Russell Haswell - KASM 03

  On 2/8/2025 at 5:00 PM, cern said:

How do u start enjoying listen to Russell Haswells music? 

Pick an album and press play!

Enjoyment isn't guaranteed however

  On 2/8/2025 at 5:00 PM, cern said:

How do u start enjoying listen to Russell Haswells music? 

you’re missing the idea. you listen to russell haswell for a while and then you will enjoy listening to anything else

His earlier noise/field recording work may be a bit of an aquired taste for the average Joe but his records on Diagonal are slightly more conventional and palatable (beats, basslines etc), I would recommend you start with one of those.

  On 2/8/2025 at 5:30 PM, exitonly said:

you’re missing the idea. you listen to russell haswell for a while and then you will enjoy listening to anything else

yeah but like som artists are more difficult to get into if u know.. What is the number one Russell Haswell album/ep u would recommend? 

Haswell was warming up for Autechre in Helsinki in 2016, I hated it immensely.

  On 2/8/2025 at 6:23 PM, cern said:

yeah but like som artists are more difficult to get into if u know.. What is the number one Russell Haswell album/ep u would recommend? 

i was mostly trolling. i hear you. not really super familiar enough with his catalog to actually be helpful here. in all honesty i do appreciate there are people out there doing this kind of brutal noise work but his aesthetic isnt something i've invested a lot of time into

  On 2/8/2025 at 7:02 PM, dcom said:

Haswell was warming up for Autechre in Helsinki in 2016, I hated it immensely.

Same reaction the Swedes had arround that time.. they were like "Autechre was ace, Haswell sucked as usual" 

Poor man 

  On 2/8/2025 at 6:23 PM, cern said:

What is the number one Russell Haswell album/ep u would recommend?

https://www.discogs.com/master/169511-Haswell-Hecker-Blackest-Ever-Black-Electroacoustic-UPIC-Recordings

  On 2/8/2025 at 5:17 PM, thumbass said:

Pick an album and press play!

Enjoyment isn't guaranteed however

Is enjoyment more guaranteed when picking an album and not pressing play?

  On 2/8/2025 at 8:44 PM, t yst r said:

Is enjoyment more guaranteed when picking an album and not pressing play?

That speaks for itself!

  On 2/8/2025 at 8:02 PM, cern said:

Same reaction the Swedes had arround that time.. they were like "Autechre was ace, Haswell sucked as usual" 

I met Haswell briefly after the gig while chatting with Rob & Sean, he seemed dangerously intimidating and intimidatingly dangerous, complete opposite to the relaxed, friendly manner of Autechre lads.

  On 2/8/2025 at 8:53 PM, dcom said:

I met Haswell briefly after the gig while chatting with Rob & Sean, he seemed dangerously intimidating and intimidatingly dangerous, complete opposite to the relaxed, friendly manner of Autechre lads.

truly remarkable, He has a very weird aura of the little I have seen him in videos and photos 

  On 2/9/2025 at 9:35 AM, Freak of the week said:

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probably the only boiler room video without a shot of the crowd behind the performer. wonder why

(i pre-ordered this btw)

I'll stick up for ol Rusty, when I saw him live supporting ae he seemed to be playing with a no input mixer setup with him spraying a wide array of feedback over the crowd, it was tense and exhilarating. Plus his partner is the lovely Amanda Donohoe so he must be a cuddly teddybear at heart.

  On 2/9/2025 at 4:57 PM, exitonly said:

probably the only boiler room video without a shot of the crowd behind the performer. wonder why

I like his tribute to Cage at around the 24 minute mark of this set:

  On 2/8/2025 at 9:11 PM, cern said:

truly remarkable, He has a very weird aura of the little I have seen him in videos and photos 

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I spilled my beer on Haswell at a noise gig in Cafe OTO, he was honestly really chill about it. His Satanstornade collab with Merzbow is immense! 

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:39 PM, kichiguy said:

I spilled my beer on Haswell at a noise gig in Cafe OTO, he was honestly really chill about it. His Satanstornade collab with Merzbow is immense! 

well if you had poured it on his rig nobody would have noticed the difference

Ah, Kas, or some say Kasm.. Grant me eyes Russell Haswell so I can finally understand your music

sar kasm

Or kasm. 

I was just recently listening to some Haswell stuff from Diagonal and some I like more than others. I can understand why some don't like it, like I understand how some people find Autechre completely impenetrable chaotic noise. And I know people who think Autechre is too poppy and "dance music". A matter of taste and perspective, innit

This getting hot here on watmm so I guess people think his shit is dope, I have a hard time to listen to it tho. 

It is not chill for a bit! 

Guys like Florian Hecker become easy listening compare to ol Russy boi here. 

I like noisy stuff coming out from computers made from software but when they include stuff with gain+feedback loops from pedals, mixer boards and +10000 db they just lost me. 

The Concrete Fence EP he did with Regis on PAN was pretty good. 

  On 2/8/2025 at 8:53 PM, dcom said:

I met Haswell briefly after the gig while chatting with Rob & Sean, he seemed dangerously intimidating and intimidatingly dangerous, complete opposite to the relaxed, friendly manner of Autechre lads.

I remember reading him and his mate went to a Whitney Houston concert and they both turned up with bones through their noses and Extreme Cattle Death Orgy t-shirts on and the whole area around them were just staring at them but he didnt give a fuck. Right on mate.