Armed Observation/Out To Bomb Fresh Kings |
Did Sprinting Die? |
Beta 14 OK |
Skin |
Every Screaming Ear |
Transforms: The Nerve Events Project |
Armed Observation/Out To Bomb Fresh Kings is both of the first two lps that cemented Nerve's reputation as one of NYC's most fast 'n' furious bands. Hot NYC downtown fusion. Did Sprinting Die? is a live show from 6/14/89 captures all the fun and energy of a Nerve concert. Beta 14 OK and Skin contain SCREAMINGLY high energy performances of superbly convoluted compositions. On Skin, Nerve finds the unlikely meeting ground between heavy metal, thrashcore and artrock. The densest, heaviest, most intricately composed music you could ever imagine! Every Screaming Ear could be considered an overview & summation of the group's work to date, as it includes live reworkings of material from their previous recordings, as well as compositions, deconstructions & improvisations, all with excellent sonics. In addition, there are two amazing tracks by Nick Didkovsky with Japan's Isso Yukihiro group [from Nick's recent Japanese tour], a chamber orchestra performing a Nerve piece, & a new studio recording of Nerve with The Meridian Arts Ensemble performing Capt. Beefheart's "When It Blows It's Stacks". Nothing else sounds like Doctor Nerve! "Guitarist/leader Nick Didkovsky loves building polyrythmic edifices out of odd rythmic figures played at breakneak tempos by his turn-on-a-dime ensemble...which he pushes to inhuman limits of virtuosity."-Option. "Ambitious compositions and intricate arrangements... tightly executed by a crack eight-piece outfit...Gutsy, intelligent, vital."-Pulse. "The music is brash, tricky, obnoxious, and proud of it."-The New York Times. "Magnificent"-The Wire. "A startling collision of post-metal guitar, avant-garde improvisation, and tight large-ensemble arrangments."-Guitar Player. |
| Nick Didkovsky commisioned over 20 artists to create music using the
44 "Nerve Events" found on Beta 14 OK. From high tech computer
music using custom designed software, to low tech sampling and multitracking, this covers a wide array of styles. Performances by Henry Kaiser, George Lowe, Neil Rolnick, Thomas Dimuzio, Frank Pahl, Iconoclast, members of Dr. Nerve, and many others. "There's lots here to mull over...have cerebral fun deciding whether to listen to it in one broad dramatic sweep or to single out individual tracks for closer scrutiny."-The Wire. |
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