Artist description WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT GIVES YOU THE BENDS.......

Music Style Experimental electronica (soft, hard, variable)

Musical Influences Berkowitz Lake & Dahmer

Similar Artists Everyone and no-one

Artist History Been around a while, Cassette releases in the past,the most notorious being "Skin Hotel" which was verbally trashed and admired throughout 'fanzine-land'. The master tapes of this nugget were destroyed in a fit of "paranoid self-immolation" - It was only the rescue and persuation of Fflint Central associates that convinced them that not all label ventures were fodder for the mincer.

Group Members Berkowitz Lake & Dahmer

Instruments Hammond Organ, Analogue Synthesizers, Samples, Hardware, Software, Tupperware, Acoustic Stringed Instruments, Textures of Persian Carpets put through a VCS3 (with a DK2 keyboard).

Press Reviews BERKOWITZ LAKE & DAHMER Drain Salmon Forgery (Fflint Central) BLAS 004 "Besides having the greatest band name ever, BL&D whip up a malfunctioning maelstrom of stuttering, fuzzed out synth and hiccupping bursts of skull pounding glitchery. Sputtering clicks and oscillating low end rumbles are draped over chest rattling modulated pulses, creating some of the fiercest, coolest experimental electronica we've heard in a while. Like music for that video game the devil forces you to play in hell, for eternity. Awesome". Andee Connors - Reviews- Experimental Section - Aquarius Records. www.aquariusrecords.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BERKOWITZ LAKE & DAHMER Contraception Of The Gods (Fflint Central) "Not to be confused with the similarly moniquered old prog group, Berkowitz Lake & Dahmer are certainly a bit noisier, and probably don't stop at sticking knives in keyboards. Lord Pendro and Mr.Oleum of Fflint Central have been afflicted by channeled rumblings from these disembodied ectoplasmic entities for some time, and the only way they know how to exorcise the Satanic power of the drones and loops that take hold of their recording sessions when this trio of restless spirits holds sway is to bung out a CD-R packed full of 70 minutes of what really went on there at the haunted red house from another dimension. Of course Lord Pendro has been known to become restless when imbibing vast quantities of spirits of a different kind, but that is another story. The door to the frightening red and black world of BLD opens on a not particularly merry-go-round eight note chime whilst the nasty ones gurgle and gargle for a bit. Next all hell breaks loose in the form of 'Tones In Red', and bubbling rhythmic turmoil and rubble strewing simple cement mixer loops keep revolving in nightmarish ecstasy. In the haunted red house live the likes of the bawling baby headed Foetor with his abominable shuntings and the big nosed Norbert H. Conduit who is damned for all time for trying to Knock Some Sense into the Celestial Hives of Honshu...... Either that or these guys have been listening to way too much Non, Coil, Throbbing gristle and Muslimgauze whilst reading back issues of Fortean times ". Graeme Rowland - The Brainwashed Brain- Reviews Archive 04i30- Brainwashed www.brainwashed.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BERKOWITZ LAKE & DAHMER Contraception Of The Gods & The Lunge Howler ep "Currently my bestest batch of musicians on the label. The thing that first attracted me to BLD was the consideration for the average experimentalist. Let me explain... For some people, music like that found on FfC can be very challenging. Bit like Mr.Reeves had when he was faced with the 'true' reality in Matrix. This kind of stuff can rip out your sanity, manipulate it, change it's density and atomic structure, and then throw it back in. People can be truly scared by this stuff, so when you're presented with nice, individual portions (not family size), so before the fear and anxiety takes hold, it's over. You get chance to breathe. This new album is no exception, and is gathering plus points from a variety of sources far and wide. To be fair, there's just too many plus points on this new release, and the 18 tracks are all pretty superb. Even the weakest is beyond satisfaction. Truncheon Profile Part 1 kicks off the album, and there's no let up as we travail through the purple and festering landscape of Loggerheads, Faberge Omelette, Tones In Red, An Officer And A Laxative, Concealed Beneath The Foundry and The bile Song. Highly inventive and as refreshing as abseiling naked down a mile long ice cube. The ep, again, isn't just a great place to start for BLD, but an essential add-on for any other BLD album you might have. Oesophagus kicks off the ep, followed by Tinklebox, Invocation Of My Demon Budgie and Coagulant Of Hades. Any more explanations of their technique, style or content is not needed here. Stunning ". Dave W Hughes - The Modern Dance - Review Magazine www.modern-dance.co.uk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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