Non-Aggression Pact (band)

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Non-aggression Pact
Origin Tampa, Florida, United States
Genres Electro-industrial
Years active1990 (1990)–2001 (2001)
Labels
Members
  • Jeff Hillard
  • Jason Whitcomb
Past members
  • Dan Bates
  • Matthew Marzolf

Non-Aggression Pact (abbv. as N.A.P.) was an urban-electro-industrial music group from Tampa, Florida formed by Jeff Hillard and Jason Whitcomb. Their music featured an abrasive industrial-dance sound, with funky, grind-hop drum loops overlain by harsh vocals and thought-provoking audio samples from various movies and documentaries. Their lyrics focused mostly on the issues of racism and mass media.

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History

Jeff Hillard and Jason Whitcomb met during high school in Tampa, Florida. After graduating, Whitcomb and his friend Dan Bates began working on music and asked Hillard to join. The trio played in several live-only incarnations before distilling into Non-Aggression Pact with Hillard as keyboardist/drummer, Whitcomb as keyboardist/vocalist, and additional support on bass and piano from Bates. [1]

At the time, Hillard was also a DJ at a local alternative music club where a fellow DJ encouraged him to contact Chase, who was working at the time with Cargo Records, in the interest of securing a deal for the band. Chase passed the reference to Alex Kane who had recently started his General Purpose Cassettes (G.P.C.) label. Two cassettes worth of material from the band were released by GPC as split cassettes in 1991 and 1992 with Mentallo and the Fixer and Xorcist, respectively. In 1993, GPC released the band's first full album, Gesticulate, which was the first CD release by the label. [1] The electronic music was composed and sequenced with an Ensoniq EPS 16+ digital sampler. Additional sounds were taken from a Roland Juno-106 analog synthesizer.

The G.P.C. label usually sold merchandise with unusual packaging, as such, the Gesticulate CD was a limited-edition release with an aluminum foil cover and screen-printed artwork. The cassette tape version was sold in a metal can. There were two different versions of the CD cover printed.

The band's second release was 9mm Grudge in 1994 on Chase's Re-Constriction label. [2] It was more guitar driven, however much of it was sampled including a riff from Van Halen appearing in a song.

Five years later, Broadcast-Quality Belligerence was released. [3] This marked a change in production with a shift to PC based recording software instead of their previous "Live Take" approach via DAT. This also appears to be the band's final commercial release. Newer material was released on their MP3.com page until the site changed formats.

Discography

Compilation appearances

References

  1. 1 2 Ritchie, Al (1994). Black, Richard (ed.). "Non-Aggression Pact". Under the Volcano. No. 21. Nesconset, NY. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ Groovy, Greg (1994). Black, Richard (ed.). "Non Aggression Pact "9mm Grudge"". Under the Volcano (19). Nesconset, NY: 40. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Non-Aggression Pact 'broadcasts' dark, techno beats on album". Daily Collegian. January 29, 1999. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ "NON AGGRESSION PACT / MENTALLO & THE FIXER - SPLIT K7 60m - General Purpose Cassettes". Impulse. No. 2. UK. 1992. p. 11. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ Petro, Roman (March 1993). Gúrtler, Richard (ed.). ""Rivet Head Culture" CD compilation". Crewzine. No. 5. Bratislava, Slovakia. p. 42.
  6. ↑ Dubravik, Peter (April 1994). Gúrtler, Richard (ed.). ""Shut Up Kitty" CD compilation". Crewzine. No. 6. Bratislava, Slovakia. pp. 42–43.
  7. ↑ Goldman, Stefani (1997). "V/A - RECON'S 10* YEAR ANNIVERSARY CD". Culture Shock. No. 01.97. Genocide Project. p. 59. ISSN   1093-1651.
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