Anthony Milton (PseudoArcana, A.M., Mrtyu!, The Nether Dawn) gtr/vox/ethnomusicological field recordings
James Kirk (Sandoz Lab Technicians, King Loser, The Dead C, Gate, Black Boned Angel) drums/gtr/beard
Stephen Clover (seht) bass/synth/fighting talk
Influences
Cream, The Dead C, The Grey Daturas, Les Rallizes Denudes, Glenn Branca, Ash Ra Tempel, Sleep, The Red Crayola, Pharoah Overlord, Guru Guru, Boris, Storm & Stress, Bardo Pond
Sounds Like
an exciting and often overwhelming listening experience; it'll burn out your eardrums and douse the flames in hot wax. but fear not, within these methodic blasts are moments of icy calm. underneath all this chaos is a relaxed thread, keeping some semblance of order intact. -- what the label guy said
Seht.- 'Dead Bees ((the((quiet)earth))suite)'. Campbell Kneale once explained that to describe Wellingtons Seht as drone music is much the same as describing Antarctica as white. Where as many of us utilise the drone as an ingredient, a point of departure, Stephen Clover's Seht project distils drones to craft something very like a fine liquor. ‘One Moment’, the 35 minute first track on ‘Dead Bees’ is Clovers somnambulant ambient drone masterpiece. A famous insomniacs grand fantasy of sleep. Setting sail with the gentle sound of submerged bells one sinks deeper as lush rich tones gradually merge into a swell of dreamscape waves. Deeper still and one finds oneself glowing in a deep warm golden molasses that shimmers and sways until time somehow folds in upon itself and loses all meaning as ones consciousness shifts into angel gear for the lonnnng coast out.
But Clover is also agent provocateur- a wry and acerbic wit. To say that there are surprises to follow is an understatement… CD. NZ$17.
nice new Black Wood! watcha think of the enjoy recording? any noticable md compression? who knows, first time i ever recorded a band... cheers again, ~t
Heya Stephen, yea, just flick the info to me at my hotmail addy. Know with Campbell away you prob not doing a lot of gigs at the mo, but Dungeonmaster or the Riff Rats would love to do something with you guys in the future. All the best, Colin
