Name: The Only Place
Brand: Scorn

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61MOHM

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2024-05-31

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Scorn

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Ohm Resistance

Ohm Resistance is a drum & bass-based media variety and culture label owned by Kurt Gluck aka Submerged. With a focus on pushing the boundaries of electronic music, Ohm Resistance has become a leading force in the industry. The label prides itself on its diverse roster of *artists* who are known for their innovative soundscapes and genre-blending productions.
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Scorn is an electronic project hailing from Birmingham, England, UK. Originally formed in 1991 by former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nik Bullen, Scorn was initially associated with industrial and experimental music. However, after Bullen's departure in 1995, the project became solely led by Harris. Known for its minimalist beats and deep bass lines, Scorn's sound often incorporates elements of dub and trip-hop.

Throughout its history, Scorn has collaborated with various session/live musicians including Justin K Broadrick on guitars for their album "Vae Solis" in 1992 and James Plotkin on guitar and guitar synth for their album "Evanescence" in 1994. Pat McCahan also contributed live guitars during the early years of the project.

After a hiatus in May 1997, Scorn resumed activity in March 2000 only to pause again in November 2011. However, the project officially restarted once more in January 2019. Current member Mick Harris handles electronics and drums while Nicholas Bullen served as a former member responsible for vocals, bass, and electronics until his departure in April 1995.

Mick Harris is one of the world’s greatest compositional treasures. Starting his career as the energy dynamo behind the drum kit of the UK’s Napalm Death, he made the term Blastbeat a household reference, wrote the band’s music on his mother’s one string guitar, and joined the Guinness Book of World Records for composing the world’s shortest song. In the decades succeeding, he has re-invented music several more times, from the wild abstract jazz of Painkiller with John Zorn and Bill Laswell, to the drowning ambience of his Lull project, all while continuing to build a world that he can truly call his own - the dark post-dub of Scorn. 

“Reaching 54 this year - this won’t stop the challenge, driving me more so now than ever” - says Mick Harris, commenting on the recent phase in his creativity. The pandemic isolation and lockdown pushed the work of the maestro more than anything else could have. In 2021, his output is ever-increasing, releasing the newest collabs with Justin K. Broadrick and the single Distortion, featuring one of the most outstanding voices of hip-hop - Kool Keith - his closest collaborator, Ohm Resistance founder - Submerged. Commenting on the release of Distortion, Mick Harris said to mxdwn: “I enjoy collabs – they bring something different to the swim.”

Working on his own and collaborating with everyone from Sleaford Mods’ James Williamson, on the previous Scorn release or with Kool Keith and Submerged on Distortion, Mick Harris never had problems with putting energy into beats and sound landscapes, combining various surreal elements with three basic elements that always push Harris further, that are extremely crucial for both Mick Harris and Scorn as a project - frustration, anger and anxiety. Combining the signature soundscapes of Scorn with tartareous textures, the newest album The Only Place reaches a psychedelic groove, based on what Harris calls “Pushing an original idea further” with his own shades of light and dark and celestial electricity of what Scorn is. These 10 new tracks add elements unheard in Scorn since Evanescense and Gyral - ethereal ambiences and floating, near-melodic-but-not-quite moments, a signature of Harris’ abilities to generate feelings in a lost world of his own creation.

The Only Place

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