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Nurse With Wound
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London, United Kingdom (1978 – present)
Nurse With Wound or NWW is a London, UK based music band, formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heeman Pathak. Their early recordings, all made quickly, were heavily influenced by free jazz and krautrock and were generally considered industrial music, despite the objections of the group.
By 1981, only Stapleton was left from the original trio and he now regards 1982’s “Homotopy to Marie”, as being the first proper Nurse With Wound release. There are now over 30 full length NWW titles.
Stapleton’s fondness for dada, surrealism and absurdist humor are demonstrated in much of NWW’s output, which, though it draws directly on nearly every musical genre imaginable (from cabaret music to nursery rhymes to John Cage to The Beach Boys to krautrock to pop music to ambient music and Captain Beefheart) retains a distinctive and recognizable aura.
Musique concrete may be the most prominent touchstone, due to Stapleton’s frequent – and often humorous – use of creative tape loops and editing. Athough NWW has a long and illustrious list of collaborators (most notably David Tibet of Current 93), at time of writing, NWW is effectively a duo of Stapleton and Colin Potter, the latter having first worked with NWW on 1992’s “Thunder Perfect Mind” when it was recorded at Potter’s ICR studio.
Those interested in learning more should research the infamous “Nurse With Wound List”. It is a list of band names of NWW’s obscure influences and it has become a kind of guide for those seeking fringe music of all kinds.
By 1981, only Stapleton was left from the original trio and he now regards 1982’s “Homotopy to Marie”, as being the first proper Nurse With Wound release. There are now over 30 full length NWW titles.
Stapleton’s fondness for dada, surrealism and absurdist humor are demonstrated in much of NWW’s output, which, though it draws directly on nearly every musical genre imaginable (from cabaret music to nursery rhymes to John Cage to The Beach Boys to krautrock to pop music to ambient music and Captain Beefheart) retains a distinctive and recognizable aura.
Musique concrete may be the most prominent touchstone, due to Stapleton’s frequent – and often humorous – use of creative tape loops and editing. Athough NWW has a long and illustrious list of collaborators (most notably David Tibet of Current 93), at time of writing, NWW is effectively a duo of Stapleton and Colin Potter, the latter having first worked with NWW on 1992’s “Thunder Perfect Mind” when it was recorded at Potter’s ICR studio.
Those interested in learning more should research the infamous “Nurse With Wound List”. It is a list of band names of NWW’s obscure influences and it has become a kind of guide for those seeking fringe music of all kinds.
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Who Can I Turn To Stereo
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Homotopy to Marie
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A Sucked Orange
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
anyone heard "space music" yet? I got the CD version yesterday.
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esi13084 wrote:
Alexander Kibanov, Alexei Borisov, Alexei_Bortnichuk, Cisfinitum - Hutopia_-_TRRRack.mp3 http://www.archive.org/download/TRRRack/TRRRack_vbr_mp3.zip
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fullvestbladder wrote:
also agreed. on a side note, funeral music for perez prado [full version] is my favorite song ever
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polymorphous71 wrote:
Agreed. Every point.
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thellama73 wrote:
As a huge fan of 50's lounge music, I certainly appreciate Huffin' Rag Blues, but I think Sylvie and Babs was a more successful take on the genre. The Surveillance Lounge, on the other hand, is just fantastic and one of the best things Steve's done in years.
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
I like HRB over the newest album, but I'd probably prefer Thunder Perfect Mind or Alice The Goon over both.
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polymorphous71 wrote:
Creakiness is high alchemy indeed.
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ibreatheoxygen wrote:
Is it just me or is Creakiness one of the best NWW tracks ever recorded?
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itsbeatnick wrote:
flesh 'wound' or past tense of wind?
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phillip360 wrote:
Your house is thermally invited to glue and expand the estrus and electrified 'pataphysics group while absorbing time machine lecture #6.
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MossTrumpeter wrote:
But... seriously!
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ibreatheoxygen wrote:
Saying Huffin' Rag Blues is underrated or overlooked is one thing. But, seriously?
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fullvestbladder wrote:
oh man, me too.
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polymorphous71 wrote:
I think they are. I'm staying out of this one.
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fullvestbladder wrote:
are you guys saying huffin rag blues is better than the memory surface?
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MossTrumpeter wrote:
The newest album has its moments, but honestly, it's too drawn-out for me to keep returning to. It also sounds more "typical" than Huffin' Rag Blues, which was really fun and refreshing when it came out.
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TripleSol wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Nurse+With+Wound/+images/15234135 Awesome picture, vote YES!
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fourswords wrote:
How do You consider the newest NWW album?
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MossTrumpeter wrote:
I like Huffin' Rag Blues more than the newest release.
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sashagh wrote:
Have to disagree with Huffin' Rag Blues being awesome, the The Surveillance Lounge/The Memory Surface set is absolutely brilliant.
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