VON HAUSSWOLFF, C.M. Operation Of Spirit Communication (Die Stadt) lp 14.98
As co-monarch (with Leif Elggren) of the Kingdom of Elgaland-Vargaland, C.M. von Hausswolff has issued an edict which abolishes death and has invited the dead to become citizens of their virtual state. In order to communicate with the dead, von Hausswolff has taken cues from the legendary EVP researcher Friedrich Jurgensen - who believed he had the telepathic ability to channel the voices of the dead onto magnetic tape or shortwave radio. Where von Hausswolff lacks in psychic ability, he makes up in the elegant production of complex electrical drones that he tunes to reach an elusive harmony that opens the door to the other side. Sure enough, as von Hausswolff slowly modulates the tonal vibrations for this recording, ethereal utterances and sonic neologisms break through von Hausswolff's miasma of electric currents. While the romantic side of me wishes this to be a factual document of modern-day spiritualism, the cynic has more proof that this is a fiction. Yet, like "The Ghost Orchid" and the aforementioned Friedrich Jurgensen recordings, C.M. von Hausswolff's "Operation Of Spirit Communication" is a marvelous record.