{"title":"Anthroprophh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthroprophh is an experimental music project that was initially started by Paul Allen. In 2014, Gareth Turner and Jesse Webb joined the project, bringing their unique talents to the mix. Hailing from Bristol, these talented musicians have created a sound that is truly captivating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by artists such as The Heads, White Hills, and Hey Colossus, Anthroprophh has carved out their own distinct niche in the music world. Their mesmerizing tunes draw listeners in with their hypnotic rhythms and intricate melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith influences ranging from psychedelic rock to krautrock, Anthroprophh's music takes listeners on a sonic journey unlike any other. Their innovative approach to composition and performance sets them apart from their peers in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"toilet-circuit-ep","title":"Toilet Circuit EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1998 Rocket Recordings launched with a debut split 7” between Bristol bands The Heads and Lillydamwhite. So it is fitting that the labels 200th release is a 7” by the band Anthroprophh – the Bristol three piece that features Paul Allen from The Heads and Gareth Turner the former bass player from Lillydamwhite.\u003ci\u003e Toilet Circuit EP\u003c\/i\u003e is the bands first release since their mammoth double album \u003ci\u003eOmegaville\u003c\/i\u003e which was released to high acclaim in 2018. The three tracks that make up this EP follow on perfectly from the dense and psychedelic sounds of \u003ci\u003eOmegaville\u003c\/i\u003e – a feverish tirade of maximalism. Anthroprophh manage to find equal space for everything-on-11 riffage of The Stooges, kraut rock repetitions, Butthole Surfers-esque bedlam, and surreal British humour. A frustrated social commentary of todays paranoid world dictate the subject matter of the three songs on the EP. \u003ci\u003eSix Six Sigma\u003c\/i\u003e is named after a truly awful corporate training company, Too Old lists the frustrations of age and growing old, and \u003ci\u003eToilet Circuit\u003c\/i\u003e is a song about the ‘fun’ and tribulations of touring the ‘toilet circuits’ of the UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike previous Anthroprophh releases it is Allen’s guitar playing itself, that transcends the band to ‘higher’ limits. Globally renowned amongst freaks and connoisseurs alike from his untouchable ontributions to The Heads. Taking Hendrix and Asheton-esque shapes and warping them beyond recognition into new paradigms, he also cites guitarists like Michael Karoli, early-‘70s Robert Fripp, Giles Buchan of Human Beast, Fred Frith and Geinrich of Guru Guru as influences, yet this ear-splitting treble-heavy scree and these heavenly FX-driven cacophonies could be the work of no-one else but this particular six-string iconoclast, who drives his trademark sound beyond anything he’s previously attempted in any incarnation. \u003ci\u003eToilet Circuit EP\u003c\/i\u003e are the first Anthroprophh tracks to feature a new sticksman – the drumming skills of Bristol legend Steve Dew, who cut his rhythmic teeth with Cup of Tea Records band Spaceways and the Bristol psych-jazz supergroup Fuzz Against Junk who released music via Geoff Barrow’s Invada Records. 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Nonetheless, the original spirit of the label remains a universe that revolves around the twin planets of Fuzz and Wah - the mind-frying six-string duality that warps sound spectrums and overheats speaker cones in pursuit of reckless sensory overload. What’s more, few guitarists have been richer exponents of just these two ingredients than Paul Allen, who not only appeared on the very first Rocket 7” of 1998 with The Heads, but who also fronts Anthroprophh, an outfit who take both garage-bound filth and wayward, abstract artistry to zones beyond comprehension. \u003ci\u003eOmegaville\u003c\/i\u003e - the third release on Rocket for this power trio alongside bassist Gareth Turner and drummer Jesse Webb - lives up to its name in driving just such demented predilections into head-spinning chaos. Structured by Allen’s admission akin to Can’s \u003ci\u003eTago Mago\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a cliff-edge into sanity-risking overload which has much in common with the glory days of 1971 - the Nurse-With-Wound list realm of record-collector gold where heavy rock, nascent prog and wilfully art-damaged netherscapes thrived. \u003ci\u003eOmegaville\u003c\/i\u003e finds equal space for everything-on-11 riffage of a distinctly Stoogian\/stygian stripe, bracing musique concrete, Butthole Surfers-esque bedlam, Chrome-style sci-fi noise-pop, surreal British humour, and what sounds essentially like a ‘60s NASA HQ going up in flames. At the forefront of much of this, however, is Allen’s guitar playing itself - taking Hendrix and Asheton-esque shapes and warping them beyond recognition into new paradigms. Who’s to say exactly where Anthroprophh move on from this guileless aural endtime mission. 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