We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €9.90 EUR  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    2021 Repress. Limited to 300
    PREORDER - Shipped on late September

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Totemist via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 4 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €21.90 EUR or more 

     

  • 1st Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    1st edition - Uncoated pocket + printed innersleeve.
    Including download card. 500ex

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Totemist via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Limited Official CDr
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Stamped and hand-numbered official CDr (100 only).
    Comes with insert.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Totemist via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
Firedriver 05:23
2.
3.
4.
Dark Hat 07:08
5.
6.

about

First vinyl release of Ak'chamel after a prolific cassette discography, The Totemist marks a new direction for the mysterious group. Equipped with studio quality recordings and a (somewhat) lighter tone, opposed to the oppressively lo-fi sound the group is known for.

This is a deep psychedelic-folk album with hints of mysticism, some of which was written and recorded in a ghost-town in the Chihuahuan Desert in far West Texas - a place where the dead outnumber the living. Various overdubs and field recordings were captured in the historic Terlingua cemetery : an ancient burial ground filled with small grottoes and graves made of sticks and stones. This being the final resting place for miners who succumbed from illnesses derived from the toxic rare-earth element known as mercury.

Ak’chamel, The Giver of Illness are fourth world post-colonial cultural cannibalists circumcising the foreskin of enlightenment. Performing in homemade costumes and masks, they have played festivals in various cities around the U.S gaining international attention from Vice, The Wire, Tiny Mix Tapes, Consequence of Sound, and many more. Enter the fourth world now !

credits

released February 2, 2020

All tracks composed, performed, recorded and produced by Ak'chamel, The Giver of Illness. Mastered by Mark Gergis.

-> akchamel.bandcamp.com
-> facebook.com/giverofillness

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Akuphone France

Tradition, Transition, Transmission.

French independent label founded in 2015 by Cheb Gero.

contact / help

Contact Akuphone

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like The Totemist, you may also like: