AURAL ASSAULT
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Distr. : UK - Piccadilly
US - Darla
Style : soundscape / synth pop /
AAR 001
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AAR 002 SCISSORGUN ASSAULT TWO 10"+CD 05.2017
10" A1. Bastard Son
A2. Dusting For Zika
B1. Caballero
B2. Sahara Dream
B3. The Searching
CD 1. Caballero
2. Bastard Son
3. Dusting For Zika
4. Sahara Dream
5. The Searching
6. Kahutek
7. Sahara Night Flight
Scissorgun are a two-piece soundscape project from Manchester: Alan Hempsall
(of Crispy Ambulance) on treated guitars, vocals, prose and trumpet and David
Clarkson (formerly of Triclops and Illuminati) on synths, keyboards, drum
programming, rhythms and percussion.
The duo came together in the summer of 2016 with a view to creating spontaneous
music, and by November had laid the foundations of Assault Two, their debut release,
so named because it is the second release on Aural Assault Records, whose first
outing was the debut single by Crispy Ambulance way back in April 1980.
This special 10” and CD package is released in a limited edition of 500 copies.
The extended CD features longer versions of the five tracks on the vinyl as well
as two bonus cuts. The artwork is by Pascal Blua.
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AAR 003 SCISSORGUN ALL YOU LOVE IS NEED CD 06.2020
708527200193
AAR 003 3 SCISSORGUN ALL YOU LOVE IS NEED DL 06.2020
1. Terminal Velocity
2. Salvia
3. Sub-Continent
4. Station Drift Pt 1
5. Forensic Dub
6. Bruise
7. Hybrid Threat
8. Station Drift Pt 2
9. Dark Routines
10. Pumpkin Face
11. Double Agent
Scissorgun are a two-piece soundscape project from Manchester comprising Alan Hempsall
(Crispy Ambulance) on treated guitars, vocals and trumpet, and David Clarkson (Spectral
Bazaar and solo projects) on synths, keyboards, drum programming and field recordings.
The duo came together in the summer of 2016 with a view to creating spontaneous music,
and the following year unveiled debut release Assault Two, issued on 10” vinyl in 2017.
An album of beats, fractured ambiance and spoken word, Electronic Sound magazine
discerned an ‘attractive spell of narcotic delirium’, while Mojo praised ‘Northern
electronic shanties and sound collages that feel like snapshots of a city at night,
moving from drunken chaos to minicab grime reveries to a new dawn electronic beauty.’
The band’s influences range from post-rock to prog, jazz to electronic, and even
occasional forays into experimental pop. Written and recorded in stages over an
18 month period, second album All You Love Is Need is a combination of cinematic
and experimental landscapes led by bright, treated guitar. ‘The album reflects a
subliminal shift in people’s perceptions of global events over the course of that
time,’ explains Alan Hempsall. ‘The ability to translate new sensations into the act
of creating is a state worth striving for. To do this we tried new ways (to us) of
hearing, of listening. We work to subvert the narrative whilst keeping close to the
one thing that unites us all. Hope.’
Recent support slots have included dates with Wolfgang Flur (ex-Kraftwerk), Wrangler
and Marconi Union. Scissorgun are due to perform at the Subliminal Impulse Festival
launch party in Manchester on 17 June 2020.
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