Knifeladder have been in existence in one form or another since 1998.
Their sound is the culmination of years of experimentation and independent development. The resultant sound is a heavily percussive industrial organic hybrid, a new meshing of electronic loops, live bass and percussion and ethnic instrumentation to form a kind of Organic Industrial Music.
Compared to such acts as Test Dept, Coil and Mother Destruction, Knifeladder have outgrown their reference points to create their own niche in the genre obsessed Industrial scene.
Personnel
The personnel include Jonh Murphy, percussionist and electronic pioneer with such acts as SPK, early Current 93 and credible pop act The Associates. Hunter Barr was a founder member of the infamous Infant Skull Surgery and is a renowned recording engineer for his unconventional yet obsessively perfectionist approach. Andrew Trail was founder of Autogeddon and performed in the controversial Ministry of Love, who broke up after
being banned from performing in every live venue in Sydney. He currently also plays live keyboards with Inertia. Knifeladder themselves have performed with such acts as Allerseen, Sieben, Naevus, Coil, Bad Sector and Neither/neither world. With over 100 live actions, they have mastered the live environment like few others.
The Releases
MUSIC/CONCRETE is the most recent album released by Knifeladder courtesy of the famous Cold Meat Industry. There will be some reviews up on www.coldmeat.se shortly, but why not log on to Last FM to get a taste?
THE SPECTACLE was the previous KnifeLadder album. It was released on Cryonica music 27th February 2006. You can find outrageous numbers of rave reviews on www.knifeladder.com and www.cryonica.com
CRYONICATANZ V4 The Spectacle (AntiValium remix)
CRYOTANZ V3 Dervish ( AntiValium remix)
ORGANIC TRACES CD
KnifeLadder
KnifeLadder's Debut Album courtesy of Operative Records
SPLIT CD
KnifeLadder/Shining Vril
Combining tracks from the two acts. An audio feast featuring John Murphy's two projects
SCHLECHT UND IRONISCH CD
Laibach Tribute
Compilation featuring KnifeLadder's rendition of "Dogs Of War"
DOCUMENT THREE CD
KnifeLadder/Naevus
Split CD from KnifeLadder and Naevus courtesy of Terra-Fria
AUDACIA IMPERAT
VVAA
Compilation CD feat. KnifeLadder courtesy of Old Europa Cafe
live
The Show Knifeladder is one of the most dynamic and visceral experiences available in contemporary music. Risk taking, yet entirely professional and audience responsive. Frightening, beautiful, rhythmic and atmospheric, can your festival be fully realised without the inclusion of this group as part of the line up?
**We are currently seeking 1 Experienced Tattoo Artist. Details are in our blog sections of our homesite and MySpace. Seriously interested individuals should Apply via email, phone, or in person.
As winter hibernation and spring awakening gives way to summer, Halo Manash rises radiant into luminosity, with wings spread into all worlds, and brings forth Taiwaskivi, an opulent work of solar ambience and primordial Ur-music.
Taiwaskivi, a work of sonic flame and aural ash, consists of seven interrelated tracks, utilizing such diverse instrumentation as organ, horns, vocals, drums, gongs, percussions and various string instruments as well as field-recordings captured during the pilgrimage that the creation of the work embodies.
An air of finality abounds, as Taiwaskivi, although a complete work in itself, can also be viewed as the third and final facet of a tripartite series of works that are part of one holistic creation – a treelogy, with seed, root, trunk and finally, branches. Being the culmination of an ascending journey through the aforementioned realms within and without, Taiwaskivi is the celestial crown at the peak, reaching toward Sol, source and beyond; it is the leaves and fruit of the branches and their skybound nectar ever-flowing - the sacred fire, the consummation and conjunction of All.
Comes in a hand finished cardboard booklet. Two different editions are available; regular CD edition and CD + DVD with inserts. Both are limited to 500 copies.
All the recordings were inspired by the dark symbolist poetry of the
Austrian poet Georg Trakl. This CD was presented live in February and
March 2008 in Russia in Kazan, Rostov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Moscow, St.
Petersburg, Ryazan.
Hey man ,can't make the gig sorry , but if yr due soon for Sydney make sure to let me know , GFB myspace ... here's some new vid for u and give Murph a slap on the back.....
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