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.

kuru

by osario

supported by
charlie_schiz
charlie_schiz thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

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

      name your price

     

  • c30
    Cassette + Digital Album

    High-bias clear cassettes dubbed, printed, and handcut at Warm Gospel. Individually numbered.

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

    Sold Out
1.
feast 13:40
buy track
2.
shake 14:40
buy track

about

Warm Gospel 53

Listen: Kuru is a neurodegenerative disorder that was prevalent among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea in the 1950s. It was discovered that the disease was contracted from eating human flesh, which the Fore people did as part of their funeral rites. Essentially, they were contracting a disease that ate away at their brains by feasting on human brains.

The symptoms of Kuru occur in three main stages. First, the person begins to lose control of various body functions. One begins to lose coordination and walking can become labored. This leads to the second stage in which the diseased will develop a shake, a tremor which oftentimes begins in the hands and spreads through the rest of the body. The third stage manifests itself in behavioral changes and dementia, as the brain ceases to serve the self. This results in bipolar tendencies and erratic behavior ranging from towering heights to crushing, silent lows. The subject will often die within a year, generally from starvation or pneumonia as breathing and eating become strained.

Kuru is rare these days, but the occasional case will still pop up every now and then in unsuspecting locations around the world.

credits

released April 21, 2017

Noises by tann
Recorded by Phil Young at Wabi Sound
Des Moines, IA

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Warm Gospel image

Warm Gospel Iowa

treyreis@gmail.com

Send me an email to be added to the newsletter list.

contact / help

Contact Warm Gospel

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this album or account

If you like kuru, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now