Death Pact International

Death Pact International is a musical concept project created by "power electronics" and "death industrial" project The Grey Wolves^[1] during the 1980s. The essential concept behind Death Pact International (DPI) is that anyone can produce music, perform live, or utilise any other media, under the name. All DPI material is open to use by anyone in any way as long as it remains under the banner of Death Pact International. It could be said that DPI is the first Open Source music project.^{[citation needed]}

In an interview in Black Magazine (Arne 1999)^[2] Marco Deplano described Death Pact International as "a power electronic/industrial project devoted to PURE CULTURAL TERRORISM."

Often tackling difficult material, much of the output of DPI has aimed at challenging censorship and established taboos. As such the DPI Manifesto warns that

"Death Pact International will often deal with the dark side of human nature and the associated murderous vibes will be offensive and sickening to a lot of people. Therefore please note that by choosing to use the name Death Pact International you are tarring yourself with the same brush as other individuals / groups / units who operate under the banner of Death Pact International and who may not hold the same viewpoints as yourself."

Over the years the DPI moniker has been used by members of The Grey Wolves, Wertham, Genocide Organ^[3] and Vidna Obmana^[4], among others. DPI has also seen music released on such legendary labels as Korm Plastics, Staalplaat, and Open Wound, as well as many lesser known noise labels. Most recently^[5], Tho-So-AA and Operation Cleansweep members performed live as a unit of DPI in Tokyo, Japan.

Releases

DPI was born in 1985 and there have been a bunch of tapes and live actions done under this moniker.

CASSETTES

• DEATH PACT II (KORM PLASTICS)
• DEATH SENTENCE (OPUS DEI SOCIETY)
• FEAR EATS THE SOUL (label unknown)
• HUMAN KULL (label unknown)
• MAILMUSIC' (Death PAct Mail Music)
• PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER (label unknown)
• TERROR LEADS TO BETTER DAYS (KORM PLASTICS)

COMPILATIONS

• THERAPIE COMPILATIE 2 (THERAPIE ORGANISATIE)
• POWER ELECTRONIC 2000 (WMJ106)
• PSYCHIC WOLVES OF MIDGARD (Strength Through Joy)
• TRANSMISSIONS OF HATRED (Open Wound)
• AN END TO MASTERPIECES (Primate Electronics)
• HEAD-ON COLLUSION BOX SET (CoCoArt Recordings)

External links

• A DPI website
• DPI on Myspace
• The Grey Wolves founders of DPI
• Open Wound

References

1. ^ Maggi, E.; Wertham/Foresta di Ferro interview, Chainlink DLK (2002)
2. ^ Arne, Wertham Interview, Black Magazine 28th April 1999
3. ^ Compulsion online February 2002 digest of post-industrial and experimental music and culture news
4. ^ DECEMBER 2005
5. ^ tho-so-aa » Live action in Tokyo