The Sound of Human Bones for Just A Buck!
Church of Satan member Adel Souto’s industrial project 156 has recently released the last two previously unavailable tracks from the Memento Mori sessions (where all the music was made using only human bones) on the Humanhood Recodings EP, Music for the Bardo.
While the 7″ has sold out, the digital version is only $1 until the end of April. It’s four tracks – two mono, and two binaural – for simply one dollar.
Though the music from these sessions are still in the spirit of early Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Dept, or Crash Worship, 156’s normal use of metal, glass and concrete was scrapped, and using only human bones has given this output an even more primitive sound than any previous 156 material. While conceptually multi-layered, the main purpose for this record is to serve as – for those who cannot obtain one – the skull’s replacement in the ritual room where a scholar contemplates death in the Renaissance rite of ars moriendi (“The Art of Dying”).
Well-reviewed in magazines like Wired, The Big Takeover, and Noise Receptor, as well as music sites such as Houdini Mansions, This Is Darkness, and Khatacomb, you can download these four tracks for a mere 100 pennies, this week only, from the Humanhood Recordings Bandcamp page.