Autopsia
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Autopsia is a Czech experimental, neoclassical, dark ambient, post-industrial band. Autopsia's art practice began in London in late 1970s, continued during 80s in art centers of former Yugoslavia and since 1990, Autopsia acts from Prague - Czech Republic. At the beginning of its activity Autopsia issued a dozen of MCs, in the period after 1989, twenty CDs were issued, at first for Staalplaat from Amsterdam, then for German label Hypnobeat and London's Gymnastic Records. Autopsia's music can be found on numerous compilations issued all over the world. One of its compositions is a part of the soundtrack for Peter Greenaway The Pillow Book (film). Music production of Autopsia is associated with a large graphic production which consists of original graphic objects, design of flyers,posters, booklets, CDs, experimental films and audio instalations.
Autopsia quotations
- Pop culture, in so far as it does induce, command or otherwise result in conformity, clearly cannot fulfil the essential promise of art and deliver us from the homogenising manipulations of the market. In other words, it can never result in the new, in the modernist sense.
- Mystification is a pure strategy of power used by almost everyone, from politicians to artists, and through it, in a relatively simple way, various things are given an aura of unreachable values, although they suffer the "extra reality" or even banality.
- Look, the Radical Machine begins to function, and its functioning successively seizes Perception, the Body, Sexuality, the Earth and Cosmos; in it everything is fulfilled, and every outer limit is estranged and disqualified as an insurmountable boundary, save for the very last one - Death.
- Above all, we are not concerned with music.Our subject is the death and the pity of death.The music is in the pity.
Selected discography
- The Knife 12” EP Staalplaat - 1989
- Death Is The Mother of Beauty CD Staalplaat - 1990
- Palladium CD - 1991 Hypnobeat
- Wound CD - 1991 Gymnastic Records
- Requiem Pour Un Empire MCD - 1991 Hypnobeat
- Waldsinfonie: The Silence Of The Lamb MCD - 1993 Hypnobeat
- The Birth Of The Crystal Power CD - 1993 Hypnobeat
- The Knife CD-1992, STAALPLAAT, re-issue + two bonus tracks
- White Christmas MCD - 1994 Hypnobeat
- Waldsinfonie: The Silence Of The Lamb CD,complete version - 1995 Hypnobeat
- Palladium CD - Box Edition - 1995 Hyperium
- Humanity Is The Devil 1604-1994 (including the theme from The Pillow Book (film), CD - 1995 Hypnobeat
- Secret Christmas History MCD - 1995 Hypnobeat
- Mystery Science CD (Hypnobeat - 1996)
- Prager Kodex (Discordia CD - compilation of Autopsia side projects) - 1995
- In Vivo 1984-1992 (CD, Vintage Recordings - 1998)
- The Secret Block For A Secret Person In Ireland (CD, Illuminating Technologies 1999)
- Colonia CD Staalplaat 2002
- Song Of The Night (Multimedia CD ROM, Illuminating Technologies 2005.)
- Radical Machine /1.0/ (CDsingle+Tshirt+6 photographs, Illuminating Technologies 2005.)
- Rotation/Pilger (10" split vinyl, Mozgalom Records 2006.)
- The Berlin Requiem (OECD 084 Old europa cafe 2006.)
- Night Landscapes (CD Illuminating Technologies 2006.)
Autopsia on compilations
- THE LAMP OF THE INVISIBLE LIGHT, CD Cthulhu Rec.
- KNIGHTS OF ABYSS, CD Abyss Records
- ZAUBER OF MUSIC, CD Hypnobeat/Hyperium
- EXCELSIS: A DARK NOEL, CD Projekt records
- CHAN'GE, CD Hyperium Asia
- STATEMENT 1961, [2 lps+single+CD]
- SNX 4xLP box, Hawai
- Hypnobeats CD Hypnobeat
- Mjölnir 2xcassette Cthulhu Records
- 19 KEYS-19BANDS 2xcassette Club Moral
- HYPNOTIC/HYPERSONIC CD Hyperium
- EXCELSIS 3xCD, Projekt records
- JOURNEY INTO PAIN 4xcassette RRRecords
- HYPERIUM NEW CLASSICS Vol.1 CD Hyperium
External links
Official
- [Autopsia]
- [Illuminating Technologies] - The website of Autopsia multimedia projects.
Unofficial
- [The Unofficial Autopsia Site 1]
- [The Unofficial Autopsia Site 2]
- [Autopsia on Discogs]
- [Autopsia Interview on Neo-Form]
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