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Question: delta machine music

signal — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:39:43 -0800

Is there such a thing as industrial-blues?

I'm looking for blues-based music with metal/industrial sounds, sort of what Al Jourgensen and Robert Johnson jamming would sound like, with KMFDMuddyWaters as a warm-up act.
Does such a beast exist? Slide guitars a definite plus.

By: Miko

Miko — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:49:06 -0800

You might like R. L Burnside as produced by Fat Possum records. Some YouTube stuff. These don't sound like the Fat Possum versions, though. - maybe someone else has a link where you can hear the sound they achieved. Also, have you checked out North Mississippi AllStars?

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:51:52 -0800

Not exactly what you're after, but when I saw the term 'industrial blues' Petit Vodo immediately sprang to mind, though I guess he's more 'rough, loud, dirty and distorted blues'. (Well worth seeing live - he's a one man band who plays guitar, mouth organ, drums, synths and samplers simultaneously, without it seeming like a novelty).

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:54:25 -0800

Actually, after refreshing my memory by listening to the snippets streamed from this page, Petit Vodo probably is exactly what you're after...

By: kpmcguire

kpmcguire — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:14:44 -0800

Some Foetus sounds like this.

By: box

box — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:23:43 -0800

2nding the Burnside stuff, especially stuff which features DJ Swamp. Occasional Ministry tracks (I'm thinking of their version of 'Friend of the Devil,' but there are others) approach this territory. And, further afield, this kind of thing is in kind of a similar area as what some No Wave artists were going for--Lydia Lunch (including collaborations w/Mr. Foetus, whose name escapes me right now), James Chance, etc. Even further afield, you might enjoy Jon Spencer's various projects, and Michael Gira/Swans stuff.

By: lester's sock puppet

lester's sock puppet — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:32:47 -0800

hm. maybe little axe might fit this bill?

By: hackly_fracture

hackly_fracture — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:39:05 -0800

Howsabout very early Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, with Blixa Bargeld from E. Neubauten on board?

By: andrewzipp

andrewzipp — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:00:00 -0800

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO9My5_H6dg
16 Horsepower

By: salvia

salvia — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:04:41 -0800

Since you mention Jourgensen, you probably already know about Reverend Horton Heat. Is that too much rockabilly and not enough blues?

By: opsin

opsin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:00:10 -0800

Yea, if you like North Mississippi Allstars, you might want to check out Spencer Dickinson (the first track is available to hear there, bottom of the menu on the left.

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:01:40 -0800

You might check out Buddy Guy's "Sweet Tea" too, especially if the Burnside stuff floats your boat. It's heavy, drone-y, repetitive, with gritty production and a surprising amount of drum treatment. So you wouldn't mistake it for industrial, exactly — if nothing else, the surface details are different: warmer, more organic sound; unmistakeably bluesy solos — but they've got some traits in common.

By: kpmcguire

kpmcguire — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:13:28 -0800

There's also a lot of the more recent Tom Waits stuff you could describe as Industrial Blues, I'm talking about the albums Real Gone, Mule Variations, Bone Machine, etc. Lots of interesting stuff going on with the percussion.

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:18:03 -0800

In a completely different vein, you might be interested in Arto Lindsay's guitar work, which has this special sort of ugliness that's midway between electric blues and avant-garde noise rock. Marc Ribot would be another guy to look out for in that department.

(I was going to mention Tom Waits, but on preview, kpmcguire's covered it. Anyway, yes, those three albums are all good suggestions. FWIW, Ribot's guitar sound is a big part of Mule Variations, so checking that album out might be a two-birds, one-stone kind of thing.)

By: box

box — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:21:51 -0800

Even more far afield, and not really what you're looking for but something you might like, there are quite a few '60s experiments that might be up your alley. I'm thinking of Muddy Waters' Electric Mud and Albert Ayler's New Grass, but there are others along these lines.

By: Joe Rocket

Joe Rocket — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:58:04 -0800

More randomly, I saw a gent called Hat Fitz a blues festival in Ireland. He's Australian, gritty, and plays some serious, driving, manic slide blues. Definately worth a look on the Myspace.

By: softlord

softlord — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:58:15 -0800

Also google for Psychobilly.