WZD

MUSIC: Modern classical -- serialism, microtonality, spectralism, stochasticism. Jazz -- free, avant-garde, fusion. Extreme metal-- atmospheric/ depressive black metal, interesting death metal, drone/ doom/ sludge metal. Hip-hop -- abstract, East coast, jazz rap. Ambient -- dark, ritual, deep. Progressive/ avant -- Zeuhl, RIO, math rock/ core/ metal, djent, some Krautrock. Electronica -- electroacoustic improvisation, musique concrète, some glitch/ IDM. Noise -- power electronics/ noise, harsh noise, early industrial, noise rock. Post -- rock/ metal/ hardcore/ punk. Punk -- no-wave, crust, grindcore. ========================== CINEMA: David Lynch, Werner Herzog, Andrei Tarkovsky, Alfred Hitchcock, Darren Aronofsky, Ingmar Bergman, John Carpenter, Joel & Ethan Coen, Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam, Michael Haneke, Frank Henenlotter, Peter Jackson, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, Christopher Nolan, Sam Raimi, George A. Romero, Jan Švankmajer, Quentin Tarantino. ========================== TELEVISION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dexter, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Chris Morris, Peep Show, The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, Reeves & Mortimer, Sherlock, Spongebob Squarepants, The Walking Dead, The Wire. ========================== MUSICAL THEORY: Aleatoricism (improvisation and indeterminacy), polyrhythms, dissonance, atonality, discordance, fusion, complete freedom. Additionally: composition, production and performance. ========================== AUTHORS: Hunter S. Thompson, H.P. Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, J.R.R. Tolkien, William Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad. ========================== CLOSEST TO MY HEART: Meshuggah, BBQs, Single Malt Whiskey, Ellie Shepherd.

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T-shirts are up! 

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Debut album now available - click above to purchase! Feel free to check our audio page for a streamable track - hope you enjoy what you hear!

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Clatterbones

I have started my own essay-based blog, which will focus on aspects of musicality I find to be interesting or otherwise noteworthy. This morning, I finished my first essay, which I have posted in accompaniment with my death metal-centred dissertation. I hope it provokes or develops some interest - or even inspires something creatively - for those who read it.

clatterbones.wordpress.com

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Coltrane's spiritual journey was interwoven with his investigation into world music. He believed not only in a universal musical structure which transcended ethnic distinctions, but in being able to harness the mystical language of music itself. Coltrane's study of Indian music led him to believe that certain sounds and scales could "produce specific emotional meanings." According to Coltrane, the goal of a musician was to understand these forces, control them, and elicit a response from the audience. Coltrane said: "I would like to bring to people something like happiness. I would like to discover a method so that if I want it to rain, it will start right away to rain. If one of my friends is ill, I'd like to play a certain song and he will be cured; when he'd be broke, I'd bring out a different song and immediately he'd receive all the money he needed."

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The second of the two recently videoed new tracks. 

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The first of two recently videoed new tracks. Hope you enjoy!

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Grey Dream

Sometimes I get lucky enough to hear a song in a dream and then wake up with enough of it in my memory to actually turn it into reality. This here was one such recent occurrence:

http://kayodot.bandcamp.com/track/grey-dream

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Pretty devastated to hear that Steeve Hurdle has died. One of my highest influences, he wrote some of the most truly life-changing music for me. I see no better way to pay tribute to the man than to post his music, and to repeat his final message.  "If we all understood that everyone has their own battles to fight, insecurities to face, loves to contend and goals to attain, the world would be a gentler place."

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I’ve decided to move my blogging actions over to Tumblr from Blogspot, basically in an attempt to reach more people. This was incited by my current fundraising attempts for Ichneumonidae, which, if you didn’t already know, is a new album and dance film I’m working on.

Ichneumonidae, as a...

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My silly-faced tribute to the best riff in the world.

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The third and final of our Exposed "In Session" videos, filmed by Joe Bream.

Hope you enjoy it!

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Come see us play!

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Second video from our Exposed Magazine shoot. Reblog if you like what you hear!

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The second video from my band Gilmore Trail - a bit heavier, especially in the middle!

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Our first proper video, filmed by Joe Bream - opportunity courtesy of Exposed Magazine (Sheffield) and 2Fly Studios. 

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Gilmore Trail's first official video! Filmed by Joe Bream, for Exposed Magazine (Sheffield), at 2Fly Studios. Psyched!