OCCULT ODYSSEY & ENS IMPERFECTISSIMUM At Rituals Over Limburg, the dark ambient festival organized last week in Heerlen by Dunkelheit Produktionen, the presence of Latin American projects was notable with Occult Odyssey and Ens Imperfectissimum—two bands with the same members from Mexico—and Emme Ya from Colombia. Dark ambient specialist Sven Visterin—maker of the Ernst H.Störzhedr-edition of the radio program ‘The Horny Hour’ on Radio Centraal, which alterns every two weeks with the Moonchild-edition of our Dark Entries colleague Henk Vereecken—managed to interview the Mexicans from Occult Odyssey and Ens Emperfectissimum about their occult projects. It's difficult to find information about Ens Imperfectissimum and Occult Odyssey online. It seems obscure. Sometimes the projects are located in Turin, Italy, and sometimes in Mexico. Der Cadáver : In some places online, we appear as if we’re from Turin, Italy, because we have to hide our identities. We don’t care about the faces. We also use explain that? Der Cadáver : Yes, there are elements from many different magical and religious movements, but the ritual I performed with Ens Imperfectissimum consisted essentially of three parts. The first part was dedicated to Tezcatlipoca, a deity from the Mexican times of the original inhabitants, before the Spanish colonization. Then there’s a part dedicated to Tlaltecuhtli, a god of the same religion from this central part of Mexico. The final part was dedicated to Palo Mayombe, an African deity who first came from Congo, then blew over to the Caribbean, and then spread throughout the rest of Latin America. These are the influences we have. We experience it as a religion, not just as a show. We belong to different spiritual houses. We have different godfathers or padrinos in different magical and religious movements.We experience it this way, and we want to show it. Frater Avferatvr : I want to say something about the tunics we wear.We also have this occidental influence. We also have this occidental influence. We don’t deny it. By not denying that we have this aesthetic, we have the power to let others experience it in a different way, not in the traditional way things that are considered illegal in some places, especially in Mexico, like human remains. Besides protecting our identity, we also simply love Italy. We want to incorporate some of Italy’s aesthetic, and this idea of Catholicism in the crypts and bone gardens. They’re important to our work, to the magic in the projects. Have you ever been to Italy? Frater Avferatvr : No, we haven't been there. Only one of us, me, has traveled a bit in Europe. But we’d love to go to Italy. We’re planning to go there next year. We’re talking to some friends about organizing something there. We hope it works out. During yesterday’s performance of Ens Imperfectissimum, I noticed influences from various magical and shamanic movements. It stems from chaos, from many different perspectives. Can you www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 8 - We don’t deny it. By not denying that we have this aesthetic, we have the power to let others experience it in a different way, not in the traditional way.We can let others experience it in a way where they can not only enjoy it, but also feel it, even without being at home in those religious traditions. What is the main difference between Ens Imperfectissimum and Occult Odyssey? Der Cadáver : Perhaps the most important difference between Ens Imperfectissimum and Occult Odyssey is that Occult Odyssey has been in development for ten years, because we’re always trying new things. Occult Odyssey is the three of us. We developed this project together at the same pace. Ens Imperfectissimum is a project that grew out of me like a cell or organism, alone. But at some point, I had to play live, and the others stepped in to handle the
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