Submerged sounds like the internal combustion engine of a city that never sleeps and never cleans its streets. It is a punishing, high-velocity collision of breakbeats and industrial grit, where the rhythm section feels less like a groove and more like a structural collapse. The low end is massive and distorted, providing a foundation for shards of noise and occasional, haunting jazz instrumentation that cuts through the murk.
What truly sets this music apart is its refusal to stay within the lines of traditional dance music. While the tempo is often blistering, the structures are free-form and confrontational. Kurt Gluck utilizes his background in the avant-garde to treat the drum machine like a lead instrument, layering it with live sound manipulation and collaborative textures from legends of the experimental scene. It is music that demands physical endurance from the listener.
Start with 'Before Fire I Was Against Other People' to experience the peak of this aggressive fusion. It perfectly captures the transition from club-ready energy to pure, unadulterated sonic warfare. If you want something more recent and politically charged, 'FURY' offers a modern look at how Gluck continues to push the boundaries of rhythmic noise.
Kurt Gluck known professionally as Submerged is a Brooklyn-based DJ, bassist, founder of the avant-garde drum and bass and experimental music label Ohm Resistance and co-founder of Obliterati, and a prolific multi-genre electronic music producer, first notable for his work with bassist and producer Bill Laswell in creating drum and bass-jazz fusion projects including their band Method of Defiance, and The Blood of Heroes. In drum and bass, Submerged has pushed the boundaries of the genre beyond dance music through jagged free-form breakbeat structures, historic fusion collaborations with non-drum and bass musicians including Bill Laswell, Pharoah Sanders, Buckethead, and others, as well as publishing confrontational visual artwork. Submerged performs onstage as a DJ and as a bassist and is a member of avant-garde bands incorporating drum and bass beats and live sound manipulation, such groups including Painkiller and Bill Laswell's project, Method of Defiance. Submerged has also performed live with groups including other artists such as Milford Graves, John Zorn and Toshinori Kondo, and artists Mike Patton and Dr. Israel. He currently collaborates with multi-instrumentalist nem0 in the band You Will Choose Fire, as well as the dark-hop trio, HAVE DEMONS, with Luke Lund. Submerged has played venues across North America, Europe and Asia, including Russia, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the UK. He toured with Scorn in 2011 across Europe.
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