RELEASEDATE 31st MARCH
Knifeladder
have been in existence in one form or another since 1998. Their sound
is the culmination of years of experimentation and independent
development. The resultant sound is a heavily percussive industrial
organic hybrid, a new meshing of electronic loops, live bass and
percussion and ethnic instrumentation to form a kind of Organic
Industrial Music.Two years after the release of 'The Spectacle' (now
sold out) Cold Meat Industry are pleased to present the latest work by
Knifeladder; 'Music/Concrete'. - a unique mix of hi tec and lo fi
sounds, authorititive drums courtesy of the one and only John Murphy,
and distorted obscure instruments, Knifeladder have again produced a
work of great visceral power. With shuddering machine loops overlaid
with frenetic metal percussion, power ambient soundscapes melting into
epic defiant anthems, Music/Concrete uses traditional hand played
electronics and instrumentation to realise a throroughly contemporary
vision of rebirth and decay.
Compared to such acts as Test Dept,
Coil and Mother Destruction, Knifeladder have outgrown their reference
points to create their own niche in the genre obsessed Industrial scene.
The
personnel include Jonh Murphy, percussionist and electronic pioneer
with such acts as SPK, early Current 93 and credible pop act The
Associates. Andrew Trail was founder of Autogeddon and performed in the
controversial Ministry of Love, who broke up after being banned from
performing in every live venue in Sydney. Hunter Barr was a founder
member of the infamous Infant Skull Surgery and is a renowned recording
engineer for his unconventional yet obsessively perfectionist approach.
Knifeladder themselves have performed with such acts as Allerseen,
Sieben, Naevus, Coil, Bad Sector and Neither/neither world. With over
100 live actions, they have mastered the live environment like few
others.
Play loud, play often, and find the joy that only laughing in the face of death can bring...
KNIFELADDER on MySpace
rack list:
01 - White Walls (4:28)
02 - Eden Falls (5:08)
03 - Cut And Run (6:18)
04 - All For The Culling (3:21)
05 - Fearsome Engine (4:00)
06 - Torn From Memory (8:33)
07 - You Don't Own It (6:32)
08 - Alpha Male (7:14)
09 - Blind Spot (5:02)
10 - Come (3:58)
11 - None Of You (6:03)
cmi192 KNIFELADDER - Music/Concrete - mp3