Exteroceptor - Music

Knurl Is The Noise Music Project Of Alan Bloor Canadian Experimental Composer And Sculptor His Ambient Music Project Is Called Pholde . Based In Toronto Ontario Bloor Has Been Performing And Recording Knurl Material Since 1994 When His Seminal Harsh Noise Releases "Nervescrap" And "Initial Shock" Were Recorded And Released. He Has Released Over Twenty Albums Internationally And Has Collaborated With Sound Sculptors Such As Jim O'Rourke Thurston Moore And Aube. Knurl's Objective Is To Take Music And Strip It Entirely Of What We Know Music To Be It’s Rhythm Melody Vocals Even Production Quality Which Is Most Associated With Music Today. Bloor Records And Performs Without The Assistance Of Computers Synthesizers Or Samplers. Bloor Originally From Windsor Ontario Was Involved In Several Bands In The Early 80s Including A Hardcore Punk Band Called "Binge Of Violence." After The Band's Breakup He Pursued A Career As A Solo Musician Studying Jazz Bass As Well As Classical And Flamenco Guitar. In The Late 1980’s He Began Performing Noise Backgrounds At Poetry Readings In Detroit Michigan In Which He Experimented With His Bass Guitar By Placing Metal Objects On The Strings To Produce The Sounds A Technique Often Called Prepared Guitar Or 3rd Bridge Guitar . Since That Time Bloor Has Delved Heavily Into Experimentation With Found Objects As Sound Sources Which Have Included Fan Blades Typewriters Scrap Metal And Car Springs. He Has Also Supplied Musical Scores For Performers Andrew Hammerson Ex DV-8 From The UK And Jake Brown Montreal. Since The Beginning Of 1995 He Has Been Performing Solo As Knurl In Montreal Ottawa Toronto And Detroit And Has Explored A Less Harsh Side Of Noise Music In His Acclaimed Ambient Music Project Called Pholde. Labels That Have Released Knurl Material Include Alien8 Recordings RRRecords Solipsism Harshnoise Troniks Gameboy And Obscurica. read less