Two years ago, drumm prepared by himself 100 copies of a cdr full of intensive noise. Here he makes a glacial transition from a glowing orb drone fed through unsettling subharmonics that slowly consume. With perhaps the most impactful, harrowing take on minimalist drone since they released kevin drumm s imperial distortion over a decade ago, hospital productions finally release the first proper new album from skin crime in years, a quietly harrowing, japanese ghost storyinspired album of darkest ambient and industrial shadowplay inverting noise convention and exploring ideas of tense. Much of the music heard here, from the entirety of kevin drumms aptly named imperial distortion, to several key moments on the equally. Using six oscillators, drumm casts a shadow world of sedentary low end sag and keening, glassy highs as haunting as they are piercingly compelling. One of the most iconic ambient albums of the last decade, imperial distortion 2008 had an extremely limited vinyl pressing a couple of years ago which some. The back room is a vinyl reissue of a previously selfreleased album. Arch electroacoustic dronenoise explorer kevin drumm returns to imperial distortion alike drone scapes on this abridged 3 tracks instead of 4 vinyl issue of his 20 cdr release, phantom jerk. Find album release information for imperial distortion kevin drumm on allmusic.
Kevin drumm s imperial distortion hos 4lp and sheer hellish miasmah emego 053lp are musthear albums of contemporary avantgarde. Its like surveying the same postapocalyptic landscape without your gas mask on. Kevin drumm imperial distortion 2008 full album youtube. It generates a phosphorescent shadowplay of electroacoustic tones and timbres comparable to his landmark releases imperial distortion and tannenbaum in terms of their palpable yet. Drumm s foray into more ambient music manages to hold interest over nearly two hours of music, with his keen ear for arrangement and interaction present in spades. Megos genredefining sheer hellish miasma might have set kevin drumm up as americas premier exponent of grinding noise, but imperial distortion is an entirely different beast and confirmed drumm as one of the most important figures in the american avantgarde. Hospital productions have pressed up the album, originally released on 2xcd in 2008, in a 3xlp edition. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Imperial distortion remastered hospital productions us. Chalked up on hospital productions release schedule before it was even. Prurient, alessandro cortini, regis and more release compilation.
Soft punk by john wiese, released 01 january 2005 1. Kevin drum may 16, 2020 one of my readers heard my plea for something to wear that wouldnt affect my breathing as much as a cloth mask and sent me a plastic face guard, like the ones dentists use. Steamroom 22 by jim orourke, released 27 december 2015 1. Drumm s work expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers. Buy imperial distortion online at low prices in india. Listen free to kevin drumm imperial distortion guillainbarre, more blood and guts and more. Drumm, but i guess its your album and not mine, and maybe i care all too much about being suddenly jarred out of the trance you so. Disc c by seymour wright, released 27 august 2015 1. Imperial distortion, an album by kevin drumm on spotify. Kevin drumm s imperial distortion has been made available on vinyl for the first time.
Us noise and ambient composer kevin drumm has announced a new album on editions mego. Kevin drumm imperial distortion download free mp3, flac. Kevin drumm is an experimental musician based in chicago, united states. Kevin drumm imperial distortion 2cd hospital productions. Kevin drumm imperial distortion remastered vinyl at juno. Imperial distortion remastered 100% secure shopping. While kevin drumm has a reputation as a harbinger of doom, he also possesses an instinctive gift for quieter and meditative tones which are deployed to sublime, melancholy effect on this epic new double album. Click download file button or copy kevin drumm imperial distortion url which shown in textarea when you clicked file title, and paste it into your browsers address bar. Click download file button or copy kevin drumm back room url which shown in textarea when you clicked file title, and paste it into your browsers address bar. Here you can find kevin drumm imperial shared files.
Instantly get everything kevin drumm makes, and then some. Imperial distortion 2cd hospital productions 2008 untiled lp dilemma records 2009 malaise cassette hospital productions 2009 alku tape cassette alku 2009 imperial horizon hospital productions 2010 the icy echoer 7 with michael esposito. Yet kevin drumm somehow makes them sound moving, relaxing and even pleasant to listen to he conjures fragile beauty out of wretchedness. Chalked up on hospital productions release schedule before it was even finished, the album. The fourth track from the album imperial distortion. A followup to drumm s imperial distortion and an extended journey into ambient sound making, oscillating in the clouds for all hes worth. Boomkat limited second floor, swan building 20 swan street manchester m4 5jw united kingdom tel. Trouble is one of his quietest records yet, according to. When birds fly, the eyes of heaven can rest aurora borealis. The second track from the album imperial distortion. Download kevin drumm imperial distortion files tradownload. Imperial distortion may not signal a wholesale shift in aesthetic, but its safe to say that it features a side of drumm rarely heard before now though, to be fair, snow, a twoparter, made an appearance on a limited edition cassette on. Thomas moronic presents kevin drumman introduction dcs.
Long in demand repress just in of kevin drumm s, imperial distortion on hospital productions. Relay for death natural incapacity the helen scarsdale agency. And thus, take my only critisicm again as a compliment, to the captivating quality of this music. Playthroughs by keith fullerton whitman, released 21 october 2002 1. Buy imperial distortion remastered at juno records.
Drumm s work expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers. Imperial distortion certainly doesnt present itself as the happiest record ever. Get all the new music i release, plus 97 items from my backcatalog, subscriberonly specials, and exclusive access to my fan community. One of the most iconic ambient albums of the last decade, imperial distortion has been compared to aphex twins selected ambient works. Grizzled antecedents can be found in the apocalyptic works of maurizio bianchi, kevin drumms imperial distortion, and organums. Even during its most violent passages, its more entrancing than overwhelming. Kevin drumm selling entire discography on bandcamp for 90. Reviews of imperial distortion by kevin drumm album. Kevin drumm imperial distortion 2cd hospital productions, 2008.
When birds fly, the eyes of heaven can rest by ojerum, released 30 january 2017 1. Imperial distortion by kevin drumm, released 25 january 2016 1. Kevin drumm is an experimental musician based in chicago, illinois, united states. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Avantgarde tabletop guitarist kevin drumm was born and raised in 1970 in south holland, il, playing in a handful of rock bands before relocating to chicago in 1991 to work at the citys board of trade. Relief, a single 36minute song that wrestles hectic squirming into an impregnable monument, may be chicago noise artist kevin drumms next milestone. Dec 29, 2014 recorded 2012 at worse than burning offal studio.
How to download kevin drumm back room files to my device. Imperial horizon by kevin drumm is a further examination into sustained tone as most recently heard on his previous hospital productions benchmark album, imperial distortion, stretching out minimalism to unreached heights of serene ambient. Point line cloud by curtis roads, released 08 october 2019 1. Welcome to the scrapyard forecast, a place for musical and poetic. Buy imperial distortion online at low price in india on. Kevin drumm imperial distortion remastered embed kevin drumm. Albums include sheer hellish miasma, imperial distortion, and land of lurches.
The entire work seems to be built around ideas of death, decay and oblivion. Dominick fernows hospital productions imprint has long impressed us with its output, but never before had we heard anything quite like imperial distortion slip. How to download kevin drumm imperial distortion files to my device. If file is multipart dont forget to check all parts before downloading. Kevin drumms middle of nothing album on the second tape returns to the hugely influential tone set by his landmark imperial distortion album, a record often compared to aphex twins selected ambient works vol. Kevin drumm imperial distortion 2011, white, vinyl.
Kevin drumm is an experimental musician based in chicago, usa. Kevin drumms imperial distortion on vinyl fact magazine. Big boobed brunette girl wildly rides her bf on the sofa and moa. The about face that imperial distortion represents in drumm s ouvre is perhaps the sexiest of its selling points, but the album is rewarding on a level beyond watching the angry aural ogre go gentle. Prurient, alessandro cortini, regis, kevin drumm and lussuria have. The sixth and final track from the album imperial distortion. Emerging from the citys improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one the worlds preeminent prepared guitar players. Relief, a single 36minute song that wrestles hectic squirming into an impregnable monument, may be chicago noise artist kevin drumm s next milestone. Oct 15, 2014 kevin drumm has been known to wield an iron fist on his recordings, but the chicago noise artists latest may punish you in different, and sneakier, ways.
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