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VINYL FORMAT. This release is in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Torturing Nurse, based in China, have been making an imprint on both the Chinese experimental scene and audiences worldwide since 2004 through dozens of limited CDR and cassette releases showcasing their annihilating approach to extreme music. Vertonen, based in the United States, has been creating audio since the 1990s, with his most recent works exploring the darker experiences of the late 60s to mid 1970s in the US and abroad. As Vertonen, Edwards has received four grants from the city of Chicago in support of his work, and performs frequently in the US.

Torturing Nurse - armed with turntable, voice, and guitar - creates a mobius strip of crashing, clanging, shrieking, and feedback-laden hysteria. Although there are some moments when the entropy subsides, if you think you're going to catch your breath a bit youre really only kidding yourself.

The Vertonen side presents documentation (electronics on the fritz); deconstruction (a thick drone built on extremely modified "mementos" of the often inevitable failure of ill-planned "social revolution"); and destruction (noise shrapnel peppered with rhythmic bursts; a cleansing bath o f acid and a belt sander).