Artist description music for the dark age of information.

Music Style a blend of the information-warfare tactics of the early industrial bands and the modern technology of today's electronica, permeated by psychedelic undertones and an intensely aggressive, noisy bent. lyrically, dedicated to bringing anti-system music out of the punk ghetto of one tired music style and cliched words.

Musical Influences throbbing gristle, skinny puppy, coil, einsturzende neubauten, swans

Similar Artists coil, skinny puppy, throbbing gristle, dvoa

Artist History pi was started in 1998 by m kadath, 342, and john kaiju in pittsburgh. kaiju left after creative differences at the end of 1999, and parvulus went on as a two man lineup until late 2000 when they picked up the additional crew of minimum and the sk1 cowboy. they have played with a diverse list of people, including solex, dead voices on air, and bile. Parvulus Infectus ceased performing and recording after a june 2001 show with a 3 man lineup (minus minimum), to return in july 2002. current projects: 342-syne_lapse_variate; m kadath- custom car commandos, impercept, volodin; sk1 cowboy- tiny polar robots, custom car commandos, volodin.

Group Members m kadath, 342, the sk-1 cowboy

Instruments macintoshes, pc, juno-106, acid, backtobasics, casio sk-1, various roland devices not yet thrown through windows and doors.

Albums the unspeakable force, 1999. (optikon-- deleted from history), the mark of force unspoken, 2000 (tusc recordings)

Press Reviews -from jan. 2000 starvox magazine.I arrived halfway through Parvulus Infectus' set. These guys are local to the PGH area and are close friends of mine. They had mentioned earlier to me that the entire set was going to be entirely improvised. I cannot even begin to express the awe that I felt when I walked into the building, which by the way is the quintessential venue for such a show. Cold, dark, menacing though comfortable with many cozy chairs and couches, the warehouse like Millvale Industrial Theatre is the perfect place for rivetheads to gather. Parvulus struck me. They tapped into something very dark that evening, holding the crowd mesmerized with their Neubauten/Gristle inspired performance. A low humming synth buzzed in the speakers, creating a dense wall of sinister warmth. Ungodly sounds emitted from the heavily effected guitar, as 342 scraped whatever miscellaneous objects in the immediate area up and down his guitar neck. In a daze himself, m kadath provided ritualistic percussion on some scrap metal with a wooden stick or two. Sure, this sort of thing has been done before, but trust me, there was SOMETHING about this...it made your skin crawl. As the set drew to a powerful close, a close friend of the band took out some serious frustration on a helpless VCR that was flashing snow and distortion on an equally battered television set. All the while, m kadath and 342 screamed their bloody brains out as keyboardist Kaiju grinned menacingly and proudly as he looked out upon the motionless and enthralled crowd. Simply superb set. -from Starvox March 2001: Parvulus Infectus are a young act that take the organic metal-clanging roots of Industrial and fuse it with the today’s harsh electronics to brew a frighteningly intense concoction. We were proud to have them among us, as they are surely one of Pittsburgh’s most interesting acts. -from a complete idiot in pipeline05: Parvulus Infectus began with a rather mediocre set of fifteen-year-old "angst" driven industrial music. Their equipment (mk's note: venue's equipment) seemed to cut out a lot, and they sprayed metal fragments out into the crowd with power tools. I like feedback, quite a lot actually, but their variety of feedback was ridiculous and painful.(mk's note 2: pain is the intent, if anyone finds that ridiculous they can go home and listen to wumpscut.)

Location Pittsburgh, PA - USA

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