Aube-Knurl - Split EP (c) 1997 Alien8
Artist....: Aube-Knurl
Album.....: Split EP
Type......: EP
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 04
Genre.....: Noise
Label.....: Alien8
Catalogue#: ALIENCD6
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: www.total.net/~alien8
Tracklist:
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01 Aube - Scramble Public 22:11
02 Aube - Violence Call 08:43
03 Knurl - Triphatic Interspersal 23:20
04 Knurl - Leukoflation 13:17
Total:102,1 MB/ 67:31 min
Release Notes:
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Limited Pressing of 500 Copies
Aube
Akifumi Nakajima's Aube project has amassed a lengthy discography, most
entries realizing the maximum capacity for audio variation from a
minimum of sampled input (in many cases, a single sound source).
Influenced by space rock and musique concrΦte, Nakajima began recording
in 1980 but released nothing until a decade later, when he produced
music for an art installation given by a group of friends. Since the
installation involved water, he decided to use appropriately
watery sounds for the music. Nakajima's first Aube release came in
1991, when the Japanese noise label Vanilla released his cassette LP
Hydrophobia. Quite a few more water-related recordings followed, and
Nakajima soon began branching out by using varied sources such as field
recordings, the hum from fluorescent lamps, human voices, brain waves,
heartbeats, even pages being ripped from a Bible. He has recorded for
Staalplaat, Manifold, Charnel Music, Pure, Iris Light and the Grand
Rapids-based upstart Elsie & Jack Records. Nakajima also operates a
cassette-only label named G.R.O.S.S. that has released several albums
of Aube material. In 1999 the album Evocation was added and a year
later Aube closely released, Richochentrance and Blood Brain Barrier,
respectively.
Knurl
One of the leading Canadian noise artists, Knurl has performed at
experimental music festivals and with such acclaimed experimental
musicians as Keiji Haino, M.S.B.R., and Thurston Moore, with releases
on the Alien8 Recordings label. Knurl is the alias for Alan Bloor, born
in Windsor, Ontario, and trained for nearly a decade in classical and
flamenco guitar and jazz bass. In the mid-'80s, Bloor played in several
hardcore bands, then experimented with noise while backing up poets
reading in Detroit. It was during this time that he began using scrap
metal (including fan blades and springs) in his sound making. Bloor
began the solo harsh noise project Knurl in 1994 and started performing
live the following year. His records are created without the technology
often associated with noise music, namely computers and samplers.
Knurl's debut recording was Initial Shock (1994), a self-released
cassette, followed by the CD Nervescrap on Pure Records. Canada's
Alien8 Recordings issued two albums during the late '90s.
Knurl can also be heard on compilations from the labels Alien8, Entarte
Kunst, Labyrinth, and more. Knurl has performed with such renowned
experimental musicians as Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, Haters, Princess
Dragon Mom, and more. He has also written scores and performed in
multi-media events.