cELEBRATING THE 20TH anniversary of
Mondo Freudo

[2001 - 2021]

““…if Alec Empire scored a few obscure Italian slasher flicks, then they’d undoubtedly sound akin to Freudstein. Shifting from dark AFX Twin / DJ Shadow style sound voyages to techno-metal...””

— Kerrang Magazine

““Mondo Freudo is as beautiful and twisted as it’s artwork suggests it will be and clearly a labour of love, in the most perverse sense of the word…It’s as if they’re soundtracks for some seriously surreal, disgusting and bleak Mondo movies from the 22nd century.””

— Meltdown Magazine

2021 Marks The 20th Anniversary Of Freudstein’s Debut LP, Mondo Freudo, released on wasp factory recording.

This classic LP is now available on all major digital platforms to stream or download including: Spotify, Amazon Music, APPLE I-Tunes, YouTube Music, XIAMI MUSIC.

HISTORY

Freudstein released their debut album ‘Mondo Freudo’ in 2001, on Wasp Factory Recordings, to wide critical acclaim for its ambitious mix of genres and compositional work. It featured an electic mix of 1970’s horror soundtrack influenced songs mixed with drum and bass, techno, metal and pop. For an album that refused to stay in one specific genre, it was ahead of its time, and was well received with national press reviews in Kerrang Magazine, Bizarre Magazine, The Fly Magazine, Meltdown Magazine, Mayfair Mall Magazine, and many more.

Mondo Freudo was written and produced by Freudstein. The band wrote the album using analogue equipment and analogue synths, including a Cheetah MS6, Roland SH101, Native Instruments, Kontakt, Ibanez guitars, Marshall amps, a makeshift vocal pop shield and Shure SM57 microphone. Recorded and produced in a budget home studio, the album also featured guest appearances by Amon Zero from Arkam Asylum on ‘Punkid’, Solera Russell on ‘Filthy Little Whore’, and Liz Green from Swarf on ‘Shadows’.

Freudstein would like to thank Arthur Smit for the superb album artwork, and Mark Eris and Lee Chaos, our former managers and founder members of Wasp Factory Recordings.

Thank you to our friends and fans, wherever you are.