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Historechtomie
Crepusculous
Historechtomie
2008


Protagonist Thomas Head gets slimed by the whims of eternity in the lubricated arms of a giant prairie squid who is past her prime. An imaginary soundtrack in 3 movements.

MP3 File (23.5 min)
» Historechtomie


Crepusculous
Wet
2007


A moist curriculum of absurdity and transition... unduly influenced by René Daumal, nitrous oxide, and the sensation of impending doom.

"Freaky brain dizzying fun... it just IS."

Tweek the Screed

MP3 Files
» Son of Titblister (with Smea)
» Pool of Distant Burdens
» Wet (with Smea)
» Gim-Crack
» A Short Lesson in Guilt
» The Sheep and the Dead





The Membrane Conspiracy
Critical Lies EP
2007


Collected B-sides, remixes, and assorted rarities from recent MemCon recording sessions, including guest vocals and production from DJ Bosko and Smea. Spanning some of their most accessible and least accessible range of material.

"... dark and electronic, yet without the overblown pretentiousness of much of the current scene."
— Godsend

» Critical Lies
» The Fuel of the Great Celtic Empire (with DJ Bosko)
» We Are the Vipers (with Smea)
» Diaspora of Self
» Mistrust of the Worthy (with Peter Swayze)
» Famous Blue Raincoat
» We Are Gold and Blood (Instrumental)





The Membrane Conspiracy
Fly, My Locusts, Fly
2005

Membrane Conspiracy at iTunesBUY Fly, My Locusts, Fly at iTUNES!

Printable Graphics
» Front Cover - Hi-Res
» Back Cover - Hi-Res


The Membrane Conspiracy celebrates the insect's ultimate triumph over humanity, as channeled through a gothic pagan funk rite performed by a mob of sneering alien children armed only with warped guitars and acoustic arpeggiators.

"Weird enough to be a worthwhile investment, MC fail to drop themselves into a convenient little pigeon-hole. Surreal yet never overstating the fact, they move between genres like intestinal worms, yet never take too much from any one host-organ."
Metamorphic Journeyman

MP3 Files
» Fly, My Locusts, Fly
» I Will Never Die
» Bellacula
» Lord of Epiphany
» Tentacle Aspects
» We Are Gold and Blood
» Some Things Lie
» Smile
» 3
» Sophia
» It's Only Drugs
» I'm Not a Social Retard
» Dream Death (Locust Mix)



Crepusculous
Nouning Pocket
Mounter

2001

Fragmentations of a symphony of electronic mucous from Chris Mann and Sean Hopp. Spasmodic grooves of epic proportions are ruptured by speculative and horrifying narrations. Witness the soundtrack of Leviathan rising majestically through a slow dialup connection.

"...the weirdest album I have heard in years."
Rubber Monkey

"Fucking gorgeous."
KleverVice

MP3 Files
» Qweqwe
» Chin of Change
» Phantom Arm Returns
» Vincent Cray Needle Needle
» Feel the Stinky Communion
» Rusty Spine
» Nouning Pocket Mounter
» Cystemic Agrimony
» Grovelling Thistle
» The Head of the Body (Tuberculosis)
» Sick Caretaker Meets Gout
» Oyle of Wurm
» Like Distant Sheeping
» Mr Diddle Goes to Market
» An End to Theater





The Membrane Conspiracy
The Myth of the Upstanding Citizen
2000

Membrane Conspiracy at iTunesBUY The Myth of the Upstanding Citizen at iTUNES!

Printable Graphics
» Front Cover - Hi-Res
» Back Cover - Hi-Res



Electronic allegories of failure and illusion embedded with a stream of darkly psychedelic pranks. Deep sea chants of witches, monks, and dying rockstars surrounded by detuned casios and 808 sambas in the dark night of the soul. Enemies, elegies, and elevations in space.

"Blood is being drained from my body by a musical vampire, everything else is unclear, my veins are being exposed to sharp teeth; I am helpless against the forthcoming attack."
Nephilius

MP3 Files
» Vomit Up Blood and Die
» Things You Must Not Do
» There's Someone Driving on Bluemound Road
» My 2 Heads Melted Into 1
» I Am the Magma
» Uncle Rasp from Mansfield
» Lockmount
» The Vision of the Moonlit Dove
» Save My Soul for the Fire This Time
» Now I Understand



Crepusculous
The Clinician
2000

Horror-movie soundtracks and deep-space brain experiments play out over jagged beats, dense layers of absurdity and surreal vocal narrations. The Clinician portrays a secret laboratory where wobbly basslines and machine-shop samples laugh at the gaping maw of eternal darkness.

"Sean Hopp and Chris Mann combine jagged beats with waves of noise for an unsettling electronic hodgepodge."
— Impact Press

MP3 Files
» Cajun Gutwax
» The Clinician
» Resist the Hollow Parambulations
» Sully Thine Visage
» The Fly
» Letters to Rheafurmb
» The Caustic Mortician
» The Ghost of Lefty Carbone
» Moot and Grammatical
» Book of Dusk




The Membrane Conspiracy
Mutual Hallucination Project
2003

» MemCon mini-site

Bedroom electronics and other song-like structures wrapped around a theory of shared madness. A minor salvation crafted from the wreckage of memory, interwining psychedelic balladry, darkly spiritual funk, and chemically enhanced rantings.

"...pre-Loser Beck after suffering massive head trauma vs. Tom Waits gone insane from being stuck in a prison cell for months with nobody to talk to."
Demorama

MP3 Files
» Freak Affirmation
» Your Masters Have Forsaken You
» All My Demon Lovers
» Dream Death
» Byzantium and America
» Finger
» Faith
» You Have the Gentle Eyes of My Dead Guitar Instructor




(Sean Hopp Meets)
The Membrane Conspiracy

Parables of the Lesser Yogis
2002

» Parables mini-site

Printable Graphics
» Front Cover - Hi-Res
» Back Cover - Hi-Res



Sean Hopp takes a more prominent role in the band inside his head. Parables of the Lesser Yogis drenches a sad god's melted resin over an eclectic scraping of 21st century paranoia, enmeshing noodly basslines with demented pop hooks. Beautiful palladins and gothic pornstars sleep snugly next to a circus of psychedelic gurus in this soft bed of 80s electronics.

MP3 Files
» My Pillar of Electric Salt
» You Are Your Own Book Full of Shit
» The Most Tasteless Thing Ever Said from a Man to a Woman
» Wall to Wall Monument of Mercy
» Grace to Spare
» Nothing More
» Salve Mentana
» Ache of the Golem
» I Remain Nameless
» Perdurabo
» Your Final Breath
» Faith Healer




Membrane Codex
Bloodletting the Demon, Frontier Style
1998


Distorted vocals and sparse, dirty noise grooves abound on this demented, beats-and-samples-driven testament to drugs, frustration and human weaknesses. Witness the original lo-fi 4-track cousin of The Membrane Conspiracy.

"Music for the future, cleaning the soul for cruelty like A Clockwork Orange, the devil is lurking around inside every human being... real, unique, and haunting music."
Nephilius

MP3 Files
» Organ Grinder in Space
» Bay No. 36 Attendant
» Shank of the Mother Pig
» I Got Cut
» Severed Hand in Cairo
» Legions of Expectant Fathers
» Illusion of a Snake
» Old Man's Heart
» Bossie Cow
» Mulcahy Moved Formica
» Twigs of the Inseminite




Crepusculous
Shiney Harp Soundtrack
1998


The uncut 22-minute soundtrack from the 1998 film by Chris Mann. Also features extra hallucinogenic-fueled nightmare anthems from the original recording sessions that fueled the soundtrack.

MP3 Files
» Shiney Harp soundtrack




Tower of Teeth
Vow of Leprosy
2001

A terrifying industrial concoction of monstrously noisy beats and raspy mountain vocals gnashing amongst the thick residues of acid trips gone horribly awry. Featuring members of Blinded From Glue and Devil Bell Hippies.

MP3 Files
» Soggy Hole
» What Do You Think You're Doing in There
» Cut - 2001 Remix
» Vow of Leprosy
» The Social Grace of Sanity




Crepuscular Path
Crepuscular Path
2000



The latest experiments from Cephus Underwasser, electronic wordsmith and playwright for a sad and crumbling era. Spacious loops and samples play ceremoniously behind morose and disturbing narrations.

Currently unavailable.


Chris Mann
Cephus Underwasser
Original Soundtrack
2005



Complete, unedited soundtrack to the award-winning film by Chris Mann, starring Patrick McCarthy, Peter Fugiel, Sean Hopp, and Kevin Ortinau.

MP3 Files
» Cephus Underwasser Soundtrack




Grendel
Raw Head and Bones
2000



Experimental über-group with members of Crepusculous, Earthman, and Cellular Unit Three. Twisted, goofy loops and soundscapes from a bizarre studio filled entirely with broken-down equipment.

Currently unavailable.


Fiberfly
The Twisting Ways of
the Cysaphone

1997



The only surviving document of the now-defunct drug-funk legends. Psychedelic ballads and dirty guitar funk swirl around personal and quirky lyrics. Produced by Kramer at ShimmyDisc.

Currently unavailable.



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