Metalux is an American

noise band Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a musical context. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical ...

consisting of M.V. Carbon and J. Graf, both members of Bride of No No. They are occasionally joined by

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member Twig Harper. Early material was released on the

Hanson Records Hanson Records 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. History The label's first release was a 7-inch ex ...

label, while their ''Waiting for Armadillo'' album was released on

Load Records Load Records was an American experimental music-oriented independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pi ...

in 2004.

Discography

''This discography is incomplete''

Solo

*''Negative Capacity'' CD-R ( Blackhole Records, 1998) *''Metalux III'' cdr (

, 2000) *''Fluorescent Towers'' LP/CD (

, 2001) *''Waiting for Armadillo'' LP/CD (

, 2004) *''Victim of Space'' LP/CD (

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, 2005) *split lp with Evil Moisture (Veglia, 2005) *''1-0-0-3/1-0-0-2 Cool Nite'' cassette/CD-R ( Bennifer Editions/self-released, 2009) *split lp with K.K. Rampage (Rampage Recordings, 2009) *''Paw The Elated Ruin'' CD-R/cassette (self-released/ Obsolete Units, 2011/2013)

Collaborations

*Metalux &

John Wiese John Wiese (born April 18, 1977) is an American noise musician and visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. Wiese has released much of his material on his own Helicopter label. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2 ...

''Exoteric'' CD (

, 2007) *

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/ Carlos Giffoni/Metalux ''untitled'' LP (

Los Angeles Free Music Society The Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) is a loose underground collective of experimental avant-rock artist-musicians formed in 1973. Described as a "lightning rod for art-damage, weird-music lovers everywhere," LAFMS was formed by Chip Chapma ...

/No Fun Productions, 2007)

Compilations

*''Winter Construction'' CD with zine (Dead CEO, 2002) *''Pilot Conference'' CD with zine (Pilot TV, 2004) - Distributed with a zine for Pilot Television Convergence: Experimental Media for Feminist Trespass that happened in Chicago, October 8–11, 2004 *''Sur La Mer Samp-La-Mer'' CD (

, 2006)

External links

www.metalux.cc
official site

Metalux profile.

Media

Metalux Photo Gallery
Photos by Lars
PUNKCAST#1224
live video @ Cake Shop NYC on Nov 9 2007. (

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, mp4, DivX) {{Authority control American noise rock music groups Electronic music duos Load Records artists