Asmas
Bio
Norwich, UK. M. Andrews principally active as an instrumental improviser, songwriter, and poet; thus far Asmas has very much been a side-project for sporadic indulgence. This will change.
Members
Matthew Andrews
Gear
Asmas presents a VERY CRUEL DESIGN, a piece of apparatus comparable only to the thing from Kafka's 'In The Penal Colony', cOmInG sOoN to live use...
~THE INSUB REGISTRY~
a four-channel mixer combining...
1. a Macbook running loops generated in PureData / Hydrogen / Audacity
2. FM radio thru a dynamic mic
3. a metronome-cum-tone-generator thru a Boss DS-1, Big Muff, and Ashdown 'James LoMenzo' Bass Hyper Drive
4. bowed, battered, and prepared electric guitar thru a high-gain valve preamp (preparations include screwdrivers, Allen keys, springs, coins, slides, a hammer...)
For recording purposes this is supplemented or replaced-in-part by various other instruments (most notably double bass and synth) plus extensive use of contact microphones and found objects.
Discography
LATEST RELEASE:
Immanent Soul-Train Classics For One 21/05/2020
1. 'Entropy' Pronounced 'Excitement' 03:19 2. The Temerity Of It 04:10 3. Volume Does Not Equal Intent 03:40 4. Roland Barthes Enjoys His Collection Of Polaroids 03:26 5. The Direction Of Appropriation Is Everything 06:29 6. Thinking Again About Miasma 04:13 7. Two For Two 05:30 8. For The Future (Just In Case) 02:13
(noise / harsh noise / HNW / drone / EAI / free improvisation) https://sovietdistrict.bandcamp.com/album/immanent-soul-train-classics-for-one
Contact
soviet.district@aol.co.uk
