NORDLYSET

Dagen som stiger med gråt i halsen
bak raggete horisonter er ikke
en virkelig dag, men
alle de døde
forstøtte dager som ikke fant frem til et hjerte.
Nødens dager, sultens og frostens, som
lurer sig hit om natten og prøver
å skinne litt sol og strømme litt lys
fra hungrende, visne bryst. 

Fryktsom løfter den 
ansiktet nu bak hundrede skoger
og stirrer med brennende øine
ut over riker den ikke fikk lov til å elske.

Nu beveger den sine fingre
og rusker i de svarte sprinkler av natt
og forsøker atter og atter å tende sin osende sol,
men den visner, 
svinner og blåses ut av kulden.
Langt ut i vest - ytterst i øst
forsøker den å slippe igjennem, men nattens
murer er bygget av granitt
og dens søiler av stål.

Stirr gjennem rutene, 
kom barhodet ut på veiene, og stå
 i klynger ved veikryssene:

Langsomt synker den kjempendes armer. 
Stum river hun sine klær i stykker,
brenner dem så på
kuldens strålende bål. 
Røken 
blusser op over skogene.
Røken 
slår ned over grantoppene og de lave huser på moene.
Røken 
fryser til is på himmelen, så morgendagen
får grimer av gråt. 

Rolf Jacobsen, Vrimmel, 1935


FANFARE

Har du hørt heisekranene løfte de snadrende jernnebb?
Har du hørt sleggenes muntre sang på de svaiende bjelker? 

Har du sett stålskjelettene folde sig ut på himmelen
som røde kniplinger i solskinn?
Har du hørt lufthamrenes trommeild mot naglen fra skinner,
hus, skibenes høie jernsider?

Da har du sett krigens knitrende fane i luften!

Da har du hørt maskingeværene sprøite sitt stål mot fiendens hjerte!


Rolf Jacobsen, Jord og jern, 1933

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HIMERIKSSKVADRONEN 
(The Squad of the Kingdom of Heaven, a musical-lyrical fraction of the Art Militia/ 3rd Inhuman Music Regiment Berlin)

Lieutenant Greco - Synth
Lieutenant Simmswatts - Battery
Captain Stridshode - Noise
Major Sturmgeist - Voice

Nordlyset/Fanfare - Himeriksskvadronen (Rehearsal, March 2012)

Sturmgeist & The Fall of Rome - Live at GewaltKunstWerk, Kristiansand Kunsthall, November 24th, 2012 (Poem from Cornelius Jakhelln's book "Kosmopolis")

Sturmgeist & The Fall of Rome - DDR Poem

Originally a microlabel founded by Cornelius Jakhelln, Inhuman Music was occupied by the mighty Sturmgeist in a coup on September 14th, 2010. Since then the rightful name of the organisation is the 3RD INHUMAN MUSIC REGIMENT BERLIN. 

In Sturmgeist's words: "Building a regiment of an art militia is both infinitely more challenging and rewarding than running a microlabel from behind a writing desk, with a box of cds as one's only companion. The transition from running a one-man company to mounting an organisation requires a huge mental shift. 

As Captain Stegger Ledaal, the founder of the Art Militia, writes in his manifesto: "In the struggle to define and operate in a separate territory, the militia takes itself all too seriously - volunteers are not actors, uniforms are more than mere appearance. The project can be described as a social sculpture in a very limited format, an attempt to transplant the mechanics of a very particular social realm into the world of art- juxtaposing elements generally considered mutually exclusive. In this impossible balancing act military method becomes a tool for making art, and esprit de corps an aesthetic goal." 

I would like to stress the argument about "esprit de corps", French for 'team spirit', as an aesthetic goal - music has for me always carried a sense of collectivity and maybe even fraternity: by playing in a band, for instance, you are by definition part of something greater than yourself. The military metaphors and graphics of the Art Militia integrate seamlessly with the traditional extreme metal garb. Consider what I wrote back in the microlabel days: 

"As you surely have noticed, my projects have largely been situated in the avantgarde section of extreme metal. None of my bands — Solefald, Sturmgeist, G.U.T. — have ever been mainstream. My projects are all eclectic and hence appeal to an advanced and experimental audience." That little piece of prose actually contains a military metaphor, namely "avantgarde". Military aesthetics and uniforms do in the context of the 3rd Regiment stand for ideals such as creativity, fraternity, loyalty and courage. 

In the future, books, records, videos, concerts, uniforms, t-shirts and merchandise will be produced under the aegis of the Art Militia's 3rd Berlin Regiment. 

The weapon of the 3rd Regiment, magisterially designed by Valnoir Mortasonge/Metastazis, may be used on record releases as a stamp of Art Militia approval - get in touch with me for more information if interested." 

Major Sturmgeist

Berlin, October 18th, 2011


The 3rd (Inhuman Music) Regiment Berlin: 

Bands: 
Himeriksskvadronen
Sturmgeist (www.sturmgeist.com)
G.U.T. (www.gut.no)

Labels: 
Inhuman Music (www.inhuman.no)

IM 001: G.U.T - My Only Drug Is Madness (cd)
IM 002: Solefald - The Circular Drain (cd)
IM 003: Sturmgeist - Manifesto futurista (cd)
IM 004: Himeriksskvadronen - "Eg er min eigen fiendsmann" (mp3 single)
IM 005: G.U.T. - Persona de Paris, 1999  (cd limited to 100)
IM 006: Sturmgeist - Walpurgisnacht, 2003 (cd limited to 100)


All cd releases can be purchased at www.propagenia.no.



Records of the Flesh God (www.recordsofthefleshgod.com - run by Lieutenant Greco & Captain Stridshode)

Publisher: 
Edition Arctica (to appear)

Think tank: 
Third Rebel (closed group)

Merchandise: 
Propagenia (www.propagenia.no)

Operations: 
Operation Zion (ongoing, recording Sturmgeist's fourth album "Zion" in Israel, Germany and Norway)

Operation YES/NO (terminated, playing at the opening of Morten Traavik's YES/NO installation before the Norwegian Opera House in Oslo, featuring two white 50-ton Centurion tanks and Himeriksskvadronen in white uniform, shooting a music video to be released on December 2nd, 2011)

Operation GEWALTKUNSTWERK planned for November/December 2012. The 3rd Regiment Berlin will occupy Kristiansand Kunsthall for the duration of two weeks, with a program featuring an art exhibition, concert, performance and literary reading. 

Concerts: 
3rd Inhuman Music Regiment Berlin (feat. Kim Sølve & Zweizz): 
Live at Svartekunst, Blå, Oslo, September 14th, 2010

Himeriksskvadronen:
Live at Møllebyen litteraturfestival, House of Fondation, Moss, May 14th, 2011
Live at Tekstallianse, Blå, Oslo, August 20th, 2011
Live at Southern Discomfort, Kick, Kristiansand, September 10th
Live at Operation YES/NO, Palékaia, Oslo, September 23rd
Live at "Run, comrade, the old world is behind you" (feat. 1st Paint Artillery Regiment "Sørland"), Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo, October 2nd, 2011
Live at Cornelius Jakhelln's book launch "Raseri", Cappelen Damm, Oslo, December 2nd, 2011
Live at Nordisk Samtidspoesifestival - Rolf Jacobsen-dagene, Hydranten, Hamar, March 8th, 2012


Officers:
Corporal Crêtaux
Corporal Irtenkauf
Sergeant Pitchon
Sergeant Erichsen
2nd Lieutenant Darmon
Lieutenant Greco
Lieutenant Simmswatts
Captain Stridshode
Major Sturmgeist



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