Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
the world is a refuge from perfection
new c23 on monorail trespassing, "the world is a refuge form perfection" now available. i'll have copies at the queen's nails projects show tomorrow night here in san francisco.
tracklisting:
a1. death phoebus
b1. übermensch
available through monorail trespassing.
tracklisting:
a1. death phoebus
b1. übermensch
available through monorail trespassing.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
the sound projector
for some reason i somehow missed this critique on my last album via the sound projector. not many copies were sent out for review.
"We last heard from the Isounderscore label in December 2009. Here’s a fine set of well-constructed electronic compositions by Brandon Nickell which “ring” and resonate like super-nova church bells from the eighth dimension, in a gold and black embossed package decorated by the artist with one of his Op-Art styled grids, and issued under the title And If You Set This Mind Of Mine Afire Then On My Bloodstream I Yet Will Carry You (ISO_09), to my mind one of the finest titles Keiji Haino never came up with. Come to that Nickell proves he is not unwilling to travel similar paths as those blazed by the quasi-mystical all-in-black Japanese guitarist, occasionally exhibiting a single-minded devotion to working fibrous mental growths out of his system patiently and relentlessly, using sound and foreign techniques to do it. Frottage, howling, grunting and chiming seem to form the basis for many of these unusual pieces, none of which are content to settle into a familiar or welcoming envelope. These five are also distinguished by mysterious occult titles, such as my favourite ‘Time Throne’. This is Nickell’s third record and is in fact “inspired by personal experiences and extensive research with auditory hallucinations”, the title derives from a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, and the music was built out of multiple layers of synths and processed voices. A tremendous amount of conviction and gravity is evident in these unfamiliar yet stirring sounds."
"We last heard from the Isounderscore label in December 2009. Here’s a fine set of well-constructed electronic compositions by Brandon Nickell which “ring” and resonate like super-nova church bells from the eighth dimension, in a gold and black embossed package decorated by the artist with one of his Op-Art styled grids, and issued under the title And If You Set This Mind Of Mine Afire Then On My Bloodstream I Yet Will Carry You (ISO_09), to my mind one of the finest titles Keiji Haino never came up with. Come to that Nickell proves he is not unwilling to travel similar paths as those blazed by the quasi-mystical all-in-black Japanese guitarist, occasionally exhibiting a single-minded devotion to working fibrous mental growths out of his system patiently and relentlessly, using sound and foreign techniques to do it. Frottage, howling, grunting and chiming seem to form the basis for many of these unusual pieces, none of which are content to settle into a familiar or welcoming envelope. These five are also distinguished by mysterious occult titles, such as my favourite ‘Time Throne’. This is Nickell’s third record and is in fact “inspired by personal experiences and extensive research with auditory hallucinations”, the title derives from a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, and the music was built out of multiple layers of synths and processed voices. A tremendous amount of conviction and gravity is evident in these unfamiliar yet stirring sounds."
Monday, January 24, 2011
queen's nails with terence hannum
forthcoming show in sf with terence hannum of locrian and riqis.
part of the set from dem passwords in west hollywood is here.
part of the set from dem passwords in west hollywood is here.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
show in west hollywood tomorrow
tomorrow at dem passwords, 7914-b santa monica boulevard in west hollywood:
damion romero (los angeles)
rene hell (portland)
brandon nickell (san francisco)
m. geddes gengras (los angeles)
flyer by jeff witscher. starts around 9pm. i go on at 10:30.
imminent upcoming releases:
"the world is a refuge from perfection" c23 on monorail trespassing.
"synthbanger one" on third sex.
later:
tba with heidi alexander on gifts nobody wants.
damion romero (los angeles)
rene hell (portland)
brandon nickell (san francisco)
m. geddes gengras (los angeles)
flyer by jeff witscher. starts around 9pm. i go on at 10:30.
imminent upcoming releases:
"the world is a refuge from perfection" c23 on monorail trespassing.
"synthbanger one" on third sex.
later:
tba with heidi alexander on gifts nobody wants.
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