Knurl/Pholde

Pholde is the ambient side of sound artist Alan Bloor, who is also known for his extreme noise project called Knurl. Pholde creates ambient soundscapes by the bowing and scraping of self-created metal sound-sculptures with other metal objects. Circular saw blades, car springs, iron meshing and fan blades are bowed and scraped with hand files, smooth and threaded metal rods, angle iron and blocks of steel to produce atmospheric, haunting soundscapes.

Knurl - Dichromatism $15.00

Dichromatism offers shearing, over-driven violin melody pushed so far into the red as to resemble a continuous, ongoing Jimi Hendrix guitar solo that also includes the destruction of the instrument. In fact, this recording could be the culmination of every guitar hero who destroyed her/his instrument while it was still plugged into an amplifier. Forty four minutes of piercing interplay between metal and red hot violin that culminate into a visceral listening experience to say the least. File under: Noise

Knurl - Vermifuge $15.00

Sounds culled from a three foot diameter pavement saw blade drawn-out into an overheated red zone of pure, relentless noise that will wreak havoc on the senses. Battle scenes from Godzilla movies come to mind, metal shredding into concrete and vice versa, a continuous calamity that feels not unlike the primeval force of nature. File under: deep noise

Pholde - Finding Internal Asylum $15.00

Though this album is unmistakably noise, it is also paradoxically atmospheric and even ambient in parts in the way said noise textures are both recorded and treated. The Noise in fact springs from various steel instruments homemade by Allan Bloor and then recorded under circumstances of intense reverb and echo. Consequently, one get the acoustic impression of listening to a concert of monolithic yet silent yet noisy creatures who move within a vast cavern. Once a listener gets past any negative connotations, s/he may realize Finding Internal Asylum a work of remarkable beauty. Set within gorgeous packaging with poetics. File under: ambient, noise