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The Nectarine No. 9THE NECTARINE No.9
Davy Henderson: Vocals/Guitar
Simon Smeeton: Guitar/Bass/Backing Vocals
Ian Holford: Drums/Percussion/Backing Vocals
I LOVE TOTAL DESTRUCTION
The Nectarine No9 release their 5th album, ILOVETOTALDESTRUCTION, on Beggars Banquet/Creeping Bent. Written and produced by the group in their native Edinburgh, ILTD sees NN9 continue to develop their mercurial underground guitar noir.
It follows on from last year’s incubator demix E.P., “Society Is A Carniverous Flower”, which featured deconstructs by an eclectic array of artistes (Twitch, Bill Wells & Norman Blake, Transelement, Scientific Support Dept, Colditz, and Future Pilot AKA).
“ I slept with the subway sect, the subway sect slept with me”
The 7th of May, 1977: This is the date when everything changed forever, as the Clash’s “White Riot” tour hit Edinburgh. However, it wasn’t the Clash that connected with a bunch of teenage punks in the audience who would go on to form the fulcrum of “the sound of young Scotland”, it was Vic Godard & the Subway Sect. Their ramshackle grey-glare/treble-to-the-max guitar sound was THE major influence on Postcard Record’s “Orange Juice” & “Josef K”, and Fast Product’s “Fire Engines”.
The Fire Engines leader, DAVY HENDERSON, has actively carried the torch for Vic, with Godard continuing to make his influence felt on Henderson’s work with THE NECTARINE No.9 over the past 10 years.
I LOVE TOTAL DESTRUCTION is the latest dispatch by NN9, and is their strongest work to date. They are joined by ex Pop Group majordomo & free-jazz spirit, Gareth Sager, who contributes fuzz clarinet and piano. Former Josef K and Postcard alumni, Malcolm Ross, guests on guitar.
DISCOGRAPHY:
A Sea With Three Stars: Postcard (1993)
Saint Jack: Postcard (1995)
Fried For Blue Material: Creeping Bent (1998)
Received, Transgressed, & Transmitted: Beggars Banquet (2001)
I Love Total Destruction: Beggars Banquet (2004)
Formed in 1993,THE NECTARINE No.9 are led by ex-Fire Engines frontman Davy Henderson(vocals/guitar).Together with guitarists Simon Smeeton and Todd Thompson, drummer Ian Holford and bassist John Thompson they have produced some of the most ambitious pop music of recent years, from the first two albums which were released on the celebrated POSTCARD label (A Sea With Three Stars, Saint Jack), to 1998's Fried For Blue Material on CREEPING BENT, they have been consistently brilliant.
A retrospective compiler, It's Just The Way Things Are Joe, It's Just The Way Things Are, was released on Creeping Bent in 1999 and featured tracks from the first three albums (all of which are deleted).
RECEIVED, TRANSGRESSED, & TRANSMITTED
The Nectarine No9 signed to Beggars Banquet and released the astounding Received, Transgressed, & Transmitted in 2001 to superlative notices from media and public alike.
THE NECTARINE No.9 have continually received excellent reviews and radio play, with five John Peel BBC Radio 1 sessions previously recorded. They have also been broadcast live in concert twice on John Peel, once on BBC Radio 3. The group have toured only once (with Edwyn Collins) in their 8 year existence, preferring to play one-off events. They've played London's Royal Festival Hall 3 times, including headlining a Creeping Bent evening as part of John Peel's Meltdown festival, and tend to be invited to play events like Rebel Inc.'s booklaunch for Howard Soames' biography of Charles Bukowski.
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PRESS NOTICES:
NME: .Lots of detail to explore and discover over months, years, and even decades of listening. The Nectarine No.9 are magnificent-I'm in the presence of genius..
THE GUARDIAN: .Guided by ex-Fire Engine Davy Henderson, Edinburgh's The Nectarine No.9 are shaping the most adventurous guitar noir in Britain..
MOJO: . Deliver a fistful of diamonds.
UNCUT: .Epic slabs of weirdness that would hardly be out of place on Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica.
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