Ewigkeit
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Ewigkeit was the experimental extreme music project, formed in 1995 by James Fogarty
(aka Mr. Fog). On 28 March 2007, Fogarty announced the end of the project on Blabbermouth, the Death To Music website and also on Myspace.
subsidiary called Eldethorn, Fogarty gave his entire music collection away to an Oxfam
charity shop so that he would be free of influences creating his next work. Starscape was received well by the extreme music press, but label problems delayed the release of Land of Fog, which was eventually released on Metal Age Productions. Fogarty himself regarded this as the first Ewigkeit album, and it gained him enough attention to get his project signed to Earache Records
, on which Radio Ixtlan
was released in 2004.
Released in 2005, Conspiritus
(mixed by John Fryer) was a conceptual album examining conspiracy theories. Also in 2005, a music video
was made in collaboration with film-maker Anthony Gates for the track "Its Not Reality". In 2006, Ewigkeit made a live video recording entitled Ewigkeit - Live From A Bunker, which displayed the project in a live setting acting as a free "online" gig - the 25 minute set (filmed in a Nuclear Bunker
in the vicinity of Brighton
, England) was uploaded to Google video
. Also recorded was a free download MP3
EP
, Return to the Land of Fog.
In December 2006, Fogerty burned all his recording contract
s. All previous Ewigkeit material was then made available at www.deathtomusic.com. In January 2007, Death to Music Productions gave away a remastered and superior version of Battle Furies. In March 2007, Starscape was available free, with the intention that all material will be fully released online.
In March 2007, James abandoned the Ewigkeit project. Fogerty stated ".. (metal) is mostly out-of-date, out-of-touch with its origins and (worst of all) conservative in the extreme..."
An online link to Fogerty's new project, The Bombs of Enduring Freedom, was created with the debut self-titled album released in December 2007, and an EP Kalashikovs and Car Bombs, followed in 2008.
. He has been known in interviews to say that in retrospect, it was the worst name he could have chosen.
Ewigkeit has appeared on various compilation album
s, notably:
James Fogarty
James Fogarty is an English multi-media artist. Concentrating mainly on music crossing over between metal and sampled based music, his projects past and present are The Blacksmoke Organisation, The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom, Ewigkeit, Jaldaboath and producing occasional releases for Death To...
(aka Mr. Fog). On 28 March 2007, Fogarty announced the end of the project on Blabbermouth, the Death To Music website and also on Myspace.
Band history
The purpose of this one-man project was to try and forge a unique musical sound. After the release of the first album, Battle Furies on a short-lived Neat RecordsNeat Records
Neat Records was a record label based near Newcastle, England. The label was established in 1979 by David Wood, who was the owner of Impulse Studios in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. The establishment of Neat coincided with the arrival at Impulse of Songwriter/Producer Steve Thompson who guided...
subsidiary called Eldethorn, Fogarty gave his entire music collection away to an Oxfam
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
charity shop so that he would be free of influences creating his next work. Starscape was received well by the extreme music press, but label problems delayed the release of Land of Fog, which was eventually released on Metal Age Productions. Fogarty himself regarded this as the first Ewigkeit album, and it gained him enough attention to get his project signed to Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
, on which Radio Ixtlan
Radio Ixtlan
Radio Ixtlan is the fourth studio album by the British experimental extreme music project Ewigkeit. It is a concept album based on the concept of the journey of the soul, examining psychological, parapsychological and mythological themes.-Further reading list:...
was released in 2004.
Released in 2005, Conspiritus
Conspiritus
Conspiritus is the fifth studio album of the left field metal/rock project Ewigkeit, released in 2005 by Earache Records.The album displays a mix of industrial, ambient and electronic music set to a metal back-drop and centres around a hypothetical global conspiracy whose aim is to install a...
(mixed by John Fryer) was a conceptual album examining conspiracy theories. Also in 2005, a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was made in collaboration with film-maker Anthony Gates for the track "Its Not Reality". In 2006, Ewigkeit made a live video recording entitled Ewigkeit - Live From A Bunker, which displayed the project in a live setting acting as a free "online" gig - the 25 minute set (filmed in a Nuclear Bunker
Bunker
A military bunker is a hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks...
in the vicinity of Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, England) was uploaded to Google video
Google Video
Google Videos is a video search engine, and formerly a free video sharing website, from Google Inc. Before removing user-uploaded content, the service allowed selected videos to be remotely embedded on other websites and provided the necessary HTML code alongside the media, similar to YouTube...
. Also recorded was a free download MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Return to the Land of Fog.
In December 2006, Fogerty burned all his recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
s. All previous Ewigkeit material was then made available at www.deathtomusic.com. In January 2007, Death to Music Productions gave away a remastered and superior version of Battle Furies. In March 2007, Starscape was available free, with the intention that all material will be fully released online.
In March 2007, James abandoned the Ewigkeit project. Fogerty stated ".. (metal) is mostly out-of-date, out-of-touch with its origins and (worst of all) conservative in the extreme..."
An online link to Fogerty's new project, The Bombs of Enduring Freedom, was created with the debut self-titled album released in December 2007, and an EP Kalashikovs and Car Bombs, followed in 2008.
Etymology
Ewigkeit was the name given to this music project when Fogerty found the word in the English Concise Oxford Dictionary. A little known "imported" word, hardly used in the English language at all, Ewigkeit means 'eternity' in GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. He has been known in interviews to say that in retrospect, it was the worst name he could have chosen.
Discography
- Dwellers On The ThresholdDwellers on the ThresholdDwellers On the Threshold is the fifth full-length release by Tarwater, an electronic music group from Berlin, Germany. The album debuted on September 3, 2002.- Track listing :#"70 Rupies To Paradies Road"#"Metal Flakes"#"Diver"#"1985"#"Be Late"...
(demoDemo (music)A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
), 1996 (Self-released) - Battle Furies, 1997 (Eldethorn)
- Starscape, 1999 (Eldethorn)
- Land Of Fog, 2003 (Metal Age Productions)
- Radio IxtlanRadio IxtlanRadio Ixtlan is the fourth studio album by the British experimental extreme music project Ewigkeit. It is a concept album based on the concept of the journey of the soul, examining psychological, parapsychological and mythological themes.-Further reading list:...
, 2004 (Earache) - ConspiritusConspiritusConspiritus is the fifth studio album of the left field metal/rock project Ewigkeit, released in 2005 by Earache Records.The album displays a mix of industrial, ambient and electronic music set to a metal back-drop and centres around a hypothetical global conspiracy whose aim is to install a...
, 2005 (Earache)
Ewigkeit has appeared on various compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s, notably:
- Metal Hammer covermount Earache Sampler CD (2004)
- Black Light Magazine CD sampler
- No Holy Additives vol. 2,3 & 4
- Metal Age Productions sampler CD
- Britannia Infernus
- Metal: A Headbangers Companion