Violence (musician)

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Violence
Violence performing at the MoMA PS1.
Violence performing at MoMA PS1
Background information
OriginBaltimore, MD, United States
GenresElectronic, Hip hop, Grime, Black metal, Juke, Industrial music, Experimental, Dark wave, Dark ambient, Witch house
Years active2010–present
LabelsNON Worldwide, Dogfood Music Group,
Websitepalmtreescaprisun.com
MembersOlin Caprison

Violence is an American band that, for recordings, is composed singularly of Olin Caprison. The project began in 2010, but their first official release was REPTILE/Hand Me Downs from Heaven, a menacing combination of romanticism, juke, death metal, and gothic rock, with Steak Au Zoo Records in 2012.[1][2] From there Violence focused on performing throughout the United States until participating in the compilation Mykki Blanco Presents: C-ORE. Their participation displayed the progression of earlier ideas into a sound that was said to explore "the technological over-stimulation of a proto human archetype," moving from fog-horn grime to cryptic sermons to doom metal.[3][4] The next release came with A Ruse of Power, a sonic exploration of "different societal contexts of violence – from political tragedies to neighbourhood shootings to the consequences of performed hypermasculinity," jumping from Caprison’s piercing screams to howling industrial winds and tiptoeing square wave melodies, on NON Worldwide, in 2016.[5]

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • REPTILE/Hand Me Downs from Heaven (March 13, 2012, Steak au Zoo Records)
  • A Ruse of Power (August 15, 2016, NON Worldwide)
  • Human Dust to Fertilize the Impotent Garden (September 8, PTP)[6]

Singles[]

  • "This is Going to be Disgusting, Unholy, and Pleasurable" (August 17, 2015, Dogfood Music Group)
  • "Wintertime" (October 29, 2015, NON Worldwide)
  • "Psycud" (August 15, 2016, NON Worldwide)
  • "Rain" (Nov 17, 2016, NON Worldwide)

Scores[]

  • Kandis William's Affect:Network:Territory (Performed multiple times throughout 2016)[7]
  • Richard Kennedy's Both (January 18, 2017)[8]

Compilations[]

  • Blasting Voice (September 1, 2012, Teenage Teardrops)
  • Mykki Blanco Presents: C-ORE (September 18, 2015, Dogfood Music Group)

References[]

  1. ^ Staff, Dummy. "VIOLENCE - Wintertime". www.dummymag.com.
  2. ^ "VIOLENCE's cassette release reviewed". atractivoquenobello. 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Night Breed - Wonderland Magazine". Wonderland. 11 December 2015.
  4. ^ "The Voices Disrupting White Supremacy Through Sound". The FADER.
  5. ^ Dazed (18 November 2016). "The Baltimore musician exploring brutality and masculinity".
  6. ^ Bowe, Miles (June 7, 2017). "VIOLENCE unveils Human Dust to Fertilize the Impotent Garden on PTP". Fact. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "Human Resources, Los Angeles". humanresourcesla.com.
  8. ^ Mallett, Whitney (23 January 2017). "'Suspended Limbs and Liquid Spines': Richard Kennedy Debuts 'Both' at Artists Space".
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