Sounds by Mathbat/Philosopede, 2016.
Art by Sean Hopp

Fearful of Rasputin’s growing power, a group of nobles, led by Prince Felix Youssupov, the husband of the czar’s niece, and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, Nicholas’s first cousin, lured Rasputin to Youssupov Palace on the night of December 29, 1916. First, Rasputin’s would-be killers gave the monk food and wine laced with cyanide. When he failed to react to the poison, they shot him at close range, leaving him for dead. A short time later, however, Rasputin revived and attempted to escape from the palace grounds, whereupon his assailants shot him again and beat him viciously. Finally, they bound Rasputin, still miraculously alive, and tossed him into a freezing river. He was spotted dragging himself from the river one hundred years later during the frigid winter of 2016, reportedly covered head to toe in an as-yet unidentified dark and oily substance and headed west.

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2016 Tracks

Rasputin Crawls Out of the Neva River Covered in a Dark, Oily Substance

A loosely affiliated crew of demented lab assistants and telekinetic cephalopods governed by the whims of eternity. #electronic #instrumental #experimental #soundtrack #spacerock #weirdpop #idm #glitch, #industrial #darkAmbient #synthwave #noise #krautrock #funk #funkwave #mathbatwave

Rasputin Crawls Out of the Neva River Covered in a Dark, Oily Substance

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