James Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer known for his role in bands such as

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and OLD but with an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has played guitar for Phantomsmasher and Scorn and continues to remix tracks for bands such as

KK Null , known by his stage name KK Null, is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist active since the early 1980s. He began as a guitarist but learned how to compose, sing, play drums, and create electronic music. He also studied Butoh dance at M ...

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Sunn O))) Sunn O))) (pronounced "sun") is an American drone metal band formed in 1998 in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. The band is known for its distinctive visual style and slow, heavy sound, which blends diverse genres including doom metal, ...

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and

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. He works in the genres of

grindcore Grindcore is an extreme metal, extreme fusion genre of heavy metal music, heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, e ...

industrial metal Industrial metal is the fusion of Heavy metal music, heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating Heavy metal guitar, metal guitar riffs, sampling (music), sampling, synthesizer or music sequencer, sequencer lines, and Distor ...

noise music Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical sound. Noise music include ...

, drone metal,

dark ambient Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial musicReed, Alexander: ''Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music'', Oxford University Press, 2013, , p. 190 that features an ominous, ...

digital hardcore Digital hardcore is a fusion genre that combines hardcore punk with electronic dance music genres such as breakbeat, techno, and drum and bass while also drawing on heavy metal, industrial and noise music. It typically features fast tempos a ...

and

post-metal Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal music, heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis (band), Neurosis and Godflesh, who transformed metal texture (music), te ...

Discography

Solo work

*James Plotkin – A Strange, Perplexing – 1996 *James Plotkin – The Joy Of Disease – 1996 *James Plotkin / Pole – Split Series #8 (withdrawn version) – 2000 *James Plotkin /

Pimmon Pimmon is the recording name of Australian electronic and ambient musician, record producer and arranger, Paul David Gough. He has released records on labels such as Fat Cat Records, Fällt, Tigerbeat6, Staalplaat and Staubgold, and collaborated ...

– Split Series #8 – 2000 *James Plotkin – Kurtlanmak/Damascus – 2006 *James Plotkin – Indirmek – 2007

Collaborative releases

*James Plotkin & Kazuyuki K Null – Aurora – 1994 *Jimmy Plotkin &

Alan Dubin Alan Dubin is an American vocalist/singer most widely known for his role in drone metal band Khanate. He is noted for his tortured and distinctive vocal approach. Other bands he has been featured in include OLD and current band Gnaw. Dubin i ...

(2× self-titled 7-inches) – 1995 *James Plotkin & K.K. Null – Aurora Remixes – 1996 *James Plotkin &

Mick Harris Michael John Harris (born 4 October 1967) is an English musician from Birmingham. He was the drummer for Napalm Death between 1985 and 1991, and is credited for coining the term "grindcore". After Napalm Death, Harris joined Painkiller with Jo ...

– Collapse – 1996 *James Plotkin &

Mark Spybey Dead Voices on Air is Mark Spybey's Experimental music, experimental and Industrial music, industrial project formed after his departure from Zoviet France.Lengel, Kerry (December 2, 1999). "Dead Voices' Music Comes Alive", ''The Arizona Republic ...

– A Peripheral Blur – 1999 *James Plotkin & Brent Gutzeit – Mosquito Dream – 1999 *James Plotkin &

David Fenech David Fenech (born 19 July 1969) is a French composer, guitarist and singer. His style has been described as 'a kind of punk musique concrète'. He uses the studio as an instrument, using a large panel of recording techniques. He has played an ...

– Strings and Stings compilation – 1999 *James Plotkin &

Tim Wyskida Tim Wyskida (born November 13, 1971) is an American drummer, most recognized for his work in the bands Khanate and Blind Idiot God. Biography Tim Wyskida began playing drums at the age of twelve, learning jazz technique and composition. In 200 ...

– 8 Improvisations – 2006 *James Plotkin &

Paal Nilssen-Love Paal Nilssen-Love (born 24 December 1974) is a Norwegian drummer and composer in the jazz, free jazz and free improvisation genres. (in Norwegian) Early life Nilssen-Love was born in Molde, Norway. His parents ran a jazz club in Stavanger, and h ...

– Death Rattle – 2013

With OLD

* Old Lady Drivers – 1988 *

Assück Assück was an American grindcore band from Saint Petersburg, Florida, active from 1987 to 1998. History Assück was founded by vocalist Paul Pavlovich and guitarist Steve Heritage. The band went through several line-up changes, in particula ...

/ O.L.D. – Split – 1990 *

Lo Flux Tube Lo Flux Tube is the second album by the band OLD. It marked a change in style for the band, abandoning their previous grindcore parody in favor of a much more industrial and experimental sound. Track listing Personnel ;O.L.D. *Alan Dubin - ...

– 1991 * The Musical Dimensions Of Sleastak – 1991 *Hold On To Your Face – 1993 *

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– 1995

With Scorn

Evanescence Evanescence is an American Rock music, rock band founded in 1994 by singer and keyboardist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody in Little Rock, Arkansas. After releasing independent extended play, EPs and a Origin (Evanescence demo album), demo ...

– 1994 *Anamnesis – Rarities 1994 – 1997

With Namanax

*Audiotronic – 1997 *Monstrous – 1998 *Gummo – o/s/t 199?

With Flux

*Protoplasmic – 1997

With Khanate

- 2001 *Live WFMU 91.1 – 2002 *No Joy (Remix) – 2003 *

Things Viral ''Things Viral'' is the second album by American drone metal band Khanate, released in 2003 on the Southern Lord label. The CD was released in two versions: a European digipack version and a U.S. jewelcase version. There was also an LP versi ...

– 2003 *KHNTvsSTOCKHOLM – 2004 *Live Aktion Sampler – 2004 *

Capture & Release ''Capture & Release'' is the third album by the drone metal band Khanate. It was released in 2005 on the independent label Hydra Head Hydra Head Records was an independent record label specializing in extreme metal music, founded in New Me ...

– 2005 *It's Cold When Birds Fall From The Sky – 2005 *Clean Hands Go Foul – 2009 * To Be Cruel – 2023

With Phantomsmasher

*Phantomsmasher – Atomsmasher – 2001 *Phantomsmasher s/t – 2002 *Phantomsmasher – Podsjfkj Pojid Poa w/

Venetian Snares Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975), known as Venetian Snares, is a Canadian electronic musician based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is widely known for innovating and popularising the breakcore genre, and is one of the most recognisable artists to ...

remix (7-inch EP) – 2002

With Khlyst

*Chaos Is My Name cd – 2006 *Chaos Live DVD – 2008

With Jodis

*Secret House cd/2xlp – 2009 *Black Curtain cd/lp – 2012

External links

James Plotkin's homepage
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