The Surveillance Lounge

In 2007, Nurse With Wound were invited by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation via In Famous to perform a live soundtrack of the 1922 Murnau film, Der Brennende Acker ("The Burning Soil") at La Cite de la Musique in Paris. The new sounds that were generated and the musical parts recorded for the film became rudimentary building blocks for The Surveillance Lounge. Nurse With Wound never fail to surprise, and just when you maybe thought you could second guess how this might sound, they completely shift the direction. In contrast to 2008's Huffin' Rag Blues, this release focuses on the darker side of Nurse With Wound. While keeping a fresh, contemporary feel, it nods towards some of the older, more sinister material. For example, "The Golden Age Of Telekinesis" is driving, contrapuntal, tribal percussion mixed with distorted vocal samples, low drone, a scrabbling electronic auctioneer, and feedbacked guitar. Current 93's David Tibet is featured on the disc along with the mainstay of Steven Stapleton and Andrew Liles. Also featuring Nadja Belabidi, Lynn Jackson, Ollie Mathura O'Keeffe, Freek Kinkelaar, Miranda Kinkelaar, Melon Liles and Maude Swift.