Rodolfo Protti and his Old Europa Cafe need no introduction. He was among people who has started the contemporary industrial wave. Today Old Europa Cafe is the leading underground label for industrial/ dark ambient/ noise/ pe. Please check out his new releases ANIMA MUNDI, SIMVLACRVM and MYIASE. In my opinion ANIMA MUNDI is one of the best releases of this dying century.

You will find two interviews on this page. They both was made by other people. I had an agreement with Rodolfo about the interview for my KLEK 2 magazine, but he decided to send me the following interviews instead. The first one (in german) was done by Black magazine from Germany.а The second was done a guy from the magazine called GONZO CIRCUS.а I have no contact information about those above mentioned publications but if you can help me I will place it on this page. Rodolfo gave me permission to print them in my paper publication so I put 'em on this page as well. I have no money from this web publication, the interviews were already printed on paper so I don't rip anyone off. Hey, people from GONZO CIRCUS and BLACK magazine, if you believe that I DO rip you off then let me know and I throw the page away. Or we could cooperate....

Die Grundung von OEC liegt schon sehr lange zuruck. Berichte bitte von der Geschichte OECs!

аа Also, alles ist angefangen in der 80er, ich habe die gruppe wo ich damals mitgemacht habe verlassen wegen andrere ionteressen und habe meine eigene label gegrundet Е Die aller erste OEC produktion ist eine serie von tapes mit "Czechoslovakian" gruppen die in ihre heimat von die damaligen comunistische regirung verboten waren, diese gruppen hatten einen eigenartiges und "makelloses" sound gelieferet aber hatten grosse schwierigkeit dieses sound aus die "untergrund" rauszubringen.
а Die "czechoslovakian times" und erste OEC phase beendete in die produktion von meinen ersten vinyl, einen sampler mit all diese gruppen, sound war ziemlich anders von was OEC in die zukunft produzieren wird.
а Die meisten exemplare diese scheibe wurden (ungenemigt und verstekt) nach Prag gesendet, eine echte "undergraund" produktion .
а Die erste reine und ofizielle OEC "industrial" produktion war ein "De Fabriek" tape mit einen special-booklet und eine auf 50 stk. Limitierte auflage, die erste OEC non-tape industrial produktion war ein CD "Brume - аа Batteries Hens Sabotage" limitiert auf 498, Brume war und bleibt fuer mich ein der grossten soud-manipulator in ende '900 !
аа In 1997 habe ich die entscheidung getroffen OEC profesioneller zu fuehren und habe somit die produktion von tapes beendet um mich nur noch auf die produktion von CD und Vinyl zur konzentrieren, ich hatte in die zeit 101 tapes produziert Е Bis ende 1999 OEC hat produziert : 24 CD, 8 LP, 3 10" scheiben , 2 7" scheiben.
OEC mail-order ist geboren bei tauschen mit anderen labels, in die jahren die liste ist ziemlich gewachsen und heute diese liste ist ein echten grosses on-line mail-order auf : http//www.Come.to/Old.Europa.Cafe

Wie kamst du auf den Namen - was bedeutet er?

а Kommt von einige "futuristische und dada" influsse wie auch dass OEC "dreifaches gesicht" logo (das in diese tagen mit einen nuen design geendert worden ist), "Old Europa Cafe" bedeutet nichts anderees als "alte europaisches cafe" ein schoenes und tradizionelles echt gelebten platz !

Das Interesse an OEC scheint seit circa 1996 enorm zu steigen; Siehst du das ahnlich und wenn, wie erklarst du dir das?

а Ja, OEC ist immer mehr bekant, ich glaube das ein der meisten grunden kann in die professionelle wende gesucht werden, in die lezten jharen hat OEC nur gut bis sher guten produktion standards geliefert.
а Ich habe einige debut albums (Exotoendo, This Morn' Omina, Spiritual Front Е) produziert die alle gut aufgennomen worden sindt, grund ist die hoch sound qualitaet geliefert von die verschieden gruppen kombiniert mit ein professionelles und guten produktion standard, die pruppe ist nicht sooo bekannt aber die qualitaet ist gut .
а OEC ist auf jeden fall weit entfernt von eine sogennante etablierte label und bleibt eine one-man label !
Ich waehle meine neue und naechste produktion immer noch nach mein geschmak "muss von mein interesse sein und ich muss geniessen was ich hoere und sehe !"

Was kannst du zu der 'exoterica'-Veroffentlichungen sagen?

а Ich habe OECin zwei branchen verteilt : "Industrialia" harsch power electronics und "Exoterica"dark ambient und esoterisces sounds, unter diese produktion linie habe ich z.b. Endvra, This Morn' Omina, Hybryds, Exotoendo, Simvlacrvm, TAC, Ain Soph, Spiritual Front produziert, ich glaube diese namen sprechen von allein Е!

Auffallend ist - erfreulicherweise - die zunehmende Zusammenarbeit mit Misty Circle/Ain Soph. Wie kam es dazu?

а Ich kenne seit lange zeit Claudio De.Di., ein der former Ain Soph mitglieder, in die jharen haben wier ein immer besseres bezug zur einander gebildet, er wolte einige alten "Misty Circle"tapes auf vinyl und cd neu veroeffentlichen und dass hat zur unsere zusammenarbeit gebracht .
а Die erste gemainsame produktion war die re-issue von "Ain Soph / Sigillum S - retrospective Simulacra" auf lp, legendaeres tape produziert auf Cthuluh (glorija willi !) und seit lange vergriffen .
а In October 1999 ist auch "Ain Soph - III" als doppel cd produziert worden und im herbst 2000 ist auch "Ain Soph - I" und "Ain Soph - II" als cd produktion vorgeshen .

Planst du weitere Zusammenarbeiten mit anderen Labels?

а Ich habe ein paar ideen und projekten mit andere Italienische labels aber es ist noch nichts konkretes Е Abwarten so wird die ueberraschung noch schoener sein .

OEC hat etliche Tapes herausgebracht. Mit Deutsch Nepals 'Behind the Wall of Silence' findet dies nun ein ruhmreiches Ende. Warum? Ist die Tapeszene tot?

а Ja, ueber 100 tapes, Deutsch Nepal drittes tape fuer OEC wird in frueling kommen Е
а Tapes sind ein grossartiges media gewesen ! ohne tapes haetten wier kaum diese szene gehabt .
а Ich liebe tapes und werde sie auch vermissen aber wie schon gesagt ich wolte ein guten produktion standard anbieten, leider sindt in die jharen millionen "band" kilometern benuzt worden um einfach "krach"anzubieten dazu auch arm wenn nicht schlecht verpakt ! dass hat die qualitaet diesen wunderbaren media ziemlich reduziert und auch das interesse ist damit immer kleiner geworden .

Du planst in diesem Zusammenhang aber Veroffentlichungen in CDR Form...

а Ja ich hatte einiges geplant aber ich binn nicht weiterhin so sicher, ich glaube CDR wird langsam wie tapes in
schlechte und massive produktion landen Е

Gibt es Projekte, die besonders wichtig sind fur OEC?

а Alle OEC projekte sindt fuer mich wichtig !

Gibt es eine Philosophie hinter OEC? Kulturelle Einflusse?

а Ja, religion und magie, philosophy und politik ist unseren alltag, fuer uns alle !
а Vielleicht will man dies nicht versthen aber man kann das nicht ignorieren :
humans are looking first for "food" than for "sex" as any other predator animal on this planet ! Once this two basic "instincts" are satisfied humans start "thinking" and develop religion/s (magic) and Politics (phylosophy) ; I made everything very simple here but this is basicaly my way of а "Weltanschaung" and it's also the way I was developing the two OEC branches :
Exoterica -> magic / transcendence / Unknown Е
Industrialia -> Philosophy / Logic of power / Dominion Е

Gibt es fur dich moralische Grunde, eine Band nicht zu veroffentlichen?

а Schwierige frage, was ist unmoralisch ? ich habe bis heute dieses problem nie gehabt, ich muss mich in diese "unmoralische" situazion einmal finden um eine antwort zu geben .

Ein Medium, das du dir auch zu Nutze gemacht hast, ist Video. Nachdem die 'Macrocephalous Compost' Trilogie beendet ist - planst du weitere?

а "Macrocephalous Compost" trilogy is something i am very proud of ! It was really a very expensive (in all senses) and hard work putting together all those clips but I did it first of all for my personal interest and was really enjoyng this work !
а I'm sure I'm right whan I say that this is the main "Visual documentation on post-industrial muzak & culture of the first half of the 90es !" .
а Ich plane keine andere video produktion, auf jeden fall keine andere video-compilation !

In letzter Zeit fahrst du eine regelrechte CD Offensive; das Vinyl kommt mir da ein wenig zu kurz. Wie ist das zu erklaren?

а Im 1999 habe ich 2 Lp's, 3x10", 1x7"produziert, ist dass wenig ?

Welches Medium an Tontragern bevorzugst du und warum?

а Ich liebe vinyl !
а Aber cd ist einfacher und schneller produzierbar Е

Warum gibt es keine OEC Compilations? Hast du kein Interesse, OEC auf diese Art zu prasentieren?

а Ausser wenigen fallen sind compilations echt nicht interessant, ein hauffen tracks die garnicht zur einander passen !
а Ich mag nur interessanten "theme-compilations", ich glaube eure neue "black" compilation wird interessant sein weil ein bestimmtes thema in frage kommt .

Was macht eigentlich dein eigenes Projekt Seelenlarm? Steht hier vielleicht mal eine Veroffentlichung an?

а Ich habe wenig zeit fuer Seelenlaerm, im moment ist nichts vorgesehen Е

Was planst du fur die Zukunft fur Veroffentlichungen auf OEC?

а Naechsten cd's releasing date 20.03.2000 sindt :

OECD 026 CONTAGIOUS ORGASMа Illegal Occupation of Ears CD

The Japanese master of recycled ambient-sounds ! 2 long tracks, 2 real sound sculptures, 2 more surprises for your ears with his unique way to re-work & assembling broken sounds !
The cover will present some collages by "Ryuta Nogouchi" a new very interesting japanese designer.

OECD 027 PACIFIC 231 Thule Apocalypse CD

Back after a real long silence, Pacific 231 was releasing some very interesting industrial sounds of the 1st era all on the vinyl format . The come back of this great artist & his debut on cd features the "soundtrack" of the 2nd World War ... one long obsessive track with an electronic loop which beats into your brain mixed to the voices & songs of this historical era... believe me: you have never heard such an heavy & obsessing track !

OECD 028 FOLKSTORM Information Blitzkrieg CD

Folkstorm is the solo project of Mr. Kremator Nordvargr.412 (mind of MZ.412)! The sounds are quiet different and not related to MZ.412, heavyest power-electronics ... ranging from real beating tracks to more noise-industrial ones with lots of sampled voices !

Und das ist geplant fuer 2000 :

OECD 025 TELEPHERIQUE vs K2 CD

Great German/Nippon collaboration, both artists are well known for their great structured industrial compositions, mixing some very harsh & scraping tracks to ambient-industrial... а The 2 names are a warranty for a great neo-industrial release, cover design by mr. SALT of Ant-Zen !

OECD 029 STRATVM TERROR Genetic Implosion CD

New studio material & for the first time 2 live tracks...
The sound is geting more harsh & powerfull than on the two previous cd releases

OECD 030 TAM QUAM TABULA RASA Fabula Rasa CD

Maybe the more obscure ethno-post-industrial Italian project ! Great researchers of abrasive structures & absolute sounds Е a real obscure mind is behind this sounds & it's incredible that their debut cd is coming only now as they are composing this great muzak since end of the '80 ! TQTR has out some tapes on OEC & Misty Circles + a 7" on Drone...

OECD 031 ATRAX MORGUE Paranoia CD

First cd on OEC by the Italian prophet of Murderous & Pain Elektronik Muzak ! A slow death with great sorrow...

OECD 032 CONTAGIOUS ORGASM / BAD SECTOR Vacuum Pulse CD

Re-issue of the legendary tape out on OEC, with two aditional new tracks ! A big collaboration by this 2 Japanese / Italian monsters of sound manipulation!

OECD 033 LT. CARAMEL La Boite de Pandore CD

Together with Brume this is the most innovative & interesting french modern musician !
New sounds which are re-proposing on a certain way the more authentic & first rough works of this very particulr father of new french "concrete-musique" !
Cover art-works with burning barbies & kens melting inside moulding vinyl discs !

OECD 034 NOBODY Maybe One Day CD

The re-issue of their debut album previous out as tape on OEC plus some bonus tracks from the same period !
Melancholy & beauty in best DIJ tradition but with a very personal "new Italian folk" touchа are the sounds of this band now signed to World Serpent Е

OECD 035 - MCR AIN SOPH - Iа CD
OECD 036 - MCR AIN SOPH - II CD

re-edition of the first & second legendary & long time deleted Ain Soph albums, completely re-mixed & re-mastered ! plus some bonus material !

OECD 037 - MCR AIN SOPHа Rituals CD

For the first time on CD format a "live" Ain Soph performance Е re-worked live-tracks from the first two albums ! This material was never released before !

VINYL PROJECTS :

OESR 004 NA-DHA 10"

Side project by Hybryds ! devoted to Japanese post second world war culture : manga, bondage, fetishism, yakuzi, pissing Е Tokyo, the safest city in the world?!?!

liste deine Alltime-Top 5 und zuletzt gehorte Tontrager auf.

Sorry keine rangliste Е sei mir nicht boese !

What where the events that made you decide to start your own label and mail order company. Please describe the evolution from the very first OEC release till today. Why did you choose the name OLD EUROPA CAFE ? from were I'm standing it seems that the interest in your label is really booming the last 2-3 years, do you see any special reason for this ?

Well, everything was starting in early 80es once I leave a group I was involved with because of other interests Е

The very first OEC releases was a series of tapes of groups from Czechoslovakia which was banned in their country during the communist era and before the fall of the Iron Curtain, this groups was delivering very strange and "uncontaminated" sounds but wasn't able to communicate with other countries and even internally there was big problems to bring this sounds out from the underground .

The Czechoslovakian "times" and first OEC phase was ending with the release of the first OEC vinyl, which was a compilation featuring all those groups, the sounds was quiet different from what OEC was purposing in the future .

The first pure "industrial" and official second OEC production production phase was a "De Fabriek" tape with special booklet which was issuedа as a limited edition of 50 copies.

The first non-tape release of this second OEC phase was a CD by "Brume - Batteries Hens Sabotage" limited to 498 copies, by the way Brume was and remains in my oppinion one of the biggerst sound manipulators of the end of '900 !

In 1997 i decided to run the label on a more professional way and was stopping the production of tape for concentrate only in the CD and Vinyl production, during the previous 10 years OEC was producing 101 tapes Е
Before the end of 1999 OEC was releasing :а 24 CD's, 8 LP's, 3 10"records, 2 7" records.

The mail-order was born once I started trading OEC releases against releases of other labels, many years ago.

In the years the list was growing and growing and today I am running a real large mail-order which is also on line in the World Wide Web (at http://www.Come.to/Old.Europa.Cafe)

Yes, the label is becoming more known. The reason why must be found in the more professional way I was running everything, delivering good & interesting productions on good standards !

I was producing in those last years many debut albums (Exotoendo, This Morn' Omina, Spiritual Front Е) which was all appreciated, the reason is in the high quality standards of the sounds delivered by the groups and the high productionа standards . People now know that if they buy an OEC release, even if the group/project is not well known, the quality is good .

I'm anyway far away from saying that OEC is an established label now, it's still a small one-man label !

And I still choose all new productions on the same wayа "they must be of my interest, I must like what I hear and see".

Are/were you involved in musical projects yourself ?

Yes, I was involved with a band called "XX Centvry Zorro" ! We was releasing maybe the first LP of new Italian pre-industrial music called "La Volpe du XX Siecle"; the sounds was a bit crazy, а using trumpets, many voices and sounds which can remind to a certain minimal-pop, all in all a very unique sound. The album was recorded with a special system which we called "MON-STER System", in fact we was recording different tracks on each disc channel so at last you had 3 listening possibilities : left channel one song, right channel an other song, in the middle the confusion of both songs played together (I'm thinking to re-issue this album soon or later Е).

Lately I was delivering a couple of tracks for compilationsа under the name "Seelenlaerm" one is to find on the AVA compilation "Conception / the dark evolution of electronics" .
I will probably record some more sounds in the future but first of all comes the label !

Is there an "industrial scene" (shops, conceerts, magazines Е) in Italy or most of your releases meant for export ? Are there other Italian bands/labels you'd like to tell us about ? It seems that a lot of interesting music/labels comes from Italy Lately. Is Italy a confortable country toi operate from (f.i. Did you have trouble with the authorities because of cover images etc Е)

There is a small "scene", there are few specialized shops, few live events and some magazines but the large part of OEC productions are going to Germany and north Europe !

Yes, many good project & labels are operating in Italy Е here you have a list ->

Industrial-Noise projects :
Bad Sector / Atrax Morgue / Sshe Retina Stimulants / I Burn / Sigillum S / CazzoDio / Whertam / Amon - Never Known / Murder Corporation / K.D.N.R. / Diktat / Today I'm Dead / Discordance / Iugual-Thor / Lvnvs Е

Dark-Esoteric projects :
Ain Soph / Camerata Medilanense / Ataraxia / Nobody / Spiritual Front / Kirlian Camera / Runes Order / T.A.C. / Futhark / Andromeda Complex / Northgate / Ordo Equitum Solis / Alio Die / Oophoi Е

Labels :
Amplexus / Slaughter Prod. / Energeia / Palace of Worms / Eibon / Hic Sunt Leones / Oktagon / E.N.D.E. Е

There are many other names which i didn't mention for not beeing so long .
I didn't had any production difficulty because of cover-immages until today, I saw there is much more attention on this matter in Germany Е

I recently did an article on the evolution/decline of the Belgian cassette scene. What's your opinion about the recent "trends" like the rise of highly limited stuff in general, very very limited cd-r's in particular, special packages, the rebirth of vinyl and so on. Some critics say the industrial scene has become "arty farty" with more attention paid to marketing strategies and lay-outs than to the actual music. Do you see any future for the good old audio tape ?

Well, I'm not against cassettes, I saw many very good produced tapes which had a very high quality in both : sound and cover art-work when this kind of "scene" was at the beginning, I think about the first Staalplaat, Touch, Cold Meat Industry tapes but also many small labels like the Italian Sloughter was delivering high interesting stuff on this format and can still make very good productions using tapes !

But I saw through the years also tons of rubbish ! You know everybody who was making a "prrr or a frrr" was thinking to be the greatest noise-maker on the old planet and was releasing his own tape Е I got many of those so called "demos" in my mail-box and, belive me, the large part was completely not interesting at all !

Now the same is happening with the CD-R format !

I love limited editions, if a painter is numbering a limited print why can't a noise-maker do the same ?

The only thing the makes the difference is the good quality in all his components !

I'm sure you understand what i mean Е

If I have to devide the themes of your releases in two parts I'd say you have an interest in violent experimantal nosemusic and more etheral ritual stuff. Can you elaborate on each of those two topics (f.i. do you practice magic(k) yourself; do you have any "religious" or philosophical inspiration/beliefs (you seem to enjoy using and abusing Roman Catholic titles and phrases) ? What's your attitude towards the sexual violence ereached by some of the "power electronics" bands and the philosophy of De Sade "everything that gives me pleasure is good thing no matter if it's at the expense of others"

Yes, you are right, i use to devide the OEC releases into two categories :

1) Industrialia : power-industrial, not really noise & not this more rythmic sounds, simply industrial & post-industrial !

Even the split album I was producing with Merzbow & the Haters is far from noise but very close to traditional Industrial muzak ; the new industrial titles i'm going to produce are also in this vein of sculptured sounds or more close to power-electronics .

2) Exoterica : dark-ritual sounds with a touch of ambient and ethnic music !
here the components are abscure or trance sounds sometimes devoted to real esoteric themes but never falling into absolute dark (gothic) and the so called "death" styles .

Religion and Magic, Philosophy and Politics is/are part of the daily life of everybody ! Maybe someа people don't understand this but there is no escape : humans are looking first for "food" than for "sex" as any other predator animal on this planet ! Once this two basic "instincts" are satisfied humans start "thinking" and develop religion/s (magic) and Politics (phylosophy) ; I made everything very simple here but this is basicaly my way ofа "Weltanschaung" and it's also the way I was developing the two OEC branches :

Exoterica -> magic / transcendence / Unknown

Industrialia -> Philosophy / Logic of power / Dominion

It's right i enjoy using paraphrasis from the Catholic-Romanic religion ! I use to be a minor clerk as young guy and grow up with a strength catholic education in a small mountain village Е In some way I'm still Catholic, I mean that there are some principles which i took from this education that are still very actual and valid for myself ! But I use the "priests - languge" just for my own pleasure ! "Who knows, knows ! Don't use God's name in vain !".
In my opinion Marquise De Sade was just and only describing "The logic of Power = Dominion", I see him as a great Phylosoph and Politician !
A serial killer looks usualy very "normal" but usualy has "sexual problems" Е
The "Catholic-Roman" church is 2000 years old , the "Roman empire" was dominating just a couple of 100 years and the "Third Reich" just a couple of 10 years Е

Who has the power ? Who is dominating ? Why ? I don't have the answers and I'm not searching for Е I just try to understand human beeing but the older I become (and I'm very old Е) the more it's difficult to me "understanding" .

What made you decide to assemble/release the video trilogy "Macrocephalous Compost", video compilations of industrial music are a rarity. I guess they're too expensive to produce and trigger too little interest/sales Е do you agree ?

The "Macrocephalous Compost" trilogy is something i am very proud of ! It was really a very expensive and hard work putting together all those clips but I did first of all for my personal interest and I telkl you one thing : I really was enjoyng this work ! It's right comilations don't sell that much and video-compilations even the less Е

Anyway I'm sure I'm right whan I say that this is the main "Visual documentation on post-industrial muzak & culture of the first half of the 90es !"

Which new releases are planned (do note that the mag with the interview will be released the second half of january 2000)

Here informations on all planed OEC stuff for year 2000, the first coming releases are : Contagiious Orgasm / Folkstorm / Pacific 231 Е

OECD 025 TELEPHERIQUE vs K2 CD
Great German/Nippon collaboration, both artists are well known for their great structured industrial compositions, mixing some very harsh & scraping tracks to ambient-industrial...
The 2 names are a warranty for a great neo-industrial release, cover design by mr. SALT of Ant-Zen !

OECD 026 CONTAGIOUS ORGASM - Illegal Occupation of Ears CD
The Japanese master of recycled ambient-sounds ! 2 long tracks, 2 real sound sculptures, 2 more surprises for your ears with his unique way to re-work & assembling broken sounds !
The cover will present some collages by "Ryuta Nogouchi" a new very interesting japanese designer.

OECD 027 PACIFIC 231 - Thule Apocalypse CD
Back after a real long silence, Pacific 231 was releasing some very interesting industrial sounds of the 1st era all on the vinyl format .
The come back of this great artist & his debut on cd features the "soundtrack" of the 2nd World War ... one long obsessive track with an electronic loop which beats into your brain mixed to the voices & songs of this historical era...
believe me: you have never heard such an heavy & obsessing track !

OECD 028 FOLKSTORM - Information Blitzkrieg CD
Folkstorm is the solo project of Mr. Kremator Nordvargr.412 (mind of MZ.412) !
The sounds are quiet different and not related to MZ.412, heavyest power-electronics ... ranging from real beating tracks to more noise-industrial ones with lots of sampled voices !
This will be the 2nd release by Folkstorm just after the "Sieg Oder Tod" 10" which is foreseen on a USA label ...

OECD 029 STRATVM TERROR - Genetic Implosions CD
New studio material & for the first time some 2 live tracks...
The sound is geting more harsh & powerfull than on the two previous cd releases

OECD 030 TAM QUAM TABULA RASA - Fabula Rasa CD
Maybe the more obscure ethno-post-industrial Italian project !
Great researchers of abrasive structures & absolute sounds Е a real obscure mind is behind this sounds & it's incredible that their debut cd is coming only now as they are composing this great muzak since end of the '80 !
TQTR has out some tapes on OEC & Misty Circles + a 7" on Drone...

OECD 031 ATRAX MORGUE - Paranoia CD
First cd on OEC by the Italian prophet of Murderous & Pain Elektronik Muzak ! A slow death with great sorrow...

OECD 032 CONTAGIOUS ORGASM / BAD SECTOR - Vacuum Pulse CD
Re-issue of the legendary tape out on OEC, with two aditional new tracks !
A big collaboration by this 2 Japanese / Italian monsters of sound manipulation!

OECD 033 LT. CARAMEL - La Boite de Pandore CD
Together with Brume this is the most innovative & interesting french modern musician !
New sounds which are re-proposing on a certain way the more authentic & first rough works of this very particulr father of new french "concrete-musique" !
Cover art-works with burning barbies & kens melting inside moulding vinyl discs !

OECD 034 NOBODY - Maybe One Day CD
The re-issue of their debut album previous out as tape on OEC plus some bonus tracks from the same period !
Melancholy & beauty in best DIJ tradition but with a very personal "new Italian folk" touchа are the sounds of this band now signed to World Serpent Е

OECD 035 - MCR AIN SOPH - I CD
OECD 036 - MCR AIN SOPH - II CD
re-edition of the first & second legendary & long time deleted Ain Soph albums, completely re-mixed & re-mastered !
plus some bonus material !

OECD 037 - MCR AIN SOPH - Rituals CD
For the first time on CD format a "live" Ain Soph performance Е re-worked live-tracks from the first two albums !
This material was never released before !

VINYL PROJECTS :
OESR 003 - MCR ClauDEDI - V.I.T.R.I.O.L. 7"
Re-release of a short cult tape by the former member of Ain Soph: ClauDEDI! pure industrial & pre-noise entertainment ! A must ... Probably this record will be a shaped disc Е

OESR 004 - MCR CIRCUS JOY / NOVY SVET 7"
Second album with this two bands Е this time both are collaborating at the track of the other one !
A new cult , post-modern European historical muzak !

NA-DHA 7"
Side project by Hybryds ! devoted to Japanese post second world war culture : manga, bondage, fetishism, yakuzi, pissing Е
Tokyo is the safestcity in the world Е?!?!

THE FINAL OEC TAPE RELEASE :
DEUTSCH NEPAL - Behind the Wall of Silence Cas
This will be the final part of the "Silence" tape trilogy by Deutsch Nepal & also the last & final tape release for OEC !
Brilliant ambient sounds from the swedish master, ltd to 222 copies only !

Any final comments ? Silly wishis/curses for the new millennium ?

'bless you all
'wish you power and magik
'amen

P.S.

I'm still interested in the story of the choice of the name Old Europa Cafe (or is this a well kept secret?)

1st of all "cafe" in this case is without accent, must be written simply "cafe"! well, the name comes from some "Futurism and Dada" influences as well as the OEC face-logo design which i hae re-designed in those days .

How the hell did you end up releasing stuff by banned Czech avant-garde artists in the early eghties.. What events lead to the first contacts?

I got from a friend a tape by a Prague band called "MCH Band", which was really surprising me, it was a kind of "No NY" sound with a very scraping voice and really psychotic urban sounds . I decided to keep contact with this band and through "Mikolas" (the mind behind MCH) i got a series of tapes from his band & other projects ranging from strage acoustic violence to real industrial and some unusual wave sounds . I got all tapes not directly from Mikolas through normal mail becouse his post was regularly and sistematicaly controlled from the local secret services (really!) but trough ocasionally people (usually turists, once some prople of german television who was reporting about young life in Prague Е) known from Mikolas in Prague which was sending the parcels to me once they where over the border Е. All the stuff i got was "legal" for western standards but strict forbiden from the Czechoslovakian comunist authorities . The sound was "fresh and different", incredible what those guys was able to deliver without modern electronic instrumentsand without contacts with western culture . So i decided to produce this LP with the intention of send the large part of the issued copies back to Czechoslovakia which was what happened (i don't tell you how), an underground production for a real underground audience ! At last i had fun in all this story and after the fall of the Iron curtain i was visiting for the 1st time my friend Mikolas in Prague, this was during the days of the division of Czechoslovakia into 2 states Е

what kind of group did you leave in the early eighties (rock, punk, avantgarde, pop???)

The group was XX CENTURY ZORRO, a project involving 10 members, it wasn't just music, we was alsoworking on many other projects like : a label / networking / immage and styling / strategic organisation Е just for give you an idea we was organising the "Great Complotto International" which was for sure one of the very 1st festivals of new indipendent muzak and we had among others Die Form as guest who did a great s/m performance in an old Napoleonic small bunker .

in what ways are you 'still a catholic', can you give some examples?

There are some habits and principles with which i was growing and that are part of my life and way of live, i can't give you an example as this isn't something specific but a complex and complete style of life which hasn't to be confused with beeing a catholic !

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