Artist: ART ABSCONs (DE)
Title: “AM HIMMEL MIT FEUER”
(CD on Dead Scarlet Records, release date 21 May 2010)
TRACKLIST
Am Himmel mit Feuer / A mon seul désir / Magik / Schwarzes Schiff /Promenade / Der 13. Gast / Im 3. Raum / Freie Felder / Promenade / Chant solitaire / Für immer hier / Galathea am Himmel mit Feuer / 13
Art Abscon is a mysterious individual lurking in the twilight of a mask. Not much is known of him, except that he sometimes refers to himself as "Grandmaster Abscon" or even "The Hidden God", who, it seems, is worshipped by the so-called "Ordre Secret d'Abscon". From his poetical work one may derive that he is deeply indebted to Early German Romanticism and the French Symbolist Movement, but his music - which is an intriguingly bizarre melange of neofolk, experimental and indescribable psychedelic moments - catapults the splendour and strangeness of his poetry into realms unknown. There is undeniably a certain sensuousness in his voice that some might even describe as sex appeal, but he can turn into a hissing demon from one moment to the next and is often supported by the angelic chant of Véra W'r..H.
"Am Himmel mit Feuer" is Grandmaster Abscon's uncompromising debut and the purest and most drastic declaration of his aesthetics. The album also features a collaborative song with Barcelona's L'Horrible Passion.