Nekrophile Rekords

About

In the liminal space of early 1980s Austria, Zoe Dewitt, then known as Michael Dewitt, conjured Nekrophile Rekords into existence — a sculptural imprint within cassette culture's shadowy corridors. Between 1983 and 1986, the label was a conduit for interdisciplinary narratives, weaving the esoteric and the subversive into an exploratory tapestry of sound and vision. The catalog, 23 releases deep, is a fractal reflection of underground aesthetics where each piece is a microcosm of the era's experimental fervor. The catalog's diversity in format — from cassette to reel, magazine to photo — speaks to a process-driven ethos, a commitment to treating each medium as a unique vessel for the transgressive material it housed. Notable releases like "The Archangels Of Sex Rule The Destruction Of The Regime" and "The Secret Eye Of L.A.Y.L.A.H." by Zero Kama pushed the boundaries of auditory experience, offering listeners an unfiltered dive into the arcane. Nekrophile's roster reads like a who's who of the avant-garde: Coil and Zos Kia's "Transparent", Psychic TV's collaborations with Genesis P-Orridge, and Korpses Katatonik's unsettling sonics. With LAShTAL's "Thoum Aesh Neith Master-Reel" among its final offerings, the label's short-lived existence contributed a dense archive of material that continues to reverberate through experimental music's subterranean channels.