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01. STEFAN JAWORZYN - Sinister Eroticism In Oslo
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02. STEFAN JAWORZYN - The Nightclub Toilet
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03. STEFAN JAWORZYN - I Am Not Going to Make This Mistake Again
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04. STEFAN JAWORZYN - Druid Crystals
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05. STEFAN JAWORZYN - Pillars of Excrement
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06. STEFAN JAWORZYN - Psychoanalytically Speaking, You're Fucked
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07. STEFAN JAWORZYN - Crack City
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ARTIST
JAWORZYN, STEFAN
TITLE
Drained of Connotation
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BLACKEST EVER BLACK
CATALOG #
BLACKEST 027LP
BLACKEST 027LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/18/2014
Writer, musician, and misanthrope
Stefan Jaworzyn
was a notorious and energetic presence in the UK underground of the 1980s and 1990s. Following a brief stint in
Whitehouse
, in 1986 he formed
Skullflower
with
Matthew Bower
and remained the band's guitarist for four years, playing on
Birthdeath
(1988),
Form Destroyer
(1989) and
Xaman
(1990), among others. In 1990 he established the Shock label. Shock Records was a resounding boot to the arse of the narrow-minded, welcoming artists as disparate as
Lol Coxhill
,
Coil
,
Drunks With Guns
,
The Dead C
, and
Ramleh
into its fold. Jaworzyn rejoined Whitehouse in 1990-1991, and around this time was also invited to participate in a roundtable discussion about serial killers on Channel 4's
After Dark
program -- it ended with him vehemently debating the meaning of the word "integrity" with fellow guest
Michael Winner
. Despite having supposedly renounced the guitar, in 1991 Jaworzyn returned to the instrument with some venom, forming
Ascension
(later
Descension
) with drummer
Tony Irving
. In the second half of the decade, Jaworzyn retired the Shock label and largely withdrew from music, choosing to focus on drinking and cursing; although his
Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion
was published by Titan Books in 2003, and on occasion he emerged to play live (including the Whitehouse "farewell" show in a duo with drummer
Chris Corsano
). Now, after 17 years off the grid, Jaworzyn has reappeared. 2013 saw him reactivate Shock to issue two 12" EPs of emphatic new solo material, as well as
Eaten Away by Shadows
(a compilation of solo bedroom recordings from '82-'83) and the aforementioned Skullflower KINO CD series. Pre-dating the
Eaten Away
tracks, the driving, faintly sociopathic and supremely zoned pieces on
Drained of Connotation
were created in early/mid-'82 at Jaworzyn's then home in Cardiff using a Korg MS10 or 20 and his beloved Dr. Rhythm drum machine. SJ: "While a maniacal edge predominates, a couple of pieces seem surprisingly 'mellow,' a concept infrequently associated with my subsequent endeavours and disposition." Last copies...
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