Some producers can plod away for half of their careers and still sound as nondescript as the next faceless electronic music maker sitting in their bedroom trying to replicate the sounds of the music they love. Others hit their stride straight away, indelibly forging their mark on everything they touch. Dave Henson under his Nochexxx handle has achieved the latter with just three proper releases in a little over a year, carving out a sound for himself via hotly tipped emissions on Ramp and Werk Discs.
In his earliest musical incarnation he played keys in the English post-rock band Gwei-Lo, who had a promising career ahead of them which sadly ended with the tragic death of guitarist Al Brooker. Following the dissolution of the band Henson began indulging more in his penchant for electronic music, releasing experimental electronics under the name Ascoltare, before deciding that he wasn’t get the sound he wanted out of his software studio. Turning to a hands-on, hardware setup, he became Nochexxx, and embraced a raw, primitive sound that evokes early acid-house and new beat.
LWE got in touch with Henson to find out more about the Cambridge producer and what the future holds for his music. He also put together our 111th exclusive podcast, which due to a feverish bout of the flu and its resulting woozy delirium, is a brilliantly surreal yet soothing journey Henson issues with explicit listening instructions.
Tracklist
01. People Like Us/Wobbly/Matmos, “Shenandoah” [Tigerbeat6]
02. Aphex Twin, “Goon Gumpas” [Sonic Records]
03. Ennio Morricone, “Ricreazione Divertita” (Titoli) [Saimel Bandas Sonoras]
04. Malcom Cecil, “Crystal Lullabye” [Unity Records]
05. Nuno Canavarro, “Untitled” [Moikai]
06. Dome, “Cruel When Complete” [The Grey Area]
07. Walter Marchetti, “Per La Sete Dell’orecchio” [Vandalia]
08. Grouper, “Moon Is Sharp” [Yellow Electric]
09. Nuno Canavarro, “Untitled” [Moikai]
10. Harco Pront, “Dawn” [Music For Speakers]
11. Labradford, “El Lago” [Flying Nun Records]
12. Pierre Henry, “Après La Mort 1″ (Fluide Et Mobilité D’un Larsen) [Philips]
13. Durutti Column, “Requiem For A Father” [Factory]
14. Harco Pront, “Dinner” [Music For Speakers]
15. Aphex Twin, “Lichen” [Diamond Records]
16. Angelo Badalementi, “Twin Peaks Theme” [Warner Bros. Records]
17. Boards of Canada, “Fonec” [Music70]
18. Bernard Szajner, “Crash Diet” [Island Records]
19. Hieroglyphic Being, “I Am That I Am” (New Age House Re-make) [Mathematics Recordings]
20. Laurie Anderson, “O Superman” (For Massenet) [Warner Bros. Records]
21. Alvin Curran, “Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri” [Ananda]
22. Slowdive, “Blue Skied an’ Clear” [Creation Records]
23. Laurie Spiegel, “The Expanding Universe” [Philo]
24. Pete Um, “You Will Never Let Me Fall” [Grist]
25. Ennio Morricone, “Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri” [Saimel Bandas Sonoras]
26. Grouper, “Mary, On The Wall (For Betre Jackson)” [Yellow Electric]
27. Panabrite, “Octopus In Your Dreams” [Hobo Cult Records]
28. Jim Ferraro, “Heaven’s Bathroom” [Muscleworks Inc.]
29. Test Dept., “Fuel Foundation of The Nation” [Sweatbox]
30. Ennio Morricone, “Il Grande Silenzio (Restless)” [Beat Records Company]
31. Conrad Schnitzler & Wolfgang Seidel, “Consequenz 010B” [Mirror Tapes]
32. Seefeel, “Charlotte’s Mouth” [Too Pure]
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