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| Heart of Darkness | ||||
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| EP by No Trend and Lydia Lunch | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | No wave, jazz rock [ citation needed ] | |||
| Length | 17:01 | |||
| Label | Widowspeak | |||
| Producer | Don Zientara, No Trend | |||
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Heart of Darkness is an extended play by no wave musicians No Trend and Lydia Lunch, released as a 10" vinyl in 1985 through Lunch's own Windowspeak label. [1] The record includes four tracks that would all later appear on No Trend's sophomore studio album A Dozen Dead Roses , which shows a significant change in sound compared to the band's previous releases.
An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.
No wave was a short-lived avant-garde music and art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in downtown New York City. Reacting against punk rock's use of recycled rock and roll clichés, no wave musicians instead experimented with noise, dissonance and atonality in addition to a variety of non-rock genres, including free jazz and funk, while often reflecting an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. In the later years of the scene, it adopted a more playful, danceable aesthetic inspired by disco, early hip hop and world music sources.
No Trend was an American noise rock and hardcore punk group from Ashton, Maryland, formed in 1982. They were considered anti-hardcore, with the members, especially guitarist and lyricist Frank Price, vehement about their abhorrence towards the punk youth subculture. The band was known for their confrontational stage performances, which normally involved aggressively baiting their punk audience. They were influenced by Public Image Ltd. and Flipper.
