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noiseam adn39 - Release date: October 2004
CD
13 tracks + 2 videos, 53 minutes
Mp3s:
-X in his territory
(complete track)
-Folk (complete track)
-A303 (excerpt)
-Becoming solar
(excerpt)
Mothboy
is London-based Simon Smerdon. Starting as a bass player for hardcore
and metal bands in his native Devon, he turned to electronic music
after his move to London in 1996, forming Ocosi shortly thereafter.
He then recorded two Cds with this band (one with Mick
Harris of Scorn fame and one with Ad Noiseam band mate Horchata)
before quitting the band in 1999. Mothboy was then born as Smerdon’s
main project.
Unwillingly pigeonholed as part of the “dark hop”
scene (with Scorn, Techno Animal, Spectre and DJ Spooky as Figurehead),
Mothboy deliberately mix his own blend of huge bass and downtempo
rhythms with much more energetic elements. Drawing from his taste
for the Beastie Boys, Basic Channel and Meat Beat Manifesto, Mothboy
writes track that can be mixed not only in the most furious noise
set, but also together with more organic and groove based music.
Featuring Mick Harris’s beats on two tracks as well as Matthew
Jeanes (Larvae,
whose "Mecha” track had been remixed by Mothboy
for the Ad Noiseam released “Monster
Music” single) and Michael Palace (Horchata)
and the MC Akira
The Don on “All the wrong places”, “The fears”
is the fitting introduction album to Mothboy, who has already been
generating quite a stir in the United Kingdom with his frequent
live shows.
Shortly before the recording of “The fears”, Smerdon
described the perfect Mothboy album as “50% live instruments
and 50% electronics. A simple idea would be something with very
loud subs, big drum sounds, big atmospherics, punk droney voices,
turntables, discordant live instruments, false starts, false endings
and big grooves. Something you could dance to and have your head
done in at the same time.” Ad Noiseam is proud to release
this project’s debut album, fitting Mothboy’s hopes
and talent. Insolently noisy, “The fears” also features
several parts recorded by Smerdon’s jazz band and is a lot
more than a collection of sparse tracks, but a work of homogeneity,
humanity, and sheer energy.
Tracklist:
1. We don't ride with vampyres
2. X in his territory
- featuring Mick
Harris (Scorn)
3. Stuck in a moment - featuring Larvae
4. Second spin r.i.p.
5. A303
6. Archives on fire
7. Spiders
8. Folk
9. All the wrong places - featuring Akira
the Don and Mick
Harris (Scorn)
10. Rewind, erase and replace
11. Becoming
solar
12. Fear baby fear
13. Shakes - featuring Horchata
+ video tracks:
1. Musick box
2. Come on baby
Stills and logo by Graham
Burchett, artwork by Nicolas Chevreux.
Mastered by C-Drík at Syrphe.
Other Mothboy releases on Ad Noiseam:
-"Deviance" (adn69)
-"Exonian" (adn52)
Mothboy: mothboy.adnoiseam.net |
