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ARTIST
DIMINISHED MEN
TITLE
Damage Mecanique
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
TWENTY ONE EIGHTY TWO RECORDING COMPANY
CATALOG #
KHZ 1009LP
KHZ 1009LP
GENRE
EXPERIMENTAL
RELEASE DATE
8/25/2023
Damage Mécanique
thrusts the listener into a malfunctioning industrial sci-fi soundscape. Trance-inducing guitars beckon with haunting wails, high-tension wires spin and spit with a crackling hiss. Circular kosmische rhythms and anxiety-drenched beats destroy and rebuild around fractured melodies and noise. The band oxidizes and melts into experimental post-punk and acousmatic environments as hypnotic groove and vertigo copulate in cinematic assemblage. Drawing from elements of film noir, psychedelic exotica, experimental rock, deviant surf and musique concrète,
Diminished Men
refocus their influences into something entirely unique. Collaged with menacing electricity, the raw materials are broken up and reassembled in their crude private facility. The group has spent more than a decade crafting their style and have established themselves as an integral part of Seattle's underground music scene. Diminished Men are an instrumental group formed by guitarist
Steve Schmitt
, drummer
Dave Abramson
(
Master Musicians of Bukkake
,
Climax Golden Twins
,
Secret Chiefs 3
,
Spider Trio
) and bassist
Simon Henneman
. Their 2005 first full length
Names of the Dead
introduced the band's jagged, hard-charging approach and cinema obscura ethos. A bizarre series of cassettes
American Volume Swells
and their
Six O' Clock Baby
album revealed a raw and unchecked side of the band through live recordings, improvisations and collage. It was their 2009
Shadow Instrumentals
LP on the Sun City Girls label, Abduction Records, that got the band wider recognition for their creative and distinctive sound. Followed by
Capnomancy
and
Vision in Crime
, they cemented their status as formidable figures, developing a dedicated audience of audiophiles who found themselves entranced by Diminished Men's high energy live performances.
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