The Nodding Folk
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The Nodding Folk was the name of an industrial music
supergroup with members David Tibet
, James Mannox, John Balance
, Peter Christopherson
, Sam Mannox-Wood, Simon Norris, and Steven Stapleton
from the groups Current 93
, Spasm, Nurse with Wound
, Cyclobe
and Coil
. The group got together specifically to record a single album, The Apocalyptic Folk in The Nodding God Unveiled, a CD which was coupled with a comic book and released in 1993.
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...
supergroup with members David Tibet
David Tibet
David Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He had earlier collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo...
, James Mannox, John Balance
John Balance
John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...
, Peter Christopherson
Peter Christopherson
Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....
, Sam Mannox-Wood, Simon Norris, and Steven Stapleton
Steven Stapleton
Steven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
from the groups Current 93
Current 93
Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...
, Spasm, Nurse with Wound
Nurse with Wound
Nurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...
, Cyclobe
Cyclobe
Cyclobe are a music duo based in London, formed by Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown. They make hallucinatory electronic soundscapes by mixing sampled and heavily synthesized sounds with acoustic arrangements for strings and woodwind. Their approach draws upon diverse forms, including acousmatic,...
and Coil
Coil (band)
Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
. The group got together specifically to record a single album, The Apocalyptic Folk in The Nodding God Unveiled, a CD which was coupled with a comic book and released in 1993.
The Apocalyptic Folk in The Nodding God Unveiled
- "Children of the Nodapoc Gather Round" - 3:26
- "Love Dance of the Nodding Folk" - 5:48