Forgemasters (band)

Forgemasters was a British electronic music act composed of Robert Gordon, Sean Maher (aka DJ Parrot) and Winston Hazel.[1][2] Their single Track With No Name was the first release by Warp Records[2][3][4][5][6] and would help define the sound of Warp and bleep techno.[5][7][8]

History

Robert Gordon, Sean Maher and Winston Hazel were colleagues in the FON record shop in Sheffield.[9] Gordon was an engineer at FON Studio and co-founder of Warp Records. The name Forgemasters was taken from a local heavy engineering firm, Sheffield Forgemasters.[5]

Their single Track with No Name was the first release by Warp Records.[3][4][5][6][2][7] It was of a techno subgenre, the primarily Sheffield based bleep techno, and written in four hours one evening at Gordon's home studio.[1][2][8] Dave Simpson, writing in Fact in 2012, described it as "driven by an eerie pulse, a sound which would soon be called a ‘bleep’ and become the distinctive signature of hardcore northern techno and, for its first two years, the sound of Warp."[5] Matt Anniss, writing for Resident Advisor in 2014, called it "one of the defining records of the era".[8]

Discography

Singles and EPs by Forgemasters

Singles with contributions by Forgemasters

Notable compilation album appearances

Remixes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Young, Rob (2006). Labels Unlimited: Warp. London: Black Dog Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 1-904772-32-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Montesinos-Donaghy, Daniel (25 July 2014). "We Spoke to Winston Hazel About the Birth of Forgemasters". Vice Media, Inc. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "20 years of the Warp factor". The Independent. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 Birke, Sarah (2 November 2007). "Label Profile: Warp Records". The Independent. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "The secret history of Warp Records". Fact (UK magazine). 17 April 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 Simpson, Dave (17 April 2009). "Bleep of faith". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  7. 1 2 "Warp Special". Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "Bleep: The story of Britain's first bass revolution". Resident Advisor. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Richard King (2012). How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571278329.

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