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

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and

OLD Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England * Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, M ...

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))),

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and

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. He works in the genres of

grindcore Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of 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, extreme metal, and industrial. ...

industrial metal Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine ...

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

drone metal Drone metal or drone doom is a style of heavy metal that melds the slow tempos and heaviness of doom metal with the long-duration tones of drone music. Drone metal is sometimes associated with post-metal or experimental metal. Characteristics ...

, dark ambient,

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 and noise music. It typically features fast tempos and aggressiv ...

and

post-metal Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh, who transformed metal texture through experimental composition. In a way si ...

Discography

Solo work

*James Plotkin - A Strange, Perplexing - 1996 *James Plotkin - The Joy Of Disease - 1996 *James Plotkin /

Pole Pole may refer to: Astronomy *Celestial pole, the projection of the planet Earth's axis of rotation onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the axis of rotation of other planets *Pole star, a visible star that is approximately aligned with the ...

- 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 (2X self-titled 7"'s) - 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 and industrial project formed after his departure from Zoviet France.Lengel, Kerry (December 2, 1999). "Dead Voices' Music Comes Alive", ''The Arizona Republic'', p. 47. Dead Voices on Air has col ...

- A Peripheral Blur - 1999 *James Plotkin & Brent Gutzeit - Mosquito Dream - 1999 *James Plotkin & David Fenech - Strings and Stings compilation - 1999 *James Plotkin & Tim Wyskida - 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 particul ...

/ O.L.D. - Split - 1990 * Lo Flux Tube - 1991 * The Musical Dimensions Of Sleastak - 1991 *Hold On To Your Face - 1993 *

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- 1995

With Scorn

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Evanescence Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer and musician Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording independent EPs as a duo in the late 90's, and a demo CD, Evanescence released their debut ...

- 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'' was the third album by the drone metal Drone metal or drone doom is a style of heavy metal that melds the slow tempos and heaviness of doom metal with the long-duration tones of drone music. Drone metal is sometimes ass ...

- 2005 *It's Cold When Birds Fall From The Sky - 2005 *Clean Hands Go Foul - 2009

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" 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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