![]() ![]() "A perfect space-rock storm of drone, mind-melting psychedelia, overdriven guitars and heavy bass, White Hills is the rightful heir to Hawkwind's massive legacy." – Goldmine It is a reaction to what White Hills sees as government co-opted and controlled by corporations. This is the most fully realized White Hills album to date and the one that takes them furthest from their pure space rock roots. Musically, H-p1, White Hills second full-length for Thrill Jockey, expands on the explorations of previous albums in ambience, noise, and space rock all led by guitarist Dave W.’s blistering guitar solos. She previously edited the award-winning feature documentary, Vegucated and worked at networks including IFC, mtvU and NJN Public Television. Sara Leavitt (co-director) is a freelance video editor based in Brooklyn. Currently, he spends his time in Los Angeles working as a video editor amidst a world of comic book heroes and indie rock songs. Douglass (co-director) grew up in the cave filled fields and Indian graveyards outside of Austin, TX. Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio includes interviews with musicians such as Michael Gira of Swans, Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls, Bob Bert, who played on Sonic Youth's Bad Moon Rising, Bill Laswell of Material, JG Thirlwell aka Foetus, Grand Mixer DXT, Jim Coleman of Cop Shoot Cop and Michael Holman of Gray (with Jean-Michel Basquiat) and creator of famed 1984 hip-hop TV pilot Graffiti Rock. A new, massive Whole Foods supermarket across the street is the latest addition to this once out-of-the-way area, that Bisi fears will increase property values to the point of pushing out long-time renters and artists like himself. However, the future of the recording studio is in question as it is squeezed in by the encroaching gentrification of the neighborhood. He has recorded across many genres, from experimental music, to hip hop and indie rock in the old factory building by the contaminated Gowanus Canal. Following that success, Bisi worked with many other influential musicians there, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Angels of Light, John Zorn, Foetus and the Dresden Dolls. This was the first mainstream, popular song to feature a DJ and a turntable, utilizing 'scratching'. Working with Bill Laswell and the band Material, Bisi recorded Herbie Hancock's hit Rockit in this underground space. After a chance New York encounter, the studio was founded with money from Brian Eno, who subsequently worked on the album On Land there. For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood.
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