Simon Paul <spaul@radical.ca> wrote:
quoted 2 lines anybody know where the guy came from? I heard he was part>anybody know where the guy came from? I heard he was part
>of Cubinate (ic!) or something? any previous recordings?
John Roome was a member of Terminal Power Company before
shuffling off on his own to record under the Witchman
moniker. TPC were a mediocre (at best, IMO) pop-ish
"industrial" rock outfit ... samples, electronics, guitars,
drums etc. They had at least two albums, maybe more, which
I wouldn't recommend (not these days anyway). Actually,
I'd say you can tell that Roome came from this sort of
background ... he uses a lot of soundbites (especially on
his earliest 12"s) from horror/sci-fi films and the like that
you're more likely to encounter on late 80's/early 90's
"industrial" records than anywhere else. Also, the rhythms
he uses, and his drum programming style (before the hip-hop
influence became dominant) are/were products of this school,
not to mention the dark edge a lot of his tracks have.
-Patrick
np: Jigen - "Stone Drum Avantgardism"