hushush | stash (1998-2009)

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Ambre is one of the several projects conducted by the influential Belgian artists John N. Sellekaers (Xingu Hill, Torsion, Snog, Internal, Urawa), C-drík (Axiome, Crno Klank) and Olivier Moreau (Imminent Starvation, Torsion, Axiome, Delta Files, Urawa). Ambre, their isolationist, ambient industrial project had their first disc "Enclave" unanimously acclaimed. (Published on the famous German label Ant-Zen).

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Ambre & Mark Spybey : Sfumato (Threesome 1.)
· Mick Harris & Ambre : Dys (Threesome 3.)

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This Japanese act is well known for its use of a single source of sound, this technique is inherited from musique concrète. They did use in the past sounds from glowing lamps, fire, zen bells, hearbeats and pages from the book to name a few. Akifumi Nakajima creates a unique blend of noise and ambience music.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Various Artists : Four Ways of Saying H3O (Tribute to the Hafler Trio)

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Multifaceted artist, academically trained musician and drummer, C-drík Fermont is electroacoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne former student. Of Greek descent, born in Congo, living in Belgium, C-drík is an eternal voyager. He juggles in between many projects and genres. His various other incarnations include Moonsanto, Ambre, Ammo, Axiome, Crno Klank.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Ambre & Mark Spybey : Sfumato (Threesome 1.)
· C-drík : Dissolution
· Martiens Go Home! : Une occasion de chute
· Mick Harris & Ambre : Dys (Threesome 3.)
· Moonsanto : Dogme 1-4
· Moonsanto : Fraud - Hell - Dope
· Moonsanto : Fraud - Hell - Dope (Pesticides Forever kit)
· Various Artists : Low End Recon (A Dark Hop Transmission Vol. 1)

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In their own words: Kapotte Muziek and Goem are both trio’s consisting of the same members: Frans de Waard, Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop. All of these individuals have earned their share of fame in one way or another (well, as long as we’re talking about experimental music that is...). They have found together in these two trio’s because of their deep involvement with sound and music. Kapotte Muziek started working live in 1993, touring the world with a set that is based on improvisation. Peter was asked to join the team for live concerts in 1997. Goem was founded in 1996. Since this time both trio’s have toured the world extensively and released many albums on different labels.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Kapotte Muziek vs. Goem : KGM

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It takes a special person to conduct successfully two different musical careers at the same time and Japanese KK Null is truly one of the few. He has gained recognition for his work with terror punk rock project Zeni Geva as well as his self-titled solo works. 1987 witnessed the birth of Zeni Geva and in the years following an impressive history grew. They recorded a session for BBC’s famous John Peel; worked intensively with Steve Albini; were produced on the label of Jello Biaffra (Dead Kennedy’s), Alternative Tentacles; and supported on tour influential bands such as Neurosis and the Melvins. All the while, KK worked on his solo career. There he experimented with guitars to creating striking and rich noise textures. Due to the honesty and quality of his compositions, he has worked with other musical innovators which reads like a who’s who of experimentation: Merzbow, James Plotkin, Zbigniew Karkowski (Sensorband), Seiichi Yamamoto (Boredoms), Keiji Haino and David Brown to name a few. The partnership between Jim O’Rourke and KK Null has produced several collaborations including the very influential New Kind of Water released in 1992. KK Null has also supported bands on tour like Sonic Youth and Mike Patton. Due to his solo work and main project Zeni Geva, KK has performed and toured in many countries across the globe over the years, gaining the reputation of giving the audience a strong performance.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· KK Null : Peak of Nothingness

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With almost twenty years of electronic music composing, Scott Gibbons isn’t exactly a newcomer. Indeed he has had an important influence on some other Hushush recording artists such as Mick Harris’ Lull and Akifumi Nakajima’s Aube. His mind challenging compositions led him to release three CD’s under the famous Belgian label Sub Rosa. Cited by many as seminal compositions, his early nineties releases based only on the sound of stones and wind got praises from all over the world. Scott and his project Lilith were invited in many occasions at several renowned festival (ARS Electronica and the Holland Festival to name a few). The Wire UK magazine coined him "master of the sub-bass". His list of collaborations includes much respected artists such as Brian Ladd (Blackhouse), Mark Spybey (DVOA), GVOON, David Wright (Not Breathing). Scott is now a regular collaborator of the avant garde Italian theatre company, Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio and Golan Levin’s Telesymphony.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Lilith : Imagined Compositions for Water
· Various Artists : Four Ways of Saying H3O (Tribute to the Hafler Trio)

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Mark Spybey is currently working under the monikers of Dead Voices on Air and Propeller. Mark is a former member of the influential British band Zoviet*France and the much-talked about industrial act Download (along with cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy). He had also collaborated with many seminal artists and bands such as Jarboe of the Swans, CAN, Not Breathing, James Plotkin, Pigface, the Legendary Pink Dots and for Disques Hushush, Mark he collaborated with Mick Harris and Ambre on the Threesome series.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Ambre & Mark Spybey : Sfumato (Threesome 1.)
· Mark Spybey & Mick Harris : Bad Roads, Young Drivers (Threesome 2.)
· Sealey / Oddie / Spybey : Sealey / Oddie / Spybey
· Various Artists : Four Ways of Saying H3O (Tribute to the Hafler Trio)

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Named after Fredric Brown’s seminal sci-fi novel’s title in French, Martiens Go Home! (MGH!) has nothing to envy classic improvisation. Not missing a single week since they started their radio show many years ago on Radio Campus (Brussels, Belgium) the trio has always played with the contingency of live experience. With the live sequencing of found sounds and various samples they developed their own approach to electronic music. Far from any rigid and binary compositions, their sound is organic and complex.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Martiens Go Home! : Une occasion de chute

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Mick Harris is a very influential and seminal figure in the contemporary underground music scene. Many of his projects changed the complexion of what electronic music has become today. Scorn one of the most sensational act from the nineties, Quoit his drum’n’bass project and Lull, a death calm ambient incarnation, to name a few. He is also known through many collaborative discs and projects he has had with artists such as James Plotkin, Eraldo Bernocchi, Martyn Bates, John Everall, Surgeon, Nigel Ayers, Neil Harvey, John Zorn and Bill Laswell. Mick is well known to the Hushush’s aficionados for his work on Hed Nod, releasing vinyl copies of the Hed Nod Sessions. Consisting in minimal instrumental hip-hop music also known as dark hop.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Mark Spybey & Mick Harris : Bad Roads, Young Drivers (Threesome 2.)
· Mick Harris & Ambre : Dys (Threesome 3.)
· Mick Harris : Having It
· Mick Harris : Hed Nod. Session 01
· Mick Harris : Hed Nod. Session 02
· Mick Harris : Hed Nod. Session 03
· Mick Harris : Hed Nod. Session 04
· Various Artists : Low End Recon (A Dark Hop Transmission Vol. 1)

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Moonsanto’s four junk scientists are actually two of Ambre’s members, C-drik (Crno Klank, Axiome...) and John N Sellekaers (Xingu Hill, Torsion, Internal, Snog...) with Marc Medea and J.R. Rob(u)rang from the Silk Saw/Ultraphonist possee.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Martiens Go Home! : Une occasion de chute
· Moonsanto : Dogme 1-4
· Moonsanto : Fraud - Hell - Dope
· Moonsanto : Fraud - Hell - Dope (Pesticides Forever kit)

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The Nihilist Spasm Band was born of necessity in 1965 when a sound track had to be composed for a 16mm movie they made. The history of the NSB is made of about 20 people who assembled their own instruments. Out of these 20 people, seven kazoos craftsmen remained in the band. Having no inhibitions about performing in public with their modified kazoos, their homemade guitars, bass and drums, the band hailing from London, Ontario (Canada) approached a local hotel and they started playing "Every Monday Night", a tradition that has continued for 40 years now. After one of their early performances it was noted that NSB were a “bad joke carried too far”. They can hardly think of any higher praise!

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Nihilist Spasm Band & Reynols : No Borders to No Borders

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Starting their activities in 1993 in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Reynols, the - now disbanded - band fronted by Miguel Tomasín and his colleagues Robeto Conlazo and Anla Courtis has a since then explored many avenues of contemporary music. The untamed mind of its headhoncho who suffers of Down’s Syndrome has given the band a very distinctive touch. This freedom of creation derived from Tomasín’s bountiful spirit was expressed in the band’s improvisation, droning and deep experimental research. The trio used diverse acoustic and electric instruments as well as tapes and various electronics. With a discography of over 50 releases, the Reynols left an everlasting original mark on contemporary electronic music.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Nihilist Spasm Band & Reynols : No Borders to No Borders

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Silk Saw is a duo from Brussels; they have been active for many years under different forms and different labels (Sub Rosa, Ant-Zen). Silk Saw created a very specific and original sound an electronic krautrock hybrid. Jardin d’Usure (a dada inspired sound experiment) and Ultraphonist (Foton Records - an ambient isolationist project) are two of the other names the duo is known for.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Moonsanto : Dogme 1-4
· Moonsanto : Fraud - Hell - Dope
· Moonsanto : Fraud - Hell - Dope (Pesticides Forever kit)
· Various Artists : Low End Recon (A Dark Hop Transmission Vol. 1)

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Szkieve (pronounced s-kee-vh) is Dimitri della Faille, founder of Disques Hushush. Born and raised Belgian and living in Montréal, Dimitri is currently working on his PhD thesis in Political Sociology. During his graduate studies he visited several universities in Argentina, Belgium, Canada and the United States. Other than his debut album on Disques Hushush, noticeable is also his collaboration to the Martiens Go Home "Une occasion de chute" CD and split picture disc with Ammo "Perturbacée/Terra Amata". Szkieve collaborated with Montréal’s Vromb on a 7" vinyl "Le pavillon des oiseaux/Le monorail". Szkieve is actually a mispelled equivalent for the word "Skew" in the Brussels’ dialect.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Martiens Go Home! : Une occasion de chute
· Szkieve : Des germes de quelque chose
· Szkieve : Des rythmes de passage
· Vromb & Szkieve : Le pavillon des oiseaux / Le monorail

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Vromb’s solid reputation as a unique artist is legendary amongst fans of minimal electro rhythms. Based in Montréal (Québec) Vromb’s Hugo Girard is nonetheless mostly known in Europe and in the United States. Having released only but a few discs in his whole ten years and over career’s span, his many followers eagerly await each release. With a style on his own, Girard’s project may be one of the most original act in the North American electronic music scene.

Release(s) by this artists on Hushush / Hed Nod (1998-2009):

· Vromb & Szkieve : Le pavillon des oiseaux / Le monorail
· Vromb : Mémoires paramoléculaires