Black Dice
Course setters of the American noise scene, Black Dice assume a different form on almost every album. They first emerged as a violent hardcore band in the late '90s, but soon shed that skin completely, embracing a cross-section of repetitive percussion, groggy electronics, and noisy ambience on their 2002 high-water mark Beaches & Canyons. Later releases saw the band reshape their sound into harsh trance and wildly experimental techno, evolving on albums like 2012's Mr. Impossible and 2021's Mod Prog Sic.
Black Dice was formed in 1997 by Rhode Island School of Design students Bjorn Copeland on guitar, his brother Eric Copeland on vocals, drummer Hisham Bharoocha, and bassist Sebastian Blanck. Bharoocha had briefly been a member of an early iteration of Lightning Bolt, who were getting their start in Providence around the same time as Black Dice. The band's first output came in the form of a series of 7" singles on various hardcore-centric labels, and their early sound was aggressive, noisy punk very much in line with other bands on labels like Gravity, Troubleman, Vermin Scum, and the other imprints they worked with early on. Within a few years of forming, the band relocated to Brooklyn, and Blanck was replaced by Aaron Warren. During this phase, Black Dice moved away from structured songwriting and conventional rock instrumentation and began bringing more experimental and electronic elements into both their recordings and live sets. A self-titled 10" (also known as Black Dice 3) was early evidence of this shift, and they continued to evolve on EPs and other miscellaneous projects released between 2000 and 2002. Now ensconced in a scene of like-minded experimenters that included Animal Collective, Erase Errata, Wolf Eyes, Excepter, and others, Black Dice released their first proper album-length statement Beaches & Canyons on DFA in 2002. Though it consisted of just five tracks, the album was nearly an hour long and showcased a more meditative, ambient approach to noise and improvisation from the band. Along with its 2004 follow-up Creature Comforts, Beaches & Canyons was well-received critically, bringing Black Dice to a wider audience. Bharoocha left the band in 2004, and the remaining trio switched gears yet again on 2005's Broken Ear Record, incorporating elements of Afrobeat and trance into their noisy electronic pieces. They continued down a similar path for albums like Load Blown (2007), Repo (2009), and Mr. Impossible (2012), developing signature techniques that turned sampling, programming, and electronic song construction inside-out. In 2019, the Natty Light compilation collected the band's earliest output. In 2021, Black Dice returned with Mod Prog Sic, their first album of completely new material in almost a decade.
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Peace in the Valley
Rock - Pubblicato da Three One G il 4 dic 2001
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Mod Prog Sic
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da FourFour Records il 1 ott 2021
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Beaches & Canyons
Rock - Pubblicato da Fatcat Records il 1 gen 2002
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Remixes EP
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da FourFour Records il 4 apr 2022
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Creature Comforts
Rock - Pubblicato da Fatcat Records il 28 giu 2004
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Mr. Impossible (Black Dice)
Elettronica - Pubblicato da Ribbon Music il 1 gen 2012
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Bad Bet
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da FourFour Records il 17 set 2021
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Broken Ear Record
Rock - Pubblicato da Parlophone UK il 6 set 2005
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Problem Riddim
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Lampshade Muzic il 15 lug 2014
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Miles of Smiles
Rock - Pubblicato da Fatcat Records il 6 apr 2004
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Load Blown
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Paw Tracks il 9 feb 2008
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Repo
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Paw Tracks il 7 apr 2009
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Smiling Off (Video Edit)
Rock - Pubblicato da Parlophone UK il 19 ago 2005
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Daddy Yuh Gone
Reggae - Pubblicato da Yaad Hustle Records il 5 mar 2018
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Tuned Out
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da FourFour Records il 17 ago 2021
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White Sugar
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da FourFour Records il 30 giu 2021
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Rodriguez / Pissed in a Cave (Black Dice)
Elettronica - Pubblicato da Ribbon Music il 16 lug 2012
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Style It Boasty
Dancehall - Pubblicato da Lampshade Muzic il 5 ott 2018
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