New and old White Stains

  In late April and early May I’ll release the two final White Stains albums online: Misantropotantra (1992) and Why Not Forever? (1994) I personally love these two albums, and only a few tracks from them have been made available digitally (on the compilation Exploratorium). I made these albums together with Peter Bergstrandh, formerly of the Swedish band Lustans Lakejer. Peter is a really talented musician and he was the driving force behind White Stains actually becoming a touring band (ca 1991-1992) and not just a “project”. In this video clip, shot on a 1992 tour by my good friend and our tour manager Nicklas Kappelin, we even see Lustans Lakejer’s Christer Hellman on drums. I was a big fan of LL so for me this was heaven! Both these albums contain a very different vibe than the other WS ones. The music is harsher, darker, very “minor key” and filled with long shadows trying to find a door to some kind of light, but basically only finding more darkness in each new...

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A return to the Occultural roots

  I can hardly believe it’s been four years since I worked with beautiful Scarlet Imprint on this tome: REASONANCES. It’s a book that should be checked out by anyone enamoured with or inspired by  the more recent OCCULTURE. This is where it all began. Thank you, lovely Scarlets! “Reasonances is an anthology of selected essays, lectures and interviews by occultural pioneer Carl Abrahamsson. A subversive, creative, psychedelic collection of 23 essays spanning thirteen years at the forefront of occulture and magic, followed an interview with the author by Sylvie Walder. The unifying question of this diverse and stimulating collection can perhaps be stated thus: how does magic hack culture? Or perhaps even: what is the role and magic of the artist? Abrahamsson proposes strategies of engagement that draw from TOPY, Thelema and Satanism, with which he is intimately acquainted. His magic is that of the interzone, the hinterland, of the unseen forces that drive culture forward...

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More on the remix project

  Since I sent out the information about the remix project connected to my album The Larval Stage of a Bookworm, I’ve received some pretty amazing offers. Among others, one from one of my favourite projects ever: Knifesex (check out Knifesex at Spotify, etc). This will be good! There are still a few tracks that need some TLC and re-engineering. Don’t be shy. Step on up and claim your dark place in the sun! The idea is to have all the remixes from the album in by April 10th and to have a beautiful digi-release on April 30th. I can’t think of a finer way to celebrate Walpurgisnacht! You can listen to the original album on Spotify and other streaming services. If you want to buy it, please do so at Highbrow Lowlife. If you find a track you’d like to remix, let me know at  carl AT carlabrahamsson DOT com  and I’ll send you more info and files to work with. There are many great videos for the album too. This is the most recent one, made by my very...

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I’m on Thelema Now again!

  Recently I was on the podcast Thelema Now for the Nth time. It’s good to be a regular! The focus here is my new book Occulture – the unseen forces that drive culture forward. Thanks to Harper Feist and Thelema Now for bringing me onboard again. You can listen here: And you can get the book here:  

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