Browse by Artist: SKULL DEFEKTS, THE

Artist:	SKULL DEFEKTS, THE
Title:	The Temple
Label:	IMPORTANT RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	IMPREC 235CD

"Brand new full full length from renowned Swedish noise rock outfit the Skull Defekts. The Skull Defekts is a band from Sweden in the very north of Europe. Their intense, monotonous, rhythmic and sexual out-rock has, since their start in early 2005, been spreading energies of various kinds to welcoming audiences and listeners. The DFX is also exploring worlds of noise, the drone and psychedelic electronics on waves. The Temple is the follow up to last years Blood Spirits & Drums Are Singing but it's deeper, harder, more sex, more occult. With a background in hardcore, garage rock, post punk and experimental music -- The Skull Defekts wears echoes of their past alongside influences from tribal roots music, sufi rituals, drone, techno, no wave, '80s Factory Records stuff and its surroundings, industrial music, the occult, underground club culture and manipulations of the mind. Get DFXed. DFX is sex, rhythm and the power of sound."

Artist:	SKULL DEFEKTS, THE
Title:	Waving
Label:	IMPORTANT RECORDS
Format:	7"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IMPREC 235EP

"Limited edition of 300. Screen printed heavy duty jackets. The Skull Defekts is a band from Sweden in the very north of Europe. Their intense, monotonous, rhythmic and sexual out rock has since their start in early 2005 been spreading energies of various kinds to welcoming audiences and listeners. The DFX have also been exploring worlds of noise, the drone and psychedelic electronics on waves on releases for labels like Riot Season, iDEAL, Release The Bats and Conspiracy Records."

Artist:	SKULL DEFEKTS, THE
Title:	2013 - 3012
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	THR 012.48EP

"2013 - 3012 is a brand new 12" vinyl only release that follows the Peer Amid album (THR 260LP) and features the Skull Defekts joined by both Daniel Higgs and Zomes. The A side consists of three new songs while the B side is a re-verse cut done on a Scully Lathe. We were told that there were only a handful of mastering facilities with an operating Scully lathe in the United States. We could only find one. The B Side is not only a reverse recording of the A side - but literally plays backwards from the inside of the record to the outside."

Artist:	SKULL DEFEKTS, THE
Title:	Peer Amid
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 260CD

"There are some bands who are content to make a record, play a few shows, and exist as a musical entity only when it's time to make a new album, and then there are bands like The Skull Defekts who are the backbone of their musical communities. Hard at work on their numerous individual projects, constantly collaborating, releasing their own records on their own imprints, and touring incessantly, The Skull Defekts are Sweden's answer to the States' Sonic Youth and the Netherlands' The Ex and one of the centerpieces of the Swedish experimental rock scene. Since their creation in 2005, The Skull Defekts have taken their base of classic rock with massive guitar riffing, and infused it with their interest in circular composition, drone, tribal music, Indian ragas, '60s minimalism, and experimental music from numerous ages."

Artist:	SKULL DEFEKTS, THE
Title:	The Sound of Defekt Skulls and Intense Cranium Contact
Label:	UTECH RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	UR 006CD

...Feedbacking Gothenburg and Chicago. "The Skull Defekts, represented by Henrik Rylander and Joachim Nordwall, were invited in late September 2006 by the Chicago non-profit organization Lampo to make their U.S. debut. With them they brought recorded sounds from their home on the Swedish west coast, Gothenburg. A city breathing culture, it is also Sweden's most important export harbor. While spending close to a week in Chicago, Rylander and Nordwall carefully prepared a piece to be presented on the Lampo event on September 30th. The duo recorded more sounds, searched for the Skull sound of Chicago, and found inspiration from the city itself and the people they met. They traveled with ten mixing desks and Nordwall's custom Drone Machine, ready to complete the project with sharp psychedelic & analog noise treatments. They also investigated the CM von Hausswolff 'There Are No Crows Flying Around The Hancock Building' thesis. A crow was found below the building, it did not seem to be able to fly. The Skull Defekts recorded it while it was playing and testing its wings in a nearby park. When the Skulls left, the crow was still on the ground."

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