Dead Kid Harvester
In the year 2000, with the lyrics to a song written and no musical ability to accompany them, an alternative solution was conceived. A track was put together using samples of kitchen utensils, vocals were recorded, and Dead Kid Harvester was born.
Dead Kid Harvester is a solo avant-garde/experimental artist with a complete disregard for any form of music convention such as harmony or tempo. The primary instruments used are vocals and kitchen utensils. Lyrics are written without any consideration for rhythm or beat. Dead Kid Harvester takes influences ranging from doom metal to gothic industrial and old school punk, and polarizes them into an industrial cacophony of noise. Recorded samples and bits and pieces are combined haphazardly into songs with the use of effects such as pitch changes, pitch bends, time stretches, and so on.
Dead Kid Harvester was formed in Porirua, New Zealand in December 2000, later moving to Auckland. The name Dead Kid Harvester is a combination of two nicknames acquired at high school, and is no less off-putting than the music itself. The preferred lyrical themes are horror, psychopathy, and philosophy. The long-term plan is to complete the debut album, The First Sign Of Madness.
Dead Kid Harvester particularly enjoys experimenting with discord between left and right channels.
Discography
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I Only Liked the Neglected Demos | |
5th Feb. 2012 Planet Bloopy |
1. They're Melting the Easter Bunny |
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| Various Artists | ||
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DEMUS Compiled II | |
30th Oct. 2009 DEMUS |
Features song Radiation. |
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We'll Leave the Lights On | |
31st Oct. 2009 He of the House |
Features song Radiation. |
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SIGNALVOID | |
8th Aug. 2012 |
Features songs Puberty, Stubborn Cupboard. |
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In The Media
Rock Royalty (Phoenix New Times, 22 Jan. 2004)
"You can hear some bad stuff, true. I mean, my favorite horrible band is Dead Kid Harvester, a guy out of New Zealand who plays kitchen utensils. It's the worst stuff on the planet."