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| Daniel Menche has established himself as a musician with a sense of focus and determination uncharacteristic in a genre known for its randomness and chaotic structure.Daniel Menche's work originates from the idea that there is no restriction to the potential sound sources and especially sonic energy.Self made and recorded sound sources, percussion and instruments are the main emphasis in creating a living and emotional feeling to Daniel Menche's form of contemporary music.Other explorations are intense percussion work that resonates primal chaos displayed gracefully without ever being just "noise".This is not the music of the masses; rather, it is the music of individuals who are adventurous in experiencing challenging music.Constantly performing live extensively throughout North America, Europe and Japan with performances that are intense and powerful.Characterized as both extremely loud and patiently subtle, Daniel Menche's live performances define its own sonic presence, an entity that gives form to an emotional rawness with highly textural and dominating sounds.Characterized by forcefulness of sound, music that strives for one goal: vehement beauty.For nearly a decade, Daniel Menche has constructed powerful industrial noise albums that pay little attention to the work of his contemporaries.With a pressure microphone in one hand and a crude electronic device in the other, Menche makes a violent gestural sweep across the table.As other microphones record the somatic rhythms of his own body, Menche brings an aspect of human life to the otherwise decaying sounds.Daniel Menche's work originates from the idea that there is no restriction
to the potential sound sources and especially sonic energy.There are absolutely no barriers or biases in what can be used and
have been used.Daniel Menche's form of contemporary music.Name:Daniel MencheProfile:Daniel Menche has established himself as a musician with a sense of focus and determination uncharacteristic in a genre known for its randomness and chaotic structure.His presentation of sonic structures is similar to the way a writer depicts a story, an allegory seems to arise, which uses confusion as a symbol for the imaginative process in its quest for beauty; aural intensity is not a representation of confusion or the chaotic, but a concerted effort to provoke the listeners imagination, to stimulate concerted effort to provoke the listeners imagination, to stimulate thought, generate intensely powerful sounds, and to inspire beauty.White Wing (File, MP3)
Poweracoustics.Animality (CD, Album)
emd.Dessert Addicts Will Return To This (2xCD, Album)
Livewire Voodoo (Remix...Bunker Archeology (CD + Box, Ltd)
Here Is A Proof That Y...Spring 2003 Sampler Of Available Releases (CDr)
Deluge I (Extract), Un...Tribute To The New Blockaders Vol.Nov 17, 2003
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more...Daniel Menche is a US musician from Portland, Oregon, whose work could best be described as belonging to no genre that exists, though some of his works touch on the intense and the calm.Ring)
(2006) Concussions (Asphodel)
(2006) Kanticle (Ferns recordings)
(2007) Raijin (with KK NULL) (Asphodel)
(2007) Animality (emd.This page was last modified 02:48, 4 December 2007.My passionate dream come true!The original CD that was released and has been heard from jillions of folks was a flawed master that the label regrettably released.Finally mixed and compiled to an bewildering amount of hours and dedication from myself and my engineer at the time: Peter Drake.The amount of ANALOG used on this Legions recording was enormous.Nuff said) YET the label who originally released Legions in the walls thought it sounded too "digital" and without my permission or knowledge did a ADMITTED FLAWED analog remastering of legions.It all sounded like a cassette dub.No punch in the bass and no smack of the noise.Trying to get a CD to sound analog?Then the label realizes it was a failed attempt?But still not tell the artists?To quote Rodney King who got beaten up by the LA police in the early 90s...."Can't we all just get along?"At the time my feathers got ruffled from this episode.Sure I got frumpy grumpy and got myself a voodoo doll in the likeness of the label owner and stuck several pins in it to get revenge but it was all too much work.The REAL Legions in the walls never got released and that was a promise that never was fulfilled.WORSE was the flawed Cd was sold for insanely high prices.I'm all for the download circus).Peter Drake saw something in me of merit and potential that even myself could not see.He did it out of some sort of faith I suppose.He believed in what I was doing musically when NO ONE else believed in my music.He used all ribbon mics and analog gear and huge digital recorders worth more than a new car.Again there was NO REASON why he helped me out so much.Saint Peter Drake fits him better for a name.Thanks to thing called the internet heres a BIG ASS download for you of the ORIGINAL Legions in the Walls recording and it's FREAKING FREE TOO!!!Download like the WIND!!!!This version has never been heard by anyone before now.Its simple but believe me It's WAAAAAAY better than the original.Click on it and use it as a cover.Burn copies and give them away as birthday presents.Do whatever as thou wiltest but PLEASE enjoy these fine recordings from my early days of live music activity.Mark 5:9 "And he asked him, What is thy name?That opened a huge door of imagination to my young self.When becoming a young adult, I desired creating music based upon the multiplication of sound to create tremendous energy.Not one but hundreds, thousands, millions of beasts all charging full force.Oceans of blood forming tidal waves and tsunamis.To create these wild worlds with sound.LET THE WALLS FINALLY SPEAK!Makes for a good conversation subject.Even offering the Iranian leader some hair style tips.Iran coming and it will involve nuclear technology and hot hair styles just like the early 80s!So do yourselves a favor and watch this fine gem of the past and make sure you mouth the "new" corrected translation."IRAN" By Flock of Seagulls for national anthem for IranI walked along the avenue.I'd meet a president like you;Meet a president like you.With auburn hair and tawny eyes;The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through;Hypnotize me through.And Iran, Iran so far away.Iran, Iran all night and day.And Iran, Iran so far away.Reached out a hand to try again;I'm floating in a beam of light with you;A beam of light with you.Run over to this page to get more info.Who will squeeze my finger?And after you squeeze my finger then just wait a day or two for my ass to finally get LEGIONS IN THE WALLS uploaded.WAR with IDISK and have been having troubles dealing with damn uploading crap.My first ever top ten list and it will have NOTHING to do with someone else or something culturally significant.And nothing to do with anything BEST or WORST.TWO personal SHAMES proclaimed.One opinion leads to two shames and I bet you a fistful of Pachinko balls that the world would be a better place to live in.....My Top Ten Most Shameful Personal Acts of 2007.The most common word in the English language and I still fuck up is the word "BECUASE".Embarrasses myself to no end.They all can kick my ass.These are shameful verbal crimes that no person with a tongue should be committing and SHAMEFULLY I do it all the time.Beginning sentences with the word "Actually......."Number 6: Using the word "Just" waaaaaaaaay too much in speaking or writing.The more "justs" you throw in while speaking or writing will make you look like a moron.Number 5: Realizing for the very first time what a BITCH is.Why is there a big bad word in this book?"There it was a HUGE printed word "BITCH" with a cute doggy under it.First time ever I learned what a BITCH actually is.Didn't they get banned in the UK recently?Some of my best friends have smoked fags with bitches.Number 4: 20 years ago in 1987....Jump 20 years ahead to 2007 and I am cruising down the street on my skateboard.I'll ollie up a curb like it's 1987 again!.Menche eats a face full of sidewalk, all right in front of these teenagers."Ollies are for pussies" and skate off with my dignity left on the sidewalk.Why YES they did go over the edge and it was after that album!Number 2: Crapping my pants in Portugal.Immediately in arriving in Porto I start walking around the city at night.Just wandering around alone and getting lost on purpose.My usual place to drop my butt brownies is a Macdonald's or a Starbucks.I'm getting muscle cramps from keep my beef curtains shut closed.Eviction notice has been issued to my ass and it's several hours late with my exit of "Poopy Goldberg".WORSE is that I never wear underwear so I have no safety net for the butt mud to drop.ERUPTION by Van Helen is running through my head....Thats my ass at that moment.DROPPED the big SHIT BOMB.Amazingly there really wasn't a mess in my pants.CAN crush planets with my beef curtains.Just ask me any time for a demonstration.And the NUMBER ONE most shameful act I committed in 2007 is.....Please come back in 2008!!!HAPPY "SHAME FREE" NEW YEAR!!!And super thanks for the orders for the "Insane Menche Sale".YOU (my friends) have saved Christmas for me and Arrow!!!All orders will get out Monday Christmas eve when the post office is the most mellowest.I'm cleaning out my inventory to gear up for 2008 and my DVD releases.TRUE story about Arrows new red sweater.It's a bit of a fight to get the sweater on but when he is asleep I can slip it on with a hassle.Your warming up this little puppy for the holidays!Blow out MENCHE sale!!!!EVERYTHING IS SOLD OUT!!!!Have any of you folks seen this movie?It's a weird one for sure.Think "Quest for fire" taking place in the future.....Raw and sparce throughout.TONIGHT I will drink espresso and stay awake and finish this movie.....On the Silver Globe" was filmed in the 70s and then the Polish ministry of culture affairs said STOP!And production ceased until in 1986 when things lighten up a bit in that fine country to actually finish the movie.Some one recommend me others please!Always been a fan of Polish death metal (Behemoth!The ZEN of Anaal Nathrakh.......Sure there's some genres that click with them but actually they're totally a league of their own.Call it "Necro Metal" maybe?They know who it is and of course get me a copy ASAP.When the first track plows in I start grating and grinding my face with two fistfuls of cheese graters.Maybe my spine and skull are still intake but usually my face looks like the Nazi in the end of "Raiders of the lost Ark" movie when he opens the Ark of the Covenant (photo above).Does any of you remember the first time you saw that scene?Anaal Nathrakh gives me that SAME excitement (and shit smeared pants) every single time I listen to their albums.Any reference from this fine movie wins me over.In the movie Merlin conjures up the most evil of all evil and he chants the words.Anaal Nathrakh stock is high value just for the EXCALIBUR reference.Oh, and by the way wasn't there some hot and sexy scenes in that movie?Somewhere in the movie I fell in love with one of the charectors but hell.......For a introduction I suggest starting with their masterpiece "Codex Necro".But I do say that their newest album "Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here" is a pretty damn good and HIGHLY recommended as well.Their best album in a few years.Of course you must score the early material.Domine Non Es Dignus is completely BLACKER than anything BLACK.It's recorded extremely well and the bass is devastating.When Fire Rains Down From the Sky, Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown EP Is another fine one.Every single song is played like as tho they are on top of the highest mountain and it's the FINAL sound that the planet earth will hear.Mellow does NOT exist around this band.Nihilism never sound so good!He is the one who is responsible for myself burying San Francisco in a pile of boiling blood.We saw each other in SF and he asked me "Hey Menche...How the hell do you say this bands name?Its a nice afternoon in San Francisco and I slap on my portable CD player and throw on my headphones.CD "Codex Necro" and crank it.My fists tightened so hard that my fingers tore through top of my hands.My jaw clinched so firmly that all my teeth shattered like chalk."GIVE ME A FUCKING IV TUBE OF PURE FUCKING ESPRESSO STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS....Unfortunately her head was melted off from my incindiery vomit death exclamation.Stabbing it with blunt force.All this happened with the duration of the first track on the album.All cars are upside down and piled up in heaps of smoking metal.Buildings have huge holes through them from myself walking into and through them.Fuck if I know but I did manage to cut off my hands and replaced them with huge fire hoses.The only sounds coming out of my mouth are the same words in the Anaal Nathrakh songs.NOTHING can stop me and my Anaal Nathrakh!ZEN with Anaal Nathrakh."When I hear Anaal Nathrakh, I fear no danger.ONLY to Anaal NathrakhI return back to my friend David Phillips.He said to me Hey Menche!They say he was wearing headphones and was stealing all the espresso from the cafes and screaming Anaal Nathrakh over and over again.Apparently he didn't cause any harm but just freaked out the whole city.Did you see this guy today?"YES I am the crazy gospel preacher for all things Anaal Nathrakh.Also please practice pacifism.....BEST RADIO IN THE UNIVERSE!No Shame New year.......Tis the cute season......Sleeping on the silver globe.......The ZEN of Anaal Nathrakh.......Recipe for EPIC AWESOME!!ULVER is the new BREAD...........State of the MENCHE report from my new liitle frie...Dreams of that Doug Henning theme park......The Somatic Mystery of my Balls...........VANCOUVER BC is very Priestly!Doggy Doooooooooooom of Knuckles..........Foot in Mouth disease...........The politics of destruction..........Daniel Menche has established himself as a musician with a sense of focus and determination uncharacteristic in a genre known for its randomness and chaotic structure.Although this is electronic music, synthesizers have never played any part in his work.Subtle and patient compositions rely on long, dense layers of droning sounds, while abrasive pieces rely on sounds amplified and processed to extreme levels, pushing the full spectrum of frequencies to the most intense limits.This is work that follows the path to explore new sound ideas for music.Performing live extensively through out North America, Europe and Japan with performances that are intense and powerful.Characterized by forcefulness of sound, this is music that strives for one goal: vehement beauty. |
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