L.A. Crab, by Bryn Wyrd

L.A. Crab

by Bryn Wyrd

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of L.A. Crab, Insomniac's Dream, The Truth About Carbs, Keats (the lost tapes), In A Room, Real Angels Singing Caught On Tape, Blackberries, Selected Aphelion Works Vol. I & II, and 17 more. , and , .

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1.	Engine Strop 01:07	buy track
2.	Spang 00:41	buy track
3.	'Yeah' (L.A. Crab) 04:33	buy track
4.	D(et)roitwich 04:35	buy track
5.	Boz Nautilus 07:28	buy track
6.	Marbles 00:30	buy track
7.	1978 I Guess 08:20	buy track
8.	Chief's Rush (Ostalgik) 03:05	buy track
9.	Polishing The Spider 00:53	buy track
10.	Banal Struggle 02:55	buy track
11.	Ceremonial Discombobulation 04:08	buy track
12.	Yob Grinder 04:38	buy track
13.	Chief's Strut 05:51	buy track
14.	1522 02:47	buy track
15.	Gabble 07:57	buy track
16.	Martial Jefferson 01:50	buy track
17.	Toil And Trouble 05:20	buy track

about

Bryn Wyrd is a Bristol based duo with strong Midlands roots. The collaboration between Anthony Brown (Repo Man / Iceman Furniss Quintet / Swelt) on upright bass and Aron Ward (Harpoon / Olanza / Repo Man) on assorted electronics, drum machines and fx mangling wields an impressively diverse palate on 'L.A. Crab'.

Aron and Ant bring a gnarled, rugged and hyperactive sound to the table with traces of early Warp-style IDM (Idiotic Dance Music) colliding with free-jazz bass wigouts, dub/concrète/industrial textures smudged into the corners and plenty of proper swingin’, sweatin’ groove to gurn your face off too.

Harbouring a potentially unhealthy obsession and warped compassion for Genesis drummer, Phil Collins ‘1978 I Guess’ is Bryn Wyrd’s vitriolic attempt at releasing a ‘hit’.

An early version of this project featured material on the Selected Aphelion Works comp as Brown Ward, but L.A. Crab is the first full length exploration of this soundworld and I’m psyched to present this as the first release of 2024 for Aphelion Editions. Absolutely slamming gear with some equally great immersive, headphone moments too.

Music Video for '1978 I Guess (Single Edit)':
youtu.be/j8w9-zMQfbQ?si=Z8bOyiiM4trFFrhr

REVIEWS:
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"An esoteric romp through IDM, free jazz, and noise from the experimental duo Bryn Wyrd, comprising Aron Ward on electronics, FX and mixing and Anthony Brown on upright bass. These disparate worlds collide in thrilling new ways, often teetering on the frenetic edge of collapse. The pair also find space to celebrate their love of Phil Collins, with an ominous series of industrial loops that turn the Genesis drummer's looped chuckles into a rhythmic dirge." NORMAN RECORDS
www.normanrecords.com/records/202632-bryn-wyrd-la-crab

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released March 11, 2024

APHELION023
Music by Bryn Wyrd
Improvised and recorded between 2020 & 2021

Aron Ward - electronics and mixing
Anthony Brown - upright bass

Artwork, design and layout by Liam McConaghy
Additional photographs by Aron

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A small and lovingly curated cassette & CD-R label based in Bristol, UK. Founded and run by Liam McConaghy since 2016 and encompassing an ever-expanding array of sounds from the worlds of ambient, drone, noise, free-improv, mutant techno, musique concrète and beyond...

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