SCREWTAPE / VON EINEM "split" tape

After much buggerising around I am proud to announce the latest in the series of split tapes which features Von Einem, the newest project by Mark Groves. Mr Groves is a stalwart in the Melbourne extreme music scene, and his Power Electronics projects are, to my mind, some of the finest in the world; they are, and have always been, stand-out amidst the current wash of Noise projects in town. His solo project Absoluten Calfeutrail and PE duo with Leith Thomas, Dead Boomers, have relied on extreme tension and snarling negativity drawn from deep personal emotions, and have produced both exceptional recordings and memorable, powerful live performances. Von Einem is more of a home recording project for Mark. As a former South Australian, he was struck by the so-called "Family Murders", a series of killings claiming five (known) young lives - the only conviction so far being that of Bevan Spencer von Einem . Mark´s response has been a series of harsh, mostly instrumental spears of feedback driven electronics with a filthier and less restrained sound than previous works. This release features two tracks, "Gag" and "Hope Forest". Screwtape´s side is "Death And Erection", a slow and sludgey piece of Thunge Noise of heavy, distorted synthesisers through effects and treated samples.