Brise-Glace

The brainchild of producer/guitarist Jim O’Rourke, Brise-Glace took O’Rourke’s avant-garde leanings and melded them with the post-hardcore of bassist Darin Gray’s Dazzling Killmen. The extremities of the combination were shown well on Brise-Glace’s initial tour in 1994, where it drove the group Support Shasta to the idea of unplugging Brise-Glace’s amplifiers after hearing thirty minutes of the repeated electric guitar riff. O’Rourke spent the first section of his profession recording first compositions in his hometown of Chicago and sending the parts off to composers whose function he respected. While he was achieving this, he also became mixed up in music group Illusion of Protection in the first ’90s. It had been within the group that O’Rourke fulfilled drummer Thymme Jones, who was simply also known for his function in his group CHEER-ACCIDENT. O’Rourke and Jones befriended one another, and the seed products of Brise-Glace had been slowly getting planted. While Illusion of Protection was producing the rounds of Chicago locations, O’Rourke noticed the milling group Dazzling Killmen, which included Grey on bass. With Grey put into O’Rourke’s and Jones’ brand-new music group, the seed was fertilized that blossomed in to the post-rock stylings of Brise-Glace. Choosing to generate another guitarist, the trio added the Traveling Luttenbachers’ Dylan Posa. This lineup documented the In Sisters All and Felony/Angels on Installment Program single, that was released in-may of 1994 on Epidermis Graft Information. As Brise-Glace have been setting up, O’Rourke got simultaneously been focusing on another music group project, known as Gastr Del Sol, with previous Squirrel Bait member David Grubbs. O’Rourke got also spent the first ’90s documenting avant-garde albums, such as for example Tomorrow Knows YOUR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA with Henry Kaiser. Since Brise-Glace had been amid documenting their full-length debut recording for Pores and skin Graft in 1994, O’Rourke required the chance to request Grubbs and Kaiser along because the band’s unique guests. Following the songs were slice, O’Rourke wielded a razor knife to splice the newly documented music into fractured items. The results was the August 1994 launch of Brise-Glace’s When in Vanitas LP, which explored five extended instrumental passages designed by Steve Albini. The music group supported the discharge by taking towards the roads on your skin Graft Irritational tour that 12 months. By 1995, the tempo section for Brise-Glace, which contains Jones and Grey, returned towards the studio room with Albini. It had been hook departure for the duo, who have been burning Japanese noise-metal music group Zeni Geva’s frontman/guitarist Kazuyuki K. Null (aka K.K. Null) beneath the guise of Yona-Kit. Melt-Banana’s business lead vocalist, Yasuko O., actually stopped from the studio room to assist. Yona-Kit’s loud self-titled album premiered that July on Pores and skin Graft. 1996 discovered Brise-Glace adding to the Might release of Pores and skin Graft’s tribute to AC/DC, the 7″ Edges 1-4, alongside Chicago noisemakers Big’n, Shellac, and U.S. Maple. Brise-Glace also came back towards the live circuit in November playing displays at night clubs like Chicago’s Lounge Ax with U.S. Maple, the Soaring Luttenbachers, and Colossamite. Grey and O’Rourke right now made an appearance as Brise-Glace’s just two constants. On any provided night, all of those other music group included a revolving lineup of guests, like the Scissor Ladies’ Azita Youssefi and avant-garde synth/acoustic guitar participant Kevin Drumm. As 1996 converted into 1997, Brise-Glace continuing playing out and also appeared in the Camp Epidermis Graft: Now Influx Compilation that Sept. The group gradually quit carrying out though, because of O’Rourke’s raising demand like a maker for numerous composers, electronic music artists, and indie rings, while Gray’s participation with Jones within the group You Fantastic! held them both occupied. By 2001, there is still no term on if Brise-Glace experienced ever officially split up. Users did continue operating together in a variety of capacities though, as Posa became a member of Jones in CHEER-ACCIDENT.