Ah Cama-Sotz is a project by Belgian musician, DJ and producer Hermann Klapholz, founded in 1993 . Performed primarily by dark ambient and noise . The project is named after Kama Sots - one of the deities of Shibalba in Mayan mythology, portrayed as a vampire bat .
| Ah Cama-Sotz | |
|---|---|
| Genres | dark ambient Electonic music industrial noise |
| Years | since 1993 |
| A country |  Belgium |
| City | Antwerp |
| Label | Hands productions Ant-zen Bats & cats records Old Europe Café Specter records |
| Composition | Herman Klapholz (keyboards, programming) |
| Other projects | Hybryds Camanecroszcope Okk-ulth Wai pi wai Powder pussy Death and Eternal Thirst |
| ahcama-sotz.com | |
Content
History
In the late 1980s, German Klapholz began to play in various clubs in Antwerp as a DJ. In 1992 , after traveling to Mexico , he, inspired by Mayan mythology, joined the Hybryds project, performing a ritual ambient [1] . However, as early as the next year, the musician decided to work alone and began recording his own material under the name Ah Cama-Sotz. Klapholz sought to organically combine elements of electronic dance, classical and experimental music [2] .
Since 1993, Ah Cama-Sotz has released thirteen studio albums and performed four times at the prestigious Wave Gothic Treffen Festival in Leipzig [3] . German Klapholz also repeatedly collaborated with other experimental music performers in the framework of Camanecroszcope , Okk-ULTh and other side projects .
Style, influence
According to the musician himself, his early work was largely influenced by Hybryds [1] . The first Klapholtz albums were criticized by music journalists for their “superficiality” and excessive sounding tradition [4] . Beginning with EP Mantra and Rites of the Flesh , the compositions created by the musician more clearly showed elements of electronic dance music and techno [5] , combined with ambient substrates and synthesized guitar parts [6] . Around the mid-2000s, Ah Cama-Sotz began even more actively experimenting with various musical styles, moving away from the classical canons of dark ambient and combining oriental and western European folk motifs [1] . On his later albums, one can find traces of the influence of ritual ambient, ethnic music and industrial, which are fantastically combined and form a unique sound picture [7] [8] [9] .
The sources of inspiration for Ah Cama-Sotz are mainly mythology and occultism . Thus, the 10 Years Bat Vibez concept album consists entirely of “impenetrably dark sacred chants” dedicated to the ancient gods and demons [10] . Almost every of Herman Klapholtz’s works is united by an idea, therefore his albums are better perceived as independent large works, rather than a selection of various compositions [11] .
Discography
Studio Albums
- 1997 - Épithaphe
- 1997 - La Peste
- 1999 - Terra Infernalis
- 2000 - U-Boot
- 2000 - The House of the Lordh
- 2002 - La Procesión de la Sangre
- 2003 - 10 Years Bat Vibez
- 2005 - Ghost in the Shadow
- 2005 - The Way to Heresy
- 2007 - Dead Cities
- 2007 - 13
- 2008 - Declaration of Innocence
- 2010 - Blood Will Tell
- 2013 - Murder Themes II
- 2013 - Obsession Diabolique
- 2015 - State Of Mind
Singles and EPs
- 1995 - Hecate's Psy
- 1996 - First Circle of Hell EP
- 1999 - Poison
- 1999 - Baal
- 2000 - Mantra EP
- 2001 - Excramentos Diabolicos
- 2003 - Rites of the Flesh EP
Links
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Chris Konings. Ah Cama-Sotz: “I listen to just about any style of music, I've been addicted since I was a little child” . Peek a Boo Music Magazine (No. 12/2011) (December 3, 2011). Date of treatment January 7, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Ah Cama-Sotz official biography (inaccessible link) . Ahcama-sotz.com. Date of treatment January 7, 2012. Archived October 2, 2008.
- ↑ Wave Gothic Treffen: Ah Cama-Sotz (English) . Wave-gotik-treffen.de. Date of treatment January 7, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Sascha Bertoncin. Murder Themes / Terra Infernalis review (German) . Sonic Seducer (No. 11/1999) . Date of treatment January 8, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Sascha Bertoncin. Mantra review (German) . Sonic Seducer (No. 10/2001) . Date of treatment January 8, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ PW. Rites of the Flesh review (nid.) . Dark Entries Online Music Magazine (June 1, 2003). Date of treatment January 7, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ François Duchateau. The Way to Heresy review (German) . Sonic Seducer (No. 2/2006) . Date of treatment January 8, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ François Duchateau. Dead Cities review (German) . Sonic Seducer (No. 12/2007) . Date of treatment January 8, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Jörn Karstedt. Blood Will Tell review (German) . Sonic Seducer (No.2 / 2011) . Date of treatment January 8, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Jörn Karstedt. 10 Years Bat Vibes review (German) . Sonic Seducer (No. 12/2003) . Date of treatment January 8, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Jörn Karstedt. La Procesión de la Sangre review (German) . Sonic Seducer (No. 9/2002) . Date of treatment January 8, 2012. Archived on September 8, 2012.