A Remarkable Machine
Label | Ernest Jenning Record Co. – EJRC098 |
Format | 2 x Vinyl, 10", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album |
Barcode | 0600064789813 |
Country | US |
Released | Apr 2014 |
Genre | Rock |
Style | Punk, Noise, Indie Rock, Avantgarde |
Action Beat are an improvisational instrumental noise rock act from Bletchley UK who usually perform with 3-4 drummers and an inordinate about of guitarists. G.W. Sok is the legendary former frontman of Amsterdam's The Ex. In late 2012, Action Beat went into Seizures Palace in Brooklyn, NY with engineer Jason LaFarge (Swans, Akron/Family) and recorded a days worth of music that they spent the next 6 months editing down into the segments that would become the 10 tracks on A Remarkable Machine. The songs were then handed off to G.W. Sok who lent his unique vocal delivery and perspective to the record, resulting in one of the most unexpectedly structured creations in the band's 8 album catalog. Brutal and poetic at the same time, A Remarkable Machine also marks the first US release for Action Beat, and will be issued in limited editions as a 2X10" record.
A1 | Spoonfeed Hell | |
A2 | Judgement Letter | |
A3 | Heap Of Clay | |
B1 | Dig The Hole | |
B2 | Sentence Machine | |
C1 | Pork Butcher's Knife | |
C2 | Disappearing Man | |
C3 | Great Unfinished | |
D1 | Citizen K | |
D2 | One Another |
Mixed By – Papa Walsh
Music By – Action Beat
Photography By [Back-cover Photo] – Christina Hallström
Photography By [Front-cover Photo] – James Carney
Words By – GW Sok