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THE POIGNANT DEVICE
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CD Ultimate Transmissions UTCD 008 £8.00
bandcamp download
duration:
70'20"
1.
Schmaltz 0'35"
2. Sewer Rat 9'25"
3. A Severe Lack Of Oil 0'32"
4. Into The Fire 0'20"
5. Wit Who Runs Nude 5'45"
6. Mamma's Got A Brand New Dada 1'29"
7. Behold - The Poignant Device 3'26"
8. Fragments Of Time 0'51"
9. A House Well-Stocked 13'04"
10. An Elusive Exit 0'55"
11. Psychedelic Underground 5'43"
12. Never Creek Unless You Have To 0'32"
13. Beggars To Disaster 2'28"
14. Ensnaring The Siren 6'15"
15. Orifice Bldg 2'14"
16. Fuelling Banjos 2'00"
17. Spiral Stars & Decay 4'40"
18. Millennium Dome 2'55"
19. Primitive Accountants 2'02"
20. Kerrang! 3'20"
21. How They Get Watermelon! 1'21"
22. You're Joking! 0'20"
Created,
performed & recorded by The Newt Hounds.
Recorded at Tachyon Studio (1 January-20 February & 30 October 2000),
with further edits & mix-down in November 2000.
The Newt Hounds: Steve Freeman, Alan Freeman
electronics, effects, sound construction, editing, guitars, voice,
percussion, etc.
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El Monte: violin & Arnie: percussion (courtesy
of Volcano The Bear),
Maureen: voice (courtesy of Shapeshifter).
"Could this be an irreverent homage to Nurse With Wound…
...or is it a Dadaist/surreal musical vision of the world of B. Kliban?"
A
Nurse With Wound dedication, originally inspired by "Scrag" and
Diana Rogerson's solo's where quotes from B. Kliban's book "Never Eat
Anything Bigger Than Your Head" are used. Add to that the surreal
diversity of styles mixed in "Alas The Madonna Does Not Function"
and "A Sucked Orange" and a name/concept based a Nurse With Wound
T-shirt bearing the words "The Newt Hounds?" ...
Behold - the poignant device
Its use is deceptive
Its design is elusive
Its character is sure to raise a smile
Behold - the poignant device
It appears part creature
It's a regular feature
It'll make you laugh for quite a while
Behold - the poignant device
It can also be scary
Its shocks make you wary
But its charm means it's never vile
More info? - Check-out the project history page!
Amusing web review...
The Newt Hounds is a fictional Nurse With Wound-inspired group
comprised of a core duo of British brothers Alan Freeman and Steve Freeman,
authors of a book on krautrock called The Crack in the Cosmic Egg and
the publishers of Audion, an experimental music magazine. The
Poignant Device offers up a full 70-minute program of slightly organized
chaos. The CD’s 22 tracks, released in the year 2001, range from grainy,
murky ambience to silly, amateurish outbursts to dense sound collages full of
delay and echo. Plenty of feedback electronics, sampled voices and even a bit
of live drumming can be found peppered throughout.
Sometimes, there’s not a whole lot of subtlety at work, though, what
with slightly embarrassing sounds like flushing toilets, cartoon-like sound
effects and a breaking glass sample on repeat making themselves heard loud
and clear. At other times, Alan and Steve’s efforts occasionally amaze when,
for example, some understated and heavily reverberated violin makes a brief
appearance, or when the proceedings coalesce into a thick, pleasant and
impressive aural blast furnace. But, in the end, who cares what I think? As
the press release claims, this music is “dada in almost every respect
imaginable,” which leads me to believe that Alan and Steve have, in essence,
already told me to fuck off. Right on! Fans of Nurse With Wound, who this CD
is dedicated to, may want to give it a try.
review by Arcane
Candy
Versions...
CD: 500 copies - released 25/10/2001.
Bandcamp download - released 28/9/2014.
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