Violet - Iron Music for Uncorrugated Youth

»Iron Music For Uncorrigated Youth« is a somewhat surreal experience. The A side basically finishes where it started, a prolonged drone that might appear static and looplike, but when closer examined reveal a universe of microscopic details and organic development. The B side is quite the opposite. While still firmly rooted in the drone, it manages to hold four distinctly different parts. What sounds like slowed down old records (it's actually Autoharp and tape loops, if anyone is keeping tabs) give way for oddly phrased field recordings, erratic rhythms and more of those weird drones. All in all »Iron Music For Uncorrigated Youth« is reminiscent of waking up in a pool of sweat from a fever induced dream. Not really scary but not quite pleasurable either. But still an experience you'd be sorry to have missed.BUY IT NOW!

Violet - live @ Empowerment Through Extremity Fest 04.25.08

Grinding autoharp & turntable with foil + electronics.

Violet - Bricks & Bullets

Just received a few copies from the Arterija label in Ukraine of this new release by Violet. This album features extracts from live sets in Warsaw, Kaunas (Lithuania) and some "studio" tracks recorded minutes from the district line. Its noisy, its heavy and full of gaseous drones. I like it even better after I've listened to it. From the label website: "In this work Zeromoon main man Jeffrey Surak delivers some textured industrial drone and microsound soundscapes. Though it is sometimes harsh and noisy but intense enough to keep the listener in. Most of the recorded material is played live in various locations." The title was inspired by buildings in one dilapidated Warsaw neighborhood which were pock marked by gunfire from WWII, not far from the Zubroffka Vodka factory. Enjoy a few excerpts, and then buy it for $7: Gas | Zubroffka.

Violet - Universam

New on Live Reports, the Nexsound imprint for concert recordings by nexsound related artists. This performance took place in a Kiev music shop on a quad sound system and the show was one of ten during the 2 week-3,000 mile-six-country-endurance tour with Francisco Lopez and Michael Gendreau in the summer of 2005. A favorite set of Violet, its got the power drones that you love and a lot more. $8 and its yours! See the catalog for order info.