Sleaford mods
| Sleaford mods | |
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.jpg) Sleaford Mods (2013) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Nottingham , England |
| Genre (s) | Post-punk , minimal electro , hip-hop |
| founding | 2007 |
| Website | www.sleafordmods.com |
| Founding members | |
| Jason Williamson | |
Production , DJ
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Simon Parfrement (until 2012) |
| Current occupation | |
| Jason Williamson | |
Production , DJ
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Andrew Robert Lindsay Fearn (since 2012) |
Sleaford Mods is an English electro punk - duo from Nottingham , consisting of singer / rapper Jason Williamson and music producer Andrew Robert Lindsay Fearn. Their music is described as a mixture of post-punk , minimal electro and hip-hop with political texts performed in the dialect of the East Midlands .
Band history
Jason Williamson spent his youth on a farm and from 2007 devoted himself mainly to music. His influences include various mod bands , Rave , The Smiths , Guns N 'Roses , Wu-Tang Clan , as well as Black Metal . He started rapping and was advised to try samples from Roni Size . He teamed up with Simon Parfrement, and together they started the project under the band name That's Shit, Try Harder . After a while the name was changed to Sleaford Mods, a tribute to the town of Sleaford , where Williamson got to know the mod subculture.
The duo signed with A52 Sounds and recorded three indie albums there before moving to Deadly Beefburger Records in 2011. There the 2011 album SPECTER was released. In 2012 Parfrement got out, but stayed with the band as photographer and media manager . Andrew Fearn came for him. After their first joint album Wank , the band switched to the Harbinger Sound label . There the band made their breakthrough with the 2013 album Austerity Dogs . Divide and Exit followed in 2014 .
Together with The Prodigy , Sleaford Mods recorded the track Ibiza in 2014 , which was published on Prodigy's 2015 work The Day Is My Enemy . The Leftfield album Alternative Light Source (2015) also includes a collaboration with the Sleaford Mods. The piece is entitled Head and Shoulders .
In July 2015 the album Key Markets was released . The album English Tapas was released in March 2017.
style
While Williamson concentrated exclusively on the vocals, Parfrement and later Fearn took care of the instrumental. The trademark of the band minimum are lo-fi - drum beats and pounding bass , to the disillusioned and angry lyrics of Williamson, presented in wide East Midlands dialect . The music is often compared by the press to The Fall and The Streets , the hateful lyrics to the poet John Cooper Clarke .
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Albums
- 2007: Sleaford Mods (A52 Sounds)
- 2007: The Mekon (A52 Sounds)
- 2009: The Originator (A52 Sounds)
- 2011: SPECTER (Deadly Beefburger Records)
- 2012: Wank (Deadly Beefburger Records)
- 2013: Austerity Dogs (Harbinger Sound)
- 2014: Divide and Exit (Harbinger Sound)
- 2015: Key Markets (Harbinger Sound)
- 2017: English Tapas (Rough Trade)
- 2019: Eton Alive
Compilations
- 2020: All That Glue
Singles and EPs
- 2013: Bambi (X-Mist Records)
- 2013: Jobseeker [(K-RAA-K) ³]
- 2013: Mr. Jolly Fucker (Fourth Dimension Records)
- 2014: Tiswas EP (Invada)
- 2014: Tied Up in Nottz / The Fear of Anarchy (Little Teddy Recordings)
- 2014: Routine Dean / Pubic Hair Ltd. (Matador)
- 2014: Harbinger Sound @ The 100 Club (split double 7 "with Sudden Infant & Consumer Electronics, Harbinger Sound)
- 2014: Fizzy ( 12`` , A Records)
- 2014: Tour Single (Split-7 "with Sudden Infant, Harbinger Sound)
- 2014: Loan Shark / Slug Tub (Apocalypso)
- 2015: A Little Ditty c / w I'm Shit at It (Emotional Response)
- 2015: Murder Your Masters / The Committee (Split-7 "with Consumer Electronics)
- 2016: TCR (Rough Trade)
- 2018: Sleaford Mods (Rough Trade)
Compilations
- 2014: Chubbed Up + (Ipecac Recordings)
- 2014: Retweeted (2xLP, Salon Alter Hammer / Anker)
documentary
- Bunch of Kunst - A Film about Sleaford Mods , documentary by Christine Franz, D 2017, 103 minutes
Web links
- Official website
- Sleaford Mods at laut.de
- Sleaford Mods at Allmusic (English)
- Sleaford Mods at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Sleaford Mods: 'Most days I'd only have enough money for a Mars bar and a can of Special Brew. The Guardian , July 14, 2014, accessed April 3, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Sleaford Mods at laut.de
- ↑ Lisa Wright: The Prodigy and Sleaford Mods record new track 'Ibiza'. New Musical Express , October 13, 2014, accessed April 3, 2015 .
- ^ Mandy Drake: Leftfield are releasing a new record, their first in 16 years . March 25, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ↑ Nick Neyland: Sleaford Mods: Divide and Exit. Pitchfork Media, May 8, 2014, accessed April 3, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK
- ^ Bunch of Art , film website
- ↑ Peter Bradshaw: Bunch of Art review - Sleaford Mods film rips Austerity Britain a fresh one , Review in The Guardian , April 20, 2017
- ↑ Bunch Of Art: The Sleaford Mods documentary is coming! Arte Tracks , March 17, 2017 on YouTube
