A Nation of Nomads. Outsiders?
"Slick spiky electronic rock that screams darkness beneath a seemingly delicate exterior." Natasha Scharf, Metal Hammer.
In our heads we're just making our version of pop music. We listen to all kinds of music and we're not trying to sound like anyone else. We've been called everything from 'Bristol-beats obsessives' to 'tuneless noise'.
"Filthy electro-rock..." Niall O'Keeffe.
We like the drums to be really loud and big, bigger than your average drum n bass or metal track. We use a lot of guitar sounds, but most of the time they're barely recognizable as guitar-generated. We like bass-lines (Barry Adamson's bass playing in Magazine and Dean Garcia from Curve / SPC-ECO are a particular obsession). We like reverse reverb, echo and delay. We also love Mark Hollis's (Talk Talk) voice. And Kate Bush. And John Lydon.
"Seedily attractive, smooth, impressively catchy, seething power..." Mick Mercer.
Unlike most bands, we're not interested in genre or trying to narrow our sound down. Where is the rule wriiten that states you're only allowed to listen to what your friends or the magazines say is cool?
"Bass-heavy 80's noise." Time Out.
"Delicate, ...
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A Nation of Nomads. Outsiders?
"Slick spiky electronic rock that screams darkness beneath a seemingly delicate exterior." Natasha Scharf, Metal Hammer.
In our heads we're just making our version of pop music. We listen to all kinds of music and we're not trying to sound like anyone else. We've been called everything from 'Bristol-beats obsessives' to 'tuneless noise'.
"Filthy electro-rock..." Niall O'Keeffe.
We like the drums to be really loud and big, bigger than your average drum n bass or metal track. We use a lot of guitar sounds, but most of the time they're barely recognizable as guitar-generated. We like bass-lines (Barry Adamson's bass playing in Magazine and Dean Garcia from Curve / SPC-ECO are a particular obsession). We like reverse reverb, echo and delay. We also love Mark Hollis's (Talk Talk) voice. And Kate Bush. And John Lydon.
"Seedily attractive, smooth, impressively catchy, seething power..." Mick Mercer.
Unlike most bands, we're not interested in genre or trying to narrow our sound down. Where is the rule wriiten that states you're only allowed to listen to what your friends or the magazines say is cool?
"Bass-heavy 80's noise." Time Out.
"Delicate, filthy, post coital purr." Bubblegum Slut.
http://www.myspace.com/mekanoset
Music by Milk, Patrick Crean, Jo Stapleton, Austin from The Stuns, John Table from Frosty Clump, Lewis Shaw. Vocals by Milk, Sahara Ezzie, Beth from Wrapped in Plastic.
Bass riffs, Baritone guitar, electric 12 string guitar, syn-drums, drones, white noise, singing through a harmonica mic and a load of effects?
We like Curve, Joy Division, Ladytron, The Cure, Killing Joke, Wire, Magazine, Pil, Richey Manic, Godflesh, Jesu, Scorn, Carthage, Witchman, Garbage, Autechre, Coil, The Hafler Trio, Scott Walker, Tricky, Wrapped in Plastic, Massive Attack, Swans, Tom Waits, Al Neilson, Jo Stapleton, Frosty Clump, Flame On, Time.Space.Repeat, Spc-Eco, The Chameleons, The Knife, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Talk Talk, Stray Dog City, Throbbing Gristle, HRT.
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