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Ian Dominick Fernow is an American experimental musician, poet and multimedia artist. He is best known for extreme music released under the stage name Prurient, as well as numerous other aliases including Vatican Shadow and Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement. His first releases date back to 1998, the same year in which he founded the record label Hospital Productions.
In his early work as Prurient, Fernow worked primarily with a microphone and amplifier, and sometimes drums. He eventually began utilizing more electronics, and currently works primarily with laptop and synthesizers. In the past, he collaborated with artists like John Wiese, Jeff Plummer (of Immaculate:Grotesque and Shallow Waters), Kris Lapke (of Alberich and MCMS), Wolf Eyes, Macronympha, and Philip Best (of Whitehouse and Consumer Electronics).
Fernow has also performed in various bands, such as Football Rabbit, Vegas Martyrs, Taylor Bow, Ash Pool, and formerly as part of Cold Cave. Prurient has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as Hanson Records,
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Prurient discography
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Life
Fernow was born into a Roman Catholic household, and was raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He recounts his entrance into public school and his exposure todeath metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
and tape trading as early sources of musical interest. In particular, Fernow cites the death metal band Deicide's album ''Once upon the Cross
''Once upon the Cross'' is the third studio album by American death metal band Deicide. It was released on April 18, 1995, by Roadrunner Records.
The samples at the beginning of the opening track "Once upon the Cross" and "Trick or Betrayed" ar ...
'' as, "frightening ... A huge record for me, still to this day."
Fernow has resided in Providence
Providence often refers to:
* Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion
* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
* Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...
, New York City, Los Angeles, and Berlin, and runs the labels Hospital Productions and Bed of Nails.
Career
In his early work as Prurient, Fernow worked primarily with a microphone and amplifier, and sometimes drums. He eventually began utilizing more electronics, and currently works primarily with laptop and synthesizers. In the past, he collaborated with artists like John Wiese, Jeff Plummer (of Immaculate:Grotesque and Shallow Waters), Kris Lapke (of Alberich and MCMS), Wolf Eyes, Macronympha, and Philip Best (of Whitehouse and Consumer Electronics).
Fernow has also performed in various bands, such as Football Rabbit, Vegas Martyrs, Taylor Bow, Ash Pool, and formerly as part of Cold Cave. Prurient has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as Hanson Records, RRRecords
RRRecords is a record label and used and new record shop based in Lowell, Massachusetts. RRRecords was the first American record label to publish underground "noise music" in the early 1980s, and published the first American vinyl by Merzbow, Maso ...
, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Kitty Play Records
Kitty Play is a New Jersey based record label formed in late 2003 in music, 2003. The label's acts covers a wide variety of genres from straightforward rock music to noise music, abrasive noise. The label returned from hiatus in the spring of 2010 ...
, American Tapes, and his own label Hospital Productions. Fernow has also recorded music under a variety of aliases, including Vatican Shadow, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, Exploring Jezebel, River Magic, Winter Soldier, Window Cleaning By Ian, December Magic, and Tortured Hooker.
Prurient has been covered in outlets such as The New Yorker, Pitchfork Media, The Village Voice, and Resident Advisor
''Resident Advisor'' (also known as ''RA'') is an online music magazine and community platform dedicated to showcasing electronic music, artists and events across the globe. It was established in 2001. ''RA''s editorial team provides news, musi ...
.
Partial discography
As Prurient
As Vatican Shadow
Studio albums
EPs and singles
Compilations
As Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement
Studio albums
*''Papua Land Where Spirits Still Rule'' (2012) *''Folklore Venom'' (2013) *''Green Graves'' (2016) *''Ambient Black Magic'' (2017)EPs
*''The Plant with Many Faces'' (2013) *''Black Magic Cannot Cross Water'' (2013) *''Water Rose Above the Head'' (2013)Compilations
*''Water Witches'' (2017)As Christian Cosmos
Studio albums
*''Enthronement by God as the First-Born of the Dead'' (2012)EPs
*''Cadence upon the Threshold of Judgement'' (2012) *''The Sharp Lines That Delineate His Robes'' (2012) *''Which Echo Again and Again'' (2012)As Exploring Jezebel
Studio albums
*''On a Business Trip to London'' (2015)References
External links
* Prurienton AllMusicPrurient discography
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Prurient discography
on Discogs {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernow, Dominick Living people American electronic musicians American noise musicians American industrial musicians Musicians from Wisconsin Load Records artists Dais Records artists 1981 births Profound Lore Records artists Power electronics musicians American techno musicians