Artist:
Ars Moriendi
Overview:

Format:
7"
Details:
Ars moriendi was founded in 1989 by P. Münch (rhythm, synths, metals), A. Schramm (guitar, voice), S. Pügge (voice, metals) and U. Münch (bass, voice). In march 1990 they released their first tape (dildo), which was a strange mixture of punk, new wave & experimentation. During the summer of 1990 U. Münch left the band due to the fact that AM's style became more electronic orientated. After their second tape (freudentränen), AM developed into a darker and more ritu-alistic sound. In '91 A.Börner (synths, voice) joined the band and they spent a lot of time developing a new direction, that could be heard on the tapes 'überleben' ('93) and 'boom survivor' ('94). In the end of 1994 A.M. came to an end because the solo-projects of all the members became more important. their first vinyl release, 'The final document', was also their last official one. The cd+lp set 'Memorandum' was a final retrospective of the work that Ars Moriendi did between 1990 and 1995. In short it was a collection of tracks previously released on different tapes. And now... The announcement of an A.M. live perfor-mance that features almost all of the original members at Maschinenfest in Aachen was the initial surprise, and now Ant-Zen presents a 7" containing three songs already released on tape but re-recorded this year! Compared to the A.M. members' other projects (Synapscape, Asche, Morgenstern, Templegarden's, The Rorschach Garden, Omen...) Ars Moriendi is the most 'band oriented' project to date. You can even find guitars on this 7" and the distorted strings add almost a 'rock' feeling to the harsh power-rhythms and the German vocal screams.