"Wonderful, and very creative."

Michael Peters
Musician and artist
www.michaelpeters.de/

********************************************************************************

"I'm viewing/listening to Krispen's DVD at the moment. Wow! I'd say it is like being back in
high school, looking thru a microscope in Biology...but...this is different. Very. I'll maybe have some dreams about it tonight, but it's worth it! Cool music, groovy visual effects. Thanks, Krispen"

David Auker
Musician / Composer

**********************************************************************

"From the moment you see Kris Hartung sporting his coke-bottle thrift store glasses on the cover along with a maniacal grin that says he's had way too many Red Bulls, wears his underwear too tight and doesn't photograph very well at 3am, you know that there is a subversive sense of humor at play here. This is further confirmed when the various starring organisms are given their own rogue's gallery as way of introduction, leaving one to wonder exactly how many B-Grade horror films Hartung was exposed to during his childhood. The presentation is as tongue-in-cheek as films such as "Mars Attacks!", where the director is smiling behind the camera with a wink and a nod at his own joke regardless of whether anyone else gets it or not and not caring if they do. The music ranges from stark and haunting to layered and lush, and shows off Hartung's ever growing artistic range as an avant-garde guitarist and musician. This is a film that touches all of the senses, some of them intriguing and engaging and others that are just downright violating. This film will move the viewer at one level or another rather than leaving a sense of blase', but only those who share Hartung's sense of the absurd and understand his humor will truly "get it".

Grant Keely
Musician/Writer/InfoTech Deviant

***************************************************************

La musica dei Grandi Antichi

Online le produzioni sonore create da Krispen Hartung e basate sull'immaginario del Maestro di Providence.

Una Vorticella o una creatura lovecraftiana?Krispen Hartung è un musicista statunitense che dalla sua base di Boise, Idaho lancia da anni anomali progetti sonori.
Lo stile di chitarra acustica adottato da Hartung può al primo ascolto venire erroneamente classificato nel vasto mare della New Age ma se si presta maggiore attenzione alle sue composizioni si noteranno elementi estranei e perturbanti, sia per quanto concerne la tecnica (alcune cose possono ricordare Randy Rhodes) che per quel che riguarda le tematiche.
Proprio a questo riguardo risulatano assai intriganti alcune sue nuove produzioni, tutte facilmente scaricabili dal sito personale e fortemente influenzate da tematiche lovecraftiane.

Fremmed Sinn significa mente aliena in norvegese e narra di un mostruoso essere che emerge dal mare per dominare telepaticamente le menti umane.

Lovecraft Resurrected, come è facile immaginare dal titolo, prevede il ritorno dello scrittore di Providence dall'oltretomba per guidare una schiera di spiriti e soggiogare una città.

The Rise of Cthulhu è un allucinato viaggio musicale che tenta di descrivere la risalita della città di R'lyeh dal limo del fondo oceanico fino alla superficie. In questo caso il brano è accompagnato anche da un video assai sperimentale che tenta di associare alle note la figura di un... Non vi riveliamo altro, invitandovi a visitare il sito.

Horror Magazine (Italy)

English Translation

The music of the Great Ancients

Online are the music and video productions created by Krispen Hartung and based on the imagination of the Master of Providence.

A Vorticella or a Lovecraft creature? Krispen Hartung is a U.S. musician from Boise, Idaho, who has produced diverse music projects for many years.

At first listen, the acoustic guitar style of Hartung can be erroneously classified in the vast New Age sea, but if you pay more attention to his compositions you’ll notice something extraneous and somewhat disturbing, both in his technique (some passages could remember Randy Rhodes) and in his themes.

Just regarding these, some of his new productions, all easily downloadable from his own site and highly influenced by Lovecraft themes, are really intriguing.

Fremmen Sinn means "alien mind" in Norwegian and tells the story of a monster that crawls from the sea to dominate human minds with its telepathic powers.

Lovecraft Resurrected, as it is easy to understand from the title, talks about the return of the Providence writer from his death to guide a horde of spirits and rule a city.

The Rise of Cthulhu is a hallucinated musical trip that tries to describe the rise of the R’lyeh city from the ocean depths to the surface. In this case the musical piece is accompanied by a really experimental video that tries to associate to the musical notes the image of a... We won’t tell you anything else, inviting you to visit his site.

***************************************************************

I haven't found anything similar, which is kind of a surprise. It is a cool topic. I really enjoyed your video work. It reminded me oddly of something from Lovecraft-- moving gelatinous shapes mounted on walls-- very cool!

Thomas Park, Mystified
www.mystifiedmusic.com