Converter
Converter is the brainchild of Scott Sturgis, a one-man electro-consortium. Originating in Ohio, but now based in Seattle, Converter began in early 1998, when a growing interest in rhythm-drive sound inspired Sturgis to pursue a rhythmic noise-based project. Converter saw its first release in 1999, with Shock Front, a mature work in the same vein as other artists in the Ant-Zen family such as P·A·L, Imminent Starvation and Iszoloscope, as well as well-known rhythmic noise innovators like Dive and Esplendor Geometrico. Converter investigates the industrial field,... read more
Hymen Records
Hymen Records was founded in June 1997 to present rough technoïd & ambient music. Get infected by our sonic exploration. Hymen is a "sister label" and subsidiary of Ant-Zen.
... read moreFirebloom is a companion EP to Blast Furnace, the second full album by the Seattle-based project Converter. The constructor, Scott Sturgis, melds a tribal inferno of paranoid intensity and barbaric sweetness.
Ingredients: distorted percussion, cracking torn synths, red crystal incense, harsh noisy beats, tribal voyages, grinding mechanics, massive infernos, tibetan herbals, ripping breakbeats, slow crushing rotations, brain attacks, mutated machine oil, short moments of silence, isolated bombs, post-apocalyptic waste, abrasive dynamics, hacking statics, corroding iron fire, catastrophic eruptions, fuel-injected adrenaline, 4 screaming cats, power noise, pure joy of listening and excitement, abusive techno beats, barbed tints of rocket fuel, chaotic bursts, thick strings, high blood pressure, scratched melodies, dark chilling emptiness, exploding acid rain, technoid rhythm noise, smooth violence, frightening ambience, reversed air, hypnotic tension, no expectations to sing along, brutal complexity, japanese density, broken meat, crashing structures, sugar - not saccharin, straightforward penetration, electrical shocks, bombastic environments, obscure frightening ambience.
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