“Pink Slime” is the 2nd studio album by the Swiss (noise? jazz? performance?) trio previously known as White Pulse.
It spans a wide range of styles, as is typical for the band, drawing on diverse stylistic inspirations, ranging from Noise (or harsh noise) to J-Pop, Jazz, Techno, Glam Rock, Black Metal, Garage, or Post-punk. The group often plays with the concept of a cover, remix or citation, going so far as to include a cover of a previous cover, both of which feature on “Pink Slime”.
Always taking their live performances as a departure point for recordings, the album includes two ten-minute long improvisations SOFT and LOUD, as well as a heavy-handed suggestion of a cover (WER NIE VERLIERT, HAT DEN SIEG NICHT VERDIENT) for the Slovenian group Laibach.
“Pink Slime” continues to tease out a variety of extremes in style, listening experience, playing experience and content. Despite the trio maintaining their motivation for writing new tracks often stems from an intellectual curiosity or dilemma, the album is very physical in nature and experience. The group pursued their past work with improvisation and improvisational tools in the making of “Pink Slime”.
Themes featuring on the album and the corresponding performances include endurance, mainstream culture, overwhelm, and citation or parody.
credits
released June 18, 2021
Philipp Saner, guitar, electronics, voice
Pablo Lienhard, saxophone, electronics
Florian Kolb, drums
recorded by Samuel Meier
A1, B1, B2 mixed by Utku Tavil
A2, B4 mixed by Ruedi Tobler
A3 mixed by Flo Götte
mastered by Lasse Marhaug
all tracks composed by Pink Slime except: „Barbie Girl“ by Aqua „Cherry Bon Bon“ by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu „Wer nie verliert, hat den Sieg nicht verdient“ by Udo Jürgens
introduction and liner notes by Nata Prezant
graphic design by Pablo Lienhard
recorded in May 2020
supported by Popkredit der Stadt Zürich
Pink Slime, the band that is no longer called White Pulse is a Zürich based experimental hardcore/noise/improvisatin trio who have always loved exploring genre quotes and limitations. In 2021 they released the self-titled conceptual album "Pink Slime".
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