Hugh Spiller - electronics, electric bass, guitars, occasional vocals, miscellaneous other instruments.
Influences
Accelera Deck, Autechre, Aphex Twin, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Boredoms, Colin Potter, Current 93, Derek Bailey, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, John Cage, Hototogisu, Man Or Astroman?, Matmos, Merzbow, Mogwai, Mouse On Mars, μ-Ziq, Neu!, Nurse With Wound, Orb, Pelt, Pole, Shirt Trax, Stars of the Lid, Sunroof!, Tortoise, Tom Waits
Id Lab contains the word 'id', as in subconscious mind, not 'I.D.' for identity. Silev is a spondee, pronounced like the first syllables of the words 'silent levitation'. Silab, therefore, is pronounced like the first syllables of the words 'silent labrador'.
About the Music:
Id Lab is my solo electronica project, involving a lot of found sounds, glitches and software manipulation. It's been going, very slowly, since 1999. MuTech7 is the oldest surviving Id Lab track, from that year, and was lovingly remastered from cassette for the 2005 album The Monster Path. It's named after a MIDI system exclusive command that muted channel 7. Silev is an attempt to to something different, mainly guitar-based, mainly live, and using no editing that couldn't be done with tape and a scalpel. Although the Drone has always been present in Id Lab, it's central to Silev; there's not much recorded, but I can promise you some radical and extremely heavy sounds in the coming months. I've been a member of The Cube Orchestra since it started in December 2004, and we've produced some wonderful sounds on occasion. The untitled piece currently on the music player is a recording (made by Marcus) of one of our rehearsals, and it's entirely improvised. I'm playing electric guitar in this instance. The Orchestra's recordings are released under a Creative Commons licence, so you may distribute, remix and sample them under certain conditions. Sculpture is an offshoot of the Cube Orchestra, a four-strong punk-funk-skronk-jazz improv outfit. I play bass.
Mustard Allegro is a new venture. Conceived as a surf band, it's developed in a more math-rock direction.
hey there we're busy again this friday down at the Ruin. would be cool if you can make it.
Friday 4th July from 9pm - late
Celebrating the unsigned artists! From local heroes to worldwide wonders. One of the most interesting and craziest nights RNDM will have the pleasure to host. Get Excited!!!
Address: Mother's Ruin - 7-9 St Nicholas Market, Bristol, BS1 1UE / (0117) 925 6969
Music genres covered in one night are from Tropicalia, Indie, Avant Garde to French Pop and more. From the Fifties to the Noughties. From the painfully new to the reassuringly classic. THE most eclectic night in town.
£2 after 11
Thursday 10th July around 8 we're playing live at Mother's Ruin with Brighton band Hot Damn and Black Chalk
(can't get enough of the place!!) if yr free come on over. x a
FRIDAY THE 20TH OF JUNE THE COLOR OF THE SUN DJ SET The Southbank Club Dean Lane
phil and i had such a rad time doing an OLO CAST a couple of weeks ago we've decided to take it to the streets (lane in this case). we're gonna be playing from 9 til 12. everyting under the sun that we can squeeze into 3 hours. come by on yr way out and say "hey!" x a
FRIDAY THE 27TH OF JUNE RNDM SLKTR >> ANYONE FOR TENNIS Mother's Ruin St Nicholas Street
Fancy Dress with guests Phantom Paradise (Start the Bus Residents) delivering anything from krautrock, French orch-pop, softcore soundtracks and synthed drone while i bookend the night with the guilty, obscure and irresistible.
hi how ya doin? we have three new tunes and a new version of 'pressure' up on our site,
hope you enjoy! thanks for your time!
................kabuki mono...................
Hugh! HUGH! I'm not sure what to believe in anymore, Id Lab, Lensmanship, Silev, Id Lev. Thanks for admitting us onto your premises, those lenses over your eyes are like the goggles previously only seen in Ghostbusters.
Thanks for saying loverly things about me in the blog. Looks like you've got fingers in many tasty pies Bristolwards. I must pop over that way sometime for some of the good stuff.
