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Thomas Wisse, a.k.a. Damon Edge (1949-1995) started as member of the psychedelic band CHROME with Helios Creed a.o. and began the Siren Records label.
Drawing from such influences as Can, Crime, The Stooges, and Musik Konkrete, the duo produced a sound that no one could possibly emulate.
‘Alien Soundtracks’, in 1978, developed and explored other audio worlds whilst hammering out a garage punk, psychedelic-jam in the background. 1979’s ‘Half Machine Lip Moves’, possibly the most famous album of the Chrome repertoire , finds Edge and Creed doing all instrumentation/vocals with Gary Spain contributing occasionally. On this album, the raw punk sound was further developed with blasts of taped schizophrenia and synth sound effects.
‘Read Only Memory’, which came out right after ‘Half Machin’, is a twist of tapes and found sound and features the famous track ‘I am the Jaw’. ‘Subterranean Modern’ (a 1979 compilation feat. four bands), ‘Red Exposure’ (1980), and ‘Inworlds’ (1981) were the next three releases featuring Edge on rhythm/percussion and keyboard tracks and creed on guitar and bass tracks. In 1980, several videos were shot: ‘New Age’ (Three Versions), and ‘Meet you in the Subway’ which shows Damon and Helios walking the tunnels of San Francisco’s BART station, dressed as droogs.
Possibly the tightest of the Chrome releases was 1981’s ‘Blood On The Moon’, Thanks to the help of John and Hilary Stench, from Romeo Void and Vital Parts – playing bass and drums respectively, Chrome moved forward into a strong four-man band sound while retaining the acid sounds of phased keyboards, effected vocals, and otherworldly, chopped up taped textures, The result was a sonic masterpiece.
Drawing from such influences as Can, Crime, The Stooges, and Musik Konkrete, the duo produced a sound that no one could possibly emulate.
‘Alien Soundtracks’, in 1978, developed and explored other audio worlds whilst hammering out a garage punk, psychedelic-jam in the background. 1979’s ‘Half Machine Lip Moves’, possibly the most famous album of the Chrome repertoire , finds Edge and Creed doing all instrumentation/vocals with Gary Spain contributing occasionally. On this album, the raw punk sound was further developed with blasts of taped schizophrenia and synth sound effects.
‘Read Only Memory’, which came out right after ‘Half Machin’, is a twist of tapes and found sound and features the famous track ‘I am the Jaw’. ‘Subterranean Modern’ (a 1979 compilation feat. four bands), ‘Red Exposure’ (1980), and ‘Inworlds’ (1981) were the next three releases featuring Edge on rhythm/percussion and keyboard tracks and creed on guitar and bass tracks. In 1980, several videos were shot: ‘New Age’ (Three Versions), and ‘Meet you in the Subway’ which shows Damon and Helios walking the tunnels of San Francisco’s BART station, dressed as droogs.
Possibly the tightest of the Chrome releases was 1981’s ‘Blood On The Moon’, Thanks to the help of John and Hilary Stench, from Romeo Void and Vital Parts – playing bass and drums respectively, Chrome moved forward into a strong four-man band sound while retaining the acid sounds of phased keyboards, effected vocals, and otherworldly, chopped up taped textures, The result was a sonic masterpiece.
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