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== Bio ==
 
== Bio ==
Within the context of postcolonial political theory, the subaltern denotes those populations within an imperial colony which are excluded from the hierarchy of power in such a way as to deprive them of human agency. To be subaltern is not merely to be without power or to experience oppression, but to be something less than human in the eyes of power, an object or an animal or entirely invisible.
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Subaltern is an experimental noise/quasi-music project with eclectic influences, established by Wasp as an outlet for creating sound art of a more extreme variety, both sonically and thematically, than seemed appropriate for their prior, generally much more musical projects. Points of reference range from power electronics and sound poetry to heavy psychedelia and black metal.
  
But enough pretence.
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===Name===
 
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Within the context of postcolonial political theory, the subaltern denotes those populations within an imperial colony which are excluded from the hierarchy of power in such a way as to deprive them of human agency. To be subaltern is not merely to be without power or to experience oppression, but to be something less than human in the eyes of power, an object or an animal or entirely invisible. Hopefully this sets the appropriate tone.
Subaltern is an experimental noise/music project with eclectic influences focusing on various themes of personal import and fascination. It was established by Wasp as an outlet for their growing interest in extreme music and sound art, particularly power electronics and extreme metal, which they deemed incompatible with the aesthetics of their prior, somewhat more conventional projects, while retaining an appropriate disregard for genre convention and good sense.
 
  
 
== Members ==
 
== Members ==
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== Gear ==
 
== Gear ==
Fretless five-string bass guitar, Korg Mini-KP effects unit, microcassette recorder, mixing board, microphones, Logic Pro, Audacity, miscellaneous freeware and plugins, Orff metallophone, lap dulcimer, broken violin, miniature three-string panduri, handbell, toy drum, glass and ceramic shards, cardboard tubes, plastic containers, bottles, knives and sharpeners, et cetera.
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Fretless five-string bass guitar, Korg Mini-KP effects unit, dictaphone, mixing board, microphones, Logic Pro, Audacity, miscellaneous freeware and plugins, Orff metallophone, lap dulcimer, broken violin, miniature three-string panduri, handbell, toy drum, glass and ceramic shards, cardboard tubes, plastic containers, bottles, knives and sharpeners, et cetera.
  
 
== Discography ==
 
== Discography ==

Revision as of 18:57, 18 July 2021

Bio

Subaltern is an experimental noise/quasi-music project with eclectic influences, established by Wasp as an outlet for creating sound art of a more extreme variety, both sonically and thematically, than seemed appropriate for their prior, generally much more musical projects. Points of reference range from power electronics and sound poetry to heavy psychedelia and black metal.

Name

Within the context of postcolonial political theory, the subaltern denotes those populations within an imperial colony which are excluded from the hierarchy of power in such a way as to deprive them of human agency. To be subaltern is not merely to be without power or to experience oppression, but to be something less than human in the eyes of power, an object or an animal or entirely invisible. Hopefully this sets the appropriate tone.

Members

Wasp (J.M.)—Vocals, instruments, sounds, treatments. Others to be determined.

Gear

Fretless five-string bass guitar, Korg Mini-KP effects unit, dictaphone, mixing board, microphones, Logic Pro, Audacity, miscellaneous freeware and plugins, Orff metallophone, lap dulcimer, broken violin, miniature three-string panduri, handbell, toy drum, glass and ceramic shards, cardboard tubes, plastic containers, bottles, knives and sharpeners, et cetera.

Discography

(Watch this space, yadda yadda yadda.)


Contact

Fire of the Mind on the NoiseWiki forums.

Links

(Soon.)