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2013 REVIEWS & LIVE DATES
An excellent review of the N 51°33' 0'' / W 0°7' 0'' ep that came out last year on Sheepscar light industrial by former zine now top review blog Idwal Fisher.
BBBlood - N 51°33' 0'' / W 0°7' 0''
Sheepscar Light Industrial. 3”CDR. SLI 010. 50 Copies.
"Meanwhile, back at the Barons cage we have Paul Watson keeping the capital alive with his highly rewarding noise constructs. Its a pity there hasn’t been more of BBBlood through these gates for what I hear impresses me - this isn’t all head down, thumbs through belt loops, shoulder swinging, hair swaying drongo noise y’know, there’s a great deal of thought goes into what he does and it shows. During ‘Marseille’ I’m treated to the sound of an oak tree being snapped in half, the splinters ripping across my skull in all its panned glory. I’m sure there’s field recordings in there too, especially on the first track ‘Obscurantism’ which sounds as if it was recorded on the buffet car of the London to Leeds East Coast express. An all out blast appears in due course and when it arrives you know about it but its the way in which Watson arranges his sound that impresses me most. He’s an erudite chap and his compositions show and yes I did mean compositions. The way in which these two tracks are structured, the way in which various elements appear and disappear, the continuous flow of ideas and sounds all point towards a daring and highly enthusiastic mind. I dare say that the Baron has laid his offerings at the TNB alter too for there is the scrape and a rusty bike wheel being slowly spun, its rotations coming to an end with an ear squealing orgasm. Factory hum, that glorious wood tearing .. I believe we may have some kind of mini classic on our hands here. To the downloads."
Thank you for the review! Also check out the Sheepscar Light Industrial website as the recent batch was pretty exceptional.
You can read the full review here
I have 2 copies of this left so email me if you want one.
Also the split c30 with Half an Abortion made it into the 'top-ten of 2012' on Radio Free Midwich
plus I received a couple other mentions in the list. Thanks!
Next show I return to Leeds in March to play the Crater Lake All Day event.
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Last.fm
More TBC.
2012 ROUND UP
2012 wasn't the best year, but it wasn't the worst year either, I'm kind of glad to see 2013 arrive.
One of the biggest challenges of 2012 was not having any recording equipment for almost half the year and trying to find ways to record / transfer from tape to digital without a fully functional computer. Scrapping plans on the first BBBlood lp (if anyone is interested...) and a couple other release wasn't what I planned either. However there were some real highlights to take away from the year.
Personal highlights :
Highlights / records of 2012 (for what it's worth):
Next up, I'm currently recording a new cassette for Beartown Records and a track for the second split tape with Duncan Harrison. Both are taking a long time with many false starts. Hopefully both will surface soon.
One of the biggest challenges of 2012 was not having any recording equipment for almost half the year and trying to find ways to record / transfer from tape to digital without a fully functional computer. Scrapping plans on the first BBBlood lp (if anyone is interested...) and a couple other release wasn't what I planned either. However there were some real highlights to take away from the year.
Personal highlights :
- Playing in Nottingham, Bristol, Leeds, and a couple shows in London
- Sharing a couple of these line-ups with friends Aqua Dentata, These Feathers Have Plumes, and Cheapmachines
- Managing to record three decent eps over the space of the year (split w/ Tinnitustimulus, split w/ Half An Abortion, and the 3" CDr on Sheep Scar)
Highlights / records of 2012 (for what it's worth):
- Aaron Dilloway - Modern Jester (Hanson)
- Rammel Club weekender, Nottingham
- Daniel Menche live @ West Germany, Berlin
- Broken Flag weekend, London (and meeting loads of great people)
- Small Cruel Party - An Accident In Substance (Harbinger Sound - Reissue)
- Francisco Meirino - Untitled Phenomenas in Concrete (Cave12)
- The New Blockaders / Vagina Dentata Organ live @ NK, Berlin (+ the VDO picture disc issued later in the year on Harbinger Sound)
- Schimpfluch Carnival, Bristol (Both for the social event and musically)
- Basic House – Cryptid Binaries (Washy Tapes)
- Lee Gamble – Diversions 1994-1996 (PAN)
- Wanda Group – Piss Fell Out Like Sunlight (Opal Tapes)
- Reverse Baptism - Street Business (Anabolic Dimension)
- Marc Hurtado and Vomir - 2012 (Tourette)
- Lettera 22 – Native Waters (Second Sleep)
- John Macedo – Silt (Beartown Records)
- Arv and Miljö – Orientering I Denna Värld (Ljud & Bild Produktion)
- The Tobacconists - Smoking Is Green (Economy Of Language)
- Jason Lescalleet - Songs About Nothing (Erstwhile Records)
- Robert Turman – Flux (Spectrum Spools - Reissue)
- Yeast Culture – IYS (Art-Into-Life - Reissue)
- Liars – WIXIW (Mute)
- Jason Crumer - Let There Be Crumer (Second Layer Records)
- Hype Williams - London 2012
- Holly Herndon - Movement (Rvng Intl.)
- Heatsick live and on record
- Astor - Alcor (Kye)
- Various Artists - Truth was invented by liars (Dotsmark)
- Jean Tinguely - Sound Sculptures at the Tate (Edition Bierammer)
- Ssaliva - RZA (Vlek)
- Aqua Dentata - Stone Garden Borders (Feral Tapes)
- Duncan Harrison - Young Arms (Chocolate Monk)
Next up, I'm currently recording a new cassette for Beartown Records and a track for the second split tape with Duncan Harrison. Both are taking a long time with many false starts. Hopefully both will surface soon.
BBBLOOD / HALF AN ABORTION SPLIT CS (Review / Download / Purchase)
Just uploaded the recently released split with Half An Abortion, download (name your price), or purchase a physical copy through the links on Bandcamp.
An excellent review of the tape on Radio Free Midwich
"The BBBlood / Half an Abortion split, self released by the pair of them in an edition of 100, is a magnificent half hour that may be the best ‘hard’ noise release I’ve heard this year. Both tracks are composed entirely from glass – yeah, think on that for a second – but this is not just a trip to the bottle bank (although Pete’s side does feature such recordings – his younger brother can be heard gleefully enjoying that officially sanctioned destruction). The dedication of Paul’s track to ‘Lowe and Lanz’ gives you some idea of the context this slots into and the tradition of warped humour and physical performance that it is part of.
It is, as you’d expect from these two, artfully constructed, nuanced and textured as well being totally balls-out gonzo in places. Clinking-plinking-tinkling, smashing, grinding, crunching, squeaking, that kind of ‘pouring sharps’ noise as the pieces settle – like the apocryphal Eskimo having 40 words for snow, a specialist vocabulary is needed to describe the effects these chaps pull from their single sound source. They play with the psychological implications of breaking glass too: veering from the amusing (as when someone drops a pint glass in a pub) to the unnerving (a quiet cracking downstairs in the middle of the night). Eerie little rhythms are created by looping clinks, white noise roars by layered scrunching.
As with the BBBlood disc on SLI the artifice is occasionally foregrounded such that you can’t mistake it for bare field recordings and have to approach it as ‘music’ or ‘performance’. Thus figuring out the choices these two have made draws you further and further in with each rewind. Fascinating, funny and, depending on your mood, troubling or weirdly soothing. A fucking triumph."
Full review here
Next up, short review of the year and 2013 plans.
An excellent review of the tape on Radio Free Midwich
"The BBBlood / Half an Abortion split, self released by the pair of them in an edition of 100, is a magnificent half hour that may be the best ‘hard’ noise release I’ve heard this year. Both tracks are composed entirely from glass – yeah, think on that for a second – but this is not just a trip to the bottle bank (although Pete’s side does feature such recordings – his younger brother can be heard gleefully enjoying that officially sanctioned destruction). The dedication of Paul’s track to ‘Lowe and Lanz’ gives you some idea of the context this slots into and the tradition of warped humour and physical performance that it is part of.
It is, as you’d expect from these two, artfully constructed, nuanced and textured as well being totally balls-out gonzo in places. Clinking-plinking-tinkling, smashing, grinding, crunching, squeaking, that kind of ‘pouring sharps’ noise as the pieces settle – like the apocryphal Eskimo having 40 words for snow, a specialist vocabulary is needed to describe the effects these chaps pull from their single sound source. They play with the psychological implications of breaking glass too: veering from the amusing (as when someone drops a pint glass in a pub) to the unnerving (a quiet cracking downstairs in the middle of the night). Eerie little rhythms are created by looping clinks, white noise roars by layered scrunching.
As with the BBBlood disc on SLI the artifice is occasionally foregrounded such that you can’t mistake it for bare field recordings and have to approach it as ‘music’ or ‘performance’. Thus figuring out the choices these two have made draws you further and further in with each rewind. Fascinating, funny and, depending on your mood, troubling or weirdly soothing. A fucking triumph."
Full review here
Next up, short review of the year and 2013 plans.
BBBLOOD / HALF AN ABORTION C30
I'm happy to announce the split C30 with Half An Abortion is out now.
"Paul Watson, aka BBBlood, is a maestro of noise. Harsh noise. Wandering through his extensive back catalogue, you'll come up against some pretty intense sounds; however, there's a depth and consideration with Paul's approach that soon has you warming to them and reaping the rewards accordingly... – Sheepscar Light Industrial
Half an Abortion is far more considered than the gonzo band name would have you expect, this is carefully layered, properly physical noise. Bits of this could lazily be described as ‘harsh’, I suppose, but it isn’t confrontational. It actually has a very engaging flow, a wry humour and a structure that invites the listener to climb all over it. Pete clearly wishes you to pay attention and you’ll be rewarded if you do. – Radio Free Midwich
Both sides of this split tape are composed entirely from glass sound sources."
£5 – UK
£6 – Europe
£7 – Rest of World
Please contact for more information.
"Paul Watson, aka BBBlood, is a maestro of noise. Harsh noise. Wandering through his extensive back catalogue, you'll come up against some pretty intense sounds; however, there's a depth and consideration with Paul's approach that soon has you warming to them and reaping the rewards accordingly... – Sheepscar Light Industrial
Half an Abortion is far more considered than the gonzo band name would have you expect, this is carefully layered, properly physical noise. Bits of this could lazily be described as ‘harsh’, I suppose, but it isn’t confrontational. It actually has a very engaging flow, a wry humour and a structure that invites the listener to climb all over it. Pete clearly wishes you to pay attention and you’ll be rewarded if you do. – Radio Free Midwich
Both sides of this split tape are composed entirely from glass sound sources."
£5 – UK
£6 – Europe
£7 – Rest of World
Please contact for more information.
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