Human Greed may contain trace elements of... Wet tyres on city streets, the smell of black moss at the edge of cold water, sheep shit on pentland grass in the heart of winter, the second before the train bolts from the tunnel, the change in air density when the action moves to the back door, the SKY in east lothian... and all in the library; ||CENSOR CUT|| the Chrysler Building, the Grand Socco in Tangier, the ferry boats leaving Lisbon, the blue stained whitewash in Xauen, the old apartment on Forsyth St in the Lower East Side, climbing with deer on Skye, ||CENSOR CUT|| Colorado powder... oh christ, the list trails on and on, all of it significant, all of it insignificant, some of it like a blushing confession, the rest of it like a junkyard sale of last minute bargain thoughts. A veil remains as it always will upon the names of the ones who really, REALLY floored you. Come in, dear friends, come in, find a seat and listen...
Sounds Like
Is That It? Promotional clip, by Neil McLauchlan, for Human Greed's Pilgrim: New World Homestead album.In Absentia Promotional clip, by Neil McLauchlan, for Human Greed's Black Hill album.Human Greed - Live in Warsaw Dec 08
Scottish writer Michael Begg began Human Greed in Edinburgh 1999. He was joined by illustrator/painter Deryk Thomas in 2000. They released their first album, Consolation, in 2001. Begg formed his Omnempathy label in 2006, releasing Pilgrim: New World Homestead in the same year. Human Greed's third album, Black Hill: Midnight at the Blighted Star was released in December 2008 by Lumberton Trading Co.
Michael Begg also spends a considerable amount of well spent time contributing to Fovea Hex
"Black Hill occupies a realm that is somewhere between the gorgeous drones of Stars of the Lid and the haunting and solemn “Symphony No. 3” by Henryk Górecki. This is powerful stuff and takes a while to fully digest it. The oily darkness that the music conjures up gets deeper and deeper with every listen, a resonant and otherworldly tremor that is at once human and sublime." Brainwashed
Judas Kiss say... "Showcases Human Greed's skill at producing and delivering wonderfully engulfing ambient-esque music of the very highest quality by showcasing a set of recordings what grows with each listen and entices the listener deeper and deeper into its compositions at the same time - a wonderfully absorbing listen."
Rough Trade say... "A drama of nervous exploration and discovery, there is wonder and dread in equal measure here: Part dream, part nightmare, Pilgrim’s hypnotic call inevitably lures the listener into treacherous waters before plunging them into fatal depths"
Elegy Iberica say... "Brutally stimulating the imagination towards anguish, fear and rage. This is an arduous, serious work."
BoomKat say... "Taking atmospheric, menacing ambience to heady new depths to create an atmosphere which could enswathe the grimmest of David Lynchs filmic output... if you harbour a dark spot for Coil or their contemporaries then you should definitely give Pilgrim a look."
Rock A Rolla say... This is night music, which ripples with your deepest and darkest doubts Human Greed have managed to conjure up a chilling collection of audio nightmares that calls the listener back again and again to discover more layers of sonic creepiness"
Trinta De Fevereiro say... "Serious and Overwhelming"
"A Fear filled symphony of terrors... that gradually entwines your imagination in its numerous sonic tentacles and refuses to relinquish its grip." Edwin Pouncey, The Wire
"...a dark delight full of Stygian soundscapes" Mojo
"A master class in claustrophobic paranoia." BarCode Magazine
"Secures a place for Human Greed in the echelons of melancholic experimentalism". Absorb
“Requires the patient of a saint” Kerrang!
“Disquieting as it is exceptional… Brutally honest, enlightening and remarkable” Dark Star
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