NYOS
Finnish avant garde, noise-rock two piece are combining the mutant funk-punk looping of Battles and Tortoise with a cinematic wall of sound akin to that of post-rock titans Russian Circles, NYOS continue to contrast their outstanding compositional complexity with live improvisations.
NYOS came to be when, in 2012, guitarist Tom Brooke took the plunge and left his hometown of Leeds in the UK for Finland, with dreams of establishing his own recording studio, Tonehaven, which now doubles up as the band’s HQ. Before long, Tom crossed paths with drummer Tuomas Kainulainen who, having cut his teeth in the local punk scene, was ready to start something new. The connection was instant, with the duo establishing their distinctive, restless blend of math-rock, free jazz and harsh noise and writing their debut release, 2015’s six-part single ‘Vltava’, within their first few practices.
The band haven’t stopped since then either, from releasing six full-length albums and dozens of singles to playing hundreds of shows around the world with international contemporaries including Zeal & Ardor, Esben & The Witch and The Comet Is Coming. With almost a decade of ceaseless creativity under their belts, the band’s forthcoming album finds NYOS exploring their unique dynamic as a duo; using crushing sawtooth distortion, delicate cymbal work and a powerful use of space to capture the immediacy and intimacy of their live shows to spectacular effect.
Black Particles
compulsively, but not selfishly, only post-everything apostrophized black particles, which make boxing impossible, excite with geometric precision the bitter amplitude that sweeps everyone away with uncompromising unexpectedness and elemental force similar to a lightning flood, like the unregulated Tisza during snowmelt.
Wave Function Collapse (EP, 2020) Although there are an infinite number of possible futures before us every second, our conscious or unconscious decisions destroy all but one. This experience is the ever-present, recurring basis of human existence that demonstrates its inherently destructive nature.
"Well, if my tent was washed away by the rain, then the guys' music must have washed away my soul. For me, they brought the deepest and yet most uplifting concert of the festival, their stirring melodies penetrate to the depths of a person's heart, tearing it well." (nuskull.hu)
"However, despite the many foreign performers, a Hungarian band on this line, Black Particles from Budapest, gave perhaps the most memorable concert with its overwhelming Friday night post-metal set." (recorder.hu)
"Despite the fact that we attach the adjective "post" to anything, thus ensuring practically infinite freedom of movement for mixing genres, crossovers, bending over, becoming artistic, according to my experience, you can quickly and easily reach the level where the music is just a kind of faint an imprint of something you've already heard through multiple copies. It's like a photocopy of something. Even the biggest names in post-rock as a genre get to the point where they become boring. Anyone who wants to create something really good in this genre these days, in my opinion, really needs to tie up their pants.
Well, Black Particles solves this perfectly...in fact, this band is really...damn strong live." (opiumbarlang.hu)
general: https://linktr.ee/blackparticles
loss function: https://album.link/lossfunction
notable gigs
2019: w/ Overmorrow
2020: w/ Oaken, Hiraeth
2021: w/ Boru
2022: w/ pozvakowski
resources
general: https://linktr.ee/blackparticles
loss function: https://album.link/lossfunction
A koncert a LivEurope támogatásával valósult meg./Concert realized with the support of the LivEurope.