Описание
Hekate – Totentanz [New Vinyl] Black, Gatefold LP Jacket, Ltd Ed, 180 Gram
Artist: Hekate
Title: Totentanz
Format: Vinyl
Attributes: Black, Gatefold LP Jacket, Ltd Ed, 180 Gram
UPC: 884388308510
Condition: New
Release Date: 2018
Record Label: Prophecy
Album Tracks
1. The Old King
2. Lost And Broken
3. Mondnacht
4. Luzifer Morgenstern
5. Ascension Day
6. Totentanz
7. Spring Of Life
8. Embrace Of Light
9. Desire
10. Am Meere
11. Ich bin Euch gut der kalte Schnitter
12. Etude in g-Moll / The Old King
13. Der Prem
14. Lebenszeit
15. Another Lovesong
In Greek mythology, Hekate is the goddess of magic, mediating between the realms of life and death. Hekate, the band, was formed in 1991 and is one of the foremost protagonists of German neofolk. Over the course of five albums, the group has combined folk, medieval and classical music with striking percussion and electronic elements to create a distinctly individual style, which reaches it’s temporary climax on their sixth record Totentanz” (“dance of death”). Seven years after the release of “Die Welt der dunklen Garten” (“the world of dark gardens”), Hekate delivers it’s most refined compositions to date, playing both traditional, catchy neofolk tunes and hypnotic tracks. In the process, the group manages to recall the atmosphere of early 90’s apocalyptic folk without coming across as anachronistic. Enhanced by floating synthesizer and drum arrangements, the music itself reflects the lyrical themes of “Totentanz”: dealing with our own mortality in the sense of “memento mori”. In this context, Hekate plays out it’s fondness for Romanticism with an urgent interpretation of Prussian poet Joseph von Eichendorff’s “Mondnacht” (“moon night”), and an album cover graced with a (so-far unpublished) painting of the same name by German symbolist and art nouveau artist Franz Stassen. Just as exclusive: the design of the album’s book edition features unpublished ink drawings from the series “Apokalyptische Landschaften” (“apocalyptic landscapes”) by Hermann Wohler, a painter influenced by magic realism who worked in secret and whose paintings the art community is only now discovering years after his passing. All of the included paintings are a part of Hekate singer Axel Menz’ personal art collection. Apart from the digipak version of the album, “Totentanz” will be released on gatefold double vinyl – with five bonus tracks – and as a book edition (limited to 500 copies), that includes an additional 60 pages and the bonus tracks housed on a separate CD. In addition to the album lyrics, the book contains prefaces by both Axel Menz and Susanne Grosche, a “Totentanz” essay, the biographies of Franz Stassen and Hermann Wohler, English translations by Markus Wolff (Waldteufel) and numerous illustrations by Wohler.
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