Broken English Club

BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - THE ARTIFICIAL ANIMAL
Coming on Oliver’s own Death & Leisure imprint, The Artificial Animal is no compromise journey through raw data noise, feedback, raw dubby techno and experimental cut-up sound pieces. 
Throughout the 12 track album there is a sense of overload and electronic fevered hallucination counterbalanced with primitive rhythmic machine music.
The pulsating low throbbing bass and soaring synths of Ersatz mark the beginning, the drama slowly builds with caustic noise and arabic trumpet calls. This is closely followed by the stuttering sound collage of The Artificial Animal. Concepts of spirit, artifice and technology are the inspiration for the chopped up clips of tv show exorcisms, inter spliced with feedback and static, creating a bewildering kaleidoscope of sounds and texture.
After this shocking introduction we jump straight in with Snub, a heavy relentless acid track with roaring distorted drones, that constantly moves higher and higher in intensity. The Slow Bleed follows with dubby warehouse beats and metallic screeches echoing in the background. Concrete is next with broken scrap metal rhythms and melancholic synths which bring to mind early Apex Twin. Next is Sink, a barrage of undulating spiralling synths, white noise and mashed down-tuned vocal take everything into an experimental direction. Following this, Neck brings Warp style staccato bleeps and broken beats, creating a kind of plastic funk. Collapse brings atonal synths and sea sick shimmering chords over heavy drums. Blood and Wire takes a turn into ambient synth atmospheres punctuated by heavy blasts of death metal screams and white noise, creating a feeling that Is both ethereal and maximalist in its level of intense noise.
Next is Grey Sands, a dusty atmospheric groove with sparse squarewave bass stabs and industrial high drones. The album moves towards its end with Pervert and its cycling knife sharp buzzing synth drops, raw data noise and psychotic low vocals. The final goodbye is World of Fire, moody ambient atmospheres with glitch slow motion gabba bass drums and the repeated vocal phrase, “Everything’s on fire”. In its entirety the album is a dense collection of sounds and rhythms, theres nothing here for posers, techno fashion victims and party tourists, this music is for obsessives looking for noise and raw broken soul.

TRACKLISTING
DIGITAL
1. ERSATZ
2. THE ARTIFICIAL ANIMAL
3. SNUB
4. THE SLOW BLEED
5. CONCRETE
6. SINK
7. NECK
8. COLLAPSE
9. BLOOD AND WIRE
10. GREY SANDS
11. PERVERT
12. WORLD ON FIRE


VINYL VERSION

A1 ERSATZ
A2 THE ARTIFICIAL ANIMAL
A3 SNUB
A4 THE SLOW BLEED
A5 SINK

B1 NECK
B2 COLLAPSE
B3 GREY SANDS
B4 WORLD ON FIRE

BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB  - THE ARTIFICIAL ANIMAL ALBUM CLIPS

Vacant Heads is the duo of Christian Donaghey (Autumns) and Oliver Ho (Broken English Club). Anyone familiar with their work, or the underground electronic scene of the last two decades, probably needs to read no further.
Having worked together (Autumns second album ‘Shortly After Nothing’ was released on Oliver’s Death and Leisure label) and shared stages over the years - Vacant Heads was borne from a desire to both collaborate on new work and as a live proposition. 
Their first four-track EP is a sublime taster of where Vacant Heads are at and where Vacant Heads might go.
It reeks of the city - after hours prowls with fuck all to do and nowhere to go.

VACANT HEADS - TOUCH SENSITIVE

FINAL AND REVISED TRACK LIST FOR THE FORTHCOMING OLIVER HO EP.
In 1996 THE GATHERING was released on BLUEPRINT RECORDS. 26 years later Oliver Ho presents THE GATHERING (RETURN IN THE DUST) the sequel to his 1996 record.
The title track is a summoning up of the dark energy that fuelled the original first GATHERING record, taking fast cycling synth riffs and relentless hi hats. 
It’s a take no prisoners introduction to the direct and intense sound of the 4 track ep
Coming out on digital in November. Swipe to hear clips of all 4 tracks.

OLIVER HO - THE GATHERING(RETURN IN THE DUST) CLIPS

TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM, 'THE ARTIFICIAL ANIMAL' DECONSTRUCTED AND EDITED INTO NEW FORMS BY BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB.
COMING IN SPRING 20223

ARTIFICIAL ANIMAL EDITS - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB

SLOW WHITE FALL MIX
FEATURING TRACKS FROM SLOW WHITE FALL, PRIMITIVE MAN, RAMLEH, GODFLESH, REGIS, WHITEHOUSE, SUNNO))), SEPULTURA AND MORE.

SLOW WHITE FALL MIX 2023

RAUDIVE DJ SET - NUIT NOIRE CLUB - LOS ANGELES

Oliver Ho returns to Blueprint, the label that started his career back in 1996. Oliver presents his Broken English Club project and takes it into brutal dancefloor territory. 4 tracks of sparse driving techno that take no prisoners.

BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - PURITAN EP

Broken English Club @ ARMA17 / 2014-11-01

ARMA PODCAST 128: Broken English Club — live @ Manufactura

OLIVER HO - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB DJ MIX

1. DO NOT COME NEAR -  RAMLEH
2. MURDER THE MASTERS - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
3. CHANNEL 83 - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB
4. AS ABOVE SO BELOW - SANDRA ELECTRONICS
5, RITUAL KILLING - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB
6. BURNING HERETICS - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB
7. SV FORREST - CUTE HEELS
8. BUTCHWAX - TESSELA
9. LOCAL VIOLENCE -  BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB
10. KROKODILO- CUT HANDS
11. CLOSER - COH(COSEY FANNI TUTTI AND IVAN PAVLOV)
12. PLASTIC BAG - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB
13. FEAR OF THE BLOODY NIGHT - DIE FORM
14. FURNITURE - RAUDIVE
15. DRUM EDIT
16. RAZORS EDGE - SVENGALISGHOST 
17. LIVE RECORDING EDIT - PSYCHIC TV
18. SHALLOW PITS - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB


OLIVER HO-BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB DJ MIX

OLIVER HO DJ SET @ KAOS - LONDON 21/03/15

AN HOUR OF ZOV ZOV - DARK TONAL MUSIC FROM OLIVER HO AND TOMMY GILLARD
1. PARADISE
2. YOUR BODY IS A WHORE HOUSE
3. OUR BLOOD
4. THE SACRED PORNOGRAPHY OF GOD
5. WHITE HOT
6. DEVICES
7. SOUL MUSICK
8. SOUN MUSIC PT 2
9. FIELDS
10. METAL
11. ENDLESS LINES
12. TEMPLES

OLIVER HO -ZOV ZOV  HOUR MIX

30 MINS OF THE LATEST LIVE SHOW FROM OLIVER HO - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB 
FOR BOOKINGS - contact antonia@altaragency.com

BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB LIVE 2025

We are excited to announce a full length album (2x12”) by key Cititrax artist Broken English Club​. After the strong reception of his split EP with Silent Servant (Official)​, solo work for both Cititrax and Jealous God, and recent feature on the Cititrax: Tracks Volume One EP, oliver ho​ (also known for his Raudive​ alias) expands upon the themes in his earlier output. Now though, he is presenting Broken English Club as the multifaceted project that it is. He fearlessly exposes a range of emotion through varying sound, texture and song structure. The result is a manifestation of his influences (post punk, noise, techno, grindcore) melded into his own unique vision and culminating in an album that sounds absolutely massive, both on and off the dance floor. About Broken English Club, in Oliver’s own words:
“It’s not about some idea of the future, it’s about a grubbier seedier world. There's no superior technology here, there’s a romance to damp concrete buildings and abandoned reservoirs. Somewhere in the nursing homes that smell of bleach and piss, under the jaundice yellow glow of street lights, there’s a dark soul. I like music with a sense of dread, there’s drama or suspense in that feeling somewhere.
I am fueled by the energy and noise of 1980’s grindcore. The track 'Scum' is a tribute to the Napalm Death song of the same name. Those kind of brutalist noise bands are a very English thing to me, the oblivion of that is romantic.
I am fascinated and disgusted by things, and I like that friction. The best things in life seem perverted and disgusting at first and then become beautiful and transcendent.
I have these ideas filling my head and it gives me a sense purpose, I owe it to these obsessions of mine to see them through, to give them a place to exist. That’s Broken English Club. “
This album will be pressed on 160 gram splattered black and clear double vinyl limited to 999 copies, housed in a heavy weight high gloss sleeve, featuring art direction by Veronica Vasicka​ and Silent Servant with photography by Corinne Schiavone. Broken English Club’s Suburban Hunting 2x12” will be released in late November. Digital release to follow.
http://minimalwave.com/articles/article/broken-english-club-suburban-hunting-2x12
Pre-order here: http://minimalwave.com/releases/release/suburban-hunting/

Broken English Club - Suburban Hunting 2x12" (samples)

The mix represents the passions and obsessions of Broken English Club, finding a place that fuses the noise of industrial music with the hypnotic pace of techno. Featuring brand new material from Oliver Ho’s new label Death & Leisure.


1. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD - RELIGION - VIRGIN RECORDS
2. YEARS OF DENIAL - STRUGGLE - DEATH & LEISURE
3. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - NOTHING NATURAL - HARBINGER SOUND
4. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - CHANNEL 83 - CITITRAX
5. SILENT SERVANT - DISSOCIATION - LIES
6. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - MURDER THE MASTERS - DIAGONAL
7. RANDOMER - SHEEN - BLUEPRINT
8. SAMUEL KERRIDGE - FATAL LIGHT ATTRACTION - DOWNWARDS
9. SCHRAMM - HEADHUNTER - KL DARK RECORDS
10. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - BREAKING THE FLESH - WHITELABEL
11. ADMX-71 - DISENTANGLE ME - LIES
12. BLACK MERLIN - KLANG - JEALOUS GOD
13. SANDRA ELECTRONIC - AS ABOVE SO BELOW
13. ESPENDOR GEOMETRICO - ROTOR - BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB REMX - CONTORT YOUSELF
14. RUDE 66 - ISOLATION - CREME ORGANIZATION
15. RROSE - EMBOLI - KHEMIA
16. MUSLIMGAUZE - REUTERS - RECLOOSE ORGANIZATION
17. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - MYTHS OF STEEL AND CONCRETE - DEATH & LEISURE
18. BERNARDINO FEMMINELLI - L’ENFER ET SES FILS - MIND RECORDS
19. PEDER MANNERFELT - LIMITS TO GROWTH - PEDER MANNERFELT 
20. YEARS OF DENIAL - METAL WAVE BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB REMIX - DEATH & LEISURE
21. EMPTYSET - BEYOND - CARAVAN RECORDINGS
22. SHOCK - DREAM GAMES - STRUTT
23. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - PLASTIC BAG - JEALOUS GOD


BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB  - - The Hydra MIX

Zov Zov live set at Kaos London - Death & Leisure Party.

ZOV ZOV - LIVE AT KAOS 2017

A SIDE
KISS THE FLOOR - THIS DESIRE
AA SIDE
KARL AND THE KURBCRAWLERS - SAME DAY(AGAIN)
DEATH AND LEISURE 04
Death & Leisure is sick with excitement to present Kiss The Floor 7” , a collaboration between Karl O’Connor and Veronica Vasicka ! A fizzing slow motion synth wave track with echoes of Suicide, it features captivating vocals from Veronica.
The record is a double A side also featuring Karl and The Kurbcrawlers, a stripped down repetitive punk track for yobs and glue sniffers. 
Coming in june.

KISS THE FLOOR 7"  -  KARL O'CONNOR/VERONICA VASICKA

Death & Leisure is excited to welcome back Jerome Tcherneyan and Barkosina Hanusova as the incredible Years of Denial for a special split 12” with Maenad Veyl , the brand new project from italian producer Thomas Feriero. 

Years of Denial deliver a heavy synth wave techno classic with “We Operate On Each Other” , and the pounding hypnotic “ Numeric Affairs” 
Maenad Veyl starts things off on his side with the broken percussion of “Paint The Ossuary” , after that we get the slow dragging darkness of “Tell Me Secrets” and lastly “Who You Could Not” with its drilling synths and noise.

A Side - Years of Denial
We Operate On Each Other
Numeric Affairs (Dub Version)
Numeric Affairs (Vocal Mix) Digi Only

AA Side - Maenad Veyl

Paint The Ossuary
Tell Me Secrets
Who You Could Not

YEARS OF DENIAL - MAENAD VEYL Split 12" - Death & Leisure

Death & Leisure is proud to announce the sophomore album from the very special Autumns.
6 tracks of raw sneering electronics. Coming out in spring.
Autumns is the solo project of Christian Donaghey, From Derry, Ireland, an outlet for electronic post-punk with a lethal pulse. After a brace of rough demos without preliminary hype, the project emerged fully formed on Karl O’Connor’s (aka Regis) illustrious label Downwards back in 2014, the youngest act in a new vanguard of artists that included the likes of Tropic of Cancer, DVA DAMAS and The Kvb. 

‘SHORTLY AFTER NOTHING’ 

A SIDE
SHORTLY AFTER NOTHING
EXPENSIVE SUIT
CRITICAL NONSENSE


B SIDE
SLOW WET HEAT
TALKING TO YOURSELF
SOMETIME SOON

Extended Autumns biography here-

Autumns is the solo project of Christian Donaghey, From Derry, Ireland, an outlet for electronic post-punk with a lethal pulse. After a brace of rough demos without preliminary hype, the project emerged fully formed on Karl O’Connor’s (aka Regis) illustrious label Downwards back in 2014, the youngest act in a new vanguard of artists that included the likes of Tropic of Cancer, DVA DAMAS and The Kvb. 

Preceding releases for Clan Destine Records, iDEAL Recordings and DKA Records have seen the project engaged in a rough trade of transgressive noise, dysfunctional metal dance and DIY punk angst, yet each of these milestones has represented a different proposition. 2016’s ‘A Product of 30 Years of Violence’ saw the project moving into vast glacial spaces after propulsive post-punk discord of 2015’s ‘Das Nichts’. 2017 presented a further progression into Autumns’ journey from his post-punk beginnings to producing some of the tautest and no bullshite electronic music around with the release of his debut album ‘Suffocating Brothers’ on Clan Destine Records. Gaining radio play from selectors like Trevor Jackson, Regis, Debonair and Giant Swan.

Alongside progressive appearances on cult labels the project has developed a notorious high-intensity live show, having played and toured with artists such as Silent Servant, Veronica Vasicka and Wire, performing to audiences from Los Angeles to Beirut, and Moscow to Berlin. Autumns’ has also ventured outside the typical music world by taking up projects such as performing alongside Samuel Kerridge at the 2016 edition of Paris Fashion Week for Downwards, creating a sound installation at Void Gallery, and improvising a desolate live score to David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’. Earning Autumns a fierce reputation not only as a live act, but as a multi-disciplinary artist.

Following contributions to labels such as Amok Tapes, Touch Sensitive, Veyl (Maenad Veyl) and Earwiggle (Sunil Sharpe), as well as remixes for Strange Therapy, Infidel Bodies, and Clan Destine Records. 2019 see’s Autumns' experimentation in the studio go much deeper, with the release of his sophomore album ‘Shortly After Nothing’ on Oliver Ho’s (aka Broken English Club) innovative ‘Death & Leisure’ label, alongside a heavy touring schedule, a collaboration with post-punk legend Eric Random, the launch of his radio show ‘Dyslexia Tracks’ on Dublin Digital Radio and more upcoming releases to surface throughout the year.

Autumns - Shortly After Nothing Album Preview - Death & Leisure

TRACK LISTING - 

1. INTRO 
2. IDENTIFIED PATIENT AND SOPHIE DU PALAIS  - ABORTING YOUR DREAMS LOOP
3. AMATO - HEY
4.SILENT SERVANT - DAMAGE
5. OSHEYACK - SOILED(FT MIKY HE)
6. DEMDYKE STARE - FRONTIN
7. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - FUNNY GAMES
8. SCHWEFELGELB - IN DEM LAKEN
9. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - COLD MEDICINE
10. KERRIDGE A1
11. SCALAMERIA - ANNEX NO.3
12. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - VACANT
13 PHARMAKON - VACUM
14. SURGOEN - CONVENIENCE TRAP 2
15. DANIEL AVERY - DIMINUENDO
16. DJ OVERDOSE - COMFORT KILLER
17. PAN SONIC - TELAKOE
18. RUMENIGE - EKA
19. UNIVERSAL INDICATOR - B1
20. LUX ORIGINAL MIX
21. CUT HANDS - STABBERS CONSPIRACY
22. APHEX TWIN - ISOPROPANOL
23. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - CHANNEL 83
24. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - ANIMAL TOWN

BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB MIX FOR RON MORELLI SHOW ON NTS

BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB DJ SET - MUNICIPAL - NEWWCASTLE 07/02/20

DAT TAPE TRANSFERS FROM THE LATE 90'S AND EARLY 00'S. LIFTED FROM THE 'LIGHT AND DARK' LABEL. AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DIGITAL FORMAT.
Go to link to buy
https://deathandleisure.bandcamp.com/album/oliver-ho-archives-vol-1

1. LIGHT AND DARK PART 1 - SIDE A
2. LIGHT AND DARK PART 1 - SIDE B
3. LIGHT AND DARK PART 2 SIDE A1
4. THE DREAMER AND THE DREAM SIDE A
5. THE DREAMER AND THE DREAM SIDE B
6. HYPOXIA - VIEL - TRANSFORM
7. ANAESTHETIC - VEIL - TRANSFORM
8. SALINE - VEIL - TRANSFORM
9. BLINDFOLDED - VEIL - TRANSFORM
10. INTRAVENOUS - VEIL - TRANSFORM
11. INJECT - VEIL - TRANSFORM
12. CONDUCTOR - VEIL - TRANSFORM
13. 30 SECONDS - VEIL - TRANSFORM
14. LIGHT AND DARK PART 8 SIDE A1
15. LIGHT AND DARK PART 8 SIDE A2

OLIVER HO ARCHIVES VOL.1

Oliver Ho brings his industrial guitar drone/noise project back to Downwards with the mini album, Pushing Through A Wall. 7 tracks of that explore heavy noise ambience, mixed with sprase slamming drums and walls of guitar feedback.

SLOW WHITE FALL 'PUSHING THROUGH A WALL'

Celebrate the ancient celtic festival of Samhain with the Halloween Mix. Featuring music by Prurient, Butttechno, Autumns, Cabaret Voltaire, Phase Fatale, Maenad Veyl, Jorge Velez, Samuel Kerridge and more !

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