Pholde
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Pholde is the dark ambient project of Alan Bloor (originally from Windsor, Ontario, Canada and currently residing in Toronto) who is also known for his extreme noise music project called Knurl (founded in 1995). Bloor has performed at festivals with Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore and Alan Licht, and has toured the eastern United States and Japan. While Knurl unleashes harsh noise performances and side-project Pyrox creates intense electronic drones, Pholde creates dark ambient soundscapes by the bowing and scraping of self-created metal sound-sculptures with hand files, smooth and threaded metal rods, angle iron and blocks of steel to produce atmospheric, haunting soundscapes. Bloor states "I find the metal instrument must contain different tensile strengths to achieve a complexity of sound. The way it is played and the objects that are used to play the instrument also play a vital role in achieving the desired sound."
[edit] Discography
- Intone (2000 - Panta Rhei)
- Seal To Self (2001 - Panta Rhei)
- In Accordance With Conscience (2002 - Panta Rhei)
- Not Present to the Senses (2002 - Total Zero)
- In Favour of More Permanent Pleasures (2003 - Dark WInter)
- Eyes in the Back of Our Heads w/ ARC (2003 - Worthy)
- The Extent of Signification (2003 - Cohort)
- Sculptor w/ Sylken (2003 - freeSPACE)
- ...and With It, We Shall Divide (2003 - Panta Rhei)
- Relating to the Ultimate Purpose (2004 - Mystery Sea)
- In Which One May Descend (2005 - Panta Rhei)
- In the Subset of All Elements (2005 - taalem)
- That Which Tends To Dissuade (2005 - Gears Of Sand)
- Finding Internal Asylum (2007 - C3R)
