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Chairete Daimones (arkaisk edition)

by Allerseelen

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  • Limited Edition of 50
    Cassette + Digital Album

    There is not only the CD Chairete Daimones but also a very limited cassette edition of Chairete Daimones: The C90 that comes in a beautiful bag - similar to those protecting the roses around the temple - contains two additional songs. One of these songs is Nachtmeerfahrt, Nocturnal Sea Voyage, a requiem written by Gerhard Hallstatt for John Balance (Coil) after his early death.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Chairete Daimones (arkaisk edition) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Anthrazit 04:24
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Anubis 03:46
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Hobellied 04:43
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Requiem 04:40
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Efeuweg 04:11
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Ludwig 05:24
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Autdaruta 04:14
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Dämonenwein 04:23
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about

It has always been difficult to describe the music of Allerseelen as their oeuvre is not limited to just one genre: There seem to be dozens of them. No real expression key-word has been found to describe their apparently contradictory music. Some writers called it apocalyptic krautfolk or krautpop. This might work out as a rough approximation to describe some of their works, but definitely not for all of them Most songs seem to exist inside an invisible field of force between genres like folk, post-industrial, pop, alternative rock. Nowadays, Allerseelen are musically situated somewhere between Coil, Einstürzende Neubauten, Laibach, Nine Inch Nails, 16 Horsepower and Throbbing Gristle. But:Allerseelen are definitely unique with their studio recordings as well as live performances - as unique as the audience that has been attracted by their performances all over Europe, in North America and Russia.

Chairete Daimones is Ancient Greek for Be Greeted, Demons. These daimons or demons are not the evil spirits that the monotheistic religions pretend to know. In pre-Christian antiquity they are usually good spirits, benevolent powers, closer to the Christian conception of guardian angels that take care of the humans. Chairete Daimones were also the words in an ancient Greek ritual in which wine was spilled into the air, on the earth or also on tombs as a libation, an offer for these demons. This ritual was again celebrated in autumn 1871 when Friedrich Nietzsche with some fellow poets and philosophers drank dark wine late at night. All of them drank just one half. It was the second half. The first half had been spilled as a sacrifice for the demons. Friedrich Nietzsche, who was not only philosopher but also a talented composer, has always been a strong influence for Allerseelen. His words became flesh in numerous of their songs.

The temple on the cover and in the booklet of Chairete Daimones shows the neo-classicistic Theseustempel in the heart of Vienna in a cold winter night. In summer this temple is surrounded by thousands of roses. In winter these roses are hidden under sand-coloured bags to protect them from the cold. This hibernation makes them look like monks or mummies of a secret brotherhood or sisterhood that seem to wait, to expect a command, an order, a word. On the CD itself one may see dry herbs from Bulgaria that are burnt inside another neo-classicistic temple, a war memorial in the woods around Vienna named Husarentempel.

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released March 3, 2019

Dramatis personae:

XVII Aida de Acosta (composition)
II, X Aima (vocals)
IX, XIV Aki Cederberg (vocals)
X Annamaria Bernadette Cristian (cello)
XI Erich Zann (violin)
VI, VIII, XII Estella Plunkett (vocals)
XIII, XV, XVIII Eugene Voronovsky (violin, violin arrangements)
IV Faye R. (vocals)
I - XIX Gerhard Hallstatt (Tonkunst, vocals)
I - XIX Marcel P. (bass)
XI Thomas Bøjden (vocals)

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