Ladyscraper
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Ladyscraper is the performing name of Wayne Adams, a UK breakcore
artist. He is one of many artists associated with the Wrong Music label. He is also a member of bands Proudhon and Wearepower.
While being predominantly breakcore-based, Ladyscraper's sound also incorporates elements of metal
, grindcore
/cybergrind ambient
and plunderphonics
in his music; including the usage of guitars and miscellaneous sampling
.
Ladyscraper, along with various other similar musicians (such as Shitmat
) has been featured on BBC Radio 1's "Lap Off", a competition between various musicians playing music on their laptops. This was broadcast live on BBC Radio 1 and also featured on its respective website.
Breakcore
Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...
artist. He is one of many artists associated with the Wrong Music label. He is also a member of bands Proudhon and Wearepower.
While being predominantly breakcore-based, Ladyscraper's sound also incorporates elements of metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
/cybergrind ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
and plunderphonics
Plunderphonics
Plunderphonics is a term coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in his essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative. It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition...
in his music; including the usage of guitars and miscellaneous sampling
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
.
Ladyscraper, along with various other similar musicians (such as Shitmat
Shitmat
Shitmat is the performing name of Henry Collins, aka Henry Collinz, a breakcore artist from Brighton, England.-Biography:His music, sometimes referred to as "Mashcore", is known for the humorous use of samples atypical of "serious" electronic artists and deliberate use of clichés...
) has been featured on BBC Radio 1's "Lap Off", a competition between various musicians playing music on their laptops. This was broadcast live on BBC Radio 1 and also featured on its respective website.
Releases
- Survivor Series Vol. I (Split 7" with Mully) (Wrong Music)
- Cunt Kicker (12" EP) (Wrong Music)
- Blood and Semen (Internet-only free EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
) (Wrong Music) - The Death of Mary Poppins (Internet-only free AlbumAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
) (Cock Rock DiscoCock Rock DiscoCock Rock Disco is an independent record label started in 2001 by Jason Forrest. The label features breakcore and experimental artists including Forrest himself....
) - Split EP (12" Split EP with Despoilah) (Abused Recordingz)
- The Thunderbox EP (7") (Deathchant)
- Pink (Cock Rock Disco)
Other contributions
- Here's My Card Records compilation "Getting Down 2 Bizness"
- Probuscus Records compilation "Vomit" - track "chunderchunkmaster"
- Pandead records compilation "V.A."
- Cripplefight by DroonDroonDroon is an alias of Belgian breakcore producer William Ghysels. Droon is also active as graphic designer, working from planet-mu, ad noiseam, overkill, and many more. He won an award for the short video "Screen"....
(12")
Other projects
- Member of RockRock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band "Wearepower". - Member of (currently disbanded) ScreamoScreamoScreamo, though used loosely to generally describe music that features screamed vocals, is actually a musical subgenre of hardcore punk which predominantly evolved from emo, among other genres, in the early 1990s...
band "Proudhon".
External links
- http://www.ladyscraper.co.uk, homepage