final Speak Onion track

from IBNO70, split with @body-nostril

features vocals from Paul Belbusti (@mercy-choir)

split

The Arc

A rare instance of a Speak Onion ambient set. Extreme restraint and discipline rather than raw power and intensity. Trying to flood the room with weight rather than saw it in half. 

Thanks to Alrealon and Out To See for having me. 

Material in this set comes from three previously released Speak Onion tracks:
http://immigrantbreastnest.com/track/mud-becomes-concrete
https://somaticresponses.bandcamp.com/track/speak-onion-tiger-fight-remix
http://immigrantbreastnest.com/track/salt-in-the-symbols
as well as some tidbits from the upcoming Speak Onion full length. 


Live at Out To See (2016-03-05)

Live recording of the set from BxC in Pittsburgh on December 10, 2016. Monster lineup, amazing crowd. It was like a family reunion for US breakcore heads. Beautiful night. 

Setlist:
1. Mud Becomes Concrete
2. The Viewer (vocals from @heidi-harris-1)
3. With Unclean Hands
4. Wakeless
5. In Your Master's House (vocals from @mercy-choir)
6. The Sun is in Syringes (vocal sfrom @wolfie-warship)

Gear:
Elektron Octatrack
Nord Modular G2 Engine
Faderfox UC4
Rolls MX-28 Mixer
TouchOSC
iConnectMIDI 2+

Big up to BxC in Pittsburgh for creating and maintaining a vital scene. Sorry I broke your stand, @vasculator.

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Live At BxC Pittsburgh 12 - 10 - 16

New hotness from Speak Onion's Dead EP, featuring genius experimental hip hop artist, @blacksaturn. Grab the whole EP from Ohm Resistance on June 5 and support the Hungry Monk food bank.

Dead

Mouth (feat. Black Saturn)

Photo credit- Alex Brown: http://alexandraannebrown.com/

As Speak Onion, Dan Abatemarco treads on, then completely explodes, the line between producer and noisician. He spews seething noise, giant deformed beats and absolutely wrong atmospheres in fits and starts until nothing sounds like what it sounds like anymore. Breakbeats and basslines enter innocently but end up processed beyond recognition and drowning in feedback. Synth sounds are stretched, manipulated, and left ruined as chilling shrieks. The resulting sonic abomination slips between the dimensions of experimentalism, harsh noise, and beat-bashed breakcore. Dancefloor? Maybe. Slaughterhouse floor? Yes, definitely.

Deep sub-basements, dank warehouses and sketchy bars are a natural fit for Speak Onion’s mutant sound. Insisting on energetic, spontaneous, out-of-control performance, Speak Onion eschews a laptop for a cobbled together pile of hardware, intermingling synthesizers, wrecked guitar pedals, homemade sound destroyers and even an iphone. He wants to up-end your party and leave your crowd with blown-out heads. This cannot be overstated: Speak Onion loves playing shows and has the YouTube videos to prove it.

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