Been listening to a lot of "Death-Orgasm Connector" lately. Definitely one of my favorite PE albums. I'm not one to glorify or condone suicide, but his death gives strength to the reality of his music and death obsessions. It shows that it wasn't just for gimmicks. Those are my thoughts, anyways. I'd love to hear other opinions on his music and anyone's favorite albums of his.
Always thought his Soft Cell cover was brilliant. What release was that on?
My personal favorite is New York Ripper.
Slush of a Maniac is up there too.
Frustration (the Soft Cell cover) was released on a B/card with only that track.
I have no time right now but I will come back to write in this topic in the next days, because I find it really interesting.
Anyways, my favourite releases are Mechanic Asphyxia and Collection in Formaldeide.
"Basic Autopsy Procedure" is one of the worst tapes I have ever heard. Haven't yet heard any other Atrax. Didn't make me too optimistic.
I've actually heard very few of his works but one thing that strikes me is that he seems mostly popular in the US?
Quote from: Peterson on March 17, 2012, 12:36:38 AM
"Basic Autopsy Procedure" is one of the worst tapes I have ever heard. Haven't yet heard any other Atrax. Didn't make me too optimistic.
I think we can all agree that every artist will have their ups and downs. I know that "Basic Autopsy" is one of his earlier works. I gravitate more towards his 2000s and on works.
Quote from: bogskaggmannen on March 17, 2012, 12:53:27 AM
I've actually heard very few of his works but one thing that strikes me is that he seems mostly popular in the US?
Do you think there's a reason for that? I'm from the U.S. and am a fan. My main attraction towards his stuff is that there seems to be this underlying hopeless/sinister quality. At first listen, you can't seem to take it seriously, but then it starts to grow on you that this guy isn't doing what he does for shits and giggles.
I assure you there are lots of Atrax Morgue fans in Italy too!
Personal favorites: Lesion 22, New York Ripper, La Casa Delle Finestre Che Ridono, "Sinfonia Per Un Sadico" track and most of all his side project Morder Machine.
Quote from: Reprobate on March 17, 2012, 01:16:03 AM
I think we can all agree that every artist will have their ups and downs.
I disagree. I don't know downs in WHITEHOUSE, VIVENZA, TNB, HIJOKAIDAN, BORBETOMAGUS, GENOCIDE ORGAN, ANEMONE TUBE, and many, many others..
Well, I take back what I said and replace it with "I think we can all agree that Metallica has had their ups and downs."
Of Corbelli's excessive output, the album I tend to go back to is Morder Machine's "Deathshow". The Brighter Death Now influence is worn on the sleeve, but in Corbelli's capable hands this album, to me, encapsulates Death Industrial/Post Mortem. The sheer, fuck-you blatant minimalism of the pieces, particularly "Music For Dead Brains" which is a micro-masterpiece, and the plain darkness of the sound makes this a consistently great work.
"Basic Autopsy Procedure" follows the same kind of simple minimalism but with all the drawbacks of that style of playing, and I can understand why Peterson wouldn't be too inspired by it. "Sektion 3" is a good piece, better constructed with a decent voice sample, but the rest of it does sound too noodly, a bit like recordings of some of Corbelli's live work.
Necrophonie, Corbelli's collaboration with Devis Granziera, is another interesting project, the "SM0002" album having a somewhat grittier sound than Corbelli's usual, "617.13.12" probably being my favourite piece.
Of course all artists have their ups and downs, particularly those who release a large quantity of material. It's hard to know just how much of his material was simply driven as opposed to going through the motions, since even when going through the motions there's an impulse to create and have that creation known. Perhaps, in life, he was just simply driven and had scant regard for what was regarded as "good" or "bad".
I haven't given much of a listen to Morder Machine. I must do that.
Another thing I'd like to bring up is all of his artwork. I love it! Looks like posters for 70's giallo films.
Paranoia seems to be his only album that is not out of print. Is that a good place to start?
collection in formaldeyde
cut my throat (fucking unsettling, unberable in certian moments... love it)
woundfucker
although my fave work was morder machine.... and the related live gigs.
my advice - start with Sickness Report and go from there.
Sickness Report is good for instrumental synth noise. It has good variation and composition. Then his LP and 7" (murder series) are good records of simple synth "drone"/tone with effected vocals on top. When he moved to even further into insane vocals & clean minimalist electronic damage, it's kind of hit & miss. It can be good for what it is, but it is really demented.
I guess one could credit his USA popularity for 1) Big profile of Relapse 2) Efforts of Mark Solotroff ? I think they made it much more better known than several other euro PE groups in USA - at least at the time?
I've always been quite partial to the album No More on Ars Benevola Mater. Very minimal, nerve-racking even. Lots of empty space in the sound.
I saw this thread and wrote some stuff to post so please bear with me.
There is something about "knowing" what you are getting into and I think the essence of Atrax Morgue plays on expectations. Marco wrote some words about his concept of "The Quest."
I think what enabled Atrax Morgue to happen and succeed was Marco's relinquishing of his own personal identity- as well as his persistence in chasing his obsessions wherever they took him. In industrial music there were standards and expectations in place already when he started, but there was something beyond what had been done before that motivated Marco to do what he did with his expressions and recordings. I don't know if anyone will ever know for sure if they did not meet him in person, but regardless- through his music I truly feel a kinship with him and his spirit. I feel like I know him. I know from interviews that he was a cooperative and supportive musician and I feel that his success and or failure largly depended on his long term goals in his own life. His suicide speaks louder than any of his music. How do we know Marco was not full of shit or using extreme topics to get attention? He's dead. This begs the question: How does one truly know anything without discovery? How well does Marco know death? He discovered it for himself. In one interview he wrote that his last goal in life was to overcome his fear of physical pain. I admire the fact that he kept his focus so sharp and kept his emails to a minimum and also sent hand signed postcards to his penpals. A textbook sign of suicidal ideation is telling people you are going to do it.
With regards to his output as Atrax Morgue, I would say that the continuity of themes in his music and imagery is coherent and very strong in its effect. It's convincing and its not superficial or insincere, it is dark and it instills a true sense of hopelessness and morbid comfort.
With regard to releases, I have some I truly love:
Basic Autopsy Procedure is one of his best releases. Not because of its structure and premeditation, but because of its spontaneous delivery. It is definitely beyond the league of "noodling" even if it was improvised. I would save that term for people who truly deserve it. Basic Autopsy Procedure sounds perfect and it's a departure from his more tightly composed material.
Jason Crumer recommended Paranoia to me and in the fullness of time I can agree with him, that is one of his best releases track for track. He got everything perfect on that release.
James Oliver Huberty 7" in the self abuse murder series is one of the best Atrax Morgue releases, the themes and sounds mix together so perfectly, it serves a purpose as a soundtrack to the event itself.
Woundfucker re-issue has some of my personal favorite songs. Like Cuntdestroyer.
Black Slaughter is nothing short of a masterpiece for its minimalism alone.
loved him since I first heard "Sickness Report", some of his albums are great, some so great that they're uncomfortable to listen to, sometimes his vocals are so twisted that it feels like he's molesting your ear. not sure if that is what he was going for, but it works. Noise Nazi likes him, which is great, but Marco the man himself wasn't fucking around. he really wanted strong feelings to emulate from his music/noise, and that's what power electronics/death industrial should be about.
Quote from: jesusfaggotchrist on May 10, 2013, 06:02:52 AM
he really wanted strong feelings to emulate from his music/noise, and that's
did you mean the word emanate?
Quote from: Mikerdeath on May 10, 2013, 06:32:42 AM
Quote from: jesusfaggotchrist on May 10, 2013, 06:02:52 AM
he really wanted strong feelings to emulate from his music/noise, and that's
did you mean the word emanate?
probably did, just a typo.
"New York Ripper" is my fave. The instrumental releases never interested me that much; I like his vocals. I wish I'd picked up the 2 reissued LPs when Malignant had'em in stock.
Looking at the entire discography for Slaughter Productions- it's damned impressive! Anyone here have a complete or near complete collection?
first AM i ever heard was "high heels inside my throat" from "paranoia" ... fucking creepy song. hooked ever since.
although as much as i love AM, i tend to listen to morder machine more ... fantastic work.
Quote"New York Ripper" is my fave.
Somebody should re-release his works on cds!!
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on May 10, 2013, 08:00:17 PMLooking at the entire discography for Slaughter Productions- it's damned impressive! Anyone here have a complete or near complete collection?
At one time i had a near (minus 2 or 3) complete catalog of 1 - 100....alas most have found new homes...
I'm not sure how I ended up in contact with Marco in the mid-90's, possibly via a relapse catalog, MSNP or CMI but I used to get a package every few weeks off him, was through him I first heard SLOGUN, DEATHPILE, TAINT etc...CMI was too dark ambient for my likings and I'd got one too many albums I didnt like but fell for the descriptions (back before mp3s...) where as Slaughter Prod catered more towards my tastes....I remember he used to always throw in a photo or two of himself in drag, in nurses outfits, on a slab (kitchen table?) looking all corpsey...you'd miss the old days of letter wrting before email took over...
I regret selling the "Deadbag" 7xCS boxset a few years ago, but I was offered good money and well had bills to pay....not to gone on his instrumental work but I'm like that with all music, I need vocals...It's hard to pick a favourite from such a vast catalog but when he delievered he delievered....
Hei guys,
I've been listeing to kranivm off late. Nothing to be bought online as I can see. Do anyone have rips here? Would love copies. Apologies for bothering you w this here.
Kranivm - tenebra rerum: from the sexond album from '94 - The Brighter Edge Of Death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH8yKi7R3B8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH8yKi7R3B8)
Quote from: xdementia on March 19, 2012, 07:24:48 AM
my advice - start with Sickness Report and go from there.
sickness report was the first album i got from him, and it blew my dick off. He's got a real knack for stereo recordings. Did Ketamine and listened to that album and its stood out as one of the more important listening experiences I've had. Esthetik Of A Corpse and Slush of a Maniac are my favorites, though, so minimal and psychotic sounding. Perfect meat slicing music for work. Something about his work is deeply troubling, and that shows in his rumbling synths and quivering high end squeals. "Hunting for Bitches" is such a fucking classic song, in my top 5. His blatant psychological problems really do shine on me, and endlessly inspire me. Each album of his showed a progression, from what I've heard, and his later work, especially Death-Orgasm Connector really show an extremely unique sound that he developed.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/1f27c3977aec6879b8b0e7b3cf34fa19/tumblr_mw7vzypdMG1qhu4t9o1_1280.jpg)
Interesting discussion going here (I know this is an old thread). Definitely one of the projects I've tried to get into a couple of times but never could for some reason. I used to have the Woundfucker CD years ago which I bought based on a catalog description and I remember being very disappointed when I put it on.
Recently I checked out some of the tracks from a few of the releases mentioned here and they sounded much better. I'd like to hear some more stuff from his late 90s/early 2000s period and figure out what's worth buying. I noticed that Urashima has been reissuing some stuff by him on vinyl, but those look like stuff from the early 90s. Any thoughts on those?
Quote from: jadderly on February 23, 2014, 05:00:54 AM
I noticed that Urashima has been reissuing some stuff by him on vinyl, but those look like stuff from the early 90s. Any thoughts on those?
I don't have all of them, but I'd say you can't go wrong with "Esthetik of a Corpse" and "In search of Death". Great albums! I also have "Exterminate" and "Black Slaughter" but I find them a bit boring. I'm sure opinions on early AM vary a great deal though..
I don't think there are less important releases from Atrax Morgue
IN SEARCH OF DEATH and ESTHETIK OF A CORPSE are foundamental
personally i love so much
PARANOIA very sick release
NECROPHILIAC EXPERIENCE and NECROSINTESI are in split with LUNUS
deep tunes of death very close to death ambient
I like
Sickness report for sound and recording quality
Closed exit is really different (with some "melodies" and a sort of twisted sing). If you listen to it at a high volume you can also listen to his home phone rings)
No more (minimalistic and oppressive)
Negative frequencies
Don't like too much
Cut my throath
Anyway it is interesting to listen to his musical evolutions through years
I ended up buying Paranoia, it seemed to be mentioned here a few times, plus it wasn't difficult to track down. So much of his catalog seems to be out of print. I guess limited reissues are nice, but I'd love to see a bandcamp site or other type of online archive where one could purchase anything he's done at a reasonable price in lossless format.
Sadly, I doubt that would happen.
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on March 19, 2014, 03:20:57 AM
Sadly, I doubt that would happen.
I'd rather not see that happen.
Quote from: Mikerdeath on March 19, 2014, 03:33:06 AM
I'd rather not see that happen.
absolutely
anyway i think over time will surely reprinted the catalog.
Old Europa cafè have reprinted Pathophysiology and Paranoia, two historical releases of the same Label
and Urashima have reprinted Exterminate, I Vizi Morbosi Di Una Giovane Infermiera ,Esthetik Of A Corpse, in search of death, black slaughter in vinyl version.
so i think it's possible to be optimistic about reprints of long time out of prints
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on March 19, 2014, 03:20:57 AM
Sadly, I doubt that would happen.
+1
It's working smart. Respect to that. There's no need to cripple labels with these huge backcatalogs. Create substantial, all-encompassing libraries online. Charge a small fee. Send all proceeds to the family, or whoever should appropriately receive royalties. Thinking of Muslimgauze here, too. eliminate the middlemen. Provide a direct relationship between artist (or surviving family) and audience.
I've been obsessed with AM lately. My favorite is probably Slush of a Maniac followed very closely by Mechanic Asphyxia and New York Ripper.
Is there any other artists that's as creepy and demented as him but maybe with some more interesting rhythms or whatever? I feel like typically it's usually just a drone in one track, but his vocals make up for it. I dunno, I guess what I really want is Sickness Report, but with vocals, maybe a lil noisier
do you have his morder machine side project?
Quote from: Zeno Marx on March 20, 2014, 02:48:47 AM
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on March 19, 2014, 03:20:57 AM
Sadly, I doubt that would happen.
+1
It's working smart. Respect to that. There's no need to cripple labels with these huge backcatalogs. Create substantial, all-encompassing libraries online. Charge a small fee. Send all proceeds to the family, or whoever should appropriately receive royalties. Thinking of Muslimgauze here, too. eliminate the middlemen. Provide a direct relationship between artist (or surviving family) and audience.
100% agree with this. Unfortunately in the underground these days everyone wants their slice of the pie and the kudos of getting something out by a "name". Which is a shame.
Been listening to tons of AM lately. His very early work such as "In Search of Death", "Black Slaughter" and "Collection In Formaldeide" could sound a bit tedious, but I found myself coming back to those releases out of pure appreciation for their simplicity. I think I've even discovered a greater appreciation for drone music as well. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with any release after "Slush of a Maniac". There are some good releases before, but definitely some releases that I couldn't get into. I basically liked anything released after 1997. The harsh drones and more vocal usage that make up his 2000s work really define his catalog imo.
Quote from: tiny_tove on February 17, 2015, 10:13:29 AM
do you have his morder machine side project?
I was looking to buy "Happybirthdeath" on discogs, but its $100. I really wanted to listen to it, so I settled with some mp3s I found online I got "Deathshow" while I was at it. Not sure if you'd be interested..
Quote from: locustfurnace on May 13, 2013, 02:41:11 PM
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on May 10, 2013, 08:00:17 PMLooking at the entire discography for Slaughter Productions- it's damned impressive! Anyone here have a complete or near complete collection?
At one time i had a near (minus 2 or 3) complete catalog of 1 - 100....alas most have found new homes...
I'm not sure how I ended up in contact with Marco in the mid-90's, possibly via a relapse catalog, MSNP or CMI but I used to get a package every few weeks off him, was through him I first heard SLOGUN, DEATHPILE, TAINT etc...CMI was too dark ambient for my likings and I'd got one too many albums I didnt like but fell for the descriptions (back before mp3s...) where as Slaughter Prod catered more towards my tastes....I remember he used to always throw in a photo or two of himself in drag, in nurses outfits, on a slab (kitchen table?) looking all corpsey...you'd miss the old days of letter wrting before email took over...
I regret selling the "Deadbag" 7xCS boxset a few years ago, but I was offered good money and well had bills to pay....not to gone on his instrumental work but I'm like that with all music, I need vocals...It's hard to pick a favourite from such a vast catalog but when he delievered he delievered....
Awesome, those photos sound super cool. Shame he never did anything similar for cover art or something, I think that would've been a great aesthetic with a release such as Cut My Throat.
New York Ripper is one of my favorite albums
Shit like Sickness Report and Pathophysiology dont interest me
Just kinda sounds like fuckin around with a synth and arent as insane as his other shit
195 Melrose Ave is great and a lot different(more harsh/feedback sounds) than the usual material. another favorite
Homicidal/Mechanic Asphyxia is another favorite of mine its got some great hits. lyrically hes the most depraved on this
Death orgasm, Slush of a Maniac, and Paranoia are alright. this era of albums i find are cool
to listen to single
songs but it gets to repetitive over the course of album
Quote from: sick on August 25, 2015, 06:30:20 PM
Shit like Sickness Report and Pathophysiology dont interest me
Just kinda sounds like fuckin around with a synth and arent as insane as his other shit
That's interesting. "Sickness Report" is one of my favourite AM releases because while I can understand while you'd feel like he's just messing around with a synth, I think he struggled hard to create some really mean sounds, and as a person who's more interested in sound textures than lyrical content and vocals in noise and whatnot (unless we're talking about Whitehouse, I guess), this kind of material appeals to me a lot more. I find those sound truly creepy! But then I also think Mörder Machine's "Music For Dead Brains" is one of the best thing Corbelli ever recorded so what do I know...
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on August 26, 2015, 01:13:01 PM
Quote from: sick on August 25, 2015, 06:30:20 PM
Shit like Sickness Report and Pathophysiology dont interest me
Just kinda sounds like fuckin around with a synth and arent as insane as his other shit
That's interesting. "Sickness Report" is one of my favourite AM releases because while I can understand while you'd feel like he's just messing around with a synth, I think he struggled hard to create some really mean sounds, and as a person who's more interested in sound textures than lyrical content and vocals in noise and whatnot (unless we're talking about Whitehouse, I guess), this kind of material appeals to me a lot more. I find those sound truly creepy! But then I also think Mörder Machine's "Music For Dead Brains" is one of the best thing Corbelli ever recorded so what do I know...
While I wouldn't say it's my favorite release, Sickness Report is excellent. Highly controlled and precise analog synthesis, the tracks feel almost like studies to me. The atmosphere of the whole thing is just dreadful as well, so dank and dreary. An essential AM release, if you ask me.
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That's interesting. "Sickness Report" is one of my favourite AM releases because while I can understand while you'd feel like he's just messing around with a synth, I think he struggled hard to create some really mean sounds, and as a person who's more interested in sound textures than lyrical content and vocals in noise and whatnot (unless we're talking about Whitehouse, I guess), this kind of material appeals to me a lot more. I find those sound truly creepy! But then I also think Mörder Machine's "Music For Dead Brains" is one of the best thing Corbelli ever recorded so what do I know...
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dont get me wrong Corbelli is very talented an can create fucked up sounds its not just the content
the sounds on New York Ripper for example, the fast pulsing synths,flanger on fucking everything,makes you feel like youre going insane
but Sickness Report, the only appeal to me really was that it had really good production
it sounds rushed,some songs are painful,but none really have the Sick quality to me, I guess
Spasmosynthetics has some pretty good instrumental Atrax Morgue
I haven't heard this one before, but the more often I listen to it, 'Anatomy of a Psycho' from the Listen And Die! box is becoming one of my favourites from Atrax Morgue.
Black Slaughter and In Search Of Death are always gonna be my faves.
I don't think anyone should re-release any of his works as I'm curious who is giving the rights to his music to the labels doing these reissues.
If someone wants to buy these albums they should have to pay up and get the ones left at the price they should pull.
Buying a second rate reissue for cheap is absurd.
Quote from: SUBKLINIK on December 02, 2015, 04:14:37 AM
Black Slaughter and In Search Of Death are always gonna be my faves.
I don't think anyone should re-release any of his works as I'm curious who is giving the rights to his music to the labels doing these reissues.
If someone wants to buy these albums they should have to pay up and get the ones left at the price they should pull.
Buying a second rate reissue for cheap is absurd.
I think Urashima is currently the only label reissuing AM releases and they are doing it with the "blessing" of Marco's family. I "paid up" and bought the Deadbag some years ago but still appreciate that Urashima are keeping the legacy of Atrax Morgue alive and passing it onto younger (de-)generations.
Quote from: SUBKLINIK on December 02, 2015, 04:14:37 AM
Black Slaughter and In Search Of Death are always gonna be my faves.
I don't think anyone should re-release any of his works as I'm curious who is giving the rights to his music to the labels doing these reissues.
If someone wants to buy these albums they should have to pay up and get the ones left at the price they should pull.
Buying a second rate reissue for cheap is absurd.
Calling the Urashima re-issues second rate is absurd. Have you seen them? Every single Slaughter re-issue they have done is absolutely superb, from sound quality to the package design. Top quality products and not exactly cheap either.
I believe that the Slaughter re-issues on Urashima are authorized by Marco's sister.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Urashima gave new life to Atrax Morgue work ( and not only this ) in excellent reprints and i think in a nice old school way.
Quote from: sterilization on December 02, 2015, 05:32:42 PM
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I believe that the Slaughter re-issues on Urashima are authorized by Marco's sister.
sure thing
Quote from: sterilization on December 02, 2015, 05:32:42 PM
Quote from: SUBKLINIK on December 02, 2015, 04:14:37 AM
Black Slaughter and In Search Of Death are always gonna be my faves.
I don't think anyone should re-release any of his works as I'm curious who is giving the rights to his music to the labels doing these reissues.
If someone wants to buy these albums they should have to pay up and get the ones left at the price they should pull.
Buying a second rate reissue for cheap is absurd.
Calling the Urashima re-issues second rate is absurd. Have you seen them? Every single Slaughter re-issue they have done is absolutely superb, from sound quality to the package design. Top quality products and not exactly cheap either.
I believe that the Slaughter re-issues on Urashima are authorized by Marco's sister.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
. I wasn't really referring to the Urashima reissure as second rate. The idea of more reissues from more labels is what I was referring to as second rate, regardless of purpose or intent.
I've paid up and gotten back a large portion of what Marco had sent me from back in the day. Still have quite a bit but the Deadbag set really upsets me that I still do not have it any longer.
Sorry dudes, I just come from the mindset that some stuff is better left in the grave. Catch my drift??
I really love Urashima releases but I would like to see Atrax Morgue reissues with proper color artwork on cds. I own almost all his releases on cds but I miss a lot ridiculously priced cdrs.
anyone know what release has this atrax morgue song on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NpRzMZRNos
Quote from: Endlösung on August 14, 2019, 05:51:36 AM
anyone know what release has this atrax morgue song on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NpRzMZRNos
I started shifting through Discogs but had no joy, I gave up there were too many releases.
Has anyone got the split with Wolf's RRRadio (which I assume is Beau Lippincott) on Warcom, any good?
Quote from: Lazrs3 on August 20, 2019, 11:03:02 AM
Quote from: Endlösung on August 14, 2019, 05:51:36 AM
anyone know what release has this atrax morgue song on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NpRzMZRNos
I started shifting through Discogs but had no joy, I gave up there were too many releases.
Yeah, I searched through the whole discography many times and still haven't found it..
Quote from: Endlösung on August 21, 2019, 06:52:48 PM
Quote from: Lazrs3 on August 20, 2019, 11:03:02 AM
Quote from: Endlösung on August 14, 2019, 05:51:36 AM
anyone know what release has this atrax morgue song on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NpRzMZRNos
I started shifting through Discogs but had no joy, I gave up there were too many releases.
Yeah, I searched through the whole discography many times and still haven't found it..
I have a good few Atrax reissues, nice and all, but he's someone I found out about not long before he passed, so tbh I missed out on Slaughter Productions and can't get every reissue, but still glad to have what I do.
Could you email the uploader?
Quote from: Lazrs3 on August 21, 2019, 06:57:33 PM
Could you email the uploader?
yeah, I might have to do this.
I haven't seen this linked yet and it's a great resource for AM interviews:
https://digilander.libero.it/atraxmorgue/pag/interviews.html
I found it when searching for his TDR interview from '96 which was where I first learned of him. For such a misanthrope, he sure gave generous and informative interviews.
Quote from: ashraf on August 21, 2019, 08:36:28 PM
I haven't seen this linked yet and it's a great resource for AM interviews:
https://digilander.libero.it/atraxmorgue/pag/interviews.html
I found it when searching for his TDR interview from '96 which was where I first learned of him. For such a misanthrope, he sure gave generous and informative interviews.
Wow thank you for this!
QuoteTo live, is just a work, exhausting.
QuoteI am pure contradiction.
Misanthropes can often be the nicest people.
Can anyone speak to the DVD content for the Morder Machine Box Set? Is the video below part of the footage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWI72oW3q0c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWI72oW3q0c)
Quote from: seventhcircle on November 08, 2019, 08:59:09 PM
Can anyone speak to the DVD content for the Morder Machine Box Set? Is the video below part of the footage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWI72oW3q0c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWI72oW3q0c)
Judging from the listings on discogs the live shows are from these dates, so the show that you posted doesn't appear to be on it.
DVD1 January 4th 2003 28:28
DVD2 May 29th 1998 24:41
DVD3 March 20th 1998 29:51
DVD4 December 9th 1995 31:22
I just checked in my copy of the box set and there isn't any information listed there about the DVD or locations of the events. There may be more info on the actual DVD, but I haven't watched it as I don't have a dvd player
Quote from: Endlösung on August 14, 2019, 05:51:36 AM
anyone know what release has this atrax morgue song on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NpRzMZRNos
video has been taken down, so now really need to figure out which release it is on! The video was titled "Atrax Morgue - I Don't See You" Not sure if that was actually the true name of the song, but I still have never found it on any releases.. Anyone?
Ushi 013 Atrax Morgue – Silver wooden Box 9CD 69€
www.urashima.it (http://www.urashima.it/)
for those who missed the black box and the red box, urashima has combined the two in limited quantities.
Big fan of Mr. Marco Corbelli.
My observation of him is that he was extremely interested in the perverse stuff, but he had a masochistic element to him which necessitated his suicide.
My personal favorite from Italy is Sigilum S. The Italian sound is the most depraved, sick, and cultish.
It is not necessarily the loudest, but in terms of "fucked-upness," I cannot personally think of a regional scene which outdoes the Italians.
The Italians, one could say, were the progenitors of the whole Noise Scene.
There were some parallel movements in Russia at around the same time.
I think the Italians so strongly have this demented element, because they tend to be super gregarious and social. Of course, this leads to an internal conflict, because of the social restrictions, and their sinister quality bleeds out.
Movies like Salo, and other demented Italian novelties further illustrates this point.
The interesting thing about Marco Corbelli, was that he always was left dejected and dispirited after meeting people who initially appeared to share his dark ideals. He never quite felt he met anyone who wasn't a 'poser.'
This is another element of the Italian character I notice. Since Italians are social chameleons and often switch styles dramatically, this breeds an inner hunger for being truly original and individualistic.
This is probably to explain why Italians have always historically been known as an artistic people.
Marco Corbelli likely felt completely alienated and isolated because of this, that it ultimately led to his suicide.
Reading his interviews are pretty insightful. One gets a glimpse of his inner character and personal complexities which ultimately appeared to be too difficult to reconcile.
In Italy, there are very many isolated rural areas, which feel very alienating.
Even watch very old, obscure Italian films like Bawdy Tales.
The cinematography and style alone is enough to make one want to kill themselves.
Another element in Italian experimental scenes I tend to notice, is a fixation with a very undefined, cultish, dungeon / chamberesque sense of worship. Not quite Satanic.
Rather undefined, but having very much a quality of, like, A holy worship / "shrine" to the perverse.
One can especially see this in Sigilum S' motifs.
It is probably a remnant in the style of the Ancient Roman cults.
very interesting and well written
Does anyone have or know of any audio from the NYC show? I was told Sal who did Mangled Clit did noise for him that night...
Quote from: cancerouscell on May 27, 2020, 10:52:37 PM
Does anyone have or know of any audio from the NYC show? I was told Sal who did Mangled Clit did noise for him that night...
No, Marco did his own sound.
Quote from: monster ripper on May 28, 2020, 03:08:57 PM
Quote from: cancerouscell on May 27, 2020, 10:52:37 PM
Does anyone have or know of any audio from the NYC show? I was told Sal who did Mangled Clit did noise for him that night...
No, Marco did his own sound.
Ah, my mistake. I was misinformed. Would still love to hear the set.
Hi all, does anyone know where the writing on this shirt comes from?
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/de71709e1a3a7d439493d7bb05ea507c/tumblr_oyl10xeX0Q1sa6e63o2_500.jpg)
interesting article about Marco Corbelli / Atrax Morgue:
https://www.hypedonmelancholy.com/in-search-of-death
For anybody interested my old Heathen Harvest editorial about Corbelli can also be found here, hopefully for a good while:
https://www.tisbor.com/atrax.html
It features nice words from Devis/Teatro Satanico, Daniele/N. and Adriano/Macelleria Mobile Di Mezzanotte
any opinion on this one?
https://www.discogs.com/Atrax-Morgue-195-Melrose-Avenue-NW2/release/15512004
Quote from: Harvest on February 29, 2020, 11:34:50 PM
Ushi 013 Atrax Morgue – Silver wooden Box 9CD 69€
for those who missed the black box and the red box, urashima has combined the two in limited quantities.
ANYONE HAVE THIS FOR SALE? Thx!
Although I dug industrial after his death, so to say (although I remember when he died pretty good, as I read the news through the black metal community I used to read / write on), Corbelli´s music has been one of the main gateways I had to step from extreme metal into extreme electronics. Favourite works are probably "Death-Orgasm connector", "Woundfucker" (still hoping to find an original tape of this one) and maybe "I vizi morbosi..", but it´s just a matter of personal "affection".
Quote from: CannibalRitual on September 14, 2020, 04:59:04 PM
any opinion on this one?
https://www.discogs.com/Atrax-Morgue-195-Melrose-Avenue-NW2/release/15512004
Actually spent this morning with the rerelease on OEC. Pretty interesting CD. Frantic vocals and minimalist synth in some tracks and synthnoise on others. Sounds a tad more crunchy and distorted than other AM material and some neat parts even venture into broken and crumbling territor, somewhat like some more modern harsh noise.
I was wondering whether anyone could shed more light on the live performance released as the first two CDs/CDrs in
Close to a Corpse. According to the description for Urashima's rerelease:
QuoteOn February 24, 2001 Marco Corbelli take part in the performance "Autopsia dell'opera d'arte vivente come vivisezione del corpo di dio" in the Viareggio art gallery, Studio D'Arte Memoria Indelebile. Together with three other artists he stages an autopsy on a shapeless body, which represents the living work of art. Corbelli actively participates in the pseudo autopsy, as well as sounding the live event.
I am wondering about it because, as noted on Discogs, the synth recordings from Atrax Morgue were "recorded directly into minidisc." Since this is, I assume, a line-in recording, there are none of the extraneous sounds of a live performance in the background of the noise that you can hear on other live albums---here it is just the synth and nothing else. Given the description above and the fact that the live recording contains a number of pauses and tonal changes, it seems like there were other things going on during this live performance. However, neither the recordings themselves nor the inserts that come with the Urashima rerelease shed any light on exactly what this was the soundtrack for. Never mind that the label description itself is quite vague in and of itself.
Does anyone know anything else about this particular performance? Any ideas who the other artists were? These live recordings are probably my favorite Atrax Morgue material, so I would greatly appreciate any information that anyone could provide!
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on November 23, 2022, 05:42:30 AM
I was wondering whether anyone could shed more light on the live performance released as the first two CDs/CDrs in Close to a Corpse.
Does anyone know anything else about this particular performance? Any ideas who the other artists were? These live recordings are probably my favorite Atrax Morgue material, so I would greatly appreciate any information that anyone could provide!
One of the inserts that came with the original Slaughter Productions release lists the other artists as Paolo Albani, Antonino Bove, and Daniele Poletti. It also provides a link to Poletti's website for more info: http://web.tiscali.it/danielepoletti/corpo.htm
Quote from: expectorant on November 23, 2022, 06:16:54 AM
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on November 23, 2022, 05:42:30 AM
I was wondering whether anyone could shed more light on the live performance released as the first two CDs/CDrs in Close to a Corpse.
Does anyone know anything else about this particular performance? Any ideas who the other artists were? These live recordings are probably my favorite Atrax Morgue material, so I would greatly appreciate any information that anyone could provide!
One of the inserts that came with the original Slaughter Productions release lists the other artists as Paolo Albani, Antonino Bove, and Daniele Poletti. It also provides a link to Poletti's website for more info: http://web.tiscali.it/danielepoletti/corpo.htm
Crap! I should have rechecked the inserts before posting. Many thanks!
I came across this post on a synth forum while searching around:
QuoteMy friend Mark Solotroff from Bloodyminded told me that Marco (Atrax Morgue) used a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak on a lot of his recordings and for the live shows he did in America. He admitted, though, that he probably used other synths as well.
Were there Atrax Morgue live shows in the US? Unless I have somehow totally missed any reference to them, I don't think I have ever heard this before.
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on August 11, 2023, 02:52:51 AMI came across this post on a synth forum while searching around:
QuoteMy friend Mark Solotroff from Bloodyminded told me that Marco (Atrax Morgue) used a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak on a lot of his recordings and for the live shows he did in America. He admitted, though, that he probably used other synths as well.
Were there Atrax Morgue live shows in the US? Unless I have somehow totally missed any reference to them, I don't think I have ever heard this before.
I think this was the only one.
(click for flyer) (https://ibb.co/tqjvBst)
Also, I know that there's video footage of the show, sitting on a tape in a box somewhere. Not sure if the Atrax Morgue set is on it or not though. Hopefully it'll emerge someday as part of some kind of archival project, but who knows?
Quote from: expectorant on August 11, 2023, 07:09:40 AMQuote from: Balor/SS1535 on August 11, 2023, 02:52:51 AMI came across this post on a synth forum while searching around:
QuoteMy friend Mark Solotroff from Bloodyminded told me that Marco (Atrax Morgue) used a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak on a lot of his recordings and for the live shows he did in America. He admitted, though, that he probably used other synths as well.
Were there Atrax Morgue live shows in the US? Unless I have somehow totally missed any reference to them, I don't think I have ever heard this before.
I think this was the only one.
(click for flyer) (https://ibb.co/tqjvBst)
Also, I know that there's video footage of the show, sitting on a tape in a box somewhere. Not sure if the Atrax Morgue set is on it or not though. Hopefully it'll emerge someday as part of some kind of archival project, but who knows?
Now that's some cool industrial history!
I was about to say, I hope there is video if he in fact did play. That's pretty amazing. Was he a touring project then? All the clips of him are from Italy (I think).
Now that's some cool industrial history!
Was he a touring project then? All the clips of him are from Italy (I think).
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I wouldn't say "a touring project", he played a handful of international shows though. He appeared as Mörder Machine in Duesseldorf, and there are two tracks from the live set here https://www.discogs.com/release/136131-Various-Noise-Transmission (https://www.discogs.com/release/136131-Various-Noise-Transmission). Pretty sure there's no video. iirc the organizers (aka Lutz of Deafborn) recorded the whole set, but only those two tracks were released.
Quote from: cosmonaut on August 12, 2023, 03:16:02 AMNow that's some cool industrial history!
Was he a touring project then? All the clips of him are from Italy (I think).
QuoteI wouldn't say "a touring project", he played a handful of international shows though. He appeared as Mörder Machine in Duesseldorf, and there are two tracks from the live set here https://www.discogs.com/release/136131-Various-Noise-Transmission (https://www.discogs.com/release/136131-Various-Noise-Transmission). Pretty sure there's no video. iirc the organizers (aka Lutz of Deafborn) recorded the whole set, but only those two tracks were released.
Nice, I will check that one out too. I have not gotten into Mörder Machine yet, so this is doubly good.
I think Mörder Machine is even better than Atrax Morgue (same level of sickness but more structure). Definitely recommended.
There's an excellent live album out in 2019 from Atrax Morgue, I recommend it.
https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/13854008-Atrax-Morgue-Live-At-Teatro-Comunale-Massafra-180502
This may be useful for new(er) listeners. Its a good varied selection.
Helm (Atrax Morgue Special) for NTS 2hrs - https://www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/helm-1st-october-2017/
Quote from: Verkhaner on April 22, 2022, 05:13:00 PMQuote from: CannibalRitual on September 14, 2020, 04:59:04 PMany opinion on this one?
https://www.discogs.com/Atrax-Morgue-195-Melrose-Avenue-NW2/release/15512004
Actually spent this morning with the rerelease on OEC. Pretty interesting CD. Frantic vocals and minimalist synth in some tracks and synthnoise on others. Sounds a tad more crunchy and distorted than other AM material and some neat parts even venture into broken and crumbling territor, somewhat like some more modern harsh noise.
Indeed a more interesting Atrax Morgue CD. The frantic vocals always seem to be a similar and synonymous type of aesthetic in all of AM releases, but you're correct this perticular release does seem like it treads into what you hear as perhaps a more modern sounding harsh noise style.