Bronnt Industries Kapital
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Bronnt Industries Kapital is a musical project from Bristol, England based around producer and multi-instrumentalist Guy Bartell. It has released three studio albums, Virtute et Industria, Häxan and Hard for Justice.
Bronnt Industries Kapital’s first releases were limited edition CDs and vinyl on Bristol labels Silent Age, Clean Cut and Float records. The first album was 2005’s Virtute et Industria, released on UK independent label Static Caravan Recordings
. This was followed in 2007 by an original soundtrack commissioned for the DVD release of the cult Swedish silent film Häxan by Tartan Films, which was collected on a stand-alone soundtrack album released by Static Caravan the following year. In 2009 Bronnt Industries Kapital released its third album Hard for Justice on Berlin, Germany label Get Physical Music
.
The first Bronnt Industries Kapital album was described as gaslight horrortonica, and featured references to H. P. Lovecraft
and the use of automated Victorian instruments such as Lepping’s Patented Lapwing Harmonium and the Bronson Quartet. Hard for Justice found Bronnt expanding its sound palette, with the use of live instrumentation and elements of Kosmische musik, Italo Disco
, Post-Punk
and Shoegaze. Bartell has often cited his love of film as influencing the Bronnt sound, including psychotronic
exploitation, Italo-crime
and no-budget action thrillers as well as library music
from BBC
sci-fi and supernatural TV drama
Bartell has previously collaborated with Gravenhurst
’s Nick Talbot on tracks on the first and third Bronnt Industries Kapital albums (they also set up Silent Age Records in 2000). He has been joined in the live group by various members over Bronnt’s history including Nick Talbot, Tom Bugs, Max Milton, François Marry, Antoni Maiovvi and Duncan Fleming. As of 2009 Bartell has been performing Bronnt shows solo.
Bartell has also been involved in the group War Against Sleep for many years, playing instruments in the live band and on recordings.
Bronnt Industries Kapital’s first releases were limited edition CDs and vinyl on Bristol labels Silent Age, Clean Cut and Float records. The first album was 2005’s Virtute et Industria, released on UK independent label Static Caravan Recordings
Static Caravan Recordings
Static Caravan Recordings is an independent record label, whose discography includes releases by Darren Hayman, The Hornblower Brothers, Shady Bard, The Yellow Moon Band, Tunng, Peter Astor, Magnetophone, Fieldhead and Serafina Steer....
. This was followed in 2007 by an original soundtrack commissioned for the DVD release of the cult Swedish silent film Häxan by Tartan Films, which was collected on a stand-alone soundtrack album released by Static Caravan the following year. In 2009 Bronnt Industries Kapital released its third album Hard for Justice on Berlin, Germany label Get Physical Music
Get Physical Music
Get Physical Music is a Berlin based electronic music record label founded in 2002 by M.A.N.D.Y. , DJ T and Booka Shade . They were DJ Magazine's "Label of the Year" for 2005...
.
The first Bronnt Industries Kapital album was described as gaslight horrortonica, and featured references to H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
and the use of automated Victorian instruments such as Lepping’s Patented Lapwing Harmonium and the Bronson Quartet. Hard for Justice found Bronnt expanding its sound palette, with the use of live instrumentation and elements of Kosmische musik, Italo Disco
Italo disco
Italo disco encompasses much of the dance music output in Europe during the 1980s. It is one of the world's first forms of mostly electronic dance music and evolved during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other parts of Europe...
, Post-Punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
and Shoegaze. Bartell has often cited his love of film as influencing the Bronnt sound, including psychotronic
Psychotronic
Psychotronic is a film genre made up of horror films, spaghetti westerns, low-budget independent features, exploitation films that was coined by author Michael J. Weldon, best known for his books, Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film and Psychotronic Video Guide.Weldon also published the magazine...
exploitation, Italo-crime
Poliziotteschi
Poliziotteschi films constitute a sub-genre of crime and action film that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s...
and no-budget action thrillers as well as library music
Production music
Production music is the name given to recorded music produced and owned by production music libraries and licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media.-Introduction:...
from BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sci-fi and supernatural TV drama
Bartell has previously collaborated with Gravenhurst
Gravenhurst (band)
Gravenhurst is a vehicle for the music of the singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, Nick Talbot, who lives in Bristol, England and is signed to Warp Records.-History:...
’s Nick Talbot on tracks on the first and third Bronnt Industries Kapital albums (they also set up Silent Age Records in 2000). He has been joined in the live group by various members over Bronnt’s history including Nick Talbot, Tom Bugs, Max Milton, François Marry, Antoni Maiovvi and Duncan Fleming. As of 2009 Bartell has been performing Bronnt shows solo.
Bartell has also been involved in the group War Against Sleep for many years, playing instruments in the live band and on recordings.
Albums
- Virtute et Industria LPCD (Static Caravan Records)
- Häxan CD (Static Caravan Records)
- Hard for Justice LPCD (Get Physical MusicGet Physical MusicGet Physical Music is a Berlin based electronic music record label founded in 2002 by M.A.N.D.Y. , DJ T and Booka Shade . They were DJ Magazine's "Label of the Year" for 2005...
)
Singles
- "Polaris" / "Last Hope Sound" 7" single (Clean Cut / Float / Silent Age Records)
- "Under Certain Things" / "Aerial" split 7" single with SJ Esau (Static Caravan Records)
- "Objects & Purpose" 12" single (Get Physical MusicGet Physical MusicGet Physical Music is a Berlin based electronic music record label founded in 2002 by M.A.N.D.Y. , DJ T and Booka Shade . They were DJ Magazine's "Label of the Year" for 2005...
)
EPs
- Untitled EP (Silent Age Records)
- Brocken EP lathe-cut 8" (Static Caravan Records)