Little White Earbuds: LWE Podcast 189: Fishermen @ MNS |  |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:01 PM PST
 Back in October 2012, Skudge opened a new sub-label, Skudge White. Its first record, the simply-titled Fishermen seemed like perfect fodder for Skudge’s usual blackout tactics. For one, nobody had ever heard of Fishermen. And while the EP’s five tracks bore a distinct and striking signature, it didn’t seem an obvious match for any established artist. Sure, plenty of people do brutal industrialism, but at 110 BPM, with fragile chords soaring overheard? Skudge had the perfect hype-generator on its hands, in other words. From the very beginning, though, the world was permitted to know about Fishermen, a fresh project from two Swedish old-timers Martin Skogehall (AKA MRSK), and Thomas Jaldemark (half of Donk Boys and Kretipleti). Since then, two more records have surfaced: the twisted Delirium Tremens EP for Kontra-Musik and December’s under-the-radar Patterns and Paths LP, another for Skudge White. Despite this, next to nothing else has been said about the project. We called up Martin and Thomas to bring us up to speed, and to compile our 189th podcast, an hour of haunting, chord-heavy techno. |
