Carl Abrahamsson

A new, expanded edition of California Infernal

May 5, 2017

The first edition of California Infernal: Anton LaVey & Jayne Mansfield as portrayed by Walter Fischer sold out pretty quickly, which was great. I was tempted to just print a second run but knew that my collaborator Alf Wahlgren had more spectacular images in his archive. So instead we worked on selecting more amazing photos for an expanded edition. And now it’s here! We’ve called it the “Mansfield” edition, because we’ve added eight new colour pages and in total more than ten new photos of Jayne and Anton LaVey in various shapes and sizes. Please check out the TRAPART site to see the different options/versions available. Thank you!

White Stains’ “Work Workings” re-released

April 30, 2017

Way back when, Thomas Tibert and me created different soundscapes designed for ritual work. These were issued on two small-run cassettes and were called the Work Workings. Recently they were re-released by the phenomenal record label IDEAL Recordings, on cassette. A wonderful full circle experience! Here’s a little text I wrote for this release. White Stains: The Work Workings The Reality Studio, Stockholm, ca 1989-90. In the process of exploration of ritual, a multitude of musical sources were listened to, tried out and evaluated. Ethnic, traditional, old, contemporary, electronic, acoustic, percussive, drone-based, noisy, still, violent, peaceful. I experienced, took notes and felt what could bring out an optimal sonic atmosphere for my own “intellectual decompression chamber”. Patterns began to emerge. Depending on the ritual in question – physically excited, calmly meditative, intellectually probing – distinct sounds and combinations seemed better fitted than others...

New interview at the Skeptical Occultist website

April 27, 2017

I was recently interviewed by Eldred Wormwood at The Skeptical Occultist. You can read the interview at their site HERE! (Or just keep reading here…) BIBLIOTHECA OCCULTURUM – CARL ABRAHAMSSON Tell me about your library. How many books would you say you have in total? How much of that is occult specific literature? Do you keep your library in a specific room dedicated or spread throughout your home? My library can seem chaotic, both in terms of contents and order (or lack of it). For me, an ideal, perfectly organised library is an elevated pipe dream and one I would not like to manifest. Paradoxical as it may sound, for me a perfectly organised library is a stagnant thing, like death. My library needs to be filled with life: additions, subtractions and re-shapings, changes of direction and renewed interest. There is no motion of association in perfection. I would estimate that I have 4000 books in my home and I have some stashed away too. Of these, I’d say 500 cover...

This is New York video (Cut to fit the mouth)

April 26, 2017

To celebrate the release of Vanessa Sinclair’s and my album CUT TO FIT THE MOUTH, I’ve made a little film for the track THIS IS NEW YORK. On May 6th, there will be a combined release reception/party for CUT TO FIT THE MOUTH and The Fenris Wolf 9, between 6-8pm, at SoHo Psychoanalytic, 30 Charlton Street, Suite 1, New York 10014. Welcome! The cassette (standard and print editions) can be ordered from Arcana Machine (US) and Trapart (EU) This Is New York from Carl Abrahamsson on Vimeo.