Bugskull
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Bugskull is an American musical group originally from Portland, Oregon that performed and recorded during the 1990s and early 2000s. According to a local newspaper, the Portland Mercury Review, discussing a one-off comeback concert they performed on September 12, 2009, they "delved deep into the world of ambience and electronics with legendary albums like Phantasies and Senseitions and Distracted Snowflake Volume One, which explored the outer brainscapes of music, littered with found sound, squeaks, whistles, drones, and hallucinations." Music reviewer Piero Scaruffi
, awarded their album Phantasies and Senseitions an 8 out of 10 for their "jams of found sounds, electronic sounds, distortions, out-of-tune passages, abstract noise, and, last but not least, senseless lullabies." He considered the band unique for its "style of arrangement that was the post-rock equivalent of Brian Wilson's orchestral productions: a catalog of musical mistakes instead of an abundance of instrumental counterpoint."
Piero Scaruffi
Piero Scaruffi received a degree in Mathematics in 1982 from University of Turin, where he did work on the General Theory of Relativity. For a number of years he was the head of the Artificial Intelligence Center at Olivetti, based in Cupertino, California. He has been a visiting scholar at...
, awarded their album Phantasies and Senseitions an 8 out of 10 for their "jams of found sounds, electronic sounds, distortions, out-of-tune passages, abstract noise, and, last but not least, senseless lullabies." He considered the band unique for its "style of arrangement that was the post-rock equivalent of Brian Wilson's orchestral productions: a catalog of musical mistakes instead of an abundance of instrumental counterpoint."
Discography
- Subversives in the Midst (1992, Shrimper RecordsShrimper RecordsShrimper Records is an independent record label based in Upland, California. It was founded in 1990 by Dennis Callaci.-Bands:* Ah Bus* Amps for Christ* The Aum Rifle* The Babies* Bingo Trappers* Bugskull* Joey Burns * The Bux...
) - Gargamelodies (1992, Eldest Son Records)
- Fences 7" (1993, Road Cone Records)
- What if I Had in Mind 7” (1993, Dalmatian Records)
- Phantasies And Senseitions (1994, Road Cone)
- Bugskull 10" (1994, Quixotic Records)
- Bugskull/Quasi-split 7” (1994, Red Rover Records)
- Crock (1995, Pop Secret Records)
- Snakland (1996, Scratch Records)
- Distracted Snowflake Volume One (1997, Pop Secret/Darla RecordsDarla RecordsDarla Records is an independent record label founded by James Agren while he was in New York. Darla Record's first release was a 7-inch by Grifters, an indie rock/lo-fi band from Memphis.- Background :...
) - Distracted Snowflake Volume Two (1999, Scratch)
- Bugskull vs. The Big White Cloud (2002, Scratch)
- Communication (2009, Digitalis Industries)