War.Poem
âWAR.POEMâ was recorded at THE ROCK NOIR studio in 2025/2026 as a reaction to a piece I read on the Israeli military use of FLECHETTE SHELLS in Gaza, this led to a much deeper study of the 20th/21st century history of war. The album was composed entirely using a TAPE O MATIC 710 reel to reel from 1958, a 1960âs mayfaair JVC reel to reel, aa 1965 G.E. solid state portable reel to reel from 1965, a portable 1970âs Panasonic cassette player, a ring modulator as well as various other effects and synths.
The loop that is the basis for WAR POEM ZERO which takes up the whole of side one, happened by accident when I put a reel on the wrong way up, it produced aa sound of such great melancholy and beauty, I just let it playâŠ
This album owes a debt to âSWANSONGâ by NURSE WITH WOUND from the album âA MISSING SENSEâ where experimental sound is used as an anti war protest.
Chris Connelly 2026
You are unlikely to hear a record of such brutal intensity, or indeed authenticity as this. To call it âold school industrialâ would be to do it a disservice, but also not THAT wide of the mark. It is packaged sympathetically to Chrisâ previous release for the label, the long sold out LP âWhite Phosphorousâ.
Tracklist
Side One:
War Poem Zero
Side Two:
War Poem 1
War Poem 2
War Poem 3
War Poem 4
War Poem 5
War Poem 6
War Poem 7
âWAR.POEMâ was recorded at THE ROCK NOIR studio in 2025/2026 as a reaction to a piece I read on the Israeli military use of FLECHETTE SHELLS in Gaza, this led to a much deeper study of the 20th/21st century history of war. The album was composed entirely using a TAPE O MATIC 710 reel to reel from 1958, a 1960âs mayfaair JVC reel to reel, aa 1965 G.E. solid state portable reel to reel from 1965, a portable 1970âs Panasonic cassette player, a ring modulator as well as various other effects and synths.
The loop that is the basis for WAR POEM ZERO which takes up the whole of side one, happened by accident when I put a reel on the wrong way up, it produced aa sound of such great melancholy and beauty, I just let it playâŠ
This album owes a debt to âSWANSONGâ by NURSE WITH WOUND from the album âA MISSING SENSEâ where experimental sound is used as an anti war protest.
Chris Connelly 2026
You are unlikely to hear a record of such brutal intensity, or indeed authenticity as this. To call it âold school industrialâ would be to do it a disservice, but also not THAT wide of the mark. It is packaged sympathetically to Chrisâ previous release for the label, the long sold out LP âWhite Phosphorousâ.
Tracklist
Side One:
War Poem Zero
Side Two:
War Poem 1
War Poem 2
War Poem 3
War Poem 4
War Poem 5
War Poem 6
War Poem 7
Description
âWAR.POEMâ was recorded at THE ROCK NOIR studio in 2025/2026 as a reaction to a piece I read on the Israeli military use of FLECHETTE SHELLS in Gaza, this led to a much deeper study of the 20th/21st century history of war. The album was composed entirely using a TAPE O MATIC 710 reel to reel from 1958, a 1960âs mayfaair JVC reel to reel, aa 1965 G.E. solid state portable reel to reel from 1965, a portable 1970âs Panasonic cassette player, a ring modulator as well as various other effects and synths.
The loop that is the basis for WAR POEM ZERO which takes up the whole of side one, happened by accident when I put a reel on the wrong way up, it produced aa sound of such great melancholy and beauty, I just let it playâŠ
This album owes a debt to âSWANSONGâ by NURSE WITH WOUND from the album âA MISSING SENSEâ where experimental sound is used as an anti war protest.
Chris Connelly 2026
You are unlikely to hear a record of such brutal intensity, or indeed authenticity as this. To call it âold school industrialâ would be to do it a disservice, but also not THAT wide of the mark. It is packaged sympathetically to Chrisâ previous release for the label, the long sold out LP âWhite Phosphorousâ.
Tracklist
Side One:
War Poem Zero
Side Two:
War Poem 1
War Poem 2
War Poem 3
War Poem 4
War Poem 5
War Poem 6
War Poem 7
