It addresses the institutions and mechanisms which perpetrate their dual grip. It does not sit easily in the galleries, concert halls, pubs, clubs, cinemas and playhouses (the controllers of these spaces make sure of that!) Con-Dom is Control-Domination. What motivated you to choose to perform in such unique surroundings?Ĭon-Dom is neither music nor art, film or theatre. You have performed a great deal of live assaults in a whole variety of unusual venues in the UK (a church crypt, a council house etc). A completed oil, full of cluttered detail, is ripe only for slashing. A blank canvas has infinite possibilities a slate wiped clean is ready to start afresh. The creation of blankness may be a necessary step towards enlightenment. If individual texts or ideas are lost in the process of bludgeoning, that is unfortunate - perseverence will serve to uncover them there are other media there will be other times. The aim is to provoke resentment/confusion/ambivalence, to upset and challenge conditioned expectation, to shatter preconceptions. Con-Dom generates brutality, pain, fear, hate (the instruments of control), so that the existence of the forces of control may be acutely felt, experienced and recognised. Or is this brutality too much for people to take, only leaving blankness?Ĭonfrontation is the chosen method of education. Do you feel that this confrontational method can be successful in conveying a message or ideas. The nature of your music is one of extremity. The aim is not to provoke thought about religion and politics - they are in themselves unworthy of serious thought - but rather to stimulate self-analysis, in relation to these and other infections. Religion and politics are but two facets of the issue two contributory causes of the human sickness. Is this fair to say?Ĭon-Dom is Control-Domination is the issue - it is all-pervasive. Is the principle purpose of your harsh sounding music to provoke people to think about important issues, especially religion and politics? Do you regard these two things as being central to the human condition? All your music seems to be issue generated. Control, domination, manipulation, organisation.the forces of control hold sway - mass culture, mass media, mass mentalities. Do you view our society as one in which individuals lack freedom, but are manipulated by outside forces, whether that be state power or organised religion or organised anything for that matter?Ĭon-Dom is Control-Domination is the theme. Family Patrol Group, Smear Campaign, Anal and others were also operating locally at this time.Ĭon-Dom stands for Control-Domination. An education in extremes of sound, vision, approach, thought, action.
Time spent in SHC/D Mag 52 was instrumental.
What inspired or encouraged you to adopt your extreme form of electronic music? Did you follow or participate in the power electronics scene? Was anything happening locally at the time?
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