulged in. Probably because it's often expected, at least in some circles. To say "I just farted this out, it's okay" about something on offer to the public for a price is, of course, a put off for a lot of people normally prepared to part with their hard earned for a tape or something. Others may be alright with it. But to say something along the lines of "carefully crafted over a period of two years with an obsessive interest in the obscure themes involved" will be a lot more appealing.
What I'm stating is - it's all in the advertising.
QuoteWhich Vatican Shadow records did you listen to?
i followed the project from its beginning to about 2013, never saw the improvement i needed to continue. i see there is much more now.. maybe i'll give some a shot... YELWORC "brainstorming" is type of electro i like...celtic circle...etc..... though so unless it measures up to that.....
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on October 30, 2015, 01:47:26 AM"I just farted this out, it's okay"
I would have assumption that it's not only about advertising, but perception.
Lets say Incapacitants releases CD with studio live noise assault with another track being live recording. Did they "fart out" it, because they didn't spend 2 years of editing and re-cutting the piece?
We can also see that all the years one spent on learning certain methods, processes and equipment, recording methods and such makes it possible to simply
create. No matter if it's done real time, with barely longer session than finished release is.
Of course, one may conclude that we aren't talking about Incapacitants here. I don't think Fernow "farts out" the material as much as it is treated as cumulating bigger body of work. Which indeed is more "artsy" or conceptual approach than just doing good noise. However, he has managed to do a lot of latter one too. There is also difference in what is treated as
album, and what works are perhaps more of audio diary of things happening.
Ash Pool is pretty cool, if you like lo-fi black metal. Not saying it's the end all be all, just pretty cool.
This subject of "farted out" as opposed to something carefully crafted is part of a much larger conversation that has been going on in noise circles for the whole 11+ years I have been involved. Seems the answer is and only ever can be "in the eye of the beholder".
As for Prurient side projects, this thread inspired me to look through my dwindling collection (a lot of which I have been selling or trying to sell on discogs lately to regain some living space) for Fernow side projects and I found a tape on the Hanson label by 'Machinegun Warfare' which, as I recall, I had never listened to; possibly due to me not realising who was behind the project and subsequently filing it away in an old "to listen to" pile... This S/T C-30 appears to be the only tape from this project, apart from compilation appearance also on Hanson*, according to Discogs and I would have to say that is a shame. The tape has a very appealing sound to my ears; bass heavy, crunchy mids, quite blown out in parts, pedal+synth abuse with occasional shouted (albeit buried) vocals, no samples or gimmicks, side long tracks with plenty of dynamics while maintaining a certain density etc... a style of noise/PE that isn't heard very much any more unfortunately. Would appeal to fans of some Filth & Violence releases for example... good stuff!
Ash Pool never did anything for me aside from the odd track here and there but that's the case for most Black Metal from USA for me. Can't really comment on the techno works as I don't know what is "good" or "bad" within this particular genre, only what is not interesting to me... which is most of it... However, a friend of mine saw him play in Shipley and said it was worth it alone for the 2+ hours of intense dancing he did all the way through his Vatican Shadow set. I'm certainly no dancer, but I assume this at least shows some kind of dedication to what he is doing even if it does turn out that he is effectively just pressing drum presets etc... The whole minimal techno scene which seems to be very much in vogue here in the UK at the moment could be seen, also, as a great use of marketing; especially for music that is mainly made on computers by producers who use the same "scene friendly" set of programs and tools - or so I hear. For example, a few years ago something which may have sounded the same but described as 'minimal drone using loops' could have slipped under the radar very easily where as the same tape today (with free download code of course!), if advertised as 'minimal dance music anthems', could easily shift a couple of hundred units.
All in all, having met him once or twice, I find Dominick and most of his work interesting, sincere and even, on occasion, challenging to listen to. Good or bad, you can't really ask for more than that from any given artist or musician.
* An off-ish topic side note: This reminds me of certain projects that were created solely for the purpose of appearance on a certain label. I wonder if that is the case with this one? Other example would be the project Richard Ramirez did for my label; Private Mouthpiece. Any other examples out of curiosity?
I wasn't even thinking of craft or skill or anything of that nature, let alone referring to it. That's another issue entirely.
PRURIENT
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2015-10-02
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=544962
Roman Cross and Force Publique Congo are both amazing. I know he is only the drummer in the former, but it is some great stuff.
There have been several Hospital releases reissued on a larger (than the original) edition as LP/MLP...I'm honestly surprised the Force Publique Congo stuff hasn't been given that treatment yet.
Someone wants my little sister to buy his record.
(http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w487/Ron_Dalvin/fern_zpso9eflkx5.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX8aO51SGhc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX8aO51SGhc)
Quote from: Si Clark on October 27, 2015, 10:47:35 PM
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 27, 2015, 10:31:41 PM
the gritty industrial of Geography of Hell was all aces, too bad that most/all of the tapes are very rare and pricey.
Is 'Geography of Hell' Prurient? If so this project is really great.
I don't know if there are infos in the web about who Geography Of Hell is, but i remember when i was listening a Geography Of Hell release [An MP3 rip, don't remember which release] some sounds reminded me the Volkl tape on Fusty Cunt. Volkl, discogs says, is Lussuria. Time passed. Earlier this summer a Hospital newsletter had dates of Lussuria tour in Europe. In them there was a 2-3 days off, in which Geography Of Hell had a live in Paris. Next date was a Lussuria live in Paris [1-2 days after GOH]. My guess is GOH is Lussuria. Maybe i am completely wrong though. I don't really know.
I was buying the Ash Pool stuff from the demo onward but instead last few years I've realized I don't have much of a connection with them. I think I might like the aesthetics more than the music. I think I can feel a discogs purge about to happen as I type this.....
I haven't really kept up with his solo output. I think the last ones I truly liked were Cocaine Death and Black Vase.
I really enjoy somebody his collaborations, the CD with Kevin Drumm is excellent, I'd put it as a highlight of both their discographies. And that little 7" with The Rita was great.
Quote from: holy ghost on November 23, 2015, 05:14:33 PM
I haven't really kept up with his solo output. I think the last ones I truly liked were Cocaine Death and Black Vase.
Martin Shift turned me on to Black Vase shortly after it was released and it still, to this day, remains my favourite Prurient release.
Quote from: Theodore on November 21, 2015, 04:02:15 AM
Quote from: Si Clark on October 27, 2015, 10:47:35 PM
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 27, 2015, 10:31:41 PM
the gritty industrial of Geography of Hell was all aces, too bad that most/all of the tapes are very rare and pricey.
Is 'Geography of Hell' Prurient? If so this project is really great.
I don't know if there are infos in the web about who Geography Of Hell is, but i remember when i was listening a Geography Of Hell release [An MP3 rip, don't remember which release] some sounds reminded me the Volkl tape on Fusty Cunt. Volkl, discogs says, is Lussuria. Time passed. Earlier this summer a Hospital newsletter had dates of Lussuria tour in Europe. In them there was a 2-3 days off, in which Geography Of Hell had a live in Paris. Next date was a Lussuria live in Paris [1-2 days after GOH]. My guess is GOH is Lussuria. Maybe i am completely wrong though. I don't really know.
you're close on this. GOH is a revolving line-up of members.
What is Noise Gym™? Googling it with Fernow's name brings up only a single press release by Sacred Bones.
QuoteLost Themes Remixed will be out on vinyl Oct.16th! Several immensely talented electronic producers contributed remixes to it, including; ohGr from Skinny Puppy, Ben Power of Blanck Mass & Fuck Buttons, Zola Jesus & Big Dean Hurley, Uniform (Berdan of York Factory Complaint & Greenberg), Bill Kouligas (Pan Records boss), JG Thirlwell (aka Foetus), Silent Servant (aka, Juan--the nicest man we've ever known), & Prurient (Dominick Fernow of Hospital Productions & Noise Gym ™). New art from the amazing Jay Shaw. Pre-orders are live on our site now.
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I don't see any mention of side project Age of Enlightenment... Even though the tape list members as being "jason and mark" (or something?) I'm 99 percent sure Age of Enlightenment is Dom... Totally raw and well done Harsh Noise assault... nothing more with nice war themes present... Vampiric Treblinka is my favorite release but they are all pretty good if you can get your hands on them or a rip...
I don't think Age Of Enlightenment is his project, but I don't have any proof of that aside from vaguely remembering reading some message board comment regarding AOE at some point which confirmed Mark Harris and Jason Shoreman as actual, existing people behind it. The bits and pieces of AOE material I've heard have all been great though, I agree about that. Malicious and crude industrial harsh noise of the highest order.
Funny thing is, until reading this topic I actually figured Geography Of Hell was a continuation of AOE, thanks to the thematic and occasional sonic similarity between the two. Guess not. Maybe the AOE guys have been involved with some of the GOH material?
Talking about the actual topic of Fernow's non-Prurient projects though, Exploring Jezebel is the one to beat. From what I've seen a lot of people shrug that project off as being an unsatisfying concept-first, sound-last thing but that sort of impotent unsatisfying shit noise is, to me at least, the perfect sonic manifestation of the subject.
There's a lot more merit to that project(and other projects which go for a that sort of warped approach) in my eyes than to a lot of more technically accomplished noise which gets by purely on the refinement of the sounds and fails to bring any actually fresh perspective to the table.
Vegas Martyrs are also pretty worthwhile, but I guess that's primarily Richard Dunn's band.
i guess we will never know for sure... A few people close to him (i sound so stupid) have said AoE was him but who knows... whenever i asked him in person he said "oh they are just some weirdos from down the street"... either way it's a great project IMO...
Exploring Jezebel is interesting to me because it is ( partially at least) about high concept over sound... the way so much noise does that anyway... the titles are full of content and long as hell and the actual "material" is shitnoise.. i remember a Hospital description for one of the tapes being something like "lowest level noise" or something akin to that...utilzing weirdo humor.. that type of humor was missing from noise back in 2009 (?) when the project came around..
Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I was just digging through the archives.. without being able to say who it is, I can definitely tell you that Geography of Hell is not Prurient or Lussuria side projects.. not related at all, actually. I only know this because GoH turns out to be a personal friend of mine (and even I did not know for years that it was him!).
Quote from: Burial Hex on March 03, 2016, 07:44:11 PM
without being able to say who it is, I can definitely tell you that Geography of Hell is not Prurient.
Correct. However, I do know that there are many members and no one person is on every release. My guess is that no one actually involved knows everyone involved and that's the best part. I know there are people from the US, France, and Japan involved...possibly more.
As for other side projects and such, I more or less am attracted to the revolving conceptual aspect of each. The concept for that kind of stuff has always been way more important to me than the sounds...although if the sounds are great, it makes it all the better.
For instance, the way Vatican Shadow was conceived is important. He always said there was a lack of motivation and personalization in most techno music. One of the absolute best song titles is by Viodre called "Albert Titles Before He Records." And I am always torn when people do that. It doesn't make sense to do because you never know what will come of the recording and it could simply not match. BUT when you have a very strong underlying concept prior to recording, I think one can manipulate the sounds with a clear conscience on how to approach the matching concept. So VS can be whatever at times, but I think the sounds match the concepts very well, and that's what I like about it. The same can be said about Christian Cosmos and Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement.
Exploring Jezebel is excellent in concept because it's "doing something you don't want to do." The idea of releasing such shitty noise, knowing well that it's going to reflect poorly upon you, is brilliant. Any respectable artist would throw those recordings in the trash. EJ is the Hustler in the stack of Playboys.
I like all the black metal stuff for various reasons about each, but Ash Pool has evolved quite well since the First Taste Of Power demo. I appreciate all the stepping stones from then to now.
All the one offs are hit or miss with River Magic and Winter Soldier being some of the better ones.
Age Of Enlightenment might be him and another, but deep down I kind of hope that Jason and Mark exist. Vampyric Treblinka and Holocaust Adventure are incredible with VT being one of the better obscure releases on all of Hospital.
With Mitochondrial DNA i didn't care at all about the artwork because I loved the name so much. There was supposed to be a 3xCS on Fusty, but I don't know if they ever got around to finishing it. Connelly now uses Empty DNA (a spin on the abbreviation mtDNA) as a solo alias.
To my big surprise, I really liked Exploring Jezebel. It got just about everything right.
Ash Pool is a big favorite of mine. Amazing BM with amazing lo-fi production. Vegas Martyrs is equally great, its minimalist compositions are a nice contrast to the more complex ones from Ash Pool.
Vatican Shadow is another project I can't stop listening to, it reminds me so much of early Muslimgauze (which is the only -gauze era I really care about). Christian Cosmos sounds pretty much the same, so I also like.
Force Publique Congo seemed a little interesting, but not much to hold my attention.
I'm yet to listen to his other projects. I didn't know about Machinegun Warfare, which was mentioned here. Loved the description, probably gonna check this one first.
topping this because there's been new Vatican Shadow and Geography Of Hell cassettes added onto the Hospital Mexico City earthquake victims kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hospprod/hospital-productions-difusor-earthquake-benefit-cd (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hospprod/hospital-productions-difusor-earthquake-benefit-cd)
EXPLORING JEZEBEL is definitely my favourite side project of Dom's.
Quote from: THE RITA HN on October 24, 2018, 02:54:49 AM
EXPLORING JEZEBEL is definitely my favourite side project of Dom's.
I love listening to the older tapes of this project but I also really like the album on Blackest ever black. It's very different but the narrative you can feel listening to it is superb.
Vatican Shadow is the one I listen to the most
VS is now similar to JK Flesh / Justin K Broadrick: earning via the club / dance (that awful pejorative) scene.
And is now the only artist (that I know and follow) who could be labelled Industrial Trance. That's not a compliment.
I keep coming back to Folklore Venon and Black Ambient Magic by Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement which are both very well done in the distant and abstract sounding 'techno' influenced music. These are the only two I own, and should perhaps check out some of the others. Any recommendations on that front?
Quote from: re:evolution on October 25, 2018, 03:33:19 AM
I keep coming back to Folklore Venon and Black Ambient Magic by Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement which are both very well done in the distant and abstract sounding 'techno' influenced music. These are the only two I own, and should perhaps check out some of the others. Any recommendations on that front?
I would highly recommend 'Black Magic Cannot Cross Water' as that is one of the best RSE albums. If you liked the recent Ambient Black Magic album then I would also recommend 'Green Graves'. If it's possible to get either for a non insane price.
Quote from: re:evolution on October 25, 2018, 03:33:19 AM
I keep coming back to Folklore Venon and Black Ambient Magic by Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement which are both very well done in the distant and abstract sounding 'techno' influenced music. These are the only two I own, and should perhaps check out some of the others. Any recommendations on that front?
I would also recommend The Plant With Many Faces. Similar sound design as Folklore Venom, two of my fav RSE releases
Force Publique Congo is the side project I revisit the most. Thematically sound and strong to me, and the recordings are excellent. I could care less for Vatican Shadow most of the time, I'm not a huge fan of that drab style of techno. As much as I used to say it is a muslimgauze rip, they're worlds apart. It reminds me more of some PC game compositions brought to life with preset techno vibes... Ash Pool is great for what it is. I would never recommend them for someone looking for anything special among BM, but it's sound is always nice and I do like the song writing. Catchy riffs and the guitar is nasty on the Akista split.
I need to revisit Exploring Jezebel... I remember listening to "Attending UCLA..." tape at someones apartment and being unsure how I felt at the time. I see the LP on BEB for cheap frequently so I guess I will pick one up and start backwards. I've had several of the cassettes come through my record store, but I am normally too excited about other things that accompanied them that I don't listen. I loved the j card for "Performs For Her And Her Bulls" when I saw it in person. Always more impactful obviously.
I love everything about Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement. I've got nearly everything and it really summons up that "alone in the vast jungle" type of atmosphere. I encourage everyone to watch cult Italian flick Jungle Holocaust. The isolation of that film is unlike any other, until... you hear it in Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement and also RSE has a way of conjuring these moments of absolute bliss! I really enjoy this project a lot, it's like nothing you'll immediately go to all of the time though. It also reminds me of a dungeon synth a bit, you'll visit it upon first hearing and you'll really dig the atmosphere, but probably won't visit it for a long time again. I just love everything about this project from the imagery, to the music, to the foreboding barren atmosphere. It's definitely dark ambient done very well, mixing in some more techno and industrial elements to make it more interesting.
^ Yeah, RSE is probably my most listened to side project of Fernow, also GOH (if he is involved) and Vatican Shadow. I also quite enjoyed Christian Cosmos and Garden-Watcher.
I found this blog a while back (may be old to some here) with a decent and lengthy write up of RSE and Vatican Shadow. Good piece about Blackest Ever Black too..
RSE article - https://xiii1313.com/rainforest-spiritual-enslavement/
V - Shadow - https://xiii1313.com/vatican-shadow/
Nice to wake up to some new Christian Cosmos this morning. Its been a while.
https://hospitalproductions.bandcamp.com/album/soundtrack-for-judgement-of-souls