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Harm Stryker

About Me

Harm Stryker is a politically and socially motivated experimental noise venture consisting of Kelly Nourse ( ConstantMauk ) and Kenneth Yates ( Caustic Castle & Insects With Tits ).

Harm Stryker
P.O. Box 4296
Richmond, VA 23220
[email protected]


[OUT NOW] 804001 - Various Artists "804noise" compilation CD [reviews]
Establishing 804noise as a label, this compilation features 11 exclusive tracks from 11 different Richmond based experimental and noise artists. First pressing of 1,000 copies. $8ppd in the US.


[OUT NOW] 804002 - Harm Stryker/To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie split 7" [reviews]
Packaged in handmade silkscreened cover sleeves, silver ink on black card stock, Harm Stryker and To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie offer up their own brand of minimalist experimental noise compositions. First pressing limited to 500 copies. $5ppd in the US.


[SOLD OUT] 804LTD-001 - Harm Stryker & Birds in the Meadow w/ Brian Jones "Processing Quartet" CDR [reviews]
Packaged in hand screened sleeves, with yellow ink on black card stock. Birds in the Meadow's Martin McCavitt & Darius Jones, along side Harm Stryker's Kenneth Yates & ex-Agents of Good Roots drummer, Brian Jones converged October 24, 2004 performing together as a processing quartet. Kenenth Yates (electronics) processing Darius Jones (saxopone) and Martin McCavitt (electronics) processing Brian Jones (drums & percussion). The result is a lush exploration of colorful improvisational noise. Limited to a finite number of 50 copies. $5ppd in the US.


[SOLD OUT] 804LTD-003 - Harm Stryker "A Most BeautifulPlace" 3" CDR [reviews]
Harm Stryker's Kelly Nourse presents her first recorded solo excursion captured from her live performance at January 2005's FM/Intrusion. Performing through a small inexpensive fm transmitter the audience experienced through headphones an excellent example of how beautfiul minimalism can be. Hand printed blue & white linoleum cut design on brown cardstock. Limited to a finite number of 21 copies. $5ppd in the US.


[ AVAILABLE ] SADE-036 - Harm Stryker 'Untitled' CDR
Harm Stryker's Kelly Nourse & Kenneth Yates present their most intense recording yet on the Brise-Cul label limited to only 56 copies. This release will fucking kill you. $5ppd in the US.


[ AVAILABLE ] PGL001 - Harm Stryker 'S/T' 3" CDR
Harm Stryker's latest s/t 3" CDr for PG is music for condemned, boarded up and forgotten spaces. Part requiem for our architectural history, part vitriol-fueled sound in opposition to the box stores, condominiums, and gentrified, cookie cutter housing taking it's place. The single track begins as a gentle drone that quickly builds to glitched out swatches of sonic energy that sway and move with a fluidity and grace that is Harm Stryker's signature. This limited release for PG is a one time pressing of 100 sale copies, 10 promotional copies. Available from .


[ AVAILABLE ] SCDR27 - Harm Stryker 'Class Consciousness' CDR
Harm Stryker 's beautiful noise is coming to Sockets. Their new album "Class Consciousness" will be released at the end of this month or early July. We're just waiting on the sleeves which were beautifully hand-screened by the band. Emerging from the 804Noise collective in Richmond, Harm Stryker layer experimental textures and noise in a refreshing mix, making them a standout from the rest of the so-called noise bands. This is limited pressing of 100 copies. Available from SocketsCDR .


Upcoming Releases:
Harm Stryker "Untitled" 'Bloodties V/A' (Bloodties)
Harm Stryker "Untitled" 'Sloppy Seconds' CDR (Obscuria Records)
Harm Stryker "Untitled" '610noise Event CDR'

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Member Since: 06/01/2005
Band Website: http://kstryker.blogspot.com/
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Record Label: 804noise Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Old Live Footage of Harm Stryker


Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:52:00 GMT

Harm Stryker ’Class Consciousness’ Review from Heathen Harvest

Heathen Harvest Review: http://www.heathenharvest.com/index.php?topic=webzine Artist: Harm Stryker Title: Class ConsciousnessLabel: Sockets Genre: Electronic / Noise / Experimen...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:42:00 GMT

WIRE Reviews Harm Stryker’s ’Class Consciousness’

Emerging from the 804Noise collective in Richmond VA, Harm Stryker are Kelly Norse and Kenneth Yates. Their sound is at the more compelling end of noise music: it is burbling, pulsing and glitchy, atm...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:57:00 GMT

Harm Stryker "Class Consciousness" Review - Noisear

http://noisear.blogspot.com/ Harm Stryker - Class Consciousness Artist: Harm StrykerRelease: Class ConsciousnessLabel: SocketsYear: 2007Format: CDrTracks: 12TRT: ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:33:00 GMT

Outer Space Gamelan Review

Harm Stryker is a great name for a project and I have no real idea why. I'm not even sure that it means anything. So I guess from the get-go I was inclined to like their self-titled (Public Guilt) 3"....
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:06:00 GMT

Nice Harm Stryker Review from Vital Weekly

HARM STRYKER (3" CDr by Public Guilt)Harm Stryker ("is Kelly Norse and Kenneth Yates from Richmond Virginia") More deep drone, sub bass stuff to worry your woofers, this isn't looking good Houston. No...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:43:00 GMT

Harm Stryker Review on Dead Angel

Harm Stryker -- S/T 3-inch cdr [Public Guilt]A duo from Richmond, VA, Harm Stryker kicks off a new limited-edition cdr series on Public Guilt with this intriguing slice of audio collage art. The singl...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:40:00 GMT

Harm Stryker Review of Public Guilt 3"

From thesoundprojector.comThe American Public Guilt label has, like a gigantic vulture or condor, just dispatched a triplet of three-inch CDRs like baby mice into the hungry beaks of the awaiting gosl...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:26:00 GMT

MixTapes For Friends

"Untitled #4" from the forthcoming Harm Stryker CD 'Class Consciousness' CDR was used on a FREE downloadable mix CD... check it out here: http://847934298074bev.livejournal.com/23963.html
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:40:00 GMT

Call For Artists: REPRESSED II Works on Paper - March 2007

There exists a class system within the confines of most societies where asmall percentage of the ruling class dictates the dreams and realities ofa larger percentage of those who happen to be economic...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:14:00 GMT