[Moshe]

Originally Posted by jon boy

i like the sunburned hand of the man just over the nnck. today.

I was impressed from sunburned much more than nnck at atp. it seemed to me that nnck were tacking themselves too seriously while sunburned had fun on stage.

[jon boy]

listening to no magik man and rare wood at the moment. i havnt listened to them in a while so its about time.

know what you mean about the guts thing with them, they always get me.

after lunch i will probably like nnck more haha or maybe when i go to sleep i dont know.

[Iain]

Haha...yes. You just noticed that?

There are a couple of different ones on there.

[jon boy]

arnt mobile tones copywrighted? not that i care.

[pokkeherrie]

new website, new releases (ATP set! yay!), new side project, new tour
http://www.soundatone.com/index.php

[hat and beard]

Originally Posted by pokkeherrie

new website, new releases (ATP set! yay!), new side project, new tour
http://www.soundatone.com/index.php

Wowza. It looks like they're selling alot of OOP stuff directly from their website. Yippee.

[Iain]

Bah, new cdrs (angelo mai and aftypiclipse) are tour only cdrs...hope VT get them in.

[MellySingsDoom]

I listened to one of their albums for the first time yesterday. Me say they be good but not great. They are also completely unoriginal, so find it hard to take their shtick as anything other than simple enjoyable listening. Nowt wrong with that at all, mind, but certainly nothing revealatory.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

I listened to one of their albums for the first time yesterday. Me say they be good but not great. They are also completely unoriginal, so find it hard to take their shtick as anything other than simple enjoyable listening. Nowt wrong with that at all, mind, but certainly nothing revealatory.

wait till you see them live

[tesla69]

Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

I listened to one of their albums for the first time yesterday. Me say they be good but not great. They are also completely unoriginal, so find it hard to take their shtick as anything other than simple enjoyable listening. Nowt wrong with that at all, mind, but certainly nothing revealatory.

What album are you listening to? On what basis are you judging their lack of originality after one listen of one album?

[MellySingsDoom]

tesla69 - can't remember the name off hand, something like "Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones"? It was originally released in the Reverent label, anyway. Lack of originality? The drone/imporv thing has been done by (offhand) Skullflower, Third Ear Band, Airway, Blowhole, Smegma, Revolutionary Music Ensemble, AMM (who in my own opinion pretty much founded improv-drone). One listen of NNCK made me feel comfortable with the music, but it did not either really challenge or excite me. Funnily enough, I think I will be going back to the CD again for another listen, but I can't imagine buying any more of their stuff. Why? Because i have a personal preference for the UK end of this stuff, in particular Astral Social Club, who I've seen twice and who did blow me away.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

tesla69 - can't remember the name off hand, something like "Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones"? It was originally released in the Reverent label, anyway. Lack of originality? The drone/imporv thing has been done by (offhand) Skullflower, Third Ear Band, Airway, Blowhole, Smegma, Revolutionary Music Ensemble, AMM (who in my own opinion pretty much founded improv-drone). One listen of NNCK made me feel comfortable with the music, but it did not either really challenge or excite me. Funnily enough, I think I will be going back to the CD again for another listen, but I can't imagine buying any more of their stuff. Why? Because i have a personal preference for the UK end of this stuff, in particular Astral Social Club, who I've seen twice and who did blow me away.

yeah, but i think everyone posting in this thread is probably quite well aquainted with the type of stuff you mention, but we all still hold nnck in the highest esteem. personally i'm not overly enamored by their records (the 4 or 5 that i've heard, i mean they're OK and stuff) but as a live band i've never seen anything like them, so don't write them off until you've seen them play.

[jon boy]

the records are what got me into them at first especially sticks and stones. seeing them live only confirmed my love for them.

[Toilet & Bowels]

all of those bands (sbotm, vibra, nnck etc) i can take or leave the records but for me it's really all about the liveness

[tesla69]

Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

tesla69 - can't remember the name off hand, something like "Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones"? It was originally released in the Reverent label, anyway. Lack of originality? The drone/imporv thing has been done by (offhand) Skullflower, Third Ear Band, Airway, Blowhole, Smegma, Revolutionary Music Ensemble, AMM (who in my own opinion pretty much founded improv-drone). One listen of NNCK made me feel comfortable with the music, but it did not either really challenge or excite me. Funnily enough, I think I will be going back to the CD again for another listen, but I can't imagine buying any more of their stuff. Why? Because i have a personal preference for the UK end of this stuff, in particular Astral Social Club, who I've seen twice and who did blow me away.

thanks for a intelligent reply! Funny you mention Blowhole, I have a feeling they might get "rediscovered" in a big way soon...they're albums are for sale in a record store near me sealed for $3 and I haven't felt the need to own them...I have a bunch of singles and that always seemed enough...they used to sort of have a parallel preinternet obscurity as NNCK but then just faded away...

"Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones" is probably the one NNCK album I would exclaim real enthusiasm about, but if you're into free music, they can be fantastic live. There was a ltd CD of an art gallery show which I neglected to buy in the 15 minutes it was available which I imagine is good because I was at the show and that was impactful both visually and aurally...to get into the show you had to pass through a curtain then down a short darkened passage with a movie projector blasting directly in your face. The show was very musically damaged, then there was this weird Nitschian thing where Dave Nuss got naked and poured fake blood all over himself.

I saw ASC last summer, he sounded cool, he played with Ashtray Navigations who really clicked that night...maybe it was the swirling red disco lights or the fresh guiness..

[demonrail666]

I only have Qvaris and the odd downloaded track and haven't seen them live yet, but still can't get over my love for NNCK.

Il est officiel - NNCK sont la meilleure bande au monde.
Es oficial - NNCK son la mejor band del mundo.
È ufficiale - NNCK sono la band migliore nel mondo.
Es ist amtlich - NNCK sind das beste Band in der Welt.

[hat and beard]

正式だ　－　NNCKは世界で一番すごいバンド。

[Bunbury]

Do any of you listen to K Salvatore?
Are they anything like NNCK or completely different?

[Iain]

I have one K Salvatore record, Ashmadai, and it is quite like NNCK. The more minimal moments at least eg Letters From The Earth. ish.