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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First, we are sorry that we haven’t kept you up to date. But so many things were happening at the same time. Especially for me, rabirius, who maintains this webseite.

Apart from many things mockART, there were also a lot of things rabirius to take care of, like a couple of exhibitions. For one of the exhibitions we also created a soundtrack that also is our new album, views | interrupted. For the exhibition I teamed up with Sonja Ackermann and Christian Rocas. We all created six artworks that relate to each other and gave them all the same name. With a topic like that, Christoph and I just had to convert these themes into music, so it became our new album. Though the exhibition is over now, you can still have a little peak through the window.

The new album was first made available at the exhibition. Remaining copies of the CD you can purchase on Bandcamp. Certainly, the album is available at the usual streaming sites. Please check the music section for direct links. Also, we have some fresh merchandise for the new album, which you can find at our shop.

At the moment we are working with other artists on a couple of remixes. We will publish them first on the usual streaming sites and later collect them as a remix EP. We will keep you updated.

Also, we have started working on our new album. At this point we don’t want to disclose anything about the project, but we will definitely let you listen to a new track or two early next year.

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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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