Post Scriptvm

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Post Scriptvm
Background information
OriginBrooklyn, New York, United States
GenresDark ambient
Industrial
Experimental
Years active1998 (1998)–present
LabelsTesco Organisation
Epicurean
Hermetique
Somnambulant Corpse
NEN Records
Stridulum Recordings
Gazoline
Websitepostscriptvm.com

Post Scriptvm is a Russian-American industrial music act based in New York City. They have been active since 1998.[1] Full names and personal details of the members are not publicized.[2]

The musical style of Post Scriptvm is rooted in the dark ambient, old school industrial, and experimental genres ranging from eerie, hypnotic soundscapes to focused industrial noise assaults, often within a single track.[3] The project does not use computer-based software synthesizers or drum machines, preferring analog synthesizers, samplers, scrap metal percussion, field recordings, traditional acoustic instruments, as well as various analog and digital hardware effects.[2][4]

Post Scriptvm albums explore subjects including mental illness, altered states of mind, social disintegration, western esotericism, and apocalyptic religious cults.[5] The project draws inspiration from the art and literary movements of the early 20th century, particularly Russian Futurism. Many compositions and lyrics are based on the poetry of Russian Futurists like Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksei Kruchenykh, and Bozhidar.[2] The 2016 EP Тучи Над Борском (Russian for "Thunderclouds over Borsk"), was released as a limited edition cassette tape. It aims to recreate the atmosphere of the rituals of Russia's underground religious sects.[6]

In the mid-2000s the project's early works attracted the attention of Tesco Organisation, who proceeded to issue the band's three best-known albums—Распадъ (2006), Grey Eminence (2010) and Benommenheit (2014). In 2015 Tesco reissued Post Scriptvm's first full-length album Gauze, a long out-of-print CD-R release, as a vinyl LP—a part of the Tesco Archaic Documents series.[7]

Post Scriptvm's infrequent live performances have earned critical acclaim.[2][7][8][9][10] The group has performed at prominent industrial and experimental electronic music festivals on the East and West coasts of the US and in Europe; including the 2005 and 2007 editions of the Apex Fest in New York,[11] the 2007 edition of the Wroclaw Industrial Festival in Poland,[12] and the 2013 Epicurean Escapism Festival] in Berlin.[9][13] In 2015, German record label The Epicurean released a live retrospective album,[14] recorded at various locations during the period of 2003 to 2014, as a deluxe limited edition LP titled Séance.[15]

Discography[edit]

Title Form Year Label Extra information
Post Scriptvm CD-R 1999 Post Scriptvm Self-released
Lethargic Revelation CD-R 2000 Post Scriptvm Self-released
Gauze CD-R 2002 Somnambulant Corpse Reissued in 2015 on LP as part of Tesco Archaic Documents
Chiaroscvro CD-R 2003 Stridulum Recordings
Sea-Green Series - Chapter V 3"CD-R 2004 Gazoline
Marginal Existence CD 2005 Hermetique
Распадъ CD 2006 Tesco Organisation
Grey Eminence CD 2010 Tesco Organisation
Benommenheit CD 2014 Tesco Organisation
Séance LP 2015 The Epicurean Live album
Тучи Над Борском Cass 2016 NEN Records
Litaniæ Mortuorum Discordantes CD/LP 2016 The Epicurean/La Esencia Split with Anemone Tube
Variola Vera LP 2019 Tesco Organisation
Eisstoß LP 2024 Tesco Organisation

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Post Scriptvm - Benommenheit - CD, Tesco Germany". www.tesco-germany.com. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  2. ^ a b c d We., Michael. "Post Scriptvm im Interview" (in German). Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  3. ^ "Rest Art - Post Scriptvm "Grey Eminence"". restart.org.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  4. ^ "Post Scriptvm Interview". Stigmata (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-09-16.
  5. ^ "Post Scriptvm (Interview)". PAN.O.RA.MA audial/visual/magickal web journal. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  6. ^ "Tучи над Борском, by Post Scriptvm". NEN. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  7. ^ a b Stevenson, Richard (2016-01-05). "Post Scriptvm – Gauze / Seance". Noise Receptor Journal. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  8. ^ Endsal (2015-10-25). "Post Scriptvm: Séance". Nonpop magazine. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  9. ^ a b "Epicurean Escapism II". www.nonpop.de. NONPOP Magazine. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  10. ^ Schneider, Uwe (31 October 2015). "African Paper | Post Scriptvm: Seance". African Paper. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  11. ^ "PS LIVE". postscriptvm.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  12. ^ "VI Wrocław Industrial Festival - Industrial Art". industrialart.eu. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Epicurean Escapism". transformed.de. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  14. ^ "The Epicurean". transformed.de. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Seance, by Post Scriptvm". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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