Debido a su ascenso en términos de "idealización" y "adoración" por cada vez más generaciones de aficionados, Michael Gira, su séquito y su sello Young God han encontrado una nueva brecha en la reedición y reinserción de material actualmente descatalogado; con su regreso a escenarios y grabación en 2010, la formación más icónica del sonido no wave, Swans,  pondrá en circulación por primera vez desde 1983 (año de su edición original) su influyente debut en formato vinilo; "Filth" ya fue reeditado en 1990, aunque en esta ocasión llegará además con firma del propio líder y un exclusivo póster. Todo el 28 de Octubre.

“This is all slabs of sound, rhythm and screaming/testifying. What more do you need? In a way, it was a reaction against Punk (and just about any other music you can think of), and the conservative notion that 3 chords were somehow necessary. I used to deny it vehemently at the time, but No Wave (I “hated” that scene too, for some reason I can’t remember now) played a big role as the germ from which this music grew, along with The Stooges and Throbbing Gristle, of course. I wanted Swans to be “heavier” though – I wanted the music to obliterate – why, I don’t remember! I think it just felt good".

"Live, we used two basses (playing utterly unmusical chords that were stabbed and left to sustain or sometimes hit in staccato or opposing rhythms), drums, a “percussionist” that slammed down on a metal table with a metal strap, crude cassette loops of various sounds/noises (usually some kind of undefined ROAR), and Norman Westberg’s glorious sustained and screaming guitar chords. It was pretty elating to play live – for us. If 100 people showed up (which would have been a huge audience at the time – 20 was more the average), 80 were guaranteed to leave by the second song. Somehow that tension – contempt or indifference from the audience – was nourishing, so we kept going".

"Here’s some music I was listening to at the time: Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, The Stooges, Brian Eno, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, DNA, The Contortions, Glenn Branca, Black Flag, early Pink Floyd, This Heat, Kraftwerk, The Germs, Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Public Image LTD., SPK… ” - Michael Gira / Swans/Young God Records".

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