RIP - Steve Albini
- KVRist
- 147 posts since 22 Aug, 2023
Ouch !!!!! Rip
**dark music for dark lovers**
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- KVRAF
- 4829 posts since 15 Feb, 2020
I lost my heart in Cap de Creus
- KVRAF
- 7777 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
That's devasting news, never mind the intensity he could conjour up with his music, recorded some of my favourite LPs too (including Lows best, secret name and things...)
And he hated f**king Steely Dan so top bloke in my book...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qTFE0I3jm0
And he hated f**king Steely Dan so top bloke in my book...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qTFE0I3jm0
- KVRian
- 986 posts since 8 Mar, 2004 from Network 23
The Problem With Music
Steve Albini, December 1993
Steve Albini, December 1993
We shall see orchestral machines with a thousand new sounds, with thousands of new euphonies, as opposed to the present day's simple sounds of strings, brass, and woodwinds. -- George Antheil, circa 1925 ---
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- KVRAF
- 7355 posts since 26 Jul, 2018
damnit, a legend. Huge influence and legacy with a great body of work and integrity. A Singular guy.
Rest In Peace
Rest In Peace
- KVRian
- 516 posts since 17 Sep, 2020
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machinesworking machinesworking https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8505
- KVRAF
- 6640 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from seattle
Big Black are a one of a kind act. Shellac is solid Indie rock, but Big Black only have one mediocre record, and in true Albini fashion, the sticker on it said as much! "WARNING! Not as good as Atomizer, so don't get your hopes up, cheese."
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- KVRAF
- 3251 posts since 23 Nov, 2016 from a small city
I would say that Shellac are a lot, lots better than your description, but I would find it difficult to believe that anybody's first reaction to hearing Kerosene is not jaw-dropping delight / horror. Big Black really were something else.machinesworking wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 5:40 pmBig Black are a one of a kind act. Shellac is solid Indie rock, but Big Black only have one mediocre record, and in true Albini fashion, the sticker on it said as much! "WARNING! Not as good as Atomizer, so don't get your hopes up, cheese."
I would argue that the Lungs ep is a bit of a curio only.
There was something in the air in the early 80s, with stuff like Swans and all the power electronics stuff. Also bands like World Domination Enterprises, and Fists Of Love reminds me quite a lot of the early Sisters.
Edit: I've heard that Sonic Youth used exactly the same sticker on one of their records?
I used to be Bunnyboy many many years ago
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- KVRAF
- 3251 posts since 23 Nov, 2016 from a small city
A bit off topic, but I've been watching a few Big Black live videos over the last couple of days, and Santiago Durango's goth 2-step is really unnerving!
I used to be Bunnyboy many many years ago
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- KVRAF
- 4068 posts since 20 Feb, 2004
Always had mixed feelings about the guy. The kind of opinionated asshole you loved if he was on your side and detested if he wasn't. Went over-the-top on some stuff, heard stories about him shitting in other bands' instruments, etc. Bought his "Songs About f**king" and would rock out to it at my terrible corporate job 290+ years ago as a token act of rebellion. Read his "The Problem With Music" back then as well and it was a real eye-opener.
RIP Big Stever.
RIP Big Stever.
A well-behaved signature.
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- KVRAF
- 3251 posts since 23 Nov, 2016 from a small city
He was definitely the dictionary-definition of an edge lord for a long, long time, and some stuff was really quite awful.
But in the last few years he has not so much apologised for it as just outright owned it and stated that it was indefensible.
This is a good article
https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/ ... wrong-side
Plus he was secret Santa
But in the last few years he has not so much apologised for it as just outright owned it and stated that it was indefensible.
This is a good article
https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/ ... wrong-side
Plus he was secret Santa
I used to be Bunnyboy many many years ago
- KVRAF
- 7777 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
There was a story doing the rounds of when paul smith (I think) of Blast First went to meet him in Chicago, as they walked around people were constantly coming up to him telling him what an asshole he was for various reasons. The real deal.
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machinesworking machinesworking https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8505
- KVRAF
- 6640 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from seattle
Mostly he glommed on to all the darkest elements of early noise music and it's full on transgressive nature, but he kinda sorta skipped the whole transgressive art as inherently transforming a person into a free thinking stateless being and went with sarcasm and hard opinions instead. It's like he missed the point entirely that transgressions of conventional cultural reality are meant to make you question why these things are hidden or not represented, it's not meant purely for edgelord shock value. It's the difference between Con-Dom releasing a recording of their mother's nursery home stay and hospice care, the horror of that, and the not so subtle racist "jokes" he wrote in some linear notes.Bunny_boy wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 6:55 pm He was definitely the dictionary-definition of an edge lord for a long, long time, and some stuff was really quite awful.
But in the last few years he has not so much apologised for it as just outright owned it and stated that it was indefensible.
This is a good article
https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/ ... wrong-side
Plus he was secret Santa