Scorn was formed in the early 1990s by former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nic Bullen. Bullen left in 1995, after which Scorn was Harris’ solo moniker. Since this release, wobbly bassy industrial became the staple sound of the project.
Scorn was formed in the early 1990s by former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nic Bullen. Bullen left in 1995, after which Scorn was Harris’ solo moniker. Since this release, wobbly bassy industrial became the staple sound of the project.
Eh, there’s no need for speedy tempo for it to be industrial. Early bands like Throbbing Gristle and Einstürzende Neubauten were in no hurry, and lots of great industrial takes a slower approach.
Rumor has it that Mick Harris was a bit sour when Londoners reinvented pretty much the same sound and made it into a popular edm genre — which might be why he stopped Scorn releases for a while after 2002. But the 2007 record ‘Stealth’ continued with the wobble and an even more pronounced industrial influence.
By the way, Harris actually has a dark-ambient project, called Lull.
I’m a big fan of Einstürzende Neubauten.
My partner, yesterday, showed me Hatari - Full Performance (Live on KEXP), a live recording from 2019, and my first thoughts were that Industrial is more about aesthetics and attitude than the bpm’s.
It still olds much of the characteristic sound, metallic and gritty, but like everything it presents itself in a myriad of ways.
Like punk, industrial does have an aesthetic that has spread further than the music itself. Though personally I’m a bit of a purist in that I define music by its sound, but industrial’s sound definitely tends to tell a story.
Hatari are pretty oldschool, somewhat reminiscent of 2000s electro-industrial — Wikipedia even lists aggrotech as one of their genres. Of course, they are far from the first to do industrial techno, that existed since the 90s.