Friday 8 February 2019

Neil Campbell ‎– "Face Of Scurf" (Union Pole ‎– UP41) 1994


Ahhhhh!.....'Scurf'.
This brings back memories of my mother going through my hair, removing insects with the dreaded "Scurf Comb"! Which she dragged over my scalp removing both dead insects (nits or Head lice), and a fair bit of skin, both of the flakey variety ,i.e. actual 'Scurf' and the normal stuff, in one go.
Another name for 'Scurf' is actually 'Dandruff'.Never quite understood what it was until later in my tenure.
As Neil Campbell and I are approximatly the same age, i'm sure he too came face to face with the 'Scurf Comb' A traumatic experience akin to slow torture, and undoubtedly a major influence on Neils work.....of which there are masses of.
Campbell has been in many groups too numerous to list here,as well as a myriad of duo's, and has been a solo sound experimenter since the late eighties at least.
He's most known as a part of uk drone miesters Vibracathedral Orchestra,but he rarely sticks to one style for long.Importantly there's always the suggestion of humour in his work,where commonly one only finds pretention
A non-musician worthy of the honour of life membership in the 'Other' category on iTunes'.

Tracklisting:

A1 Retardo
A2 A Man Ain't A Man
A3 The New Landlords Of Lenton
A4 Ideas
A5 Theo Lorene
A6 Green Sea
A7 Love Falls Out
A8 No Bacon
B1 The Plastic They Put In Bread
B2 Sponge Common
B3 Flap Of Skin


4 comments:

badgerstump said...

Oh ... and those fucking razor comb things. DIY haircuts from psychopathic mothers. Great times!

Jonny Zchivago said...

My mother was a master of the crooked fringe, and Steve Marriot faux sideburns, ala paul weller in the 'Start' video.I looked like a right Twat!

Double Dubz said...

He's been kinda trolling Bower on Twitter over the stuff that got Skullflower banned from the Raw Power fest. I'm way more of the Campbell politics generally but I think the banning was a bit excessive. Bower seems harmless, just plays with silly images/symbols, somewhat irresponsibly. Meh https://thequietus.com/articles/26017-skullflower-removed-from-raw-power-line-up

Anonymous said...

This is great!!

Thanks a lot, Jonny...