When the night falls, creatures locked inside the forest of doom, hollow as it is, the cold wind blowing as usual. Pain has a grimace, do you see its face? Distorted pleasure remains forbidden. The sacrifices took place in hell, a nightmare comes true. Passion and deep griefs, lost within a thousand years,… The fire is dying, suffering yet to come. The desolate desert becomes so cold at night, where humans lose their beauty as death is passing by. Burning souls coming from another emptiness, shall remain in darkness. Pain, pleasure, sacrifice, suffering and death. ©HK

listen & buy:
https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/burning-souls-brandende-zielen 

© bats & cats . cat. BCD11 2022. Belgium 
© Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats digital 
© Artwork by Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats 

www.facebook.com/bats.and.cats.official 
www.ahcama-sotz.com 
credits: Miss Kitsch 

All tracks written, recorded, mixed and produced by Herman Klapholz at Terra Inhibita VI. Mastering @ Illlektrik.toolz, Antwerp (BE). 
Available in 24 bit AIFF format for optimal listening pleasure. 

ahcama-sotz.com/illlektrik-toolz-mastering-production-of-sound-and-music/  

https://ahcama-sotz.com/burning-souls-brandende-zielen/

released February 4, 2022
© all rights reserved

Burning Souls. Brandende Zielen

Burning Souls. Brandende Zielen (6 Snippets)

7" vinyl ep [act423]
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

pure black 7" vinyl. matte black die-cut sleeve. exclusive print on inlay - each piece has a unique picture. limited edition of 150 numbered copies incl. digital download-code.

"walking through the streets of venezia, i imagined a musical soundtrack. obsessed with the city’s beauty and history, i planned to produce my own musical tale. lots of cultures and civilisations influenced venice history. their rituals and knowledge make part of the obscure side which existed throughout the centuries. i was thinking of pure ritualistic and tribal music, a more specific ritual sound as what i produced up to now. ah cama-sotz is known for tribal ritualistic stuff, but these 4 tracks would follow a different path. venice gave me the possibility to express myself in a different musical context, still with a recognisable sound conveying the listener throughout musical culture and history. charged mystical atmospheres with sensual undertones and eastern influences." ah cama-sotz 2022 

listen, buy & download:
https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/chim-re-obscure

about the songs: 
carnevale: venice with its obscure masks and chimères, style: tribal rhythms and eastern accents. 
mantichora: tribal rhythms, occidental beats en eastern instruments. 
damnation memoriae: ancient eastern voices & ritual highlights, slow beat, dub, guitar. 
orazione: eastern oud (arabic lute), occidental ancient voices, tribal rhythms, percussion.

released April 14, 2022 

ah cama-sotz - carnevale 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJAWfmVUdeo 

all tracks recorded, mixed, produced and mastered by ah cama-sotz @ terra inhibita VI & illlektrik.toolz. 

©artwar by salt 
this is ant-zen act423
©all rights reserved

Chimère Obscure

Chimère Obscure (Snippets)

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: And it makes me susceptible to pain ...
© Ah Cama-Sotz, SABAM
© Hands Productions, 2015, cat. D220

https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/state-of-mind/

thanks to Hysteresis for using their lyrics & bass samples!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hysteresis/197043060336637

http://www.ahcama-sotz.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ah-Cama-Sotz/102719986433969

" Covering the Orient, the Middle-East, Western culture, the Unknown and the Unspoken. "

State of Mind

And it makes me susceptible to pain ...

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: Transcendental Meditation
© Ah Cama-Sotz, Hands, Sabam - Hands cat. D220

https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/state-of-mind/

www.ahcama-sotz.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Ah-Cama-So…/102719986433969

" Covering the Orient, the Middle-East, Western culture, the Unknown and the Unspoken. "

Transcendental Meditation

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: Isfahan (2015 Version)
©2015, Ah Cama-Sotz, Hands Productions, cat. D220
 Voice: Fleur Pierets

https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/state-of-mind/

http://www.ahcama-sotz.com

"Oriental sounds have the power to transport one's inner soul into another dimension"

Isfahan (2015 Version)

track: Ah Cama-Sotz - Hidden Roots 
-->
Forms Of Hands festival compilation CD
V.A. . FORMS OF HANDS 22 . cd/digital . HANDS D310
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CD: Comes in heavy Hands Paper Pack cover
limited handnumbered edition - HANDS D310

Released April 22, 2023
© all rights reserved

Forms Of Hands 22

Hidden Roots

Ah Cama-Sotz - State of Mind - cd - 5 snippets/1 teaser
(release date: 24.04.2015) - Hands - Germany - D220

Two years after the extensive anniversary release „Obsession Diabolique“, Ah Cama-Sotz returns with a more concise, almost intimate album: While still considering the rhythmic aspects of the ACS sound, the 60 minutes of „State Of Mind“ are on a distinctly downbeat note, leaving room for the inimitable atmospheric pieces and a fair share of sensual fantasies, on some tracks accompanied by familiar female vocals. The ACS mélange of ethnic sounds and beats with dark electronica and morbid obsessions appears more refined than ever!

State Of Mind
The city . The city that never sleeps. millions of souls crawling daily through the streets, their thoughts and minds are infinite. They won't surrender to their state of mind. These living creatures exist through  the pace of modern society. Let us  not forget the belly, the underground of the city. The story i'm about to tell you is one of a dark era (yet to come). A lonely voice about solitude, despair and darkness. People will have to gaze into the underground, the endless tunnel and staircase relating to the infinite way of traveling towards one's state of mind.
 
“State Of Mind” harks back to older ACS albums, as well as picking up where “Obsession Diabolique” ended. The two opening tracks “And it Makes me Susceptible to Pain ...” and a strong 2015 Version of “Isfahan” are dark sensual fantasies, carried by female vocals and downbeat rhythms; “Solitaire” combines retro synth patterns with a repetitive electro/techno vibe; “Surrender to Infinity” and the title track “State of Mind” are storytelling dark ambient pieces with a dynamic structure; the ethnic beat section of the album consists of the triplet “Desert Heat”, “Hotel Odessa” (complete with proto techno sounds) and “Transcendental Meditation” before “Room with a View” closes the album in that downbeat, almost trip-hop-style sound.
With “State of Mind” veteran producer Herman Klapholz proves again he has no equal when it comes to providing authentically introspective and dark mood music!

Tracklist:

I And it Makes me Susceptible to Pain ...
II Isfahan (2015 Version)
III Solitaire
IV Surrender to Infinity
V Desert Heat (White Sands Above the Sea)
VI Hotel Odessa
VII Transcendental Meditation
VIII State of Mind
IX Room with a View

buy it here:
http://www.handsproductions.com
http://ahcama-sotz.com/mailorder.html


State Of Mind

State of Mind(snippets)

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: Thermonuclear
cd: "Dead Cities"
© bats & cats , 2007,cat. bc05
© sabam
info: https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2001-2010/dead-cities/

" Dead Cities "

Thermonuclear

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: Ereshkigal
cd: "Dead Cities"
© bats & cats , 2007,cat. bc05
© sabam

Ereshkigal

Ah Cama-Sotz 
song: Narayana
cd: Blood Will Tell
© bats & cats, sabam, cat. bc07 - 2010

https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/blood-will-tell/

Blood Will Tell

Narayana

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: Frozen Land
cd: Blood Will Tell
© bats & cats, sabam, cat. bc07,  2010

https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/blood-will-tell/

Frozen Land

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: Rapture of the skin
CD: Obsession Diabolique
© Ah Cama-Sotz, sabam, Hands cat. D190 (2013)

info:
https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/obsession-diabolique/

Obsession Diabolique

Rapture Of The Skin

Ah Cama-Sotz
song: Wir Wollen Tanzen (freaks Come Out At Night)
cd: Obsession Diabolique
© Ah Cama-Sotz, sabam, Hands cat. D190 (2013)

info:
https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/obsession-diabolique/

Wir Wollen Tanzen (freaks Come Out At Night)

AH CAMA-SOTZ
cd: Exorcise – Murder Themes III
hands cd cat. D241. 2016. germany
release date: 14.10.2016
format: cd
time: 62 min.
cd comes in handspack

https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/exorcise-murder-themes-iii-2/

The new Ah Cama-Sotz album “Exorcise – Murder Themes III” is a masterpiece of dark electronic music and will be release on 14th October 2016 on HANDS!

AH CAMA-SOTZ . Exorcise – Murder Themes III . cd . HANDS D241

After the sensual downbeat fantasy “State of Mind”, Ah Cama-Sotz releases a full dark ambient album that’s widely devoid of rhythm: A meticulously crafted hour of music that may well serve as an exorcism. Electronic sounds and synthetic strings paint a sonorous background, cryptic samples and angelic choirs conjure up the enigmatic. For the dark-minded, this promises highly cinematic entertainment, purification in eleven movements.

The eviction of a demon, the resurrection of the possessed is a mythical subject of almost all cultures. References to religious fanaticism have been the source of inspiration for many of Ah Cama-Sotz’s dark ambient works, of which the Murder Themes series is an ongoing example. Nevertheless this is quite different from the 2013-released 2nd part, as “Exorcise” only makes rather subtle use of industrial sounds, and the topics dealt with are very ambiguous; this style of dark ambient is composed in the classical sense, and as such relates to a tradition of electronic avant-garde music that predates the industrial genre.

Soundtrack-like in the best sense, “Exorcise” leads the listener from the unsettling bleakness of the opener “Absterge” through the lighter tones of “Burnside” and understated rhythmic structures of “Diaspore” or “Cicatrix” to the discordant organ sounds of “Epsomite”; en route we are exposed to a continuous contrast of the intangible and the mundane.
Whatever you make of it, you can’t deny the overwhelming effect of “Exorcise”, a masterful depiction of a dim place where Ah Cama-Sotz obviously operates in a class of his own.

Tracklist:
Absterge
Eukaryon
Resistor
Burnside
Diaspore
Blessing
Cicatrix
Isogonal
Deceiver
Demonize
Epsomite

www.handsproductions.com/mailorder.asp

Exorcise - Murder Themes III

Exorcise - Murder Themes III cd (5 snippets)

Murder Themes I - Originally released on Hands (Germany) in 1999 as Murder Themes & Terra Infernalis, cat. B008, as double Hands paperbook. Mixed between februari and august 1998 at terra infernalis. Remastered by Illlektrik.toolz in 2017. More info: ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/discography/terra-infernalis-murder-themes/ 

https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com

© bats & cats . cat. BCD03. 2017. Belgium
released January 29, 2017 

© Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats digital 
© Artwork by Nicola Bork

Murder Themes I

Murder Themes I (7 snippets)

"The Turning Scripture" based on a remix i produced for Polarlicht 4.1/Transistor - Gargoyles - in 2014. Zone 30 records, Germany. 

https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com

© bats & cats . cat. BCD02. 2017. Belgium

released January 25, 2017 
© bats & cats digital

The Turning Scripture

The Turning Scripture (snippet)

Dark Souls and Evil Shadows 

All remixes produced by Ah Cama-Sotz 
Check these on : ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com

1. Your Darkest Soul (Burden of Dreams remix)
Original song  on THE WAY TO HERESY cd (Hands / 2005)

2. Enuma Elish (Laid to Rest remix)
Original song on "DEAD CITIES" cd (Bats & Cats / 2007)

3. Aralim (Liquid Skies remix)
Original song on DECLARATION OF INNOCENCE cd (Bats & Cats / 2008)

4. Dead Cities (Rave New World remix)
Original song on "DEAD CITIES" cd (Bats & Cats / 2007)

5. Akhirah (I Hear Voices remix)
Original song on DECLARATION OF INNOCENCE cd (Bats & Cats / 2008)

6. The War Against The Machines (Everything Falls Apart remix)
Original song on ANGST - A SPECTRE COMPILATION 2cd (Spectre / 2004)

7. Child Of The Damned (Evil Shadows remix)
Original song on THE WALLS ARE WHISPERING …. VOLUME II cd (EE Tapes / 2004)

8. Your Darkest Soul (A Moment Frozen in Time remix)
Original song on THE WAY TO HERESY cd (Hands / 2005)

http://www.ahcama-sotz.com

© bats & cats . cat. BCD04. 2017. Belgium

released April, 23 2017 

© Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats digital 
© Artwork by Ah Cama-Sotz + Bats & Cats

Dark Souls and Evil Shadows

Dark Souls and Evil Shadows (snippets)

© The Young Gods 
© PIAS (y.1992)

original song: The Night Dance (Music by The Young Gods / Mosimann, lyrics by Franz)
cd : T.V. Sky - bias 201 cd

http://www.younggods.com/

The Young Gods - The Night Dance (Smashed Fueled Bass 'n' Beats-remix by Ah Cama-Sotz)

I Believe:

After kickstarting his Gatto Nero techno unit, Herman returns to his main occupation – the legend that is Ah Cama-Sotz. Just a little short of his 20th album, “I Believe” is arguably the most upfront, dance floor friendly among the lot. While not (by any means) neglecting the tribal, ethnic and dark elements of the ACS sound, this album also caters a variety of incendiary straight rhythmic tracks. And it’s that mélange – and the mastery of production that (again) convinces in full swing!
Proclaiming the creed, the simple statement of faith – of course ACS does it in the most morbid and perverted way. “Somebody give the lord a handclap” and shake it to the tribal drum beats, heretic samples and monastic choirs of the album opener “Lords of Evil”. And the majority of tracks to follow shall pin you to the dance floor: “I:Travel”, “Collision Wall”, “The Beast Within” and “LiftOff” all provide a four-to-the-floor backbone that relates to the technophile sound of Gatto Nero – and “The underground” even has some fierce washes of acid lines.
But it wouldn’t be ACS if he didn’t provide some diversion: Deep drones (“Signal/Noise/Resistance”), a voluptuous ethnic fantasy (“El Cuerpo, Mild as a Teardrop on a Grave”), sacred dark ambience (“Semper Immota” + “Moriendi Desolatum”), and the industrial benchmark, a flamboyant cover version of “Warm Leatherette”.
Belief is at the core of determination, and this is a statement – Ah Cama-Sotz is going places, going strong, still innovative and hungry, and always idiosyncratic!

Tracklist:
01 Lords of Evil
02 I:Travel
03 Signal/Noise/Resistance
04 El Cuerpo, Mild as a Teardrop on a Grave
05 Collision Wall
06 Semper Immota
07 The Underground
08 Warm Leatherette
09 The Beast Within
10 LiftOff
11 Moriendo Desolatum

https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/i-believe-allerheiligenvloed-het-verdronken-land-van-saeftinghe/

http://www.handsproductions.com

--> ORDER! DIGITAL and PHYSICAL:

https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/i-believe
1.Check it out: Ah Cama-Sotz Bandcamp for digital & physical edition. "I Believe" (normal edition)

2."I Believe" normal edition cd & Allerheiligenvloed special edition 2cd via ACS mailorder:
https://ahcamasotz.wordpress.com/acs-mailorder/

3.OR e-mail me: info@ahcama-sotz.com

I Believe

I Believe cd (Snippets)

" first circle of hell "

spectre 10" vinyl cat. S01. 1996. belgium
released July 1, 1996
format: 10" vinyl limited edition
limited edition: 90 copies. 2-color silkscreened cork package with aluminium stitches
special limited edition: 10 copies. the luxe edition comes in a black/silver painted woodenbox with engraved metal plate on the back. weight : over 2.5 kg

In the first circle of hell, on the internal Elysian fields stroll the Unbaptised, the Heroes and Wise Men of antiquity and avantgarde. Dante and Virgil descend deeper into the Inferno...

All tracks recorded at Terra Inhibita between september 1995 and may 1996, except spirits ov darkness recorded live on 27/05/1996 in the Moritzbastei in Leipzig, Germany. ACS was invited by Xhponozon. Graphics and concept by Nazca and Ah Cama-Sotz.

*this edition has been remastered!*

black-side

bekämpfer der dämonen
glory of martyrs
epithav

white-side

sakrahl
theme from dzotz
spirits ov darkness

https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/first-circle-of-hell
ahcama-sotz.com/discography/first-circle-of-hell/

review

Fondé en 1993, Ah Cama-Sotz participera activement à une multitude de compilations underground industrielles avant de sortir en 1995 le ep 'Hecate's psy', véritable rareté aujourd'hui. 'F.C.O.H.' est donc le deuxième essai officiel pour ce projet dark ambient unique, inspiré des travaux d'Hybryds, autre projet belge culte auquel Herman Klapholz a par ailleurs participé. Ambiances maléfiques et flippantes ('Epithav', 'Theme from Dzotz'), nappes ronflantes et froides qui font parfois penser à du Raison D'Etre ('Glory ov martyrs') , samples de chant grégoriens ('Bekämpfer der dämonen'), bref tout pour faire frémir vos petits coeurs fragiles à l'approche de ce premier cercle infernal. Une pause ambient/néoclassique avec 'Sakrahl' permet de reprendre son souffle, sans pour autant que l'on se sente apaisé (rappelez-moi le titre ?). L'album se conclu curieusement avec un morceau plus électronique, rythmé et atmosphérique, comme si les esprits résidant dans ce lieu maudit se manifestaient aux sens de l'auditeur à la recherche de sa sanité évanouie. Sans être le meilleur album du belge, 'First circle of Hell' n'en reste pas moins trippant et sombre et se démarque de bon nombres de productions du crû. 'All hope abandon, ye who enter in'

6 titres - 27:37 min

remarques:
Mini-lp 10" : édition normale limitée à 90 ex numérotés ; il édition de luxe limitée à 10 ex dans une box en bois peinte et une plaque de métal sur la tranche.

March 2004, Marco for GUTS OF DARKNESS
ambient / indus > dark-ambient pestilentielle
[g.o.d] > les archives du sombre et de l'expérimental
[g.o.d] > www.gutsofdarkness.com  

Ah Cama-Sotz

© all rights reserved

"first circle of hell"

"first circle of hell" (6 snippets)

Ah Cama-Sotz' music tracks composed and produced in the nineties. Original material recorded to DAT recorder. All songs have been mastered/remastered. 

This release is dedicated to our cat Sabraël (2004-2019) 

fear * 
empire of disease * 
sacrifice in the temple 
the batcave 
ahpo sotz'il 
kreuz des hernn ** 
bekämpfer der dämonen (demo-mix) *** 
die seele brennt 
caba-vil 
the howl of the werewolf (demo-mix) **** 
the inquisition 

* both songs released on hands cd cat. D005. special edition: ” épithaphe box ” (cat. B004). cd + 7″ vinyl (V007) - 1997 

** song released on different forms II 2tape - hands - 1996 

*** original version released on ” first circle of hell ” spectre 10″ vinyl cat. S01 - 1996 

**** original version released on 40 wings vinyl - ant-zen - 1996 

© bats & cats . cat. BCD07. 2019. Belgium 

© Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats digital 
© Artwork by Ah Cama-Sotz + Bats & Cats 

https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/terra-inhibita-the-forgotten-tracks

www.ahcama-sotz.com  

released November 1, 2019

Terra Inhibita - The Lost Tracks

Terra Inhibita - The Lost Tracks (11 snippets)

" Blood and fire come to smoke
the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood
before the great and terrible day of the Lord… "

Production and mastering by Ah Cama-Sotz 
Track: Inner Circle (Tears of Blood mix)
© Ah Cama-Sotz

" It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood. " Edgar Allan Poe

© bats & cats . 2020. Belgium
© Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats digital 
© Artwork by Ah Cama-Sotz + Bats & Cats

release date: 03/04/2020

http://www.ahcama-sotz.com

Inner Circle (Tears of Blood mix)

The Young Gods - Dame Chance (Overdrive-mix by Ah Cama-Sotz)

AH CAMA-SOTZ - Obsession Diabolique - cd (5 snippets/1 teaser)

The long-awaited new album of AH CAMA-SOTZ „Obsession Diabolique“ will be released on 6th May 2013 on HANDS!

“Covering the Orient, the Middle-East, Western culture, the Unknown and the Unspoken” – the perfect subtitle for Ah Cama-Sotz’ 2013 album, 
which covers all of these aspects, summarizing and enhancing all which has made this project a prime act in the Post Industrial scene in the past two decades.

Tracklist:

1. Rapture of the skin
2. Interludium I - monde imaginaire
3. Roots of eternity
4. Interludium II - les terres sauvages
5. Children of the sun
6. Interludium III - la malédiction de l'ombre
7. It is the fear of the people/in the name of God
8. Interludium IV - un jardin sur le Nil
9. Bring the noizz
10. Interludium V - submergé par des flots d'images fantasmagoriques
11. Wir Wollen Tanzen (freaks come out at night)
12. Rayah-kum
13. Interludium VI - le peuple de l'éternel 
14. Rain
15. Bring the noizz (remix by Hysteresis)
16. Postludium - tristesses de la lune

buy it @  handsproductions.com/mailorder.asp

or

@ http://www.ahcama-sotz.com/mailorder.html

Obsession Diabolique (snippets)

” Blood and fire come to smoke, the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord… ” 

This is the right time for a new AH CAMA-SOTZ release called “ NEW SKIN FOR OLD TRIBALS “. The typical Ah Cama-Sotz tribal-ritual, ethnic and dark techno-industrial distorted elements are never far away. These rhythmical tracks are without any doubt ready for the dark dance underground club culture. Four-to-the-floor complex bat beats as we know from Ah Cama-Sotz, mixed with lots of heavy technoid-industrial moods and sounds. The following keywords apply: Vibrant. Energetic. Bouncy. Intense. Brutal. Passionate. 

Listen & buy:

https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/new-skin-for-old-tribals

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. # Inner Circle. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan. # SlowBurn. And bound him for a thousand years and threw him into the pit. # Mass Mayhem. And shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. # Breathe. After that he must be released for a little while. # Fear of Failure. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. # Wonderland. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony. # On the Brink of Collapse. And those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. # PainKiller. They came to life and reigned for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. # NoSelfControl. This is the first resurrection. # In a Cold Room, Where Time Stands Still. (source: Book of Revelation) 

© bats & cats . cat. BCD08. 2020. Belgium 

© Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats digital 
© Artwork by Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & bats  

www.ahcama-sotz.com

credits: Miss Kitsch 

All tracks recorded, mixed, produced and mastered by Herman Klapholz at Terra Inhibita VI production & mastering studio & Illlektrik.toolz 

ahcama-sotz.com/illlektrik-toolz-mastering-production-of-sound-and-music/

released: October 2, 2020

© all rights reserved

https://ahcama-sotz.com/acs-discography-2011-2015/new-skin-for-old-tribals/

New Skin For Old Tribals

New Skin For Old Tribals (snippets)

About Ah Cama-Sotz
(Belgium / 1993 - Present)

During his career Ah Cama-Sotz has carved a niche for himself as one of the darkest industrial acts around. His music is steeped in a multitude of mythology, occultism and bloody history, which lend a context and significance to the individual works that is noticeably absent from a lot of contemporary industrial / noise music. The past 30 years have seen the Ah Cama-Sotz sound progress from cold, minimalist electronics through to dark ambient soundscapes and pounding techno floor-fillers.
Herman's boyhood infatuation of classical music has prominantly formed the foundation of his present musicality. Subsequently his fascination for "dance" led him into DJ'ing in clubs and local pirate radio stations, where he noticed the incessant evolution and metamorphosis of " dance " and experimental music. Yet, he didn't want to remain a passive onlooker and aspired to formulate his individual sound, by mean of acquiring synths and samplers. His objective was to combine his musical passion and esoteric ideology which resulted in an obscure and macabre but rhythmic and atmospherically sound. This project required an appropriate moniker, which could integrate and mirror all those constituents. When wandering in Mexico he uncovered local mythology and found his alter ego: " Ah Cama-Sotz ", named after a giant bat which used his extremely elongated sharp claws to decapitate his victims. In the mid-eighties he recorded his first tracks, which were given airplay on a controversial local radio station, " radio centraal ". While on the air he attracted the attention of an electronic/ritual band called " Hybryds " which resulted into a ritual-ambient project/recording for the Antwerp zoo: " Soundtrack voor het aquarium " (project by hybryds and vidna obmana). When listening to Ah Cama-Sotz' recordings you will ascertain his mephystological values interpolated with rhythmical-ritual ambience and accentuated with industrial vibes. Ah Cama-Sotz will transport your subconscious in a mythical universe where his alter ego " Ah Cama-Sotz " haunts the night and proliferates anxiety amidst every living creature. Ah Cama-Sotz' music reflects the epitome of mankind's mis(t)ery and (in)humanity.

" No Boundaries, no Prejudices, no Colours, Thee Unhknown World ov the Dead, Thee Aeternal Life, Full of Lustt and Pain. "

" Covering the Orient, the Middle-East, Western culture, the Unknown and the Unspoken. "

http://www.ahcama-sotz.com
https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ah-cama/id285679544

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