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Bark Psychosis and the beginnings of post-rock

Stuart selects Hex by Bark Psychosis as his featured album. Released in 1994, it is considered one of the first ever post-rock albums.

This week Stuart selects Hex by Bark Psychosis as his featured album.

Released in 1994, it is considered to be the first ever post-rock album after Simon Reynolds used the term in an album review for Mojo magazine. In spite of this, the album received very little media attention, in an era when Britpop was at its prime.

Influenced by the noisy guitar sounds of Sonic Youth & Butthole Surfers and hardcore bands such as Big Black and Swans. Bark Psychosis actually started life as a Napalm Death cover band, before composing their debut record.

Recorded in a church in Stratford, Hex illustrates the band's move away from its thrash rock beginnings in favour of a more atmospheric, experimental sound.

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Music Played

  • France Gall

    Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Philips.

  • Eneme

    Mosquito Bites

    • White.

  • Bark Psychosis

    Absent Friend

    • Hex.
    • Circa.

  • Hot Horizon

    I Can't Stay Awake

    • Hello Thor/Denizen Recordings.

  • Alisdair Roberts

    Haruspex Of Paradox

    • Various _- Weirdlore.
    • Folk Police Recordings.

  • Aardvark

    Once Upon A Hill

    • Esoteric Recordings.

  • Bark Psychosis

    Fingerspit

    • Hex.
    • Circa Records.

  • Darren Hayman

    Stonehaven

    • Lido.
    • Clay Pipe Music.

  • Monolight

    Still Light

    • Money Ruins Everything.
    • Rune Grammofon.

  • Sky Architect

    Gyrocopter

    • Excavations Of The Mind.
    • Galileo Records.

  • Kayak

    Trust In The Machine

    • Kayak.
    • Pseudonym.

  • Thomas

    Helsabonkers

    • Janela.
    • Barnyard Records.

  • Anthony Braxton

    Little Symphony

    • Affinity Plays Ornette Coleman's Little Symphony and Eight Other Modern Jazz Cla.
    • AME.

  • Sheriffs Of Nothingness

    Summer Night At The Crooked Forest

    • Summer Night At The Crooked Forest.
    • Sofa.

  • Hamilton Yarns

    Times Are Good

    • Hello Sparkle.

  • Richard House and The Five Fellows

    Credit Card

    • Song Poems.

  • Charles Douglas

    Spiders and Snakes (Live Freaks)

  • Charles Douglas

    Octopus (Cease To Exist) (Live Freaks)

  • The xx

    Crystalised

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Young Turks.
    • 1.

  • Bark Psychosis

    Big Shot

    • Hex.
    • Circa.

  • Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    The Sound Of Someone Who?s Going Away And It Doesn't Matter

    • Music From The Penguin Cafe.
    • Editions Eg.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Sep 2012 20:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music