Rudolf Eb.er
Rudolf Eb.er, born in Switzerland in 1965, is an actionist and sound artist whose work descends through the lowest regions of the human psyche. Under the names Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck and Schimpfluch-Gruppe he combines an abreactive, cleansing actionism with sonic rituals and psychoacoustics, generating audio-environments into which he plants grotesque psycho-magic rituals and tantric exercises meant to trigger a higher awareness. His performances, close to Viennese Actionism, use silence, sudden violence, the body and the voice as much as recorded sound, and have made him a divisive figure of the noise underground.
Rudolf Eb.er, born in Switzerland in 1965, is an actionist and sound artist whose work descends through the lowest regions of the human psyche. Under the names Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck and Schimpfluch-Gruppe he combines an abreactive, cleansing actionism with sonic rituals and psychoacoustics, generating audio-environments into which he plants grotesque psycho-magic rituals and tantric exercises meant to trigger a higher awareness. His performances, close to Viennese Actionism, use silence, sudden violence, the body and the voice as much as recorded sound, and have made him a divisive figure of the noise underground.
Magnetic Tapes 1-7
*100 copies limited edition* Corpse Magnetism is a collaborative project between Rudolf Eb.er and Johnny van de Koolwijk. Rooted in ritualistic sound practices and primitive outsider aesthetics, the duo creates immersive pieces built from organic drones, handmade instruments, decayed textures, primitive percussion and improvised field recordings.
Rudolf Eb.er aka Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck is widely known for founding the radical outsider art project Schimpfluch-Gruppe in 1987, as well as being i…
Music For The Ritual Desecration Of Corpses
*200 copies limited release* Tip! The early collaboration between Maso Yamazaki (aka Masonna) and Rudolf Eb.er (aka Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck) was based on the exchange of tape recordings and ideas by mail; they were guided more by a shared sensibility regarding extreme music and art than by a similar musical style. The first result of this cooperation was released in 1995 on Eb.er’s own Swiss label, Schimpfluch, as a cassette titled “Clitoris Projectile Pump Action”. In 1998, they performed as …
Einsterbung und Entmenschung – Selbstversuche
Rudolf Eb.er, founder of Schimpfluch and once Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck, in four self-experiments recorded at Om Kult in Osaka in 2026: psychoactive acoustics and cut-up decay on a white 9" lathe cut, thirty numbered copies.
Psychospirituelle Fermentationsrituale I–IV
Rudolf Eb.er’s Psychospirituelle Fermentationsrituale I–IV, via Frei zum Abriss Kollektiv, melds occult sound, psychomagick, and experimental ritualism. Limited 8" lathe cuts and digital release offer collectors unique, transformative audio art.
Nekromantische Musik und Riten
We are pleased to announce the release of new live and studio recordings by Rudolf Eb.er, an Austrian/Swiss artist in the vein of Viennese Actionism. The recordings includes a live recording at Hokage, Osaka in December 2024 and studio recordings at Om Kult Osaka. This is a new masterpiece of Rudolf Eb.er, a very conceptual and precise composition of sustained sounds and creaking metal, moans and crows, concrete crushing noises, organs and field recordings. In order to materialize this music, th…
A Harsh Smoker’s Sonic Compilation
Big tip! A Harsh Smoker’s Sonic Compilation is an audio album featuring thirty-three original tracks in the form of a high-quality, custom-made paper booklet linked to a digital release! All audio tracks are accessible through a link or QR code contained within the compilation/booklet. The hosting page is fully private without any tracking or advertisement. Both MP3 and original audio formats are available to listen to and/or download. It is possible to stream the album using the mp3 player host…
Live at Bar Om Kult
*50 copies limited edition* Tip! Rudolf Eb.er plays "The Mare" Live at Bar Om Kult, Osaka 2024. Line recording, no layering, no editing. "The Mare" was performed 2024 in Osaka, Shanghai, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
Pro-duplicated C-30. 3-panel J-Card, both-side printed on 165g/m2 paper. Printed labels. Transparent cassette shell and case.
Sulphuric Sonics
Huge Tip! 200 copies. Sulphuric Sonics is Rudolf Eb.er’s new studio album. "The girl's voice on this one was recorded in the backyard of a shinto shrine in the outskirts of Tokyo. I didn't touch those recordings for over ten years. I was too spooked. The girl was maybe 12 to 15 years old and seemingly possessed. It couldn't have been her voice. Her parents (who probably took her to the shrine in hope for relief) did shield her from onlookers. Even my recording equipment failed. I restored some v…
serenità per i morti viventi
Tip! *100 copies limited edition* "The earliest collaboration between Rudolf Eb.er, a Swiss artist living in Japan who is also known for his activities under the name Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, and Maso Yamazaki, known for his activities under the name Masonna & Controlled Death The earliest collaboration between Rudolf Eb.er and Maso Yamazaki was in 1995, when they released a work on the Swiss label Schimpfluch. The collaboration continued into 1996, and the 1997 Tokyo show under the name Eb.er…
Obsessive Convulsions With Rina & Gina
**120 copies limited release. Pro-pressed CD in blood soaked white cardboard envelope. The blood is real. Assembled with red paper obi and thin inner- and outer sleeves. All signed and numbered on the backside of the blood soaked envelopes.** Tip! The Sunday lunches with his South-Austrian parents, the thick nearly rare beefsteaks accompanied by heavy red wine and uplifting Humpa and Schuhplattler music have carved an impression into Rudolf's mind, that still keeps burping up at times, but was e…
Heimoror - Hexes I-vi
"Heimoror" is the übertitle of Rudolf Heimo Eb.er’s audio-working period 2021/22. Most of the source material, documents of obscure and psychomagick acts, were recorded at the attic of the old, but newly inhabited, Om Kult farmhouse near Osaka, Japan. Combined with Rudolf’s organ and violin playing and often edited by the use of monaural cassette recorders and analogue filters, the recordings reflect these grim, animistic-shintōid events and deranged lo-fi rituals commited.
The "Heimoror" works …
Hilt
*300 copies limited edition* »Hilt« is the first collaboration between Rudolf Eb.er and Will Guthrie who, based on their previous musical work, seem very different at first glance. However, it quickly becomes apparent, that the distinct approaches to composition and sound complement each other perfectly and make this album a very special and exciting affair. The closer you listen, the more you will be drawn into it and realize that the rhythmic drumming, the careful arrangements of hiss, crackle…
Death Ceremonies
**400 copies**Death Ceremonies is the darkest, most primitive death industrial record, soaked throughout with the smell of rotting corpses and burning bodies. Controlled Death (Masonna) features Maso Yamazaki's most compulsive Korg MS-20 drones and obsessive, disturbing vocals, drenched with anxiety and alienation. Dense atmospheres of doom, death, and decay build up just to break away in deep paranoia. Rudolf Eb.er (Schimpfluch) scratches a near-dead violin over horrifying synth tones, celebrat…
Om Kult : Ritual Practice of Conscious Dying - Vol I-III
Om Kult 1-3 – the complete Om Kult 3CD triptych, recorded and processed at Om Kult Osaka between 2016 and 2018. Evolving from his extended “Brainnectar” studies on psycho-spiritual cleansing rituals derived from various shamanic and yogatantric traditions - and his examinations of aural hallucinations and paranormal perceptions - Rudolf Eb.er focuses now on the occult knowledge and techniques for the transition from life to death, on the ejecting mind as well as on the decomposing human body. F…
How To Die (Spell I - VI)
**125 copies** Rudolf Eb.er needs little introduction; except to those not yet privileged enough to be a witness to the madness and discomfort he creates. But maybe his work represents the segments of life that most of us chose to ignore or pretend that we are unaware of their existence. Yes, Rudof Eb.er’s work as a performance and sound artist is evocative, visceral and downright bloody frightening at times. He’s not simply a noise artist, an experimental musician or just a performance artist. …
Om Kult : Ritual Practice Of Conscious Dying - Vol. I
Om Kult 1 - the first set of 31 tracks of the Om Kult 3CD triptych,
recorded and processed at Om Kult Osaka between 2016 and 2018. Evolving from his extended “Brainnectar” studies on psycho-spiritual
cleansing rituals derived from various shamanic and yogatantric
traditions - and his examinations of aural hallucinations and paranormal
perceptions - Rudolf Eb.er focuses now on the occult knowledge and techniques
for the transition from life to death, on the ejecting mind as well as
on the …
T.h.i.e.r
Special limited edition CDR for February-March 2015 Europe tour, featuring electronics and field recordings by Rudolf Eb.er. recorded in or around Rudolf Eb.er's house in Osaka, Japan 2012 to 2014, except track 12 recorded under his basement in Dübendorf, Switzerland 1976.
Wellenfeld
The grande finale of 'Extreme Rituals - A Schimpfluch Carnival', performed and recorded live at Arnolfini, Bristol UK on December 2nd 2012. Four leading figures of the international Noise circus team up for a unique performance, solely based on their brainwave activity. Each performer is wearing a wireless electroencephalograph (EEG) headset. The EEG signals sent from the stage are received by soundengineers, transformed from data into sound and processed to emerge through eight speakers …
Brainnectar
Brainnectar is Rudolf Eb.er's most developed program to date, combining psychodynamic audio-environments built from specific nature-sounds and extreme acoustics, often including ecstatic elements on instruments of shamanic origin. Binaural beats as well as isochronic tones stimulate a direct neural reaction to this unique and unheard audio-art. In addition, the grand lady of japanese extreme music - screamvocalist Junko Hiroshige (Hijokaidan) - participates on several tracks throughout this doub…
Extreme Rituals
'Rudolf Eb.er has released more than 100 CD's and albums internationally, and is considered as one of the leader in the noise and experimental vocal scene. Rudolf Eb.er, born austrian and grew swiss, is expert in scientific illustration, martial and therapeutic arts, and is founder of the audio-artists and aktionist collective Schimpfluck in 1987. Early sonic studies examined the importance of timing, the power of silence, and developed shocking and confusing-precise cut-up compositions, 'aural …