Metalux
Encyclopedia
Metalux is a noise band
consisting of M.V. Carbon and J. Graf, both members of Bride of No No. They are occasionally joined by Nautical Almanac
member Twig Harper. Early material was released on the Hanson Records
label, whilst their Waiting for Armadillo album was released on Load Records
in 2004.
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
consisting of M.V. Carbon and J. Graf, both members of Bride of No No. They are occasionally joined by Nautical Almanac
Nautical Almanac (band)
Nautical Almanac are a noise music group based out of Baltimore Maryland with a rotating membership based around Carly Ptak and Twig Harper. -History:...
member Twig Harper. Early material was released on the Hanson Records
Hanson Records
Hanson Records is an American independent record label founded in Brighton, Michigan and now based in Oberlin, Ohio. It is operated by the musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of the band Wolf Eyes.-History:...
label, whilst their Waiting for Armadillo album was released on Load Records
Load Records
Load Records is an American noise/experimental independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pit...
in 2004.
Solo
- Negative Capacity CDR (Hanson RecordsHanson RecordsHanson Records is an American independent record label founded in Brighton, Michigan and now based in Oberlin, Ohio. It is operated by the musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of the band Wolf Eyes.-History:...
, ?) - Fluorescent Towers lp (Hanson RecordsHanson RecordsHanson Records is an American independent record label founded in Brighton, Michigan and now based in Oberlin, Ohio. It is operated by the musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of the band Wolf Eyes.-History:...
, 2004) - Metalux III cdr(Hanson RecordsHanson RecordsHanson Records is an American independent record label founded in Brighton, Michigan and now based in Oberlin, Ohio. It is operated by the musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of the band Wolf Eyes.-History:...
, ?) - Waiting for Armadillo lp/cd (Load RecordsLoad RecordsLoad Records is an American noise/experimental independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pit...
, 2004) - Victim of Space lp/cd (5RC, 2005)
Collaborations
- /Evil Moisture split lp (Veglia, ?)
- & John WieseJohn Wiese-Biography:Born April 18, 1977, John Wiese is an artist and composer residing in Los Angeles, California. In the late 1990s, Wiese moved from St. Louis, Missouri to the west coast in order to study graphic design at the California Institute of the Arts...
Exoteric cd (Load RecordsLoad RecordsLoad Records is an American noise/experimental independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pit...
, 2007) - smegmaSmegmaSmegma is a combination of exfoliated epithelial cells, transudated skin oils, and moisture. It occurs in both female and male mammalian genitalia.-Human smegma:Both females and males produce smegma...
/ carlos giffoni untitled lp (Los Angeles Free Music SocietyLos Angeles Free Music SocietyThe Los Angeles Free Music Society has been, since the early 1970s, the banner heading of a loose collective of experimental musicians in Los Angeles, California who were joined by an aesthetic based around radicalism and playfulness...
/No Fun Productions, 2007)
Compilations
- Winter Construction cd with zine (Dead CEO, 2002)
- Pilot Conference cd with zine (Pilot TV, 2004) - Distributed with a zine for Pilot Television Convergence: Experimental Media for Feminist Trespass that happened in Chicago, October 8-11, 2004
- Sur La Mer Samp-La-Mer cd (5RC, 2006)
External links
- www.metalux.cc official site
- Load Records Metalux profile.
Media
- Metalux Photo Gallery Photos by Lars
- PUNKCAST#1224 live video @ Cake Shop NYC on Nov 9 2007. (RealplayerRealPlayerRealPlayer is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.-History:...
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