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- Editorial
- Issue Sixteen - Four Men and a Dog on a String
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- Greetings extremists,
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- Just a flying hello this issue, but
I’d like a second to explain my chosen title for this editorial – a fun but
incredibly ‘exclusive’ night out with Lithuanian black metallers Obtest.
We’ve all been to those gigs, of course, where the attendees could have saved money
by car-sharing on the way home (in a Mini). It’s tempting to have a little rant about
getting the scene you deserve, but hell, I understand: we’re in a recession, it was a
Thursday night, Lithuania is far away… Still, I felt for the band, who poured heart
and soul into their performance, so I’d urge you all to check them out:
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- www.myspace.com/obtestofficial
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- My second piece of propaganda is to
make amends for having been remiss in re-posting information about the latest Generic
release – Adam’s work is waaaaay scarier than a collection of drones and found
sounds deserve to be, and I’m pleased that he’s dreamt up some new nightmares
for us in 2010:
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- “Cat No.: i-LIGHT035mp3
- Label: Iris Light Records
[r.i.p]
- Release Date: 1st February 2010
- Retail Price: £5.00
As Generic released his first album, “Torture”,
on a new label "Fractured Spaces" in July 2008, followed by the 1 track EP “Distress Call” as a free download on net
label Electronic Musik in December 2009, which has been downloaded nearly 1000 times in 2
weeks.
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- “Crux”
is the album Adam wrote immediately after Torture and can be considered to be a
continuation and evolution of the sound. Taking Religion and Politics as its metaphor,
Crux’s 7 tracks are a dark journey into a biblical dystopia
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- As Generic Adam works in the
“ambient” and “experimental” fields of music he is creating sound
recordings based around “Sound FX” and “Foley Tracks” as used by Film
and TV companies.
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- Adam Sykes has a long standing
affinity with this area of sound, having worked as a Boom Operator for both Film and TV
Productions prior to and, during, the running of Iris Light Records, the label he
has resurrected for this release.”
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- You’ve no excuses for missing
that now.
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- Onto the issue – make sure you
don’t miss our special features – our round-up of 2009 is interesting if you
like that kind of thing (my introductory paragraph will give you an idea of how I feel
about them), but our showcasing of RK’s SLAGMAUR interview is COMPLETELY UNMISSABLE.
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- Actually, all our interviews this
issue are more than worthy of a gander, so make sure you check in with For Ruin, Profane
Prayer and Foscor too.
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- We’ll be back with you on the 11th
(next week) – apologies for our slow start, I am getting there, though. On the 11th
I’ll be bringing you views on the rather amazing weekend I have ahead on the 5th
and 6th of February, which will involve 8 bands over two days… I’m
hoping I have the stamina, and also that the north of England manages to turn out some
kind of an audience. Come on, people!!
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- As always, submissions details are on
our ‘Contact’ page, and you can email me at hierophantnox@gmail.com any time.
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- Skol,
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- Ellen
- Editor
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