Post Scriptvm

Post Scriptvm
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres	Dark ambient Industrial Experimental
Years active	2000 (2000)–present
Labels	Tesco Organisation Epicurean Hermetique Somnambulant Corpse NEN Records Stridulum Recordings Gazoline
Website	postscriptvm.com

Post Scriptvm is a Russian-American industrial music act based in New York City, which has been active since 1998.^[1] Full names and personal details of the members are not publicized, and the band does not maintain social media presence.^[2]

The musical style of Post Scriptvm is rooted in dark ambient, old school industrial, experimental genres, ranging from eerie, hypnotic soundscapes to focused industrial noise assaults, often within a single track.^[3] The project does not use computer-based software synthesizers and plug-ins, nor drum machines, preferring synthesizers, samplers, scrap metal percussion, field recordings, traditional acoustic instruments, as well as various analog and digital hardware effects.^[2][4]

Subject matters explored on Post Scriptvm albums include mental illness, altered states of mind, social disintegration, Western esotericism and apocalyptic religious cults.^[5] The project draws inspiration from the art and literary movements of the early 20th century, particularly Russian Futurism. Many compositions and lyrics are based on poetry of Russian Futurists like Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksei Kruchenykh and Bozhidar.^[2] The 2016 EP Тучи Над Борском (Russian for "Thunderclouds over Borsk"), released as a limited edition cassette tape, aims to recreate the atmosphere of the sacred mysteries of heretical underground religious sects of Russia.^[6]

In the mid-2000s the project's early works attracted the attention of one of the most respected labels in the industrial music underground—Tesco Organisation, Germany, that proceeded to issue the band's three best-known albums—Распадъ (2006), Grey Eminence (2010) and Benommenheit (2014). In 2015 Tesco reissued Post Scriptvm's first full-length album Gauze, a long out-of-print CD-R release, as a vinyl LP—a part of the Tesco Archaic Documents series.^[7]

Post Scriptvm's infrequent live performances have earned critical acclaim.^{[2][7][8][9][10]} The group has performed at prominent industrial and experimental electronic music festivals on the East and West coasts of the USA and in Europe, including the 2005 and 2007 editions of the Apex Fest in New York,^[11] the 2007 edition of the Wroclaw Industrial Festival in Poland,^[12] and the 2013 Epicurean Escapism Festival] in Berlin.^[13][9] In 2015, German record label The Epicurean] released a live retrospective album,^[14] recorded at various locations during the period of 2003 to 2014, as a deluxe limited edition LP titled Séance.^[15]

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