World War

Providence, Rhode Island's <a href="spotify:artist:00VNXgiGU8dYULJlmQBd62">Davey Harms</a> produces noisy experimental techno under the name World War. His tracks are complex audio webs containing elastic polyrhythms, playful lo-fi samples, and festering masses of distortion and feedback. <a href="spotify:artist:00VNXgiGU8dYULJlmQBd62">Harms</a> originally received acclaim in the underground music scene for his work as Mincemeat or Tenspeed, an innovative noise project that produced highly rhythmic, even danceable music without the use of synthesizers, computers, sequencers, or traditional instruments -- just mixers and pedals. Mincemeat released several albums and EPs on labels such as <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Deathbomb+Arc%22">Deathbomb Arc</a> and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Zum%22">Zum</a>, toured basements and small venues across the United States, and earned praise from artists like <a href="spotify:artist:5Z3IWpvwOvoaWodujHw7xh">Dan Deacon</a> and publications such as Pitchfork and The Village Voice. By the time of 2014's Waiting for Surfin' Bird full-length, the project began to incorporate synthesizers and samplers into its caustic, kinetic compositions. Following the album's release, <a href="spotify:artist:00VNXgiGU8dYULJlmQBd62">Harms</a> ended Mincemeat, and his next release, 2016's <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hausu+Mountain%22">Hausu Mountain</a>-issued Cables, appeared under his own name. Shortly after, he debuted the World War moniker with Jumz, released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22More+Records%22">More Records</a>. World War's second release, Soundsystem, appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hausu+Mountain%22">Hausu Mountain</a> in 2017. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi