FUCK

"Anti and Pro are two facets of the same thing... I force myself into self-contradiction to avoid following my taste... for me, there is something else in addition to yes, no and indifferent — that is, for instance, the absence of investigations of that type. I am against the word anti because it's a bit like 'atheist' as opposed to 'believer'. An atheist is just as much a religious man as the believer is." Marcel Duchamp.




This recording is based on the suggestions (direct or inderect) made personally by many people, of whom the most important are: Annie Spinkle/Anya, Willem De Ridder, Mr.Ronald, Michael von Hausswolff, Helena Åberg, Berglind Hafsteindóttir, Joseph Kramer, Beatrice Eggers, Marion Delforge, Jon Wozencroft, Ingrid Willemse, Leif Elggren, John Duncan, Mike Harding, Alisa/Gorta, Adi Newton, Teresa Castello, Steven Stapleton, Saskia Wolda, Genesis P-Orridge, and last but not least, an unknown woman in a VD clinic in Amsterdam. All other ideas fermented within the collective enchanted loom of the H3O. Back cover photograph of the neophyte his very self during the induction phase of this project by the man who failed to look like a lobster, Carl Abrahamsson. Front cover photo by the Goddess of the photographic arts (and who knows what else?) Annika Söderholm. Other photos by Qvé Thet (for it is he). Hafler Trio Logo by Mark O. Sleeve grounding: Suitcase Studios (falling roof devision). Design by Jon Wozencroft (art?work). Thanks are due to all those whose reality tunnels have meshed with ours, and below it all, 100% support in all things and all ways. To those who will never hear this — "my house has many rooms".
Dedicated to Monique von Cleef and Ciro Imarco (who knows if they will ever know why). FUCK was mixed at Studio Syrland, Reykavik, STEIM and Suitcase Studios, Amsterdam, by A.M.McKenzie, Zbignew Karkowski and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. This recording is designed to be played at maximum volume, believe it or not. It is important that your CD player is in strict accordance with left and right channel connections: otherwise we cannot be held responsible for the (inevitable) consequences!

Contact The Hafler Trio, AlexanderBoersstraat 30, 1071 kz, Amsterdam, NL.


"If I could explain it,
I wouldn't be able to do it"

A.M.McKenzie

Having completed the research, the construction and realisation of this piece developed at a lightning organic pace, arising from public and private "needs" and cognisance of the fact that the roots of the process begun with Masturbatorium extended further than had previously been imagined, to encompass a territory that is constantly expanding (and would appear to have been for some considerable length of time). Whereas the aforementioned piece confirmed various hypotheses before it was finally available to the public, this present examination will be an exploratory mission, the results of which will vindicate private and personal theories and practices. Hitherto, these areas — namely the male sexual (homo- or hetero-) impulses and powers — have remained either taboo, faintly ridiculous, or illegal. At best, they have been referred to obliquely or in passing, sometimes even subliminally. What is clear is that sexuality has been "numbed" to a large extent in the Western world, relegated to a subservient role of "the threat that cannot be obeyed", save for brief and unsatisfying anti-diluvian forays as a release of a particular type of energy. In short, a kind of defecation. Sexual energy, whichever theory one may try to graft onto it, is most certainty the life energy itself. Its manifestations are myriad, and most definitely not confined to the basic reproductive coupling (with its limited variations) held by the vast majority to be the rightful outlet and expression of same. As sound Itself is no more or less than another manifestation of the intermeshing of primal energy, it is with this in mind that this project enters this particular region of this domain. The same patterns of construction are utilised here as with the Masturbatorium (please see liner notes for further details) regarding numerical correlations and so on. But in reverse. Thereby reversing the polarity of the charge.

The object of FUCK is to bring the listener (whether male or female) into a state of concentration — NOT dissipation, as is the case with nearly all contemporary recorded work. It is functional in the strictest sense of the word, and has been tested and retested in many situations with many differing types of people to ensure that this will be the case. That we die is now open to debate — that we are born, all of us, is not. The genesis of our very being rests upon the sexual force that may well be termed the life force. To address this subject is to deal with the energy that informs every one of our actions, thoughts and feelings. This piece has directed itself for the most part, and has little (if anything) to do with conventional notions of 'entertainment' — it should therefore be approached with this in mind. Sexual energy is the one force that binds entire humanity together. Any terms we may invent to label it are but drops of water on a hotplate. It is beyond the capacity of language to transliterate feeling in any sense — the feeling itself can only be communicated by feeling itself. That this aspect of our existence has been relegated to a level that is almost entirely dependant on the use of the spoken or written word for its justification is a situation that most people are aware of as being outmoded and potentially destructive, not to mention unhealthy. Sexual evolution has reached this point. The fear with which we regard the base and essential is most probably a side-effect of our disdain for direct contact with others. And, paradoxically, it is precisely that which we seek. Experience, we are taught and believe, must first be explained and then felt. The reverse is of course the method we always use, from the moment we are born until we hit the hole in the ground. This time is the most exciting of all — because the groundswell of realisation that it can be done differently is assuming enormous proportions. Thus, FUCK arises from a true need, and not from personal philosophy or belief. It has come into being in spite of itself. Which is more than an adequate metaphor for how life itself works.

All bodily noises leading up to the brink (but not crossing it) of male orgasm emanate from A.M.McKenzie. Maximum stimulation without "popping the balloon", as it were (breathing and heartbeats near orgasm, skin, hair, zips, speaking in tongues while in sexual ecstacy, audio EEG records in the same state, plus other things beside). Additionally, a working of a recording of the background radiation of Universe (not "the", cf. Buckminster Fuller) generated by the so-called "Big Bang" (equal to one sixteenth of 1% of the background radiation present on every radio tuned between stations); the sound of the sun, as recorded through a radio telescope from Jodrell Bank in 1989; a 300 million volt charge generated by a Tesia Coil; voices recorded from nowhere in an empty room in a male bath-house in Sweden; an especially constructed pulse at the exact frequency of the male sexual state of arousal; the resonant frequency of the earth; more SPIRICOM communication with the dead via pure sine wave interference (again, see Masturbatorium for further details); 'reactive mind' commands based on Scientological principles; frequencies which enhance and strengthen the male energy; a specially constructed pulse designed to slow down the action of the heart and increase concentration; various examples of standard male fantasy triggers reversed (see Wade and Wade: "Automatic Reflexes of Male Arousal"), various counterbalances to ensure that there is no overload of one direction of sexual orientation — and other elements that it would not be prudent to write about at this time. It should not be assumed that this piece is intended exclusively for male listeners — rather, it allows an examination of male aspects in humans in accord with readily recognised natural laws. Females of whatever sexual orientation may easily come to terms with the male forces operating within them by immersion herein. All the ideas contained here in audible form can be correlated with those of many ancient sexual techniques found in various religions and philosophies, although this does not imply belief in any of them. This piece is pragmatic and practical. Again, we would urge listeners to experiment with applications, and report to us in confidence their findings. The programme can be changed — it is only a question of knowing where the dial is
 


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