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SCORN Stealth out now (In US too... supposedly)

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:41 pm
by sprash
Stealth was supposed to release today in the US per Mick's blog, but
Darla's website (Ohm Resistance) still shows pre-order. LP version is also available in the US from Darla.
Amazon shows it's available to be purchased now, but will ship within 4-6 weeks...
Folks in Europe can buy from Ad Noiseam

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Let it be heard : 15 years since his début and 5 since his last studio album: Mick Harris breaks the silence and delivers with "Stealth" one of his most massive works so far. Staying faithful to his trademark sound, this corner-stone of a musician, constantly redefining the boundaries of electronic music, delivers here 8 salvoes of monumental bass, sparse dry beats and deep drones. Let it be heard: Scorn is back.

Tracklist:
1. Stripped Back Hinge
2. Rove
3. Glugged
4. Running Rig
5. Snag
6. The Palomar
7. Enough To Hold Bottom
8. 1.75 TC

Few musician can boast such a prolific and influential catalog as Mick Harris. Not only has his main project, Scorn, been re-defining and expanding the scope of electronic music and dub, but Harris's discography, featuring literally hundreds of releases, spawns from his début as the original drummer of Napalm Death to a founding member of Painkiller (with Bill Laswell and John Zorn) as well as such seminal projects as the ambient Lull, the drum'n'bass of Quoit or his participation to Extreme Noise Terror. To cut a long story short, (electronic) music wouldn't be the same if this Birmingham-based musician wasn't there.

Fifteen years after Scorn's début, and five whole years after his latest studio album, it is a transformed Mick Harris (noticeably by his come-back to his drum set) that deliver "Stealth", Scorn's 13th full length studio album. And while music has evolved a lot since 1992's "Vae Solis", Scorn has stayed true to his trademark sound. Several genres have come and gone, but Scorn remains the epitome of minimal, dry beats, wall-of-sound unequalled basses and deep, mesmerizing drones.

Not only a massive, bodily experience, Scorn's monumental tracks (which have proved over the years to provide for unforgettable live sets) impress by their focus and efficiency. Keeping only the bare minimum of what defines dub, Scorn drives these few elements (sparse beats, echoes, and most of all, bass) to their extreme. A godfather of the current come-back of slow, heavy basses in club music, Scorn's method still stand out with its towering, dark and minimal approach. "Stealth" is no exception. Spacious in its execution, oppressive, humongous in its outcome; let it be heard: Scorn is back.

Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:12 pm
by 7"
This one is one of those to watch closely, heavy stuff.
Scorn is such a multifaceted producer

Re: SCORN Stealth out now (In US too... supposedly)

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:50 pm
by stormfield
sprash wrote: Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
:o excellent

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:24 pm
by joni_speedbass
WWWHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOHOOOO im well excited about this 1
read a few posts saying folks are just as excited about scorns upcoming stuff as they av been about burial's n pinch's new albums,
n id av to agree, infact im probily far more excited about stealth!
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
id be interested to know how many of todays dubstep producers were actualy into all the scorn stuff or consider it an influence or think its had an impact on the music they make or the dubstep scene ???

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:35 pm
by parson
i got way into scorn when evanescence came out

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:37 am
by sprash
Parson wrote:i got way into scorn when evanescence came out
my route to Scorn (actually electronic music) was -

Napalm death (Scum) -> Godflesh / Techno Animal / God -> Scorn's 'Vae Solis' (featuring the original scum trio doing VERY different music -- still one of my fav's) -> Scorn's entire discography -> Dark Bass/Beats/Electronic music

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:26 am
by joni_speedbass
just downloaded stealth
bugger me sideways this is some dark heavey buisness

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:12 am
by bossi
sprash wrote:my route to Scorn (actually electronic music) was -

Napalm death (Scum) -> Godflesh / Techno Animal / God -> Scorn's 'Vae Solis' (featuring the original scum trio doing VERY different music -- still one of my fav's) -> Scorn's entire discography -> Dark Bass/Beats/Electronic music
same here, plus painkiller (execution ground = BIG). saw all projects live in their time, except GOD (Napalm Death with Mick, Godflesh & Painkiller only once, TA & Scorn pretty often); still feelin sad that i missed GOD, when they played here... :cry: oh btw 4 the peeps who dunno: God & TA are projects from mr. kevin martin himself, the other hero.

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:49 am
by sprash
bossi wrote:
sprash wrote:my route to Scorn (actually electronic music) was -

Napalm death (Scum) -> Godflesh / Techno Animal / God -> Scorn's 'Vae Solis' (featuring the original scum trio doing VERY different music -- still one of my fav's) -> Scorn's entire discography -> Dark Bass/Beats/Electronic music
same here, plus painkiller (execution ground = BIG). saw all projects live in their time, except GOD (Napalm Death with Mick, Godflesh & Painkiller only once, TA & Scorn pretty often); still feelin sad that i missed GOD, when they played here... :cry: oh btw 4 the peeps who dunno: God & TA are projects from mr. kevin martin himself, the other hero.
I completely agree -- Painkiller is definitely TOP NOTCH. Just this morning I was blasting Live in Osaka on my way to work.

You might already know (or will be happy to know) PK is recording a new studio album early Jan. Zorn got in touch with Mick and Mick was up for it. As usual it will be a 2 day affair, 1 day record and 1 day mix @ Laswell's studio... Zorn has also expressed interest in having some live shows...

Hell yeah, dubstep fans should definitely check out Techno Animal. Heavy stuff.... Wish KMart gets with Justin Broadrick to make some more records...

DNB fans should check out JKB's Youpho too (...one of the best output of broadrick in my opinion anyway!) and also Harris's QUOIT (Plug 8 is supa!)