Gehennatron

Gehennatron grew out of the German commune movement of the 1960's. The organization’s initial base of operations was located in Munich and many of its earliest members were recruited out of the Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund. Its original motivations were political but with the emergence of Lothar Klunt as the undisputed leader of the group soon after its formation, Gehennatron's activities and philosophical outlook took on more of a religious direction, of which musical expression played a central role. Klunt had developed an elaborate and esoteric system of beliefs based on the fundamental idea that all energy and matter are a product of vibrations that are variations on an original or primal vibration. Klunt maintained that it was possible to come into contact with that original vibration as well as it’s immediate descendants, and through this process "talk to God".

In 1968 Klunt approached jazz musician Duke Jizzerstein with the idea starting a record company to distribute and promote the music produced by Gehennatron during their "primal vibrations” rituals. This company was to be run by Jizzerstein with financial backing from Klunt. Jizzerstein agreed to create the company that Klunt envisioned and as soon as financing was forthcoming he recruited music industry veteran Jurgen von Falkenhayn to help run the company that they named "Music Recording Productions Industrial Industries". The initial focus was on Gehennatron recordings but after a few years von Falkenhayn and Jizzerstein began to sign other artists as the financing that they received from Klunt was more than enough to cover the costs of producing and releasing several more records than Gehennatron was creating.

Gehennatron flourished in the 1970s and 1980s attracting members and establishing branches all over the world, (referred to as “factions” within the organization). By the mid 80s their total international membership numbered in the 1000s. As with many closed societies there were several rumours about Gehennatron and much speculation as to what their true initiatives were. Over the years much of the wildest accusations cast against the group have been disproved or discredited.

On November 21st 1993 Klunt left Gehennatron headquarters in Berlin and has not been heard from since. This caused a great deal of anxiety in the Gehennatron community, and as a result it subsequently suffered several years of turmoil. Many member left the organization while some factions broke from the group to create their own organizations. Most famously several members of the Berlin faction severed ties with Gehennatron and created their own movement called Zionatron. In the process of doing so they recruited a significant number of members from existing factions all over the world including the entirety of the factions in Malmö and Athens.

As of 1997 Gehennatron has refrained from releasing any recordings. Communication with those outside of the organization has been scant, and information about their activities almost non-existent.

Albums

Collapse Studies I

GEH-001 - Produced by Lothar Klunt. Recorded in January 1968 - Munich West Germany

Gehennatron

Albums

Collapse Studies I

Residual Drainage Collapse: Munich East Rail Perimeter

Terminal Antenna Resonance: Berlin Western Transmission Bunker

Seismic Signal Shard Harvest: Munich South Broadcasting Skeleton

Residual Harmonic Drainage: Munich Industrial Signal Subsector-5

Polar Drain Pulse Collapse - Berlin Tiergarten Transmission Grids

Subsignal Choir Erosion: Berlin Abandoned Relay Strip

Collapse Well Harvest: Munich Outer Signal Ring

Rotational Harmonic Decay Fields: Berlin Southern Freight Terminals

Urban Signal Drift Collapse: Munich Disused Police Array

Subharmonic Null Collapse: Berlin Decommissioned Cold Storage Towers

Broadcast Fracture Choirs: Munich Old Transmission Hub-3

Collapse Studies III

Polarized Residual Field Harvest: Berlin Central Antenna Cluster

Harmonic Shard Fields: Frankfurt Industrial Vaults

Polarized Signal Cracks: Munich Relay Crossroads

Subsignal Erosion Choirs: Berlin East Ruins

Terminal Subsignal Wells: Berlin Communications Craters

Seismic Harmonic Fissures: Munich Old Rail Sector

Rot Choir Extraction: Hamburg Dock Relays

Polar Collapse Drift Fields: Berlin Outer Ruins

Broadcast Residue Choirs: Berlin Eastern Grid

Vibratory Spiral Nulls: Munich Central Wards

Terminal Choir Collapse: Munich Radio Relay Vaults

Harmonic Spiral Residue Wells: Berlin Western Grid Bunkers

Frozen Harmonic Wells: Munich Outskirts

Urban Drain Spiral: Frankfurt Collapse Foundations

Urban Spiral Decay Wells: Munich Transmission Periphery

Maritime Rot Pulse Collapse: Hamburg Harbor Array

Broadcast Residue Choirs: Berlin Eastern Grid (Expansion)

Vibratory Spiral Nulls: Munich Central Wards (Expansion)

Frozen Broadcast Fields

Terminal Harmonic Rotations

Spiral Collapse Drift Wells: Munich Eastern Grids

Collapse Broadcast Echo Choirs: Berlin Signal Graveyards

Harmonic Broadcast Residues: Munich Old Industrial Vaults

Drain Spiral Formation: Hamburg Maritime Array

Broadcast Collapse Drift Fields: Munich Abandoned South Zone

Polar Broadcast Erosion: Berlin North Frozen Fields

Collapse Harmonic Drainage: Berlin Periphery Signals

Terminal Polar Drain Choirs

Subharmonic Collapse Choirs: Berlin Sector Five

Terminal Choir Collapse Residues: Munich

Collapse Spiral Choir Drift: Berlin Frozen Yards

Polar Broadcast Collapse Fragments: Berlin Relays

Final Collapse Initiations: Berlin Ruin Complex

Decay Broadcast Harmonics

Urban Spiral Fractures: Berlin

Frozen Harmonic Collapse Choirs: Berlin Signal Bastions

Urban Echo Collapse Choirs: Munich East Industrial Zone

Collapse Broadcast Drift Choirs: Berlin East Field

Polarized Collapse Broadcasts: Berlin

Subharmonic Choir Residues: Munich Collapse Sector

Final Collapse Choir Residues: Berlin

Residual Polar Collapse Drift: Munich Fracture Zone

Seismic Collapse Choirs: Berlin Sublevels

Drain Collapse Residues: Munich Freight Vaults

Echo Drift Collapse Choirs: Berlin

Polar Harmonic Fractures: Munich Final Vaults

Collapse Pulse Structures: Berlin Core Grids

Residual Subharmonic Drainage: Berlin Forgotten Outposts

Subterranean Collapse Frequencies: Hamburg Industrial Vaults

Residual Decay Choirs: Frankfurt Industrial Fields

Alpine Echo Ruptures

Vocal Structure Study I: Initial Field Pairs

Vocal Structure Study II: Repetition Drift

Vocal Structure Study III: Phase Boundary Smear

Vocal Structure Study IV: Fragment Loop Emergence

Vocal Structure Study V: Polarity Shift Response

Vocal Structure Study VI: Collapse Initiation

Vocal Structure Study VII: Temporal Layer Rupture

Vocal Structure Study VIII: Reversal Fracture

Vocal Structure Study IX: Null Drift Collapse

Vocal Structure Study X: Harmonic Breakdown Vector

Decay Fields of the Urban Edge

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