V/A – berghain 09 (12" Vinyl)
Exclusive tracks by Genesis P-Orridge, Virile Games, Los Angeles Death Cult, Ron Morelli, Volvox. Since becoming a Berghain resident in 2017, Dominick Fernows risk-taking hybrid live/DJ sets as Vatican Shadow have become conduits for infusing techno with contrasting musical ideas from noise, industrial and ambient to distorted melodies and rhythms that push the clubs borders in unexpected ways. Its an idiosyncratic approach to techno rooted not only in Fernows 25-plus years as an experimental and noise musician under more than a dozen aliases (e.g. Prurient, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement) but also in his role as founder of the vital New York-based Hospital Productions, whose discography exceeds some 500 releases. The label which in 2017 celebrated its 20-year anniversary is also home to the majority of Vatican Shadow output to date. Under that alias, Fernows numerous albums and 12s (including 2017s Rubbish of The Floodwaters on Ostgut Ton) oscillate between ominous, distorted machine-funk, techno and ambient electronics; equal parts noise, melody and rhythm. Since 2011, the projects intentionally ambiguous visual identity has been defined by War on Terror-related imagery and track titles and the medias role therein. *Ostgut Ton