Submerged (DJ) explained

Submerged
Birth Name:Kurt Gluck
Origin:Rosedale, Queens, New York, U.S.
Genre:Drum and bass
Occupation:DJ, bassist, record producer, label owner
Years Active:1999–present
Label:Ohm Resistance, Obliterati
Website:Ohm Resistance

Kurt Gluck known professionally as Submerged is a Brooklyn-based DJ, bassist, founder of the avant-garde drum and bass and experimental music label Ohm Resistance and co-founder of Obliterati, and a prolific multi-genre electronic music producer, first notable for his work with bassist and producer Bill Laswell in creating drum and bass-jazz fusion projects including their band Method of Defiance,[1] [2] [3] [4] and The Blood of Heroes.[5]

In drum and bass, Submerged has pushed the boundaries of the genre beyond dance music through jagged free-form breakbeat structures, historic fusion collaborations with non-drum and bass musicians including Bill Laswell, Pharoah Sanders, Buckethead, and others, as well as publishing confrontational visual artwork.

Submerged performs onstage as a DJ and as a bassist[6] and is a member of avant-garde bands incorporating drum and bass beats and live sound manipulation, such groups including Painkiller and Bill Laswell's project, Method of Defiance. Submerged has also performed live with groups including other artists such as Milford Graves, John Zorn and Toshinori Kondo, and artists Mike Patton and Dr. Israel. He currently collaborates with multi-instrumentalist nem0 in the band You Will Choose Fire, as well as the dark-hop trio, HAVE DEMONS, with Luke Lund.

Submerged has played venues across North America, Europe and Asia, including Russia, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the UK.

He toured with Scorn in 2011 across Europe.[7]

Background

Gluck was born in Rosedale, Queens, New York. His father was a Brooklyn police officer and his mother an architect.

Gluck played clarinet and bass clarinet in his school jazz band and symphonic band. “I always took band classes because I loved playing music. I had my own metal band in high school. I wrestled (folkstyle) for four years varsity, but I was really into music. I listened mostly to metal. I didn’t start to get into electronic music heavily till my summer after high school. My favourite bands were Slayer, Napalm Death. Godflesh was huge to me, also.”

In 1999 he founded Ohm Resistance, a collective of musicians and DJs on two continents, which was also a label that released progressive Washington, DC artists including Sinthetix, Impulse, Kiko, MC Mecha, and Skynet. For one year, Ohm Resistance threw a Wednesday weekly called Tangent at the U-Turn club.

Submerged moved Ohm's headquarters to Brooklyn in late 2002 to facilitate global distribution of its releases. In 2003 he co-created a second label, Obliterati, to pursue the darker and more experimental roots of Ohm Resistance.

In 2003, Laswell met with Submerged to discuss working together and said he owed John Zorn a record. Submerged came up with eight compositions to which Laswell added more music and live bass. This first historic drum and bass-jazz fusion collaboration by Bill Laswell and Submerged, “Brutal Calling,” was released on Zorn's Avant label in the first half of 2004.

In 2005, Laswell and Submerged as Method of Defiance released a 9-track album, “The Only Way to Go Is Down,” on Sublight Records.[8]

In 2007, Method of Defiance released an album called Inamorata, a fusion of drum and bass and jazz music, with the collaboration of many artists from the drum and bass and jazz scenes.[9] [10]

Alex Henderson of All Music Guide described Submerged's Violence as First Nature (2008) double-CD release as "forceful, abrasive, confrontational stuff" and compared his work to "industrial rockers like Ministry, Skinny Puppy, and the Revolting Cocks (as well as hip-hop agitators Public Enemy)."[11] [12]

In April 2010, Submerged project The Blood of Heroes released its self-titled debut on Ohm Resistance - a collaboration project featuring Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu, Napalm Death) and Bill Laswell, with beats from Submerged and End.user and vocals from Doctor Israel, described in an album review as follows: "Post apocalyptic soundscapes and de-imaged electronic beats backed up with heavy guitar and bass. Features live drumming from KJ Sawka and Balazs Pandi, and sound design from film sound architect M. Gregor Filip. Powerful anthemic tracks collide with vicious drum n bass beatdowns and intersperse with breathtaking synth beauty and Aphex Twin style mezzed beats. The soundtrack to post-solarflare humanity!"[13] [14]

In 2016, Submerged moved to the Pacific Northwest and started a shoegaze-influenced live drum and bass band called You Will Choose Fire with multi-instrumentalist nem0. They have toured in the US and Ukraine.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Mixed Albums

Ohm Resistance releases

References

NotesSources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jazz Reviews: InamorataBill Laswell's Method of Defiance - By David R. Adler — Jazz Articles. Jazztimes.com.
  2. Web site: pikadon.jp - This website is for sale! - pikadon Resources and Information.. Pikadon.jp.
  3. Web site: Bill Laswell's Method of Defiance - The Morning News. Patrick. Ambrose. Themorningnews.org. 20 December 2005 .
  4. Web site: All About Jazz. Allaboutjazz.com. 24 May 2007 .
  5. Web site: The Blood of Heroes. 18 June 2010. Toneshift.wordpress.com.
  6. Web site: DOA - DOA - Drum & Bass Forum. Dogsonacid.com.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-03-16 . 2011-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111120034745/http://themoscownews.com/arts/20110310/188481788.html . dead .
  8. Web site: DOA - DOA - Drum & Bass Forum. dead. https://archive.today/20120906004902/http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?postid=7006785. 2012-09-06.
  9. Web site: Drumandbass.ru review of Inamorata. Eng.drumandbass.ru.
  10. Web site: Method Of Defiance - Inamorata. Discogs.com. 2007 .
  11. Web site: Violence as First Nature [Bonus Disc]]. Barnesandnoble.com. en. 2017-05-30.
  12. Web site: Review of Violence as First Nature, The Omega Order, 2008. Theomegaorder.com.
  13. Web site: TONESHIFT. Toneshift.wordpress.com.
  14. Web site: Review by Dave Wedge, Limewire blog, April 29, 2010. Blog.limewire.com.
  15. Web site: Bill Laswell Discography. Silent-watcher.net.
  16. Web site: Contemporary / Progressive beats review page . 2011-01-23 . 2011-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110712215723/http://progressive.homestead.com/progbeats.html#anchor_239 . dead .
  17. Web site: Dogsonacid.com review of You Need Therapy release by Technical Itch. Dogsonacid.com. 27 August 2020.
  18. Web site: Knowledge | SST - Stepping Thru Shadows . 2011-02-10 . 2010-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100923170404/http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/news/sst-stepping-thru-shadows . dead .

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