EGOR CD|2xLP
CD comes in a thick glossy cardboard cover + thick glossy cardboard inner sleeves. VINYL comes in a thick glossy gatefold cover, 180g vinyl, free mp3 download code. Available on electric blue vinyl (150 pcs) and black vinyl (350 pieces)!
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You can stream all four songs from EGOR below and songs from ANTHROPOMORPHIC, DOOMJAZZ FUTURE CORPSES! and SUCCUBUS further below!
The new record of the experimental alter ego of THE KILIMANJARO DARKJAZZ ENSEMBLE. After they delivered the 60 minutes session “Anthropomorphic” in 2011 THE MOUNT FUJI DOOMJAZZ CORPORATION now is back with the 4th full length called EGOR. This four track monster (again almost 70 minutes long) was recorded live at the DOM theater in Moscow as part of a mini trip to Russia in April 2011. For the connoisseurs of the THE MOUNT FUJI DOOMJAZZ CORPORATION sound this album combines the atmosphere of 'Succubus' mixed with 'Anthropomorphic', more structural improvs mixed with ambient drones. the band still builds mesmerizing, deep and otherworldly atmospheres. Undescribable if you didn’t listen to it yet. This live session the Corporation consisted of the following line up : Charlotte Cegarra (vocals), Eelco Bosman (guitar), Ron Goris (drums), Sarah Anderson (violin), Hilary Jeffery (trombone), Jason Kohnen (bass), Gideon Kiers (electronics)
ANTHROPOMORPHIC 2xLP/CD
A new 1-hour-improv monster! CD comes in a nice digipak. VINYL comes in a thick glossy gatefold cover, 180g vinyl. Available on yellow/white/black tri-colour vinyl (100 pieces), ultraclear vinyl (100 pieces), and black vinyl (300 pieces)!
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You can stream two snippets from ANTHROPOMORPHIC below and songs from DOOMJAZZ FUTURE CORPSES! and SUCCUBUS further below!
PART I. Anthropomorphic means ascribing a human form to a non-human entity. In this case, this non-human entity is music. Being born is human. ANTHROPOMORPHIC is born from the amniotic fluid of Eelco Bosman's guitar layers. Comforting, quiet. The innermost peace is the peace of the womb. Breathing is human. Hilary Jeffery's trombone starts to breathe. The first deep breath of many breaths. Infrequent breathing, irritated breathing, return to equilibrium. Endless organic cycles.
THE MOUNT FUJI DOOMJAZZ CORPORATION is a live improv jazz/drone/doom sideproject consisting of the THE KILIMANJARO DARKJAZZ ENSEMBLE members Gideon Kiers, Jason Köhnen, Charlotte Cegarra, Hilary Jeffery, Eelco Bosman, Nina Hitz, and Sarah Anderson and various interchanging guest musicians including Ron Goris. Following DOOMJAZZ FUTURE CORPSES! and SUCCUBUS, ANTHROPOMORPHIC constitutes the third released session of TMFDC.
PART II. Growing is human. Nina Hitz' cello is growing on the mother soil of Jason Köhnen's guitar and Gideon Kiers' electronics. Strong body, solid body. Opening his eyes and capturing the light. Innocent receiving turns into the determined lookout of Sarah Anderson's violin. Clouded awareness, conflict, clear awareness. The dissonant revolt of the mind against the body.
Since the members of THE MOUNT FUJI DOOMJAZZ CORPORATION live scattered among Rotterdam, Paris, Berlin, and London, they rarely tour. This in turn makes each of their single shows a special event, and if they do play a show, they don't mind longer trips. Consequently, it is not a surprise that ANTHROPOMORPHIC has been performed and recorded in three parts in Utrecht / The Netherlands, Wroclaw / Poland, and Moscow / Russia.
PART III. Evolving is human. Hilary Jeffery's trombone returns from his trip. Jason Köhnen's bass, Eelco Bosman's guitar, and Ron Goris' drums lay the groundwork. Gideon Kiers' electronics reinforce the atmosphere tinted by Charlotte Cegarra's sparse vocals. Sarah Anderson's violin dares a rare melody. Free will is human. The instruments exchange their roles and dominate their players. Space. Dimension. Form. Function. The anthromorphism, the true and deep nature of improvisation, is complete.
Despite being recorded in three segments, ANTHROPOMORPHIC is a coherent single entity and is based on a plan, like all the TMFDC improv sessions. Following this plan, TMFDC have created another mesmerizing, exalted, disturbing, and atmospheric piece of art. Always activating different talents of its many members, no album of TMFDC or their studio counterpart THE KILIMANJARO DARKJAZZ ENSEMBLE resembles the other, and ANTHROPOMORPHIC makes no exception.
DOOMJAZZ FUTURE CORPSES! 3x10''
Finally repressed! Packed in a thick triple gatefold cover, ultraclear vinyl w/ white & grey splatter, limited to 200 pieces.
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You can stream all songs from DOOMJAZZ FUTURE CORPSES! below and a few songs from the still available SUCCUBUS 2xLP further below!
The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is the new free-form, drone metal / jazz atler-ego of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, the band formed by Jason Kohnen (aka Bong-Ra) and Giedon Kiers. A recording of the ensemble's best live session, “Doomjazz Future Corpses!” focuses on mesmerizing, doom-ridden drones and melodies, combined with the jazzy grooves and melodies of the cello and saxophones. An highly suffocating journey through the deep realms of murky drone jazz / metal, heavy and unfettered. The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is the new alter ego of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, the self-acclaimed “mutant jazz” band formed in 2000 by Jason Kohnen (aka Bong-Ra) and Giedon Kiers, and which later evolved into a six-member piece. Starting with free-form soundtracks to silent films such as Murnau's “Nosferatu” and Lang's “Metropolis”, the band gave birth in 2006 to its first eponymous album, released on Planet Mu. The downbeat ambient jazz of their first CD was however only one avatar of this coterie, as demonstrated by the birth of The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. The semi-improvised, dark, heavy, “sludgy” counterpart to the “ensemble”, the Corporation leaves all borders behind, focusing this time on mesmerizing, doom-ridden drones and melodies, combined with the jazzy grooves and melodies of the cello and saxophones. Recording live in Amsterdam in February 2007, “Doomjazz Future Corpses!” is a self-described “soundscape of barren wastelands, droning into memories of future's past”. If the “ensemble”'s debut was paying homage to The Quay Brothers, this album awakens the third, twisted, twin. A snapshot of the band's free-form sessions, in which there is no solid structure or time frame but a focus on cataclysmic improvisation and feeling, this album stands as a captivating dirge of raw guitar drones, saxophone and trombones emancipated from their classic jazz boundaries and abysmal bass throbs. An highly disorientating yet convincing journey through the deep realms of murky drone jazz / metal, heavy, suffocating and unfettered.
SUCCUBUS 2xLP
Finally repressed! Available on white/black vinyl A/B effect and yellow/black vinyl A/B effect. Each 180g and limited to 100 pieces. Heavy glossy gatefold covers and black discobags.
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Seductive but perilous, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble's new session under the Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation name is a new combination of drones and jazz. Creating sensual, murky and dark atmospheres, Succubus shows the evolution of this band, with stronger horns and a focus on hypnotic, soundtrack-like material. A deep, dark and yet seductive trip again for the corporation. After the corpses, the succubus. While rehearsing for their post Mutations EP shows, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble recorded a new improv session under their Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation moniker on the 15th of January 2009.
Faithful to the original TKDE concept of drawing inspiration from movies, they recording what later became Succubus while watching Jess Franco's film of the same name. This iconic 1969 movie, with its strong erotic mood, fragmented story line and oneiric photography encompasses perfectly the goal and means of TKDE / TMFJDC, in the way the band builds mesmerizing, deep and otherworldly atmospheres. More jazz-oriented than their heavier previous CD, Succubus leaves more room to Charlotte Cegarra's vocals and Hilary Jeffery's trombone, while the narrative is still led by Gideon Kiers (of Telco Systems)'s drums and Jason Kohnen (Bong-Ra)'s bass. Sensual, mysterious, pulsating and hazy, while Succubus is certainly not a new soundtrack to Jess Franco's film, it is definitely something to be listened to in one take, and conveys the same feeling of displacement and lust. A new stone in the discography of the two headed entity that is TKDE / TMFDJC, Succubus displays the “corporation” in its most macabre yet entrancing side. Audio cinema has seldom sounded so lustful.