For a brief moment, we were surprised and – let’s admit it – excited: one of our older tracks, Resistencia, suddenly racked up nearly 1,500 plays in a single day on Spotify. We had no idea where the listens came from, the stats gave us no clues, but it was still a milestone.

Fast forward six months, and the whole album – Men Who Lost Their Heads – was removed by Spotify due to “suspicious activity.” Whether it was bots or a shady playlist, we were never told. But the result was clear: the album was gone.

We’ve now re-uploaded a remastered version to all streaming platforms, titled Men Who Lost Their Heads (Again).

Usually, we’re not fans of endless remasters. But in this case, we had so many versions floating around that we weren’t even sure which mix was “the original” any more. It also gave us the chance to properly credit all the guest musicians—who, until now, were only listed on the CD and our website. They deserve more visibility, and this remaster does just that. The album is available again everywhere. And for those interested in how various streaming platforms handle music and artists, rabirius has reviewed them in detail on his website.

Compilation Appearances

Two exclusive tracks have recently found new homes on experimental music compilations:

🎧 Køksspæl appears on Songs of Things, a tribute to the pioneers of musique concrète. No instruments were used—only kitchen tools. Think glasses, bottles, a toaster, a hand blender. Think noise turned musical.

“This is the practice of an unconditioned view of the surrounding world… the pure joy of experimentation.” — AEMC

🎧 Ritus Verni is featured on Communal Music Vol. 14, part of AEMC’s ongoing series exploring sample-based composition. Every composer used the same limited set of audio samples—but the results are entirely individual. Our track turns those sounds into a kind of ritual celebrating the arrival of spring. The whole compilation album was mastered by rabirius.

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We have already released Kör Adamın Gazeli as a new single. The track features saz and vocals by Ümit Kaya and it is the last single taken from our latest album Men Who Lost Their Heads. The album was also released on as a tape right now. So if you like to buy tapes rather than CDs you can get the album as a tape with an individually hand-printed cover by MUBE via Templo Sagital.

If you prefer owning the CD you can try to win Men Who Lost Their Heads now!

We are giving away 10 CDs via rabirius’ art website. This is your chance to win a free CD!

You will find all the details about the competition on website. When you visit you can also look at rabirius’ latest artworks, including further pictures for Men Who Lost Their Heads that were not used for the final CD-cover.

We have now closed our “headless phase” and will put on our heads again to work on a new album. So stay tuned!

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Finally, we released our new album Men Who Lost Their Heads. The album features 18 tracks, including our latest singes Lizard People, Betörve, Samesjwaering Onger Idiote and A Stronger Climate.

Created under lockdown conditions we made consistent and pandemic-related use of the digital possibilities of contactless music-making – together and yet separately, social but with distancing, virus-proof and yet highly infectious.

The idea was to create an album about conspiracy theories and paranoia that spread with the Covid pandemic. The guest vocalists include Léda Szemerédi, Mark Daelmans-Sikkel, Bernd Geiling, Thanatoloop and Ümit Kaya. Special thanks go to Levente Dudás for recording some of the vocals at his N/O/E/W/A Creative Music Studio.

We released the album as a deluxe 6-panel digipak CD and to the usual streaming services. There also is a limited edition CD with a special cover created by Sonja Ackermann.

To find out more, please visit our music page.

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We have just released a new single. A Stronger Climate is fitting for the summer heatwave. The track was taken from our forthcoming album Men Who Lost Their Heads which will be released on September 3. Yes, we finally completed the album and will release it as a digipak CD, a limited artist edition CD, download and streaming portals.

But for now, you can listen to A Stronger Climate on Spotify, Deezer, iTunes, Amazon & co. You will find more information and direct links in our Music section.

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We are still working on our new album Men Who Lost Their Heads and we hope to release it in early summer. In the meantime, we decided to release a remix ep. It will feature three remixes of tracks taken from the new album plus an alternative version of another track. Therefore we decided to call it Men Who Found Their Remix. The ep will be out on April 9th on Bandcamp plus streaming sites like Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and more. We will announce the details around the publishing date.

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