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project of former
Napalm Death Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in Meriden, West Midlands, in 1981. None of the band's original members have been in the group since 1986, but since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mi ...
drummer
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 ...
, which he founded in 1990.


History

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 ...
began the project Lull in 1990, when he acquired a sampler, a reverb pedal and a 4-track recorder. After leaving the
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 ...
band
Napalm Death Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in Meriden, West Midlands, in 1981. None of the band's original members have been in the group since 1986, but since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mi ...
, Harris wanted to create
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, ...
music.
Aaron Turner Aaron Turner (born November 5, 1977) is an American musician, singer, graphic artist, and founder of label Hydra Head Records. He is most widely known for his role as guitarist and vocalist for the post-metal bands Sumac (band), SUMAC and Isis ...
of
Isis Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom () as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her sla ...
and
Mamiffer Mamiffer is an American band based in Seattle, Washington. It started out as a solo project for former Pyramids and Everlovely Lightningheart member Faith Coloccia that later saw several session musicians and collaborators, most consistently Aa ...
described the Lull album ''Way through Staring'' as "the first really minimal music I encountered that really captivated me".


Discography


Studio Albums

* 1992 - ''Dreamt About Dreaming'' * 1993 - ''Journey Through Underworlds'' * 1994 - ''Cold Summer'' * 1996 - ''Continue'' * 1997 - ''Way Through Staring'' * 1998 - ''Moments'' * 2001 - ''Brook'' (with Origami Arktika) * 2008 - ''Like a Slow River'' * 2022 - ''That Space Somewhere''


EPs

* 1994 - ''Chime / Gerbarra'' * 1994 - ''Silenced / Outerbounds'' * 1994 - ''Echoed Currents / Shooting Star Crash'' * 1994 - ''The Passing / Iceberg'' * 1995 - ''Time Box'' * 2008 - ''Circadian Rhythm Disturbance'' (with Beta Cloud)


Compilation Albums

* 2003 - ''Collected'' (Rare and Unreleased tracks)


See also

*
List of ambient music artists This is a list of ambient music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as those who have been on a major label). This list does not include little-known ...
*
List of dark ambient artists The following is a list of notable artists who compose, or have composed, dark ambient music at some point in their careers. #, A *0010x0010 *Adel Souto, 156 *1476 (band), 1476 *Theta (musician), Θ (Theta) *Abu Lahab (musical project), Abu La ...


References

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