Savage Aural Hotbed
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Savage Aural Hotbed is a Minneapolis, Minnesota
based "found object
" band. Formed in 1988, SAH is a four-member band that performs instrumental percussive and ambient music. They are heavily influenced by Japanese "Taiko
" drumming, but also feature usage of oil-drums, saw-blades, power-tools, concrete culverts, and other hardware, both in the albums and in the live shows. They have released seven albums.
The band has been embraced by industrial
, techno
, and contemporary classical music
enthusiasts. They have also worked with many different dance troupes including Ballet of the Dolls and the Flying Foot Forum. Savage Aural Hotbed has also been featured in an article on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition. They have won four Minnesota Music Awards.
Current members are:
Mark Black,
Stuart DeVaan,
Dean Hawthorne,
William Melton
Past members are:
David Sarrizin,
Valts Treibergs,
Tom Zosell
Japanese Taiko drumming with its big arm movements and disciplined musical tightness is a major inspiration. Another influence is modern minimalist music
, with frequent exploration of mathematical rhythm generating ideas.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
based "found object
Found object
A found object, in an artistic sense, indicates the use of an object which has not been designed for an artistic purpose, but which exists for another purpose already. Found objects may exist either as utilitarian, manufactured items, or things which occur in nature...
" band. Formed in 1988, SAH is a four-member band that performs instrumental percussive and ambient music. They are heavily influenced by Japanese "Taiko
Taiko
means "drum" in Japanese . Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming...
" drumming, but also feature usage of oil-drums, saw-blades, power-tools, concrete culverts, and other hardware, both in the albums and in the live shows. They have released seven albums.
The band has been embraced by industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, and contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
enthusiasts. They have also worked with many different dance troupes including Ballet of the Dolls and the Flying Foot Forum. Savage Aural Hotbed has also been featured in an article on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition. They have won four Minnesota Music Awards.
Current members are:
Mark Black,
Stuart DeVaan,
Dean Hawthorne,
William Melton
Past members are:
David Sarrizin,
Valts Treibergs,
Tom Zosell
Genre
SAH tends to fit into industrial music, both in the literal sense, as they use industrial hardware, and in the figurative sense.Japanese Taiko drumming with its big arm movements and disciplined musical tightness is a major inspiration. Another influence is modern minimalist music
Minimalist music
Minimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....
, with frequent exploration of mathematical rhythm generating ideas.
Discography
- Gomi Daiko (1992)
- Cold is the Absence of Heat (1995)
- Pressure of Silence (1997)
- The Strain and Force Handbook (2001)
- The Unified Pounding Theory (2006)
- Wreckquiem (2009)
- Glove of Sound (2011)