Hello, you have made the wise choice of viewing the profile of the noise group Geisha, who live in Bristol. We began like many groups out of boredom and sheer hatred of what was around us, not to save music, but to destroy it through an ever increasing number of FX units. The excitement of the 21st Century faded so fast, 2001 came and we were so far away from living in space the world was united for a brief time in disappointment before two planes were flown into two tall buildings. It was around this time Anton Maiof and Steve James were locked in a practice room all summer creating the beast that was to become Geisha. Could it have been something in the collective unconscious, picked up through alcohol burnt receptors? Anton might ascribe to this theory, Steve would certainly not.
Through the skree of fuzzed out guitars and voices and a shared love of Italian horror soundtracks, Geisha managed to take a view of this increasingly terrifying planet and turn it into the beautiful psychedelic noise which they have become renowned for.
After releasing the Hymns For The Living Dead EP (widely regarded as the noisiest noise rock record ever made) in 2004 through Blood Red Sounds, Geisha found their home with UK label Super-Fi Records (alongside such bands as Taint and Snowblood) and US label Crucial Blast (sharing the roster with the likes of Monarch! and Genghis Tron) and released debut album Mondo Dell’Orrore to worldwide critical acclaim in 2006.
With the addition of Ganiel Serru (of Don Bear) on guitar, Geisha have managed to twist the sonic torture rack another notch and with the impending release of the VHS obsessed Die Verbrechen Der Liebe EP, Geisha’s misanthropic hell-noise is a last angry man in a sea of apathy.
"Both rock music and noise have seen much abuse at the hands of pretenders to their respective thrones. This is why Geisha so deserves recognition and awe: they intuitively grasp the basic properties of each aesthetic and wield them with simultaneous mastery, like a doctor simultaneously performing open-heart surgery and cloning a Komodo Dragon, but doing it so fast that it all blends into one big, scaly, blood-soaked revelation. Geisha are a rare bird; ignore them at your peril."
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Complete Recorded Output: Live at the Dockside (Demo)
This recording was never commercially available and it never will be. The Pornography of Terror EP (Silent Age Records)
Official first EP. 5 Songs. Limited 100 Copies. Hand Glued Sleeve. Now Unavailable. Hymns for the Living Dead EP(Blood Red Sounds)
2nd EP. 4 Tracks. 500 Copies. Still available through Blood Red Sounds or through Crucial Blast in the USA Split Single w/Tractor (SuperFi Records)
Geisha - Blood Around The Mechanism. Only Recording. Limited Numbered 300 copies. Available through Super Fi Records Mondo Dell'orrore LP (Blood Red Sounds / SuperFi Records / Crucial Blast (USA))
The debut full length album, which was described by our US label as: Devouring/rebirthing the concept of "noise rock" into something frighteningly beautiful and brutally heavy, GEISHA deliver crushing blasts of impossibly hyperdistorted rock baked in massive frequency overload and massive hooks and melodies and sinister crushing riffs, all of it slathered in filthy throbbing feedback and white noise horror holocaust, like the early 90's alt rock of Isn't Anything-era MY BLOODY VALENTINE and DINOSAUR JR. mashed together with the most brutal sort of Unsane/Am Rep style racket and distortion-drenched psych/noise into a sludgy metallic mass, jamming with a small army of pedal-smashing harsh electronics troglodytes playing awesomely catchy/crushing pop songs buried beneath a hellish storm of skree and amp-blowing fuzz. Terrifying. Beautiful.
You can make the wise decision to purchase 'Mondo Dell'orrore' TODAY!!!!
CDs are available RIGHT FUCKING NOW for sale via:
Blood Red Sounds / Super Fi Records / Crucial Blast COMING SOON: Die Verbrechen der Liebe EP
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DEMON'S CLAWS Vice mag endorsed riotous, melodic garage rock all the way from Montreal. On In the Red Records for fans of the Black Lips etc. myspace. com/demonsclaws
PLEASE The point where world music and no-wave meet. Think Scissor Girls playing Fela Kuti. myspace. com/pleees
BEEKEEPER Theatrical doom w/ potato sacks. Featuring members of Boduf Songs (kranky recs) and Hunting Lodge.
You can hear DTV's session & interview, plus we’re playing the Geisha track "Stop Talking Lets Fuck" on Bristol Uncovered this Sunday morning on BBC Radio Bristol between 1-3am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the on line "Listen Live/Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there's a link to it from our profile.
Have a good one at The Junction next week!
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
Have a great gig at The Croft next week. We’ll mention it and play a track on Bristol Uncovered this Sunday morning on BBC Radio Bristol between 1-3am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the on line "Listen Live/Again" feature on the BBC website, there's a link to it from our profile.
Happy Festive Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
CHARLOTTEFIELD Intricate, dense, heartfelt indie noise rock from Brighton on Fat Cat Records with that amazing drummer bloke! http://www.charlottefield.com http://www.myspace.com/charlottefield
ADEBISI SHANK Totally riotous Irish trio blasting some instrumental rock at you! http://www.myspace.com/adebisishank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud5fuls85l4
SURGERY OR THE BOMB Awesome Shellac-style noisemongery from round these parts! http://www.myspace.com/surgeryorthebomb
FRINGES Soeza / Line affiliates play some impatient post-rock!
Tuesday November 27th The Junction, Bristol, BS13QP 8pm, 5 quid
