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Nekrophile Rekords was an Austrian record label, founded by Michael Dewitt, also known as Zoe Dewitt, that was active during the 1980s.

Contents

Nekrophile released eight audiocassettes from 1983 through 1986, collections of industrial and ambient music. Most of this material was subsequently re-released on CD and vinyl through assorted third parties. The label was notable for releasing solo material from Throbbing Gristle member Genesis P-orridge (with Stan Bingo), and also for early material by the noted industrial band Coil (with Zos Kia), with the participation of Peter Christopherson, another member of Throbbing Gristle. Dewitt released solo material on the label under two names: Korpses Katatonik, and Zero Kama. The Zero Kama album The Secret Eye of L.A.Y.L.A.H. is notorious in that, per Dewitt, it is purported to have been recorded in its entirety using human bones and skulls as musical instruments.

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Thelema

The overall content and design of Nekrophile's releases indicates that its contributors had varying interests in the occult, particularly with Aleister Crowley and Thelema, as driven by Dewitt. Examples of this include the following:

  • On The Secret Eye of L.A.Y.L.A.H., the album name and the track titles "Love Alway Yieldeth" and "Love Alway Hardeneth" are references to Crowley's The Book of Lies.
  • On The Beast 666, the cover art is "The Sign of the Enterer", a photograph deriving from Liber O, of Crowley's publication The Equinox. The Korpses Katatonik track on this compilation is entitled "Choronzon", itself a reference to a deity in Thelema. Furthermore, "Post Mortem: The Sea of Cefalu" is a sound recording of the sea. Cefalu is the town in Sicily where Crowley established the Abbey of Thelema.
  • On the Zos Kia track "Sicktone", a backing track can be heard in which a group of people are reciting the first few verses of The Book of the Law, a Thelemite text.

    • Releases

    Nekrophile Rekords released the following eight cassettes.

    References

    Nekrophile Rekords Wikipedia
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