Autopsia is an art project dealing with music and visual production. Autopsia gathers authors of different professions in realization of multimedia projects. Its art practice began in London in the late 1970s, continued during the 80s in the art centers of former Yugoslavia. Since 1990, Autopsia has acted from Prague

Prague

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, Czech Republic. At the beginning of its activity, Autopsia issued dozens of MCs. In the period after 1989, twenty CDs were issued, at first for Staalplaat

Staalplaat

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 from Amsterdam, then for German label Hypnobeat and London's Gymnastic Records. One of its compositions is a part of the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 for Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway

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's The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book (film)

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. Music production of Autopsia can be classified as experimental

Experimental music

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, breakcore

Breakcore

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, avant-garde

Avant-garde

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, ambient

Ambient music

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, industrial; it's associated with a large graphic production which consists of original graphic objects, design of flyers, posters, booklets, CDs, experimental films and audio installations.

Studio albums

• Autopsia (1985)
• Oscularum Infame (1987)
• 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)

Compilation albums

• Wound (1991)
• Prager Kodex (1995)
• In Vivo 1984–1992 (1998)
• Colonia (2002)
• Le Chant de la Nuit (2005)
• Factory Rituals (2008)
• Weltuntergang (2011)
• Weltuntergang De Luxe ltd. edition (2011)

Extended plays

• The Knife (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)

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)

Videography

• The Czech Book of the Dead (2006)
• Flamme (2006)
• Factory Rituals (2009)
• Karl Rossmann Fragments (2010)
• Autopsia Short Films (2010)

External links

• Official website
• Official blog
• Illuminating Technologies official website
• Autopsia at Discogs
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• Autopsia at MySpace
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• Autopsia at Facebook
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• Autopsia at Twitter
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• Autopsia at Youtube
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• Autopsia at Last.fm
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• Autopsia at Allmusic
• Autopsia at Rateyourmusic