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Two albums to date and a triple album due out early next year. Vota: 1.we are like angels falling down DESCRIPTION: More than a decade after :zoviet*france: members Robin Storey (Rapoon), Mark Spybey (Dead Voices on Air) and Andrew Eardley (Delayer) left the band, the three have teamed up for a new group: Reformed Faction is a 21st century version of this important group with a unique sound that combines the old :zoviet*france: style with modern technology and a fresh wind blowing from the North of England. |
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The War Against : 1.Micha DESCRIPTION: It may be difficult for some to acknowledge, but the cold
war is over. In its place: PEOPLE. We have chosen to create new folk devils
and to instill new, more insidious moral panics as a consequence. The
War Against what or who? Reformed Faction is a new band featuring Robin
Storey and Mark Spybey. “The War Against...” is their second
CD, following “Vota” (KIanggalerie, 2006). This new album
was cultivated from hours of improvisations made whilst watching Werner
Herzog movies and drinking red wine. Spybey would record Storey and then
manipulate the sounds, combining rough mixes of the pieces with sounds
of his own. Although the most of the music was recorded over the course
of a weekend, it took several months to assemble the album. Themes from
the recording sessions were played in live concerts and then reworked
for the final version of the album. “The War Against” is presented
in a lavishly produced cardboard minibox with pictures featuring postcards
of artwork by the band. It is limited to 400 copies, and closely resembles
the packaging for Rapoon’s “From Shadows Sleep” CD,
released in 2006. Robin Storey was born in 1955 in Cumbria, England. He
studied fine arts at Sunderland University and took classes in electronic
and experimental composition, joining with friends to perform the works
of Karlhinz Stockhausen. In 1979 Storey formed the pioneering industrial
group :zoviet*france:, remaining a member until 1992, when he departed
to form Rapoon. Recording and touring as a solo artist, he his first release
was “Dream Circle”, an entrancing fusion of Indian ragas,
African rhythms and experimental textures that anticipated the evocative
soundscapes of the many releases to follow. Also a noted visual artist
and animator, Storey’s work has been exhibited around the world
and is in the collections of many major galleries. Mark Spybey was born
in North Yorkshire, England in 1961. He is a therapist in the field of
mental health care, but has long had an interest in experimental music,
and was a member of :zoviet*france: from 1987 to 1989. After leaving the
band he moved to Canada and worked under the names Dead Voices on Air
and Propeller. He collaborated widely, toured and was vocalist in the
acclaimed band Download (ex-Skinny Puppy). He was also a member of Sofortkontakat!,
led by the late Michael Karoli of Can, and participated in Can’s
30th anniversary shows 1999/2000. Spybey has worked with a variety of
artists who inspired his music, including Damo Suzuki (Can), Faust, Michael
Rother (Neu!, Harmonia and Kraftwerk), Dieter Moebius (Cluster and Harmonia),
Genesis P. Orridge (Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV), and The Legendary
Pink Dots. He returned to England in 2000. |
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