Swans - Filth [LP] (remastered, poster) lost highway Nicola Kuperus

Nicola Kuperus

The music he has been making at his own pace since the early eighties might be utterly estranged from the songs that made him a household name

"from the sound of my own voice reverberating off my home's old '50s brick walls

Potent 2014 album

Forward-thinking producer known for his work with Gil Scott-Heron

Swans - Filth [LP] (remastered, poster) lost highway Nicola KuperusThis is all slabs of sound, rhythm and screaming testifying. What more do you need? In a way, it was a reaction against Punk (and just about any other music you can think of), and the conservative notion that 3 chords were somehow necessary. I used to deny it vehemently at the time, but No Wave (I hated that scene too, for some reason I cant remember now) played a big role as the germ from which this music grew, along with The Stooges and Throbbing