{"title":"Augustus Muller","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"cellulosed-bodies-original-score","title":"Cellulosed Bodies (Original Score)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugustus Muller (Boy Harsher) teams up again with Four Chambers to release \u003ci\u003eCellulosed Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, which features two scores, Crash and Automation, through imprint Nude Club Records. Four Chambers is the self-described “project” of experimental pornographer Vex Ashley, filmmaker, photographer, and cultural phenom. Both scores serve as accompaniments to films released by Ashley last year through Four Chambers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrash and Automation demonstrate Muller’s mastery of stark, industrial soundscapes. Yet, Muller takes the compositions further - introducing club elements such as ‘nu disco’ tendencies and vocal samples. Thus, he embraces the theme of body meets machine as explored in the visual content of the films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrash is an homage to David Cronenberg’s 1996 film of the same name. Both Ashley and Cronenberg explore the eroticism of car accidents, a fetish that feels both mechanical and gory. This violent juxtaposition is Muller’s ultimate inspiration. Featured in Crash, “Body and Machine” is a pulsing, synth anthem, exhibiting both synthetic echos and playful plucky highlights. “Perverse Technology” is a groovy and discordant number, where “Sharing a Smoke” has a somber austerity, you can almost see the hands pass across leather seats, shattered glass against sweaty bodies, and open-mouth kisses in the headlights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutomation experiments came from the isolation brought upon the pandemic, which turned many into digital fiends. Ashley explores the fixation of technological intimacy, with Automation, a sci-fi feeling porn that features a severe computer entity and trapped prey, succumbing to pleasure. Unlike, Crash, Muller uses less “industrial” sounds in Automation, instead favouring synthetic instrumentation. “Who is in Control” and “Observation” are chilling examples of this - compositions that feature oblique strings and organ like synthesis. Songs such as “Subdue Yourself”, featuring vocal samples of dominatrix Miss Marilyn, are deftly human, yet “speak” from the perspective of the machine.Ultimately, both sides of \u003ci\u003eCellulosed Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e play with the mercurial erotic relationship between body and machine. A soundscape that is both haunting and humble, Muller’s follow-up with Four Chambers features some of his best score work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nude Club","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50393484165451,"sku":"2047882","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50393483739467,"sku":"2047881","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/22a5ea39-6634-24b6-d49b-0b684fbd36c2_246632a8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726418478"},{"product_id":"my-animal-original-soundtrack","title":"My Animal (Original Soundtrack)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugustus Muller (Boy Harsher) announces the score for the movie \u003ci\u003eMy Animal\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by Jacqueline Castel feat. Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games, Star Wars) and Bobbi Salvör Menuez (I love Dick, Something In The Air). The score marks Muller’s debut as feature film composer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Animal\u003c\/i\u003e (premiered at the 2023' Sundance Film Festival), screenplay written by Jae Matthews (Boy Harsher), tells the story of Heather, a strong, defiant young woman who lives in a rural northern town and desires to play on the local hockey team. She meets and falls deeply in love with Jonny, a figure skater new to the area. Their relationship flourishes despite Heather’s hidden personal struggles with her alcoholic mother, her unaccepted sexual orientation, and a familial curse which transforms her, her twin brothers, and her father into feral wolves once a month. Heather and Jonny’s tryst soon clashes against their small community, exposing the truth and prompting a passionate, violent night of personal transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugustus Muller wrote and recorded the score at his home studio, primarily used hardware and analog synthesizers, in Northampton, MA. With director Jacqueline Castel, Muller pays homage to Klaus Schulze music for ‘Angst' and John Carpenter's 'Assault on Precinct 13' as major influences. Muller embarked on his composing career in 2019, crafting captivating scores for two short films for the adult film site, 'A Four Chambered Heart'. The scores, titled 'Machine Learning Experiments', were released in 2020, showcasing his talent with their innovative soundscapes. In 2023, Muller joined forces again with 'A Four Chambered Heart', composing two more scores, entitled 'Cellulosed Bodies'. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nude Club","offers":[{"title":"Red LP","offer_id":50420634386763,"sku":"2166735","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50420632682827,"sku":"2166734","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/My_Animal_feat._Boy_Harsher_Original_Score_0fe47f6e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726753391"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/augustus-muller.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}