Swarf (band)

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Swarf live at Water Rats, King's Cross, London, Saturday 21 August 2004
Swarf live at Water Rats, King's Cross, London, Saturday 21 August 2004

Swarf is an electronic band from Brighton, Sussex. The lineup is Liz Green (vocals and lyrics), Andrew Stock (synths, programming) and Chris Kiefer (synths, programming). The band was formed in 2001 by Green and Stock, with Kiefer joining later.

After a 2004 UK tour with Ultravox veteran John Foxx [1] the band released Art, Science, Exploitation, Swarf's first and only full album to date. Several tracks were produced by Marc Heal of Cubanate.

The band's original following stemmed from the Goth and Industrial genres, but the band themselves never followed the scene's usual clichés. More recently the group have moved away from their original audience and seem to have found a niche in the dance scene [2], featuring on several Trance compilation albums. Even Jordan has recently taken to Swarf.[3]

The band are boldly exploring new distribution methods and widening their fanbase by releasing a torrent of some of their songs available for free (and legal) download as they added the torrent themselves.

[edit] Discography

  • Fall (Wasp Factory WASPFAC010, 2001) — "Fall", "Vision", "Sorrow", "Fall (Chaosphere)", "Fall (Falls Apart)", "Fall (Dirty Little Fucker)", "Fall (Freudstein)"
  • Art, Science, Exploitation (Cryonica CRYCD013, 2004) — "Vision", "Supine", "Shadows", "Grey", "Fall"", "Sorrow"", "Subtext",", "Drown", "Motion", "Reflect"
  • Various artists: Working With Children And Animals Vol 2 (Wasp Factory WASPFAC015, 2002) - "Drown", "Shadows"
  • Various artists: Cryotank Vol 1 (Cryonica, 2003) - "Supine", "Grey (version)", "Subtext (Weirdo Bold Mix)"
  • Various artists: Interbreeding: Industrial Cyberlords (BLC Productions) - "Shadows"
  • Various artists: "Whirly Waves 3" Whirl-Y-Gig compilation album. "Subtext" (Weirdo mix) [4]

[edit] External links

  1. ^ David Adair (12/09/03). John Foxx & Louis Gordon gig review, Manchester Academy. Contactmusic.com.
  2. ^ Swarf at Whirl-Y-Gig, gig review. Uncle Nemesis (October 2005).
  3. ^ Jean-Claude Elias (30 December 2007). Swarf - electro with a nice voice. The Jordan Times. “real songs, with nice melodies”
  4. ^ Whirl-Y-Waves Vol.3 Sounds Imported. Whirl-Y-Gig.