Beta 14 ok

by Doctor Nerve

Beta 14 ok cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Cuneiform
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:12
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Michael Lytle, Marc Wagnon, Rob Henke, Dave Douglas, Greg Anderson, Leo Ciesa, Yves Duboin

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Directed by composer Nick Didkovsky, the New York-based octet unleashes a furious, mathematically complex assault of avant-garde rock. Utilizing algorithmic compositional tools, 'Beta 14 ok' fuses high-speed jazz-rock dissonance with the sheer aggression of punk, solidifying their status as pioneers of the brutal prog movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, progressive, dissonant, experimental, improvisational, avant-garde, noisy, distorted, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Splinter (2:31)
  2. NerveWare No. 1 (0:32)
  3. NerveWare No. 2 (5:40)
  4. Bundesgrenzschutz Sektor 1 (0:11)
  5. Money Where Your Mouth Is (0:13)
  6. Did Unna Die? (2:04)
  7. Did Mallets Die? (0:59)
  8. Armed Observation (2:30)
  9. Bundesgrenzschutz Sektor 2 (1:12)
  10. Trash (4:49)
  11. NerveWare No. 3 (3:48)
  12. Frogs Where Your Mouth Is (0:12)
  13. Our Soldiers Are Soft As Babies, and They Squander Their Stipends A-Whoring (8:50)
  14. Did Sprinting Die? (5:14)
  15. Pain Waits Until 5PM (4:42)
  16. Fast Fourier Fugue (5:51)
  17. Nerve Event #1 (0:13)
  18. Nerve Event #2 (0:05)
  19. Nerve Event #3 (0:04)
  20. Nerve Event #4 (0:05)
  21. Nerve Event #5 (0:07)
  22. Nerve Event #6 (0:08)
  23. Nerve Event #7 (0:05)
  24. Nerve Event #8 (0:05)
  25. Nerve Event #9 (0:04)
  26. Nerve Event #10 (0:04)
  27. Nerve Event #11 (0:04)
  28. Nerve Event #12 (0:04)
  29. Nerve Event #13 (0:04)
  30. Nerve Event #14 (0:04)
  31. Nerve Event #15 (0:04)
  32. Nerve Event #16 (0:04)
  33. Nerve Event #17 (0:04)
  34. Nerve Event #18 (0:04)
  35. Nerve Event #19 (0:04)
  36. Nerve Event #20 (0:04)
  37. Nerve Event #21 (0:05)
  38. Nerve Event #22 (0:04)
  39. Nerve Event #23 (0:06)
  40. Nerve Event #24 (0:10)
  41. Nerve Event #25 (0:06)
  42. Nerve Event #26 (0:07)
  43. Nerve Event #27 (0:05)
  44. Nerve Event #28 (0:04)
  45. Nerve Event #29 (0:04)
  46. Nerve Event #30 (0:04)
  47. Nerve Event #31 (0:04)
  48. Nerve Event #32 (0:04)
  49. Nerve Event #33 (0:04)
  50. Nerve Event #34 (0:04)
  51. Nerve Event #35 (0:04)
  52. Nerve Event #36 (0:05)
  53. Nerve Event #37 (0:04)
  54. Nerve Event #38 (0:04)
  55. Nerve Event #39 (0:04)
  56. Nerve Event #40 (0:04)
  57. Nerve Event #41 (0:04)
  58. Nerve Event #42 (0:04)
  59. Nerve Event #43 (0:04)
  60. Nerve Event #44 (0:04)

Credits

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