Member Since: 03/06/2007
Band Members: David // Guitar // Voice // Electronics //
Toby // Bass // Electronics //
Influences: Big Black, Swans, Afrika Bambaataa, Suicide, Liars,
Sounds Like: 'Oxford’s Elapse-O tap into a world before language. Elapse-O live is like a time-warp back to your childhood, back when you were attempting to make sense of all the sonic clutter around you, except that there is nothing immature about this band. It’s exhilarating – big bright lights exciting.' - Drowned In Sound
‘Chronic death disco, Sound like a battle to be signed to skingraft records between Swans, Liars and merzbow.’ -ROOM 237
'Local duo Elapse-O are without doubt the best new band I've seen in the last year.' - Nightshift
'Elapse-O are part of a noise niche, but importantly stay clear of nihilistic musical dead-ends. The subtle percussion timbre put out by the drum-machine on 'Island' stood in beautiful contrast to the crunching guitars. It was gloriously confused, the humans were trying to be machines and the machines were trying to be human.' Gigwise
'Elapse O are a death disco unit from Oxford. Imagine swimming the butterfly through a load of broken Swans LPs. That's what they sound like. Dig.'– Golden Lab Records
'There’s feedback and noise, sure, but it’s controlled so tightly that there’s substance, warmth and in places real beauty to be had. The whole affair is underpinned by simple, subtle beats, lending them the urgency of Sunroof!’s explosive improv alongside the clinical majesty of ‘Zuckerzeit’-era Cluster.' – Nightshift
Record Label: Records on Ribs (UK) / Bataille Music (Canada)
Type of Label: Indie