Wolf Eyes is an American experimental music group from Detroit , Michigan , formed in 1996 by Nate Young. Currently a duo, Wolf Eyes are a prominent act within contemporary noise music . They have collaborated with a variety of artists from different countries and art forms.
11-517: Wolf Eyes began as a solo project of Nate Young. Aaron Dilloway joined in 1998 while also playing with John Olson in Universal Indians. Olson occasionally performed with Wolf Eyes under the moniker Spykes and joined Wolf Eyes in 2000 after Universal Indians disbanded. In 2005, Dilloway left Wolf Eyes, uninterested in extensive touring. Mike Connelly (of Hair Police , Failing Lights and Clay Rendering) replaced Dilloway, first appearing on
22-470: A great deal of time for all of these noise terrorists—it's modern avant-meets-stoners in a basement". Fred Thomas of AllMusic observed Their development since the earliest rumblings in 1997 (and further back than that for those with the energy to dig into pre-Wolf Eyes projects) has yielded some of the most staggering and genre-defining sounds of noise and sound art's dense, largely obscured history. Most Wolf Eyes recordings are self-released, following
33-574: A self-titled cassette. It has since released various other Wolf Eyes recordings as well as albums by Kevin Drumm , Smegma , Hive Mind, Nautical Almanac , Andrew Wilkes-Krier , Hair Police and, following a move to its current base in Oberlin, Ohio , Emeralds and Skin Graft. While releasing music on a variety of formats, including CD-R and LP , the majority of its releases are on cassette, and as such
44-465: Is an American independent record label founded in Brighton, Michigan and now based in Oberlin, Ohio . It is operated by the musician Aaron Dilloway , formerly of the band Wolf Eyes . The label's first release was a 7-inch extended play (EP) by Dilloway's band Galen, in 1994. Eventually moving from Brighton, Michigan to Ann Arbor, Michigan , in 1997 it released the first Wolf Eyes recording,
55-430: Is an American experimental musician. He is an improvisor and composer originally from Brighton, Michigan , who works with the manipulation of 8-Track tape loops in combination with voice, tape delays and various organic and electronic sound sources. A founding member of the industrial noise group Wolf Eyes (1998 - 2005), Dilloway now resides in Oberlin , Ohio, where he runs Hanson Records and Mailorder. Dilloway
66-870: Is currently composed of Young and Olson; the latter described the band as a "morphed organism that expands and condenses as needed or not." The pair describe their musical output as "psycho jazz". The group has released 297 recordings during its 20 years of activity. Official releases have appeared on labels including but not limited to Hanson Records , Bulb Records , American Tapes, Fusetron, De Stijl Records, Sub Pop , Third Man Records , Troubleman Unlimited , AA Records, Gods of Tundra and Freedom From . It has collaborated and performed with numerous artists, including Anthony Braxton , Merzbow , Sonic Youth , Black Dice , Dominick Fernow (also known as Prurient) , Double Leopards, John Wiese, Mammal, FLUCT, MV Carbon, Twig Harper , Andrew W.K. , Jaimie Branch , Emil Beaulieau , Richard Pinhas, and Smegma . Since 2013, Olson has run
77-511: The Instagram account inzane_johnny, formerly wolf_eyes_psychojazz, which was initially used to promote Wolf Eyes but has now gained a large following through music-related memes . In an article for Spin Magazine , Henry Rollins named Olson's noise bands in a column about his five favorite bands, writing, "The guy has over 1,000 releases on his label, and I have almost 700 of them. I have
88-483: The 2006 album Human Animal . Dilloway did some production work on Human Animal . He has since performed with them on at least two occasions. It was announced in February 2013 that Connelly had left the group to concentrate on his solo work and Hair Police. He was replaced in the lineup by another Michigan musician, Jim Baljo. Both Dilloway and Connelly appeared on the 2013 album No Answer: Lower Floors . Wolf Eyes
99-582: The DIY tradition of bands such as Smegma . Wolf Eyes' first major release was the studio album Dread , released on the American Tapes and Hanson Records labels but distributed through Bulb Records . Other major releases include Dead Hills on Troubleman Unlimited as well as Burned Mind and Human Animal on Sub Pop . Most Wolf Eyes recordings are released as lathe cuts, cassettes, or CD-Rs. Aaron Dilloway Aaron Dilloway (born 1976)
110-423: The group Wolf Eyes , with whom he would perform until 2004. Late in 2004, Dilloway moved to Nepal , where he recorded prolifically (his own material, field recordings , and Nepalese radio broadcasts). He moved to Ohio in 2007, working with Emeralds among others, and releasing his own material. Among his releases are 2012's Modern Jester and 2017's The Gag File . Hanson Records Hanson Records
121-456: Was born in 1976 and grew up in Brighton , Michigan and as a teenager began attending house shows in the nearby college town of Ann Arbor . He formed a group called Galen in the 1990s, and soon after became a member of Couch, whom Galen had opened for at its first show. Dilloway then moved to Ann Arbor, where he began working with experimental and noise groups - one of which being Universal Indians - and where he would, eventually, co-found
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