The man on the cover, who's namesake is this album's, was a famous cannibal who did his horrific deed in 1981, killing, dismembering, and finally eating his victim. So, basically, just the type of guy Maurice De Jong would look to for inspiration for his twisted works. On this EP, we hear De Jong honing his skills in dark ambient, with touches of industrial and drone peppered throughout. The samples are still present, taking up the vast majority of the runtime, but what's going on behind them is far more interesting. Discernible melodies played by violins and droning synths swirl around inside a tense, noisy atmosphere, with a good amount of discomfort being projected due to them and the disgusting chewing noises heard as well. It's only nine minutes long, so it's not much in the way of an immersive piece, but one can clearly hear what De Jong was doing with this on later EP's and LP's in his discography, all the way until 2010.
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