The Shivering Man

by Bruce Gilbert

The Shivering Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:49
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Wire guitarist continues his exploration into stark avant-garde electronics and unsettling tape manipulation. The compositions are intensely mechanical and repetitive, forging an ominous auditory landscape heavily indebted to experimental minimalism.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, instrumental, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Angel Food (10:42)
  2. The Shivering Man (5:33)
  3. Net In The Feather (5:50)
  4. There Are (6:13)
  5. Hommage (2:34)
  6. Eline Cout II (4:46)
  7. Epitaph For Henran Brenlar (5:08)

Credits

  • Bruce Gilbert - primary artist, written-by
  • Angela Conway - typography [cover], written-by
  • Graham Lewis - written-by

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