SCORN

WHINE

 Live
  1/  Not Answering                              (Harris)                      9.54
  2/  Twitcher                                   (Harris)                      6.02
  3/  Strand                                     (Harris)                      6.04
  4/  Beat 3                                     (Harris)                      5.29
  5/  Well Sorted                                (Harris)                      6.28
  6/  Check the Sonic                            (Harris)                      5.35
  7/  416                                        (Harris)                      8.08
  8/  Aurora                                     (Harris)                      6.07

 Beat
  9/  Beat 4                                     (Harris)                      4.16
  10/ Beat 2 Mix                                 (Harris)                      4.41
  11/ Beat 3 Mix                                 (Harris)                      5.37
  12/ Who Know Mix                               (Harris)                      4.34

          Tracks 1-8 recorded live to DAT in Rome, Italy, May 3, 1997
          Tracks 9-12 recorded and mixed in The Box, February 1997
          Produced by Mick Harris
Mick Harris : beats, sounds; Eraldo Bernocchi (2-8) : guitar.

          1997  -  KK Records (Germany) (2x12)
          1997  -  Invisible Records (USA),  inv113cd  (CD)

REVIEWS :

It's almost strange to think of a live Scorn CD, but that is exactly what most of this is. The tracks collected here seem to come from the Zander school of less-is-more. Heavy bass punctuates open spaces in which subtle atmospheres creep in and then disappear. The beats are simple and to the point. Whine serves almost as a testament to Scorn's musical implosion, where the abrasive and thick textures of the early Earache material have given way to a vastness that owes more to understatement. The additional tracks at the end of the disc seem to be studio outtakes from the Zander period and with titles like Beat 2 and Beat 3, I have often wondered if they were meant more as studies of a process than pieces of music.

mjeanes

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Whine was recorded live in Rome directly to digital audio tape (DAT). For those of you that have ever wondered what it's like to see Scorn live (I know I have), you can get a taste of it with this release on Invisible Records. With some interesting remixes of songs from the album "Zander" plus a few originals, you get to hear how Mick Harris mixes his beats. "Whine" also includes a bonus album "Beat" that is just great. The whole "Beat" album was initially made for the rap artist Khalil strangely enough, but for some reason this alliance never came to pass.

Fleshpile