Phallus Dei

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyXQm2Y5Kt8

A video teaser medley featuring extracts from all tracks from the upcoming album! Made by Heiko van der Scherm.




The history of PHALLUS DEI starts in 1988. OLIVER ST. LINGAM releases the tapes "Pigfuck" and "Per Crucem Ad Lucem" on the Unclean-label under the guise of PHALLUS DEI, named after an album by Krautrock legends AMON DÜÜL. Shortly after, PHALLUS DEI signed with the label Dark Vinyl, who released the first CD "Pontifex Maximus". It is amongst the most successful debuts of an Industrial band in 1991. After a successful tour with Italian Industrial legends SIGILLUM S, the personnel changed.
MK. E. ,who was with them on tour, joined the band. Also, Dutch drummer / multi-instrumentalist RICHARD VAN KRUYSDIJK (who now also works with Niels van Hoorn (The Legendary Pink Dots) as STRANGE ATTRACTOR, and with Marie-Claudine Vanvlemen as SONAR LODGE) joined the band. The trio recorded several songs, later to be released on the album "Cyberflesh". JORIS HUIJBREGTS, who also features on this CD, played previously with Richard in the band Lament, and joined PHALLUS DEI a year later. Together they recorded the critically acclaimed albums "Pornocrates", "Luxuria" (feat. Gitane Demone), "Orpheus & Eurydice", as well as "Universum"; a CD by their ambient side-project PHD2.
After Joris left the band in 1995, they continued as a trio, shifting their sound more and more towards electronica and experimental, cinematic music. A "best of"-CD ("Adorations") was released by Hollows Hill / Triple X in the USA, and after a period when the band members concentrated on different projects, they came back strong in 2001 with a new album: "Nature Mortes". As PHD2 they released their second album, entitled "Resource". 2003 saw the release of their last album to date: "Osmose". It features remixes from their debut album "Pontifex Maximus" (1991) that the band made in 1996.

Phallus Dei have just completed the recordings for their next album, entitled "A Day In The Life Of Brian Wilson", which is planned for release in the spring of 2009.





PHALLUS DEI meet THE WALKER BROTHERS

John Walker, lead singer of the legendary Walker Brothers (next to Scott Walker) will feature on the soundtrack of the German film “Sommertag”, directed by Heiko van der Scherm. “Will you come now”, the title song of the movie, is written and performed by Phallus Dei and again shows another side of the ever eclectic band.

With the collaboration of John Walker as guest vocalist, a long cherished wish of Phallus Dei is fulfilled. Being big admirers of the Walker Brothers for many years, it’s a huge honour for the band to work with one of the world's most talented singers.



Another great vocalist will perform on the soundtrack; Canadian singer / songwriter Clara Engel kindly contributed her beautiful voice and lyrics to several songs.

Phallus Dei were commissioned to write the entire soundtrack of the movie, based on their album “Orpheus and Eurydice” (Paragoric, 1996).
A CD release of the soundtrack will also become available.


"Sommertag" teaser:
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PHALLUS DEI recording pictures: Sliding back in time 2006 - 1993

Member Since:

March 21, 2006

Members:

Mk E.
Richard van Kruysdijk
Oliver St. Lingam
Joris Huijbregts (1993-1995)

Influences:

Scott Walker.., John Walker, Gary Walker ,The Walker Brothers, Genesis P-Orridge, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Sigillum S, Joel-Peter Witkin, The Everly Brothers, Ennio Morricone, David Sylvian, Naked City, Painkiller, Diamanda Galas, Joan La Barbara, Nick Drake, Amon Düül, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Massive Attack, P.J. Proby, Tim Hardin, Dory Previn, Jobriath, Whitehouse, Billy Fay, William Orbit, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jimmy Scott, David McWilliams, Ottorino Respighi, Sergio & Odair Assad, Archie Shepp, Johannes Brahms, Michael Gira, Leo Delibes, Billy Ray Martin, Leo Ferre, The Carpenters, Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, Klaus Nomi, Krzysztof Penderecki, Paul Celan, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Jim Steinman, Danny O`Keefe, Jackson C. Frank, Tom Jones, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra, Daniel Figgis, Yahowha 13, Arcesia, Can, Marc Almond, Incredibly Strange Music, Klaus Kinski, Salvador Dali, Antonin Artaud, Hermann Hesse, Van Morrison, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Arthur Rimbaud, Isidore Ducasse, Max Ernst, Brian Eno, Caspar & Peter Brötzmann, Eberhard Weber, Arthur Honegger, King Crimson, Pere Ubu, Blurt, Virgin Prunes, Joy Division, Tuxedomoon, Roxy Music, Talk Talk, George Bataille, Lee Hazlewood, Magma, Serge Gainsbourg, Tiny Tim, John Cale, Johnny Cash, Andrej Tarkovsky, Igor Wakhevitch, Hector Zazou, Tim Buckley, Salvatore Martirano, Rod McKuen, Simon Finn, Arthur Lee, Leonard Cohen, Jacques Brel, Aleister Crowley, Antonius Rex, Goblin, Vangelis, Harold Budd, Jon Hassell, Michael Brook, Sigur Ros, Nancy Sinatra, Charles Manson, Randy Newman, H.R. Giger, Christopher Lee, Miharu Koshi, Merzbow, Controlled Bleeding, Ollie Olsen, Felicien Rops....

Sounds Like:

PHALLUS DEI


Seelenriff / Versuchung
7" | 2005 | Klang Galerie


Osmose
CD | 2004 | Dark Vinyl


Nature Mortes
CD | 2001 | Paragoric


Adorations
CD | 1997 | Hollows Hill


Orpheus & Eurydice
CD | 1996 | Paragoric


Luxuria
CD/CD-ROM | 1995 | Paragoric


Pornocrates
CD | 1994 | Paragoric


Metacrates
MCD | 1994 | Paragoric


Cyberflesh
CD | 1993 | Paragoric


Pontifex Maximus
CD | 1991 | Dark Vinyl



PHD2


Resource
CD | 2002 | Dark Vinyl


Universum
CD | 1996 | Atmosphere

Record Label:

Dark Vinyl/Paragoric, Big Blue Records