Tracklisting
A1 The Strangler of the Swamp - Animals
A2 The Strangler of the Swamp - Get up (Ripley Sucks)
A3 The Strangler of the Swamp - Pu sh t
B1 The Strangler of the Swamp - Inside
B2 The Strangler of the Swamp - Bloody Beach
B3 The Strangler of the Swamp - King of Pain
C1 The Swamp - Driver
C2 The Swamp - Hard Core Bodys
C3 The Swamp - Ground II
C4 The Swamp - My Body Rip Up
D1 Bande Berne Crematoire - Days of Tears
D2 Bande Berne Crematoire - Sex and Wars
D3 Bande Berne Crematoire - Creepshow
D4 Bande Berne Crematoire - Show me the Pain
E1 Bande Berne Crematoire - Rosa Bernet
E2 Bande Berne Crematoire - Kranzø Røses
E3 Bande Berne Crematoire - Ende
F1 Bande Berne Crematoire - Devil
F2 Bande Berne Crematoire - Maid to be Laid
F3 Bande Berne Crematoire - Example of BBC
F4 Bande Berne Crematoire - Leaving Risk
F5 Bande Berne Crematoire - The Electric Chair for Atomic Spies

Sales Note
Throughout the 1980s, Michael Antener, born and raised in Bern, Switzerland, initiated an array of sonic endeavours in the realm of industrial, dark, aggressive music. Of his times as a post-apocalyptic hunter, he says today: I found a musical niche where I could express myself, along with other people who were not afraid of dark themes. It would have been hard to sing about love in my music, so I included sounds and cries of pain taken from horror movies.

It was a fortunate coincidence to come across one of his self released records, the 1986 EP Strangler of the Swamp, which marked the beginning of our quest to find this all but forgotten musician whose work seemed nowhere to be found. Eventually, we got in touch with Michael, who is still living in Bern, and began the process of searching through all his surviving musical and visual material.

The triple vinyl release is all about documenting Michael Anteners adventures during that intense 1980s period. We tried our best to select the most interesting material from his two earliest projects, The Strangler of the Swamp and Bande Berne Crematoire, comprising materials from vinyl records, cassettes, and live recordings, some of it unreleased. The release also includes a deep dive into Michaels visual archive of posters, photos, and sleeve artworks.

The disjointed, tumultuous body of work presented here marks the testament of a fringe musician who was disruptive and confrontational, keen to shock and alarm people (much to our liking), and who could easily have been lost in oblivion.

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