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Phallus Dei
12+ albums
dark ambientindustrialneoclassicalambientdrone
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21 Years in 1210 Words: A brief history of Phallus Dei Genesis "I can make a CD like that", Oliver told Uwe Hoehn from Dark Vinyl Records just for fun after listening to a lot of industrial stuff that was being released back then. "Pontifex Maximus"; their debut CD from 1991, basically was a giant middle finger to a great part of the gothic/industrial scene which in the early nineties had turned into the same idolizing, superficial music scene that alternative, experimental artists once rebelled against. Oliver had created two cassettes already as Phallus Dei (named after Amon Düül II's legendary 1969 album) and ran the record label Unclean Production. Oliver's (in his words) "atonal egotrip" "Pontifex Maximus" was released with the obligatory over-the-top hocum and - surprise! - became a huge success. Phallus Dei toured Germany with Italian band Sigillum S, and was extended on stage, next to Pontifex Maximus -contributor D.A.R.P.A., with guitar player Marc Ernsting, a.k.a. Mk. E. After the tour, D.A.R.P.A. left the band, and Mk. E. became a full member. Dutch connection In 1992, Richard van Kruysdijk's cassette release under the moniker Blindfold gained national attention in the Dutch wave/goth scene and Richard was invited to play at a festival in Paradiso, Amsterdam. In the crowd that night was Oliver, who promptly signed Richard to his label, and later invited him (and Mk.E.) to a musical session at his studio. Several recordings made on this ve
