Prurient
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| Prurient | |
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 Prurient in 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ian Dominick Fernow |
| Genre(s) | Noise Power electronics Experimental |
| Instrument(s) | Amplifier Microphone Drums Vocals |
| Label(s) | American Tapes, Hanson Records, RRRecords, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Hospital Productions, Kitty Play Records |
Prurient is the performing name of Ian Dominick Fernow. He has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as American Tapes, Hanson Records, RRRecords, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Kitty Play Records, and his own label Hospital Productions. In the 2000s, Prurient has become one of the most well-known and influential names in noise music,[citation needed] having been covered in outlets such as Pitchfork Media and The Village Voice.
Fernow works primarily with a microphone and amplifier, and sometimes drums. On some releases he has been joined by Ben Barnett, Richard Dunn (FFH), John Wiese, Jeff Plummer (Immaculate:Grotesque, Shallow Waters), Kris Lapke (Alberich, MCMS), Sickness, Wolf Eyes, Macronympha, Philip Best, Sutcliffe Jugend, The Hototogisu, Carlos Giffoni, Wilt, Grunt, Nicole 12, and Emily Salvatierra.[1] Fernow grew up in Wisconsin but now lives in Manhattan and runs the Hospital Productions record label and retail record store. Fernow was also the guitarist of bands Football Rabbit, Vegas Martyrs, Taylor Bow, and Ash Pool (in which he also sings). More recently, Fernow has started marketing to the black metal audience with his label and creative works.
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[edit] Partial discography
[edit] 1998
- A Simple Mark cass (Hospital Productions)
- Persistence cass split w/Potassium Cyanide Dogbane Sentiment (Beeshu Records)
[edit] 2001
- Body Language LP (Peel Back the Sky)
- Collaboration CD w/Richard Ramirez & Flatline Construct (Hospital Productions, Peel Back The Sky, Monorail Trespassing)
- Guide to Grooming cass (Monorail Trespassing)
- Hunt in Couples 7" split w/ASD (Hospital Productions, Anti-Everything)
- Magnified Healing CD split w/T.E.F., Richard Ramirez (Hospital Productions, T.E.F)
- Mater Dolorosa CD (Hospital Productions)
- Mummification And Prayer cass (Hospital Productions)
- White Plains Leather : Black River Falls cass (Hospital Productions)
[edit] 2002
- Something Terrible Has Happened And I Need Your Help cass (Monorail Trespassing)
- The History of Aids CD (Hospital Productions/Armageddon)
[edit] 2003
- Recycled Music cass (RRR)
- Troubled Sleep CD (Truculent Recordings)
- We Set Off In High Spirits cass (Gods of Tundra)
[edit] 2004
- 60 Minutes of Silence cass (American Tapes)
- Fossil CD (Truculent Recordings)
- Red Head cass w/Pedestrial Deposit (RRRecords)
- Shipwreckers Diary CD (Ground Fault)
- Starvation cass (Hospital Productions)
- Sexual Magic 2xCass (Hospital Productions)
- The Hidden Family/+White+ 12"/CD w/Kites (Load Records)
[edit] 2005
- African Division cass (Hospital Productions)
- Black Vase CD/LP (Load Records)
- Love and Romance LP (Hospital Productions)
- The Baron's Chamber CD (Nihilist)
- The Warriors CD/LP (Hospital Productions/Gods of Tundra)
- Church of Ammunition 7" (Troubleman Unlimited)
- Vegas Martyrs - Choking Doberman 7" (Guitar) (Kitty Play Records)
[edit] 2006
- Heavy Rain Returns w/ Carlos Giffoni CD (iDEAL Recordings)
- Memory Repeating 7" (AA Records)
- Pleasure Ground CD (Load Records)
- Point and Void CD (Ninth Circle Music)
- Snail on a Razor w/Hototogisu CD (Hospital Productions)
[edit] 2007
- Cave Depression 3x7" (No Fun Productions)
- Taylor Bow - Hate Fuck 7" (Guitar) (Hospital Productions)
- Prurient LP (Hanson Records)
- Split (with Mindflayer) (Important Records)
- Terminal Cases 2x3" CD (Split w/ Death Unit) (aRCHIVE)
- The Golden Chamber cass (Hospital Productions)
- All Are Guests in the House of the Lord cass/CD (collaboration with Kevin Drumm) (Hospital Productions)
- Cocaine Death cass (Hospital Productions) (edition of 46)
- Caribbean Overdose cass (Hospital Productions) (edition of 200)
[edit] 2008
- And Still, Wanting CD + Shield 5" (No Fun Productions)
- Arrowhead CD
- Tylenol Murders cass (Hospital Productions) (edition of 20)
- Cocaine Death CD (Hospital Productions)
- Time Began In A Garden 2xC10 (edition of 100)
- The Black Post Society CD (Cold Spring Records)
[edit] 2009
- Rose Pillar (11" record with book, Heartworm Press, edition of 500)
- As It Should Be (12" one-sided LP, Kitty Play Records, edition of 500)
