PUKOLOGY

about this album

Nobody -- with the possible exception of wealthy supermodels with eating disorders -- enjoys throwing up. But who says a good puke -- or an upset stomach, or roiling bowels -- can't be entertaining, in its own way? Not Otto Von Schirach. For the past three years, the Miami-based electronic prankster has been methodically at work (with bathroom breaks, of course) sculpting the sixteen minutes of gurgling, disquieting grooves featured on the limited-edition, colored, double-vinyl 7-inch edition of the aptly entitled Pukology. Pukology began in 2003, when Schirach and imputor? issued an open call for fans to submit source materials for a project that promised to give a whole new meaning to the description "gut-churning." Eighteen different outside participants rose to the challenge, submitting these horrifically intimate sounds via MP3, WAV, and AIFF files, as well as on Mini-Disc. Schirach even captured some of the noises first hand: "I recorded Yarlen Ferriera puking and gasping for breath, while fluid was swinging around in the air," he recalls, fondly. "It was great field work." Although Schirach, one of the leading luminaries of the Schematic imprint, is noted for his prodigious output, assembling Pukology (which will also be available as in a 45 minute compact disc incarnation, via Palm Tree Snuff / imputor?) proved a test of even his formidable mettle. "I couldn't work on the project in the morning, because I would start to gag," he admits. "And my girlfriend prohibited

why this is interesting

# Why Pukology Merits Serious Consideration This album invites scrutiny because it treats bodily disgust as legitimate sonic material rather than mere shock value. Schirach constructs carefully sequenced compositions from sounds typically relegated to bathroom spaces—gurgling, retching, digestive percussion—transforming them into structured grooves that demand active listening. The work exemplifies how electronic music can defamiliarize everyday experience, making the repellent strangely compelling. Rather than celebrating transgression for its own sake, *Pukology* demonstrates rigorous compositional thinking applied to taboo subject matter. It's an act of artistic reclamation: asking listeners to confront both their physical nature

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