Insect and Individual Silenced
Nurse With Wound · 1981
55 min · 3 tracks · experimental music
A sprawling, disorienting soundscape that melds unsettling textures with haunting melodies, evoking a sense of existential dread.
Top tracks — play these first
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Alvin's Funeral (The Milk Was Delivered in Black Bottles) — Spanning over 27 minutes, this track showcases the album's thematic depth through its intricate layering of sounds and evolving dynamics, creating an immersive listening experience.
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Absent Old Queen Underfoot — With its stark contrasts and eerie ambiance, this track exemplifies the haunting quality of the album, drawing listeners into a realm of unsettling beauty.
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Mutilés du Guerre — This shorter piece encapsulates the album's exploration of trauma and loss with its jarring sound design, marking a poignant moment within the overall narrative.
Where this album fits
- In the catalog
- Breakthrough — Established Nurse With Wound's reputation in experimental music.
- Career context
- Released in 1981, 'Insect and Individual Silenced' is Nurse With Wound's debut album, emerging from the experimental music scene in the UK. At this time, the project was primarily the vision of Steven Stapleton, who had just begun to carve out a niche in avant-garde music after his collaborations with other artists on early cassette releases.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Current 93· Throbbing Gristle· Merzbow
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Alvin's Funeral (The Milk Was Delivered in Black Bottles) 27:23
- 2 Absent Old Queen Underfoot 21:13
- 3 Mutilés du Guerre 6:58
What to play next
Homotopy to Marie
1982
Continues the unsettling soundscapes while introducing new textures and themes.
Merzbild Schwet
1980
Leads into a similar experimental atmosphere and complex sound design.
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