Autopsia is a European art project dealing with music and visual production.
Autopsia gathers authors of different professions in the realization of multimedia projects. Its art practice began in
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in the late 1970s and continued during the 1980s in the art centers of the former Yugoslavia. Since 1990, Autopsia has been based in
Prague
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, Czech Republic.
At the beginning of its activity, Autopsia issued dozens of mini-recordings. In the period after 1989, twenty CDs were issued, at first for
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, then for German label Hypnobeat and London's Gymnastic Records. One of its compositions is a part of the soundtrack for
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Discography
Studio albums
* ''Autopsia'' (1985)
* ''Oscularum Infame'' (1987)
* ''In Vivo 1981-1983'' (1985)
* ''In Vivo'' (1988)
* ''International Aeterna'' (1988)
* ''Death Is the Mother of Beauty'' (1990)
* ''Palladium'' (1991)
* ''The Birth of the Crystal Power'' (1993)
* ''Humanity Is the Devil 1604–1994'' (1995)
* ''Mystery Science'' (1996)
* ''
The Berlin Requiem'' (2006)
* ''Radical Machines Night Landscapes'' (2008)
* ''Autopsia: Karl Rossmann Fragments'' (2008)
* ''Damnatio Memoriae'' (2017)
* ''Apophenia'' (2018)
* ''Innenräume'' (2020)
Compilation albums
* ''Wound'' (''Gymnastic Records London''; 1991)
* ''Prager Kodex'' (''Discordia''; 1995)
* ''In Vivo 1984–1992'' (1998)
* ''
Colonia'' (''Staalplaat''; 2002)
* ''Le Chant de la Nuit'' (2005)
* ''Factory Rituals'' (2008)
* ''Weltuntergang'' (2011)
* ''Metal'' (2015)
* ''In Vivo'' (''Death Continues Records''; 2016)
Extended plays
* ''The Knife'' (''Staalplaat''; 1989))
* ''Requiem Pour un Empire'' (1991)
* ''Waldsinfonie: The Silence of the Lamb'' (1993)
* ''White Christmas'' (1994)
* ''Secret Christmas History'' (1995)
* ''The Secret Block For a Secret Person in Ireland'' (2002)
* ''Reconstructed EP Vol.1'' (2020)
* ''Reconstructed EP Vol.2'' (2020)
Singles
* "Radical Machine /1.0/" (2005)
* "Silently the Wolves are Watching" (2007)
Other appearances
* "Song of Hate" (''Swallowing Scrap Metal''; 1984)
* "Lebensherrgabe" (''SNX''; 1985)
* "Lebensherrgabe" (''Sounds Beyond the Grave – International Compilation''; 1986)
* "The Eleventh Key" (''19 Keys 19 Bands''; 1986)
* "Relax" (''Notre Dame''; 1987)
* "Lebensherrgabe" (''The Second Slovene Wave''; 1987)
* "Kissing Jesus In The Dark, Part I" / "Kissing Jesus in the Dark, Part II" (''Yugoslavian Sound Poetry''; 1987)
* "Oh No! Hopeless!" (''The Cassette Played Poptones''; 1988)
* "Does the Knife Cry When It Enters the Skin" (''Journey Into Pain''; 1989)
* "Scars of Europe" (''La Révolution... Électroacoustique''; 1990)
* "Show Me Your Wound (Live)" (''Mjölnir''; 1990)
* "War in Heaven" (''The Lamp of the Invisible Light''; 1991)
* "Does the Knife Cry When It Enters the Skin"(''Journey Into Pain''; 1992)
* "His Secret Sin" (''Made in Yugoslavia''; 1992)
* "Erwachen Des Waldes" (''Chang'e – Hyperium Asia Compilation''; 1993)
* "Prologue" (''Zauber of Music Volume II''; 1995)
* "In Hora Mortis No.12 (Autopsia Arrangement)" / "Crowd Together and Work Up at the Sky" (''Prager Kodex''; 1995)
* "Damned" (''Knights of Abyss''; 1995)
* "Stille Nacht (g)RAVE Remix" (''Excelsis – A Dark Noël''; 1995)
* "Erwachen Des Waldes" (''Hypnobeats''; 1995)
* "Je suis La Resurrection" (''
The Pillow Book OST''; 1996)
* "Erwachen Des Waldes" (''Hyperium New Classics Vol. 1''; 1997)
* "Erwachen Des Waldes" (''Hypnotic & Hypersonic''; 1998)
* "Stille Nacht (g)RAVE Remix" (''Excelsis''; 2001)
* "Nachtlandschaft" (''Statement 1961''; 2004)
* "Space Conquerer" (''Энергия''; 2007)
* "Fragment II" (''OEC 100''; 2008)
* Pannonien (''Klangpostkarten Aus Südosteuropa''; 2010)
* "Hudci" (''Unite – A Gathering Of Strangers''; 2010)
Books
*''Autopsia'' written by Vladimir Mattioni, published by The Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina in Novi Sad (2012)
*''Apocrypha'' written by Autopsia, published by UPI2M Zagreb (2013)
*''Thanatopolis'' written by Alexei Monroe, published by Divus London (2016)
Videography
* ''The Czech Book of the Dead'' (''Illuminating Technologies''; 2006)
* ''Flamme'' (''Illuminating Technologies''; 2006)
* ''Factory Rituals'' (''Illuminating Technologies''; 2009)
* ''Karl Rossmann Fragments'' (''Illuminating Technologies''; 2010)
* ''Autopsia Short Films'' (''Illuminating Technologies''; 2010)
See also
*
List of record labels: I–Q
References
Autopsia bio at the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade official websiteAutopsia or On Death And SalvationAutopsia Čili o smrti a spáseAutopsia discography at Discogs
External links
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