Tarmvred is a music group from Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 that is the brainchild of Jonas Johansson.

History

Johansson got his start musically by making his own remixes of tracks by Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....

 and posting them online under the name Triptamine, in 1998. In 2001, Johansson finished recording an album called Ileus that he self-released as a CDR under the name Tarmvred, with remixing by Johannes Hedberg (credited as Digidroid). Around the same time, Johansson came into contact with Nicolas Chevreux who invited him to sign with a new label Chevreux was starting called Ad Noiseam

Ad Noiseam

Ad Noiseam is an electronic music independent record label that has recently published mostly dubstep. based in Berlin, Germany. Ad Noiseam was founded in April of 2001 by Nicolas Chevreux, who also has done some of the design work for the label's releases....

. Hedberg continued working with Johansson until Hedberg was listed as a member of Tarmvred in 2003 on Viva 6581. Tarmvred has recorded primarily on the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 Ad Noiseam label, although the latest release, the vinyl-only e.p. Tintorama, is on Low Res Records, based in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

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Style of music

Tarmvred's music has an experimental, electronic style, with heavy beats, a barrage of irregular percussion, distortion, and sparse use of melody. Only one brief stanza of clearly sung lyrics appear in all of their work, by guest vocalist Gertrud Polonyi; it appears on track 5 of Subfusc, as well as on the track "Mourning" on Onomatopoeic (apparently the same recording of the lyrics). Heavily distorted lyrics appear on a few other tracks, never more than briefly. Their tracks sometimes wander between rhythmic and chaotic, and have a wide variety of motives that continue falling away or appearing throughout the track. Tarmvred recorded much of Viva 6581 using a MOS 6581

MOS Technology SID

The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID is the built-in Programmable Sound Generator chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore MAX Machine home computers...

 sound chip, featured in early-80's computers such as the Commodore 64

Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...

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Discography

• Ileus (self-released, 2001)
• Onomatopoeic (Ad Noiseam, 2001)
• Subfusc (Ad Noiseam, 2001)
• Viva 6581 (Ad Noiseam, 2003)
• Tintorama EP (Low Res, 2005)

Compilation appearances

• Panacea Shares Needles With Tarmvred (compilation with Panacea
  Panacea
  In Greek mythology, Panacea was a goddess of healing. She was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Panacea and her five sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea was the goddess of cures, Iaso was the goddess of recuperation, Hygieia was the goddess of disease prevention, Aceso was...
  
   and Needle Sharing remixing each other's work - Ad Noiseam, 2002)
• Tarmvred and Iszoloscope Do America (compilation with Iszoloscope
  Iszoloscope
  Iszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...
  
   - Ad Noiseam, 2003)
• Proven In Action (compilation from First Aid Recordings, 2003)
• Zombie Commandos From Hell: Sonic Assault (compilation from Optikon Records and Geska Records
  Geska Records
  Geska Records is a Canadian independent record label founded in 2000 by Marc Desforges , who serves as the Art Director....
  
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• Wilt / Tarmvred T.B.A. (announced by Ad Noiseam, not yet released)
• Krach Test (compilation from Ad Noiseam, 2001)
• Hybrid Components (Component Records)
• Subsnow 02-02
• ElectriXmas 2003 (2003)
• Colliding Frequencies 2
• Maschinenfest 2002 Festival Edition
• Dark Pathways - Volume 1 (Crunchpod Media)
• Don't Touch My Car!! (Mile 329 Org)
• This Is What We Do!!! (Mile 329 Org)

Remix appearances

• Curtis Chip - Eating Paste
• Cdatakill - Paradise
• Antigen Shift
  Antigen Shift
  Antigen Shift is an electro industrial band hailing from Ottawa, Canada led by Nick Thériault. The band takes its name from the medical phenomenon. He is currently working on his 6th release.-Background:...
  
  - Implicit Structures

External links

• Ad Noiseam
• Low Res Records
• Tarmvred official site
• Interview with Jonas Johansson and Nicolas Chevreux of Ad Noiseam by Ear Pollution
• Review of Panacea Shares Needles With Tarmvred by Boomkat