The Hafler Trio
Secret societies; occult rites; shadowy figures; mysterious texts: A number of so-called Industrial bands of the 1980s and early 90s draped themselves in these and other cloaks of intrigue and obfuscation, conjuring overarching projects that went far beyond the simple notion of sounds on a record. Some, like Psychic TV, aimed to be greater than the sum of their parts. For one, The Hafler Trio, the math was more extreme, a subtraction of sense and reason yielding an inscrutable negative integer. Its vast multimedia output leads the way into a bewildering aesthetic maze, in which one can easily stumble across philosophical flotsam, bizarre humor, arcane religiosity, technological inquiry, and obscure regalia — all while searching for an exit that might not even... Read More
- Genre:
- Experimental, Ambient/Electronic
- City Of Origin:
- Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Formed Date:
- 1982