THE RAW UNDERBELLY OF MUSIC, ESPECIALLY PUNK/HC, SEEMS TO APPROACH THE INTRICATE INTERMESHEDNESS OF THE RHIZOME AND MYCELIUM, OF THE ARACHNEAN DESIGN, OF THE STAR-BED WITH CONSTELLATIONS IN AN UNENDING PROCESS OF RECONFIGURATION. ON OCCASION IT IS AMUSING AND PERHAPS ENRICHING TO TRACE THREADS THAT REVEAL THEMSELVES FROM THE CREVICES AND SPACES OF NEGLECT WITHIN THIS FINE LATTICEWORK. "THREADS" IS A SERIES FOR THESE TRACINGS.
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THREAD #1
THE PLACE: BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
THE YEARS: ~2008-2012
THE BANDS: MÖRPHEME, YADOKAI, VACCUUM, METH SORES, EFFLUXUS, ITANSHA, MUTANT CROSS
THE BAND MÖRPHEME HIT THE BAY IN 2008. THEIR DEMO WAS FOLLOWED BY A SPLIT WITH D-CLONE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND NUMEROUS BANDS IN THE MÖRPHEME PERIPHERY PURSUED NOISY RAWPUNK THAT ALSO EMBRACED THE VOID-ESQUE CHAOS OF CRUCIFIX. FOR ME THIS IS EPITOMISED IN THE DISCOGRAPHY OF YADOKAI, ESPECIALLY THEIR FILTHY FIRST OFFERING THE STERILE ENVIRONMENT DEMO. OTHER NOTABLE RELEASES IN THIS TERRITORY INCLUDE MUTANT CROSS'S BASED DEATH CRAWLS EP, VACCUUM'S SECOND S/T EP (ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR BIZARRE SPACE-FI DEMO), METH SORES'S DEATH VIGIL CS, AND THE EFFLUXUS LIFE DESTRUKTION EP. MANY OF THE PROJECTS IN THIS VEIN WERE SPAWNED WITH DIRECT OR INDIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF MÖRPHEME GUITARIST DAIKI KUSUHARA, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPECTACULAR RAW ITANSHA-PARANOIA TAPE FROM 2011 (ALSO CHECK OUT HIS MRR REVIEWS), BUT MOVED FROM THE BAY AREA TO SAN DIEGO IN 2012.
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