Any Scorn / Mick Harris recommendations?

[matt b]

Ruined by Idiots is an Iron Monkey release.

that was the live cd put out after they split, but there's also a song by armour of god (not murder one) that's about IM/earache- review of gig when they played it and dig was present here-
http://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/~dxl/reviews/2000/medulla2000.html

 

[jasonh]

in my experience, not many metallers like reggae

Personally, I love a bit of reggae - King Tubby, "Scratch" Perry, Marley in particular. I wouldn't call myself a major follower though. Starting to listen to some dancehall lately too.

Still like my metal though!

 

[BrokenFist]

Personally, I love a bit of reggae - King Tubby, "Scratch" Perry, Marley in particular. I wouldn't call myself a major follower though. Starting to listen to some dancehall lately too.

Still like my metal though!

I'll second that.

And what do you guys think of Techno Animal? It's a project Broadrick and Kevin Martin did together - it's something like super-distorted dub.

 

[simon silverdollar]

i want to hear about iron monkey's dilegence in their household chores!

oh yeah and ultraviolence were/are a total piece of shit.

 

[hamarplazt]

Don't listen to Francesco, John. Harris definitely got better when he lost the metal and became "lite industrial dub". The best I've heard is an album called "Total Station", a collaboration between Harris and some guy called Eraldo Bernocchi, souding kinda like Scud/I-Sounds Wasteland project ought to sound if it was to live up to the hype. Harris also has a drum'n'bass project called Quoit. Later records by this seems to be quite ordinary techstep, but the early, badly titled album "Lounge" is a great mix of brooding atmospheres and more lively jungle beats, highly recommendable. As for actual Scorn records, my favorite is the EP "Leave it Out". OK, I haven't actually heard even half of Harris records, but the three mentioned here are all much, much better than the early, metal influenced stuff like "Evanesence" or "Vae Solis".

 

[hamarplazt]

re:ultra violence- on no account even ponder making a purchase- truly awful.

I have to disagree, the "Life of Destructor"-album is quite brilliant in its own strange way (despite the horrible cover), and probably different from what most people associate him with. Well, and "Killing God" is actually so awfull, that its kinda charming.

 

[henry s]

on this front, I would recommend the (horribly/wonderfully named) Terminal Cheesecake LP "Angels In Pigtails", which came out in 1994, on Pathological...it errs on the noisy side, but with a fair amount of dubby vibes, weird voices and disconcerting atmospherics...(courtesy of producer Rudi Tambala...in fact, I believe one of TC was one of M/A/R/R/S,)...

 

[john eden]

on this front, I would recommend the (horribly/wonderfully named) Terminal Cheesecake LP "Angels In Pigtails", which came out in 1994, on Pathological...it errs on the noisy side, but with a fair amount of dubby vibes, weird voices and disconcerting atmospherics...(courtesy of producer Rudi Tambala...in fact, I believe one of TC was one of M/A/R/R/S,)...

Terminal Cheesecake! Fuck yeah - I'd forgotten about them n all. awesome live iirc.

Fez came round my house (not to see me!) and gave me my most needed spliff ever whilst all sorts of really quite horrible stressful shit was going down in 1992. In fact I have one of their LPs somewhere... mmmm must dig it out. Didn't they go on to do something else which was featured on Macro Dub?

Great to see some hugely contradictory recommendations here - means there is more for me to unpick myself in my own obsessional fashion. Thanks people...

 

[Martin Dust]

I'll dig out my collection, I've got a lot of time for Mick - top at fishing as well

Martin

 

[jasonh]

Techno-Animal - I still believe that "Re-Entry" is one of the best albums released in the last 15 years or so. It came from a period of music (along with Disco Inferno, Moonshake, Bark Psychosis, and a load of great hip hop like early Wu-Tang, Redman, Show & AG etc) that still ranks as my favourite period of music, as I missed the punk era due to my relatively tender years. Stuff like TA were/are the true post-punk update for the 21st century for me, not Franz Ferdinand and co.

And Terminal Cheesecake's "Angels In Pigtails" is brilliant as well. Very hard to get hold of though...I wish someone would re-print all of the Pathological records.

 

[john eden]

I'll dig out my collection, I've got a lot of time for Mick - top at fishing as well

Martin

Have you seen his site? Lots of links to fishing rod emporia. Total class - I was expecting a load of moody ego-strokin'.

 

[Martin Dust]

Haven't spoken to him for a while but he's absolutely mad on Barbel fishing, he goes most days, spending most of it on the bank. He'd completely given up on music last we spoke but he's done a few gigs since then, really nice bloke and about time I spoke to him again...

 

[francesco]

Techno-Animal - I still believe that "Re-Entry" is one of the best albums released in the last 15 years or so....I wish someone would re-print all of the Pathological records.

Great Kevin Martin (TA, ICE, GOD, BUG, Sidewinder, etc....)... of which if interested see this.

 

[Kuma]

Huge influence. top fisherman. Classic interview. Barmy as hell.

Lush bass: Gyral

Minimal: Logghi Baroggi

Live: the live album on invisible is pretty nice, harris and bernocchi going balls out..

 

[mms]

dub metal - love had hate the godflesh album had a dub version. some strong moments on there.

there are a few weird dub/thrash crossover bands now i think - reading metal mags in the work kitchen i saw one called skindred, no idea what they sound like though

 

[Martin Dust]

Lull - in short everything
Scorn - Greetings From Brum/Evanescene/Whine/List of Takers/Gyral/White Irisis Blind

There so much good stuff for so many different reasons...

Have you tried some 65 Days Of Static Mr. Eden?

 

[D84]

Ok just saw this thread (been away from the computer for a bit).

My favourite Scorn albums at the moment:

Gyral
Logghi Barogghi
[zander]

each of these three have some fantastic dub style work on them. I don't know how he gets some of those sounds mixed - maybe because I'm not an engineer

Plan B is also great but the beats are harder predating dub-step by a year at least unless I'm mistaken (likely ).

Yeah I agree with Martin Dust, all the Lull stuff is great - esp. the later period and the EPs & 7"s.

Also not mentioned: the ambient albums "Somnific Flux" with Bill Laswell and "Certain Beyond Reasonable Doubt" with Surgeon.

Not too keen on "Total Station" though... "Overload Lady" has some top junglish tracks.

Terminal Cheesecake! I'm, glad someone mentioned them. I've got two of their CDs and prefer the "Angels in Pigtails" one mentioned. Bud Alzir is their dub project and it's ok.

I'd love to know what they're up to these days. Anyone know?

Classic `90s punky reggae vibe has to be the last two God albums, esp. "Possesion"

 

[john eden]

Whine turned up on Friday and I have decided I quite like it.

It's one of those things like Autechre which uses a limited palette to suck you in... not heard it all yet but I think it's something worth spending some time on when you're in the right mood.

Also got a nice package from Matt B - nice one!

Got a few other things on order, will try to keep you posted about my investigations

Scorn play Corsica Studios, London on March 17th - will have to try to check that out.

 

[john eden]

I like Gyral as well. Nice dark headnodding bizness.

Played it while Paul Meme was hogging the bathroom last night and ended up mashing it up with Cutty Ranks.

I think I must have been a bit worse for wear, on reflection.

 

[Martin Dust]

Spoke to Mick last week, he's back in the studio Not sure what he's up to yet but it sounds like he's up for a big push this year...