Melbourne electronic artist David Cohen, aka Sow Discord, has cut loose on Melbourne’s venerable Grand Organ for his latest sonically challenging album.
Classical organ music aficionados will be aware of the world-class organ in the heart of the city. The Melbourne Town Hall grand organ dates to 1929, and consists of 9592 pipes, drums and bells. When you’re playing the organ, you’re playing the entire Town Hall – such is the acoustic resonance of the room., a new album from electronic artist Sow Discord.
Cohen has been a figure in the Melbourne music scene for decades, from experimental hip-hop to the doom metal of his band Whitehorse. Sow Discord is a small-scale solo project, usually reserved for home recording and live shows in small music venues like the Tote.will be a challenging listen for many. It is, as Cohen describes it, heavy, abrasive, and “sonically oppressive”. But its harsh atmosphere and stabbing, crunchy electronics are deepened by the organ’s acoustic warmth.
Just a few weeks ago, local indie musician Evelyn Ida Morris performed a new live score to a 1918 short film by Ernst Lubitsch at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival launch. Key contemporary Melbourne artists including Sarah Mary Chadwick and Taipan Tiger Girls have used it, as well as global artists Philip Glass and prog rock legends Tangerine Dream and Goblin.Brown has been music curator since 2017 and is a renowned figure in the Melbourne music scene himself.
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