The Tunnels of Set

The Tree of Life is a key to occult power in both a mystical and a magical sense.
Numerous books have been written about the Ten Sephiroth and the Twenty Two Paths […] Occultism in the West, however, has been dominated by interpretations that take into account only the positive aspect of this great symbol.
The other side, the negative or averse side of the Tree has been kept out of sight and sedulously ignored.
But there is no day without night, and Being itself cannot be without reference to Non-Being of which it is the inevitable manifestation.
Any allusions to this aspect of the Tree and its branches have been subsumed under opprobrious heads or related to the infernal realm of the Qliphoth, the world of shells or shadows […] In other words, the well-lit highways of Horus, the paths that man has projected to connect the cosmic power-zones (Sephiroth) with his own consciousness, have their counterparts in the Tunnels of Set, a dark web or nocturnal network of paths, the very existence of which is denied or ignored by those who are unable to realize the total truth of the Tree […]
- Kenneth Grant, Nightside of Eden (1977)

It was a long time ago that Teatro Satanico delivered some Ritual post-industrial noise, and many aficionados were waiting for a their return to their primal and raw analogue sounds...
Well, now THE TUNNELS OF SET catch Teatro Satanico in one of their beAst raw magicKal act.
Inspired by a book of Kenneth Grant, this Satanick Musick will walk you down the tunnels of the darker realms reflecting the inherent shadow side of the Tree of Life. Combining analogue organic drones with shamanic percussive elements, dark ambient textures with harsh noise blasting, black ritual spells with kosmische layered lines, these Teatro Satanico tracks blur the boundaries between MagicK, MusicK and Consciousness.
All musick by TEATRO SATANICO featuring additional contributions by magician and musician Roberto Milusic Migliussi , Frl. Tost from Novy Svet Austrian duo, internationally acclaimed electro-acustic music maestro Simon Balestrazzi , Giovanni Mori of LE COSE BIANCHE Italian noise act, and Cosey Sforza from Apulian Kollettivo KHEM.

For those who are curious about the tools that have been employed for the making of these recordings here just a very short and partial list: Akai EWI 4000s, AKG C414 XLII condenser microphone, Angel Glockenspiel 25, Arturia MicroBrute, Arturia MiniBrute, Bontempi Electronic Organ, Cold Gold hydrophone, DSI MoPho, DSI Tetra, Digitech RP155, Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, Korg EX-800, Korg M1, Korg M3R, Moog Music DFAM, Moog Music Mother 32, Novation X-Station, Remo Roto-tom drums, Roland Juno 106, Roland SH-32, Shure SM58 dynamic microphone, Yamaha FX500 effect processor…

Tracklist:
§ disc ALPHA
01 THANTIFAXATH (Tunnel XXXII)
02 SHALICU (Tunnel XXXI)
03 RAFLIFU (Tunnel XXX)
04 QULIELFI (Tunnel XXIX)
05 TZUFLIFU (Tunnel XXVIII)
06 PARFAXITAS (Tunnel XXVII)
07 A’ANO’NIN (Tunnel XXVI)
08 SAKSAKSALIM (Tunnel XXV)
09 NIANTIEL (Tunnel XXIV)
10 MALKUNOFAT (Tunnel XXIII)

§ disc OMEGA
11 LAFCURSIAX (Tunnel XXII)
12 KURGASIAX (Tunnel XXI)
13 YAMATU (Tunnel XX)
14 TEMPHIOTH (Tunnel XIX)
15 CHARACITH (Tunnel XVIII)
16 ZAMRADIEL (Tunnel XVII)
17 URIENS (Tunnel XVI)
18 HEMETHTERITH (Tunnel XV)
19 DAGDAGIEL (Tunnel XIV)
20 GARGOPHIAS (Tunnel XIII)
21 BARATCHIAL (Tunnel XII)
22 AMPRODIAS (Tunnel XI)

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