MARIA ZERFALL Anthology 1983-1993 8xLP Box/Germany/Throbbing Gristle/NWW/Organum
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MARIA ZERFALL 'Anthology 1983-1993' 8xLP + 7" EP Box Set (Germany, Vinyl On Demand, Catalogue #VOD 162) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2020 Vinyl On Demand label 8xLP + 7" EP Box Set edition/collection (a numbered, limited edition of 500 copies) of ULTRA-RARE Cassette Tape releases, circa 1983-1993, of Electronic/Industrial/Musique Concrete/Noise by German sound artist Maria Zerfall.
(NOTE: LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES ONLY!)
A full frontal dive into the secretive, cult catalogue of Düsseldorf’s Christine Weyrether aka Maria Zerfall, rounding up lost recordings and her entire oeuvre 1983-1993 in a must-check payload for fans of Throbbing Gristle, Nurse With Wound, Maurizio Bianchi, Pharmakon, Russell Haswell. Scanning a huge disarray of bluntly enigmatic and poetically brutalist industrial grot, you could hardly ask for a more upfront introduction to one of Industrial Musick’s most overlooked but fetishised cult heroes. Raw to the bone and bad with it, her sound is dripping with attitude and ringing with industrial clangour from the unforgiving tone of her knuckled electronics and panel-beaten rhythms in a manner that may panic some listeners. Pitting reams of Maria’s self-released and hard to come by material at your disposal, V-O-D have left no stone unturned in a release that took them an age to compile. Now remastered in all its rough hewn glory the set depicts a fearless artist at manacled grips with her gear, churning up amazing tackle in the trance-noise pulse of ‘Der Befehl’, plus ruthless TG-style noise-pop in and proper cyborgian strangeness recalling the skronkiest ends of the ‘Decoder’ soundtrack in ‘Für Immer Fre’ and ‘Für Hans’, sequenced along with outstanding bonus bits like the deathrock grind of ‘Abgrund’ and the early Coil-esque mix of synth noise and fanfare in ‘Alarm’ to give only a hint at Zerfall’s singular breadth and gnarled but sensitive sound. A serious proposition, this lot.
After the recent retrospective dedicated to the Come Organisation label, Vinyl On Demand returns with an unbeatable summary of lost recordings (as well as a complete retrospective of her recorded material dating back to the 1983-1993 decade) from the mysterious and cultishly desired Maria Zerfall, aka Christine Weyrether from Düsseldorf, a legendary figure of the German Industrial scene of the '80s.
Going deep into their under-the-counter channels, Vinyl On Demand have again outdone themselves with this release, salvaging Maria Zerfall from obscurity to reveal an innovator working at the full extent of avant-imagination in a sort of cybernetic symbiosis with her studio-as-an-instrument.
Due to the unique sound and the often extremely limited editions, today Maria Zerfall's early tape recordings are highly sought after, and have reached a cult status among fans and collectors. Completely remastered, they are now presented on vinyl for the first time - yet again opening another experimental post-punk wormhole we never knew existed.
This 8LP box-set frames the sound of a real explorer carving her own niche way beyond the DIY post-punk attitude, instinctively taking the influence of Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Conrad Schnitzler and early Kraftwerk, oscillating between ritualistic drones, hammering percussions and mind-expanding noise, traversing the interzone of electro and acoustic, synthetic and human, with layers of fractured melodies, distorted synthesizers, hollowed-out rhythms and claustrophobic vocals. It is also a compelling investigation of the voice's role in experimental Industrial music, dismantling its unique properties through electronic treatments to reveal a spectrum of alien dissonance manifested via musique concrète structures and dynamic, esoteric arrangements.
It has taken ages to make Anthology 1983-1993 happen - but finally it is here in all its remastered glory. As a testament to its enduring magic, we're still bewildered and vividly transported, listening again and again for the umpteenth time as it was the first, lost to its roil of tangled timbres and etheric dynamism, keeling to the metallic lushness of the strings and mind blown by the synchronised sweeps of modular synths and simulated environments. Essential for fans of Coil, Organum, Nurse With Wound, Throbbing Gristle, and the tradition of outsider musique concrète.
This box-set contains the following items:
- LP1 "1983-1987"
- LP2 "Nazi Jazz"
- LP3 "Säuretod 1985-1988"
- LP4 "Maria Zerfall in Phase Pervers"
- LP5 "Wäre Das Blut Nicht Rot"
- LP6 "Totenstille, Der Rest Ist Fluch"
- LP7 "Tote Zone"
- LP8 "Zerose "Liebe, Sex & Zärtlichkeit"
- Bonus 7" EP "Das Geschenk"
Tracks on this Eight LP plus 7" EP" Box Set are as follows:
Kopfmord A1 Es Ist Nicht Leicht (Deutsch Feind) 5:55 A2 Verloren Gehen 5:05 A3 !__________! 2:19 A4 Was Kostet Die Welt 4:11 A5 Don't Meat The Eat 2:36 A6 @ ? @ 2:40 B1 Kopfmord 2:34 B2 Beschleunigung 3:01 B3 Sensibilität Für Zerstörungen 3:05 B4 Austilgung 2:04 B5 →↓ 3:43 B6 Der Schnitter 7:11Nazi Jazz C1 Es Ist Nicht Leicht 6:01 C2 Return 3:06 C3 Nazi Jazz 3:33 C4 Als Wäre Nichts Gewesen 4:13 C5 After All 2:38 C6 Erbsünde 2:30 D1 Der Befehl 4:25 D2 Triumph 3:48 D3 Kopfmord 3:46 D4 Let's Start A War 1+2 4:05 D5 Abgrund 5:37
Säuretod E1 Strand Bei Mondlicht 1:39 E2 Sommer 2:24 E3 Seelenklumpen 1:34 E4 Pause 0:57 E5 Gehirnoperation 3:03 E6 Was Kostet Die Welt 4:10 E7 Don't Meat The Eat 2:31 E8 Suck 2:42 E9 Beisetzung Der Illyrer 3:55 F1 Hirn 3:21 F2 Langer Tag 3:53 F3 Liebe Und Böse 4:02 F4 Nie .. Geboren Part 1 6:10 F5 Nie .. Geboren Part 2 1:52 F6 Säuretod 2:52
Maria Zerfall In Phase Pervers: Zerfall Pervers
Zerfall G1 Ich Katastrophe 4:01 G2 Wien 3:37 G3 Fuer Immer 4:25 G4 Leerlauf 4:04 G5 Tal Der Schwarzen Spiegel 5:25
Pervers H1 Schwangere Madonna 4:27 H2 Umweltbeziehung 4:05 H3 Steine 3:39 H4 Wer Schlaegt Mich Tot 2:54 H5 Finale 1:10 H6 Alarm 4:28
Wäre Das Blut Nicht Rot I1 Kühlschrank 1:41 I2 Beirut 3:12 I3 Stalin 8:40 I4 Ängste & Hoffnungen Des Metzgers 2:52 I5 So Always Carry Your Gasmask 1:38 I6 Endlose Flucht 2:20 J1 Nachruf 3:28 J2 Justizreform 2:42 J3 Gebundene Hände 3:26 J4 Jede Nacht Ein Neues Glück 2:47 J5 Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter 1:32 J6 Reite Kleiner Reiter Part 1 1:32 J7 Reite Kleiner Reiter Part 2 1:47 J8 Der Wind 2:24
Totenstille, Der Rest Ist Fluch K1 Nie Wieder 2:29 K2 Der Rest Ist Fluch 2:46 K3 Doch Das Genügt Nicht 4:21 K4 Im Gemüt 3:44 K5 Im Herzen Durch Die Finsternis 3:00 K6 Zu Töten Die Brut 2:22 K7 Fürchte Ich Nicht 2:14 L1 Anteil Am Nichts 4:36 L2 Aber Nicht wirklich 3:59 L3 Totenstille 2:30 L4 Auch In Der Ferne 5:51 L5 Klarheit 4:16
Tote Zone M1 Abseits 6:14 M2 Kopfkrieg 2:53 M3 Jenseits 5:16 M4 Trommelfeuer1 3:15 M5 Trommelfeuer2 4:04 N1 Versunkene Welt 3:38 N2 Tote Zone 3:04 N3 Verwesung 4:09 N4 Bewegung 2:51 N5 Die Angst Der Seele 1:25 N6 Die Angst 2:40 N7 Versunkene Welt 2:01
Zerose: Liebe Sex & Zärtlichkeit O1 Für Hans 7:43 O2 Waldemar 3:35 O3 Solaris 8:13 O4 Dicke Würmer 3:31 P1 Opfer 3:20 P2 Der Scheidenfall 6:37 P3 Due Personi 2:01 P4 Mallade 4:18 P5 Abschied 6:41
Das Geschenk Q1 Der Mond 3:25 Q2 Das Geschenk 3:23 R1 Verworrenheit 3:24 R2 Heimatloser Engel 3:34
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