Re: [microsound] severed heads and digital noise

[Jake Hardy <jake.hardy@xxxxxxxx>]

i stand corrected.  I'm really more of a casual severed heads listener.  A friend
had a few releases by them but he moved, so i haven't heard them for a while.

digital noise existed back then for sure, Throbbing Gristle and like minded early
industrial used computer tapes a lot.  that counts for digital noise i think, or
maybe not.

Ian andrews wrote:

> >"that was nice ,
> >> do you want to hear it again?"
> >
> >that was the best moment the severed heads ever had.  it had the sample
> >of the door closing and after a while a distorted choir sample faded in.
> >yep that was definately best.  I thik the album was called something like
> >"before the accident" or maybe after the accident but, I don't know for
> >sure.  Anyways, I thought that was there only really interesting album.
> >I heard a little while ago a severed heads track that sounded like some
> >bad industrial dance music.  very cheesey, not in a good way.
> >
> there were at least 4 very interesting releases by severed heads, plus a
> couple of Tom's solo releases before the industrial dance period.
>
> earbitten LP 1980 pulsing drones and digital noise (yes there was such a
> thing in 1980)
>
> side 2, cass, a kind of tapeloop opera
>
> Clean LP, Beautiful blend of electronics and tapeloops. The best release IMHO.
>
> Side 3 cass
>
> Blubberknife 1983, more nice loops and stuff.
>
> Snappy Carrion, cass,  (Tom solo)
>
> Eighties Cheesecake, cass (tom solo)
>
> plus the wonderful Mysterious Kitchens compilation (which is really mostly
> all members of Severed Heads)
>
> All of these were great releases.
>
> "Clifford Darling Please don't Live in the Past" was a retrospective
> compilation which drew tracks from some of the releases listed above.
>
> Ian Andrews
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