TF #198: @hypnoskull [anti/techno] - Belgium
Hypnoskull was created by patrick stevens in 1992 as a solo project in order to experiment in the area of electronic noise combined with rhythmical structures. In the first years of its existence, Hypnoskull was releasing cassettes and tracks on international labels in the so-called cassette network, a widely spread network of independent and experimental musicians and artists who expressed themselves throughout limited tape releases often including artworks, ideas, texts. In 1998, hypnoskull signed to the German label ant-zen. That is not a coincidence: ant-zen stands for ‘anti-zensur’ (anti-censorship), one of the main starting points of the provocative hypnoskull project. Patrick Stevens does not limit himself to just producing music as such, albums always include a severe message, a thought-provoking underlying concept text, questions. The main philosophy: ‘the dance floors, the clubs, the festivals,… are staged warzones with a different set of rules – a therapeutic zone where hidden anger and even aggression of both the artists as well as the spectators can be released in a proper, human way. Music as a means to open up the deepest anger inside human beings, letting it out in a way which is not harmful to others. A strange symbiosis between the two worlds Patrick Stevens is a part of: the techno and the industrial scene. Techno being a genre promoting a peaceful yet hedonistic way of life, industrial on the other hand being a highly nihilistic, philosophic but pitch black reflection on society. The mix of both musical as well as content wise elements of these genres result in what hypnoskull is all about. In 2020 Stevens declared to release one free track every week at anti/techno, the platform he created for provocative and subversive techno, under the project name ‘the disruptive behaviour 12”es’ This will result in a massive 13 e.p.’s which will see the light in 2020 and will be downloadable for free – questioning not only the contemporary way music is released and marketed, but also the way ‘techno’ is treated by the global music industry, as the 100th cash cow to be sucked out entirely, to be stripped from all possible subversion and its roots in the underground.
Artist links:
Facebook: bit.ly/39eN3e0
Instagram: bit.ly/389eSmL
Anti/Techno: bit.ly/38eQNuF
Bookings: therealhypnoskull@gmail.com
Tracklist:
01. Avril Spleen - “Under Attack” (Opal Tapes)
02. Red Nailmaker - “Basilisk Part 1” (Folgsamkeitfaktor)
03. Tommy Four Seven - “The Virus” (Ansome Remix)
04. Teste - “Depressive Technoïd Slop” (L.I.E.S.)
05. New Frames - “Frost” (R-label Group)
06. Elphor Va - “Hakatan” (Elphor Va)
07. Slave To Society - “Celestrial Dog” (Scuderia)
08. Reset - “Daytona” ()
09. Huren - “Tramp Fuel” (Clan Destine)
10. Horst Herold - “Wir Kriegen Sie Alle” (Ata Tak)
11. Rell feat. Eramo - “Roots” (Monolith)
12. Kaffee Und Kuchen / Hypnoskull - “Oberhausen” (Krater)
13. Elisabeth Marta Hilgenberg - “Säure Nr. Drei” (Burgus)
14. MDD - “Transition Pull” (HANDS)
15. Karlheinz Stockhausen - “Unsichtbare Chöre” (Deutsche Grammophon)
16. Laibach - “Alle Gegen Alle” (Mute)
17. Hypnoskull - "Low Dogma” (Anti/techno)
18. Endlec - “Stronger Than Fear” (Inner Surface)
19. 14anger - “Mother Of The Null” (Folgsamkeitfaktor)
20. Mono No Aware - “It’s Over” (Hypnoskull Remix) (HANDS)
21. Agency - “Snorting Crushed Teeth” (Instruments Of Discipline)
22. 33mhz - “23 findet nicht mehr statt” (Escape 3 Organisation)
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