Recall for us the first time you ever became aware of Suicide and your impressions of the band. Why do you wanted to produce / be involved with the band? Suicide was active very, very early on in the history of the NY underground scene. Actually they predate CBGB’s. I saw Suicide before I’d even …
We’re all feeling it. That creeping sense that something is deeply, even fundamentally wrong. Let’s call it the “Post-Corona-Syndrome”. Technology, social media… tracking us on these fucking smartphones. Modern Western society embraced the promise and creeping of technology long ago- all this technology would soon “ease the burden of man”. By now, we sense the …
All music or art just wasn’t created for everyone to understand or share equally. That may sound harsh in our altruistic age. Nevertheless, pretending that art doesn’t exclude strikes me as rather ridiculous and frankly a lie. Some music, like other activities, requires certain surrender. A need for self-submission before the greater discovery. Those blissful …
Let’s get something right straight from the beginning. I have a fervent dislike of, specifically American and British Prog Rock or Progressive Art Rock. Dislike? Why am I being so polite? Fuck… I hate it. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, and, God help me, Genesis. It’s pure evil. There’s something about all those complex, pastoral …
Music is a fascinating beast. Twisting and turning, contorting when you least expect. And the changes, the innovations are going to happen when very few are looking. And just when you think it’s all been said and done. It bites back and something new comes form seemingly nowhere. Since making his mark on popular music, …
When working with certain forms of experimental music, it often seems that the artist is only partially responsible for the sound of the final output. It may still be their vision of the music, I would never dispute that. Nevertheless, so many external factors play a role in the development that is difficult to control …
Damnation at the Soul Impression The Soul Impression was the perfect place for Roy and Hoche Szakolczay to set up as the base of operations in Southern California. The kind of club that attracted members of the Hollywood Hill’s wealthy and trendy jet-set who were always looking for creative, interesting, and wasteful activities to blow …
I don’t know about you, but I tend to go through these phases with my music listening habits; maybe Krautrock or Morricone or even… Led Zeppelin (well, maybe not Led Zeppelin). When I’m into one of these periods, little else is going to satisfy my mood or hold my attention. I’ll need a full week or …
The new album ‘Mind Hive’ (read our review here) is bursting with energy and ideas. Sharp, crisp melodies that seem to find an adventurous balance between Wire’s elegance, aggression and experimentation. Achieving a textured atmosphere that seems completely bold and unique. Did you set out to find a balance between these different voices of the band? …
Dear John. I’m sitting here listening to the playback of this copy of Outside. I can hear the tape making noise and dropout. I can hear the old Wollensak sound. I wish it were a better copy. – Tony Conrad to his friend John Cale. Some albums are just a deep dives, the type of …
