scorn::search & destroy

That clip bored me to tears. The Rephlex grime guys do it so much better.

Whatever Harris turns his hand to there's always someone else who does it better. He's always so clunky and humourless and nowhere near as heavy and extreme and weird as he thinks. he's a bit like a mini-Laswell.

the grime comp is a great tip tho, especially 'interference'

wow "super mantis"

(also wow blackmass plastics remixing "super mantis," from what i've heard of them i like their remixes better than their releases)

How is Vae Solis? Just found it in a used shop, thinking about picking it up tomorrow. I'm a big fan of most things Godflesh, Lull, Jesu etc. so am I correct to think I'd like Scorn as well? It's been a long time coming, I suppose...

Come on, Mick Harris junkies... I know you're out there.

'm a big fan of most things Godflesh, Lull, Jesu etc. so am I correct to think I'd like Scorn as well?

Vae Solis Personnel

* Nik Bullen – production, bass, sampler, vocals, artwork
* Mick Harris – production, drums, sampler, vocals
* Justin Broadrick – guitar

"I'm a big fan of most things Godflesh, Lull, Jesu etc. so am I correct to think I'd like Scorn as well?"

Yes.

Vae Solis Personnel

* Nik Bullen – production, bass, sampler, vocals, artwork
* Mick Harris – production, drums, sampler, vocals
* Justin Broadrick – guitar

Yeah yeah I know. Suppose I shouldn't really be asking this question, huh? Deep down, I think I just wanted to revive the Scorn thread. What else in the Scorn discog is v. good?

i like vae solis! i still have my tape copy and listen to it once a year or so.

i was just listening to my God tape on Caroline. i think it's a mishmash of u.k. release stuff. came out around the same time as scorn probably. sounded so fucking great. i wish more people would rip off God. more doom jazz psych please!

Evanescence and it's remix album Ellipsis are my two favorite Scorn things.

My favorite God record is the remix EP.

Just picked up Colossus for a few bucks here in town. Looking forward to...

to...?

...complete mind obliteration. Or the like.

Precisely.

Man, there was a time when I seriously loved Evanescence and Gyral -- the "hard" beats and textures. Nothing I'm hearing this am, however, is even remotely doing it for me.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, June 27, 2005 7:38 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Five years later, I'm liking Evanescence quite a bit again. These tracks may be little more than riffs, beats and the occasional mumbled vocal...but they have tunes and textures you can dig into.

Man, there was a time when I seriously loved Evanescence

http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/music_images/Evanescence_fallen_cover.jpg

i just wish they hadnt adopted the "evanescence" moniker.

Another point for Evanescence -- "Days Passed" is excellent Metal Box pastiche.

Evanescence and Gyral are the two best, I think, but the last time I revisited them they seemed awfully dated.

I thought so too. But then, listening again I thought I had been hasty. Maybe after all those years I was just missing ambient dub.

Does anyone still check his stuff? I mean, he's still recording, you know?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP719__gCHU

And I still love the synth in this song.

Was awesome at Supersonic last year. Louder than Sunn by about 15 minutes in (they were playing behind a thin steel shutter just behind me).

Just picked up Somniic Flux, his collab w Laswell for virtually nothing. I like it -- first cut features some weird dribbly water pipe stuff over filtered tuuvan drone and occasional backward cymbals and crashes. Fills a room nicely on a Sunday morning, without scaring the children too much.

I have been meaning to check out Scorn for nearly 20 years now. What should I start with?

Evanescence is probably a decent place to start.

Agreed.

Early Scorn is really weird shit. Super-evil Metal Box with a sampler or something. I remember thinking they got better and better at the time, but I rarely feel like listening to, say, Gyral. But Colossus is sounding pretty good tonight.

Had a fun time revisiting Evanescence:

http://thequietus.com/articles/15949-scorn-evanescence-review

Great piece, Ned. Not saying it was a miss or anything, but I find it hard to hear that record without noting the influence of Bill Laswell who obviously Harris began to partner with pretty extensively around this time. Scorn records before that partnership just sound like they come from a completely different sphere place.

New album out today. I listened to it on headphones and now I think I have a concussion. The dude from Sleaford Mods is on one track which may be a selling point for some, but not for me.

https://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/album/cafe-mor

He's also been releasing stuff as Fret - an album and a few EPs - which is just as punch-in-the-back-of-the-head as Scorn, but less oozing and more uptempo.

Another new album coming out in late June. Kool Keith on vocals on one track. The music is actually lighter than some previous releases; at times it sounds closer to his late Earache releases like Gyral and Evanescence.

Yeah I've heard the advance as well, and accurate description. Almost feels like a new point of continuity.

So I ended up chatting with Mick Harris about Scorn. Like, all of it.

https://tquiet.us/3hcThAr

This was a very good read. Thank you Ned!

It was, super enjoyable!

Yer welcome!

That goodbye show at Supersonic 2011 was astonishing, transcendent stuff. Punishingly loud too, Sunn were playing on the main stage with just a roller shutter door in the way and all you could hear was Scorn.