Out Now From English Heretic

Probably the first Musical inspired by the creative occultism of Kenneth Grant, Tales Of The New Isis Lodge presents 65 minutes of lush and occult exotica issuing from a transplutonic transmitter. Drawing its structure from the ultra decadent and ornate rituals described in Grant's book Hecate's Fountain English Heretic guide you through Egyptian pre-history to the fungi of Yuggoth, re-imagine flower power in an Indian Tantric idiom, describe the workings of Chinese sorcerers, realise the neither-neither hidden within the jump rhythms of Count Basie and invoke Choronzon in the Crimson Desert. Aeons in its reification and packaged in delicious artwork, stylised as a homage to Grant's Typhonian tomes.

CD Track Listing: 1] Typhonian Museum Piece 2] She Comes In Kalas 3] Tales Of The New Isis Lodge 4] Earth's Lament To The Stars 5] Cult Of The Ku 6] Vevers Of The Void 7] Les Voltigeurs 8] Secret Organization Of The Zotzil 9] Rite Of Kepra 10] Demon Feast / The Dagger Of Bou Said

Available from the English Heretic Souvenir Shop £8.00

Art And The Occult Lecture

I will be taking part in a lecture on Art And Occultism at Kingston University on Wednesday 18th March

stanleypickergallery:
PUBLIC LECTURES ON ARTSEX, MAGICK,


Wednesday 18th March
DAVID BURROWS (Plastique Fantastique)ANDY SHARP (English Heretic)& JOHN CUSSANS

Discuss art and non-conformist magick, chaos magic, ritual and performance, creative occultism, and schizo-analysis in relation to their own work and that of other artists such as Burroughs, Smithson and Austin Osman Spare.

LECTURES RUN FROM 6 - 8PM (drinks from 5.30). Entry Free.

Stanley Picker Gallery, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture
Kingston University, Knights Park
Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2QJ

The very witching hour...

Resonance FM are broadcasting an interview with English Heretic, conducted by Will Stone, at midnight 15/16th December.

Details from Resonance schedule:

00:00
The Hour Of The Apocalypse
WhenTue, 16 December, 00:00 – 01:00
DescriptionThe Hour Of The Apocalypse English Heretic: Musician and researcher, Dr. Alain Champagne, discusses his efforts to commemorate England's notable historical people and places of sorcery, esotericism and witchcraft with Black Plaques, based on the English Heritage Blue Plaque.

www.myspace.com/thehouroftheapocalypse
http://resonancefm.com/schedule

Dayglo dreams

I have set up a new blog called Dayglo dreams.

The idea is document dreams of a “day-glo” nature. By that I mean, pop-culture influenced, non-anxiety dreams - no exam failure dreams, unless the dream is using pop culture imagery . These will be categorised and tagged in such a way as to emphasise our internal post-modern iconography - films, pop stars, brand names, tv programmes. The aim is to show, or at least document the prevalence of a new form of psychic currency in our subconscious imagery , as delineated by the likes of artist Jim Shaw (”Dreamt Of Drawings”, “Dream Objects”) and W.S Burroughs ( “My Education: Book Of Dreams”).

In conscious homage to Jim Shaw and Oulipo, I would like to extend entries to be represented in different media - music, painting, collage, film etc.

The blog hopes to create a forum whereby the nocturnal pop flotsam, can be categorised and re-worked to create some sense of a collective post modern soul.

Another aim is to tackle the unsatisfactory nature of those dictionary of dreams type book you often find in charity shops. Indeed there is much of the charity shop of the night about the dreams I am interesting in documenting. It might be that the visions of John Waters, George Kuchar and Jim Shaw are closer than we think and would like to think in documenting the modern psyche's alchemical mud. Our dreams are not populated by the Gods of Greece but by two-bit actors and self-publicising tv anchormen... Their monikers might be transitory but it is quite often all our modern soul has to work with.

In this respect I am encouraging folk to submit dreams they may feel represent this predicament, so we can also identify a hierarchy based on this trashy currency and create a taxomony that provides meaning and raw material for creativity.

Live In Leeds

A few photos from English Heretic's night of ritual electronics at the Termite club (Packhorse - October 19th). A good night by all accounts, with great support from Shemboid And Human Combustion Engine. Great hosts courtesy of Mel and Phil. Photos by Mel.

Oh Whistle And I'll Come To You

Altar of the Ritual Electronic Musician

Open The Mithraic Stargate!

Calling the spirits of The Tuba Veneris

English Heretic Collection Part 2

Out now! The second exciting issue of The English Heretic Collection.


On August 12th 1944, Joseph Kennedy Jnr, brother of JFK was killed in a suicidal bombing mission over Blythburgh in Suffolk. Centuries earlier, almost to the day, a demon dog appeared in the same skies over the church, ransacking the nave and scorching its door. Following an obsessive path from our earlier investigations into the angeology of war, English Heretic achieve rapport with the revenant of the airman and conduct a series of operations to uncover its imaginal resonances and finally exorcise the troubled soul of Joseph Kennedy. Our research is presented in a 16 page colour magazine and a 30 minute CD taking field recordings from the abandoned air field in Norfolk from which Kennedy's fatal flight took off.




CD Track Listing
1] Theme From 'The Predictors'
2] Invocation Of Golohab
3] In This The Cruelest Month
4] The Exorcism Of Joe Kennedy

Available from The English Heretic souvenir shop - cost £8.00 including P&P.

English Heretic In Leeds!

The kind folk of the Termite Club are hosting a rare outing for English Heretic. We'll be playing our set of Ritual Electronics On Sunday October 19th, at the Packhorse in Leeds. Support is from SHEMBOID and HUMANCOMBUSTIONENGINE. Phil and I, will also be spinning track for our library of Musique Occulte. For more details see the flyer below: