Vitriol Gauge is the project of Anthony Kuchta. Founded on the genres of Noise, Drone, Death Ambient and first wave Industrial sound. Using everything from feedback loops and circuit bends, to synthesizers and scrap metal. Often misunderstood and misconstrued for his views on the music scene, Vitriol Gauge has become a cathartic sonic venting area for aggression and anger in reaction to what others are too often afraid to express. Vitriol Gauge is veracity in motion, uneasiness in agitation and effective in transformation.
credits
released October 23, 2012
Mixing/Mastering: Iff Wreckords Detroit
Album Artwork: Marc Church
The following is a small list of friends/allies that have encouraged and supported Vitriol Gauge since the beginning. Everything from small promotion help, making me laugh when I was discouraged, booking me a show, or helping me find the power button on a new piece of equipment. Thank you so much. I hope you, and anyone else reading this enjoys, or at least feels something from this album.
Marc Church, Richard Kik of “Iff Wreckordings Detroit”, Jaclyn Malek, Justin Carver of “Something Cold”, Jessica (Chernobyl) Ward, Ivan Udintsev of “Autumus”, Leah McGough, David Blunk II, Cat of “Catastophe Noise”, Doc Colony, Jay of “Owlcave Records”, and Henry Harrell.
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Iff wreckords / Detroit was founded from Iff wreckordings in 2000 as an off shoot of the original now long gone label began by close friend, mentor and fellow Magickian Taam Van Eck in 1985.
an experimentalist art / sound collective of Magick in both theory and practice, Through Sound, Visions, Ritual and Living we present a different outlook on what is reality and existence...
We are not really a "Label" as much as we are a art / sound collective seeking to explore the Peace of sound and the Pieces of the human mind. Entertainment is secondary to the interest of our mission.
PLEASE NOTE:
The quality and content offered here should not be compared to conventional live or studio recordings of a commercial nature. Our repertoire consists of a wide variety of intentional and unintentional tonalities and timbres including: Tape hiss, phase errors, white noise, distortion, clicks, pops, and extreme high and low frequencies. Please bear this in mind when listening to these recordings.
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