Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh is the first EP

Extended play

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 by Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 1995 as a companion to the album "Todeswunsch - Sous le soleil de Saturne". Only 3,000 copies were pressed. The title of the EP is the response God

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 gave to Moses

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 when he was asked for his name, as seen in the Bible

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 (Exodus 3:14.) The cover painting is a detail of Saint Jerome Writing by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

The EP contains three songs featured on "Todeswunsch" stripped of their backing tracks, bookended by the new song "anima" and a demo recording of "Tanz der Grausamkeit". "anima" began the recurring theme of sexual re-orientation in Anna-Varney Cantodea's lyrics, evident in the concluding line: "My true self is female how could I ever doubt..."

Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh was re-released alongside "Voyager - The Jugglers of Jusa

Voyager - The Jugglers of Jusa

Voyager: The Jugglers of Jusa is the first remix album by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 1997. It was released as a companion to The inexperienced Spiral Traveller , also released that year, and primarily features alternate versions of songs from that...

" and the demo tape Es reiten die Toten so schnell...

Es reiten die Toten so schnell...

Es reiten die Toten so schnell... is the first demo tape by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows'. Es reiten... was issued in a hand-numbered limited edition of 50 copies in 1989. A further two demo tapes, Rufus and Till Time and Times Are Done, have not yet been released in any...

for the first time as part of the rarities box set Like a Corpse standing in Desperation

Like a Corpse standing in Desperation

Like a Corpse standing in Desperation is the title of a career-spanning rarities box set by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows that was released in 2005...

, due to costly prices for cheap copies of the EP sold on eBay

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Track listing

All songs by Anna-Varney Cantodea.

1. "anima I" – 0:50
2. "Shadowsphere II" – 2:31
3. "Saltatio Crudelitatis" – 5:37
4. "freitod-Phantasien" – 3:33
5. "anima II" – 3:05
6. "Tanz der Grausamkeit (demo)" – 5:27