Wumpscut
| : Wumpscut: | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Aggrotech , electro-industrial |
| founding | 1991 |
| resolution | 2017 |
| Website | www.wumpscut.de |
| Founding members | |
| Rudolf Ratzinger | |
| Last occupation | |
| Rudolf Ratzinger | |
Wumpscut ( spelling: wumpscut:) was a music project founded in 1991 by the German musician Rudolf "Rudy" Ratzinger (born June 3, 1966 in Gangkofen ).
Project history
From 1989 to 1991 Ratzinger was a DJ for Dark Alternative Music and EBM in the pipeline discotheque near Munich . In the meantime he started experimenting with synthesizers and samplers . In May 1991 he founded the audio project: Wumpscut :.
The logo for Wumpscut is similar to the logo of the fictional Weyland Yutani Corporation , a corporation from the Alien saga. The project name ": Wumpscut:" is, according to Ratzinger, "purely synthetic".
Soylent Green , the first track on his 1993 debut album, became a hit on the black scene . The piece is named after the science fiction film Soylent Green from 1973 and contains samples from the German dubbed version (including "Soylent Green is human flesh" ).
In 1995 Ratzinger founded his own music label, Beton Kopf Media (BKM), in order to better realize his musical ideas. The first release there was the EP CD Gomorra , since then Wumpscut has published his work exclusively on BKM. For the American market, licensed editions have been published by the US label Metropolis Records since 1996 , which differ in parts from the European versions.
There were also collaborations - mainly through mutual remixes - with u. a. Haujobb , Suicide Commando , Haus Arafna , Das Ich , Der Blutharsch or Kirlian Camera .
One of the special features was that, as a rule, limited box sets were released for albums that contained numerous stickers, posters and other fan articles. On the other hand, Ratzinger did not give wumpscut live appearances. In August 2017, Ratzinger announced that it would discontinue the project. He was fed up with producing music more or less for free, he told the English-language side-line magazine .
Producer activity
In addition to his work as a musician, Rudolf Ratzinger is also active as a producer . In 1996 Ratzinger founded the label Mental Ulcer Forges (MUF), on which albums by musicians friends appear at irregular intervals. So appeared z. B. the first album of the Powernoise project Noisex , two albums of the electro-industrial project Infact and since 2006 all albums of the electro project Yendri on this label.
Artistic style
The main characteristic of Wumpscut is the provocation through music, lyrics and album artwork . Most of the pieces of music deal with acts of violence, death and the Christian religion as a particularly great evil. There are provocative samples in many of his tracks, for example in Untermensch :
"Once upon a time there was a gullible people who believed in Santa Claus, but Santa Claus was really the gas man!"
or in Breathe , where a child's voice proclaims:
"One day we're going to kill all the filthy niggers and Jews and then everything will be clean."
In Total War z. B. Samples from Goebbels' Sportpalastrede and Hitler's speech to the SA and SS at the 1936 Reich Party Congress are used.
The music genre of Wumpscut, which was mainly influenced by early hardcore electro pioneers like Leæther Strip , was referred to as "Endzeit-Industrial" or "Endzeit" because of the dark lyrics and the aggressive sounds of the debut album ( Music For A Slaughtering Tribe / MFAST ) -EBM ". Since the music is very complex, from danceable rhythms to calm (but still dark) pieces, it is difficult to classify. If a classification is not waived from the outset and the music is designated as independent, the danceable single releases are generally referred to as hardcore-electro, electro , electro-industrial or a mixture of these, while the other pieces are often very experimental in nature and also have strong influences from ( dark ) ambient and noise .
public perception
In addition to regular interviews and CD reviews in music magazines, reports on Wumpscut were mainly related to the following events:
Witten murder
A report by Bild in 2001 attracted a lot of attention . The so-called "Witten Satan Couple", who committed a ritual murder and related to Wumpscut, became known through the tabloid media in Germany. In this context, Bild printed the text of the play Bunkertor 7 and assumed that the play had an influence on the murder. In response, Ratzinger produced a gloomy sound collage under the title Ruda with numerous speech samples from the related reporting. As a result, Bild published a falsified interview with Rudolf Ratzinger during the time of the trial that was part of the murder. A total of two official wumpscut T-shirts, whose print motifs refer to the crime, were produced.
Collaboration with "Der Blutharsch"
In 2001 a remix of the wumpscut piece Wreath of Barbs from the controversial project Der Blutharsch was released . In 2003 Wumpscut released a remix of the Blood Ass track "Achtung" in return. Because of this collaboration, Ratzinger drew criticism from parts of the black scene. Ratzinger refused to distance himself from his collaboration with Blutharsch boss Albin Julius and broke off contact with the music magazine Sonic Seducer , as the latter had repeatedly expressed criticism on the subject. Ratzinger himself expresses himself on the CD Preferential Tribe , which contains the remix of Achtung :
"Wumpscut is no profascist and / or racist project / act - Free your mind for a second thought ..."
Kauhajoki rampage
In 2008 the media became aware of Wumpscut because the perpetrator identified himself conspicuously with the band. He called himself Wumpscut86 on YouTube and quoted there on videos from the text of the song "War".
Discography
Albums
- 1991: Defcon (cassette)
- 1991: Small Chambermusicians (Cassette)
- 1993: Music for a Slaughtering Tribe
- 1995: Bunker gate 7
- 1995: Preferential Legacy
- 1997: Embryodead
- 1997: Born Again
- 1997: Music for a Slaughtering Tribe II
- 1999: Evil Young Meat
- 1999: I Want You
- 2001: Wreath of Barbs
- 2004: Bone Peeler
- 2005: Evoke
- 2006: Cannibal Anthem
- 2007: Body Census
- 2008: pest
- 2009: Fuckit
- 2010: Siamese
- 2011: Schrekk & Grauss
- 2012: Women and Satan First
- 2013: Madman Szpital
- 2014: Bulwark Bazooka
- 2015: BlutSpukerTavern
- 2016: Wüterich
- 2017: Innerfire
EPs
- 1994: Smell the Disgusting Sweet Taste of Dried Blood
- 1994: Gomorrah
- 1999: Deadmaker
- 2007: Goth Census
- 2007: DJ Dwarf Seven
- 2013: DJ Dwarf 13
Compilations
- 1996: The Mesner Tracks
- 1997: Born Again
- 1997: Dried Blood of Gomorrah
- 1997: Music for a German Tribe
- 2000: Blood Child
- 2003: Preferential Tribe
- 2008: Dwarf Craving
Web links
- Official website
- : Wumpscut: at laut.de
- : Wumpscut: at Allmusic (English)
- : Wumpscut: at Discogs (English)
- : Wumpscut: on MusicBrainz (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wumpscut.de: Own biography ( memento of the original from September 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ z. B. Booklet in "Blutkind" , Beton Kopf Media Etah 13, 2000
- ↑ Wumpscut on Metropolis Records
- ↑ Repeated statement in several interviews, including printed ones. Online z. B. at ragazzi-music.de
- ↑ Editor :: wumpscut: - Rudy Ratzinger's project ended. Mindbreed.de, August 31, 2017, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Bernard Van Isacker: Wumpscut is no more - RIP: 'I am finished with making music for (more or less) nothing'. Side-Line-Magazine, August 30, 2017, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Zillo music magazine :: Wumpscut: - A new age in German hardcore electro history , issue 9/95, p. 44, September 1995
- ↑ Rafa Rzonsa: Murder in Witten , RAFA's satanic site, July 19, 2001
- ↑ Official: Wumpscut: - Opinion with reference to BILD report , metal.de / Hardbeat Prop.
- ↑ a b Entry magazine online :: Wumpscut: -Mord in Witten? ( Memento of January 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), 2001
- ↑ a b Malte Arnsperger: Gothic band "Wumpscut": rampage to Bavarian music . Stern.de . October 4, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
- ↑ : w: in the picture from January 13, 2002 ( memento from June 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , www.betondisco.de, January 14, 2002 or picture, January 13, 2002
- ↑ New from week 22/07 in: W: Shop: ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , www.betondisco.de, May 9, 2007
- ↑ Public letter to: W: and Der Blutharsch ( Memento from May 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) , Goths against Rechts Kassel, www.ggr-ks.de, May 25, 2003
- ↑ Der Blutharsch ( Memento of November 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), Turn it down !, apabiz or Sonic Seducer, 6/2002
- ↑ Clemens Bomsdorf: The rampage and the illusion of peaceful Finns . World online . September 23, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- ↑ Discogs.com :: wumpscut: - Defcon
- ↑ Discogs.com :: wumpscut: - Small Chambermusicians
