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 and Robbie Cooper (of Laeto), Geisha have managed to twist the sonic torture rack another notch and with the impending release of the VHS obsessed Die Verbrechen Der Liebe LP, 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)) available through Super Fi Records / Crucial Blast Die Verbrechen Der Liebe LP (Crucial Blast) available OCTOBER 21st WORLDWIDE from Crucial Blast ----->WHY NOT JOIN THE GEISHA FACEBOOK PAGE? <-----
Hey you guy's new record smashed my brains no bullshitt., mondo dell'orrore my favorite album this year really want in 12 vinyl i hope you re well cool pic's see you
Just letting you know that we’re playing "A Wilderness Except By Sight" and plugging your upcoming Croft gig with Big Joan on BBC Radio Bristol Introducing this Saturday morning between 1-4am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the link on our myspace profile.
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