JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo and once melded with the

and once melded with the voices of Piché and Joanna Anonychuk back at the analog studio of SFU

Reminds us of Popol Vuh and Jürgen Knieper

The band split that year after a final Xmas gig at the Pembroke Arms in Bournemouth

These control voltages and timing signals derived from the amplitude envelope shapes of what the musicians played

Their reluctance to release anything until now reflects both their disdain for musical trends and their quest for a recording worthy of their sound

JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo and once melded with theFollowing the release of lo fi electronic masterpiece I Dont Remember Now I Dont Want To Talk About It and his brilliant follow up Plaster Falling, Cincinnati based artist John Bender began assembling his third and last album, Pop Surgery, in late 1982. While all of Benders work draws from intimate home recordingsfeaturing the artist alone with various keyboards, analogue sequencers and tape delaysPop Surgery remains the one that perhaps best distills