Martyn Bates & M.J. Harris

A 1995 collaboration pairing Martyn Bates (vocalist of Eyeless in Gaza) and M.J. Harris (Mick Harris, ex-Napalm Death, later Scorn). The project produced Murder Ballads (Drift), released on the Florence label Musica Maxima Magnetica.

The DeBaser review describes the album as the first chapter (1995) of a dark trilogy on the now-defunct Florence-based Musica Maxima Magnetica. Styles cited in reviews: dark folk, mortuary ambient and drone.

A 1995 collaboration pairing Martyn Bates' vocal delivery with M.J. Harris' machines to produce dark folk, mortuary ambient and claustrophobic drone. The DeBaser review describes the album as a 'lost masterpiece' that resurrects tragic English folk themes. Not an easy listen, but emotionally intense and original.

For:Listeners of dark/ambient/experimental folk, fans of Eyeless in Gaza and followers of Napalm Death/Scorn-era Mick Harris.