Techno Animal was formed in 1990. A mechanoid manifestation of Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin’s increasing appetite for studio explorations, the name was a practical abbreviation addressing the concept of a technological animal.
Hydrozoid
Techno Animal have worked on a project with Alec Empire (Atari Teenage Riot) in 1998, called The Curse of the Golden Vampire.
Ultrasonic Meltdown (with Alec Empire)
This is a short film by R. Stevens Harris. A dark mechanical ballet to “Ultrasonic Meltdown” of Alec Empire and Techno Animal. Nurel dances and lures the hyperkinetic Motorhead, a coin operated machine-slave, to a misleading flight of freedom.
Listen to more songs from The Curse of the Golden Vampire on MySpace page or some samples from the Mass Distruction album.
Justin Broadrick has been part of many bands and has been involved in many projects: Curse of the Golden Vampire, Godflesh, Final, Napalm Death, Head of David, Jesu, God, Ice. He has also produced records and remixes for groups such as Pantera.
Kevin Martin has also been involved in the following projects: Curse of the Golden Vampire, God, Ice, The Bug and Pressure.
Listen more samples of Tehno Animal here, on emusic:
- The Brotherhood Of The Bomb, Radio Hades, Ghosts, Dead Man’s Curse, Symbiotics, Electric Ladyland VI, Electric Ladyland 5, Electric Ladyland IV.
More biography about Techno Animal at Matador Records.
Links:
- MySpace page
- LastFM page
- Official page
Tags: ambient, dark ambient, dub, electronic, industrial, industrial hip-hop, noise, Techno Animal
August 6, 2008 at 3:07 pm |
[...] the three members of the original Napalm Death line up: Harris, Bullen, and Justin Broadrick (from Techno Animal, Jesu, Ice) who played session guitars. Early Scorn had a very dubby, gothic metal sound. Bullen [...]
October 11, 2008 at 3:10 pm |
[...] Jesu is an experimental rock band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of Godflesh. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of his new project. Justin Broadrick is also an ex-member of Napalm Death, the famous grindcore/ death metal band. Also he worked with Kevin Martin (the brain of The Bug) on the projects God, Ice and Techno Animal. [...]