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''The Black Room'' is a never-completed LP by The KLF/The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu , originally intended to be a complement to their earlier LP '' The White Room ''. According to '' Vox '' magazine it is "considered by those who've heard it... be The KLF's finest album".Martin, G., "The Chronicled Mutineers", '' Vox '', Dec 1996 ( link ) HISTORY ''The Black Room'' was referred to in interviews even before the ''White Room'' was released.Morton, R. "One Coronation Under A Groove", ''. It's unknown how much of each incarnation was complete, before it was scrapped and recording was re-started. . No sort of 'up' choruses or anthems. I think it's going to be techno-metal, I think that's gonna be the sound. Techno-metal. Which'll be, you know, a cross between Techno and Heavy Metal. Megadeth with Drum Machines ."Interview with Bill Drummond by Ernie Longmire, "KLF Is Going to Rock You" ''X Magazine'', July 1991 ( link ) Extreme Noise Terror ''The Black Room'' was scheduled for release by KLF Communications for the end of 1991, which was put back to March '', 29 Feb 1992 ( link ) Mark Stent , the engineer/producer for these sessions, thought the music was pure genius. "The most awesome track for me was one called "The Black Room and Terminator 10" which was like a very slow tempo Thrash . It was mad. It was brilliant, absolutely brilliant, and it would have shown a lot of people up because it was as ballsy as hell. Guitars screaming all over the place, Bill doing his vocals and Dean (of ENT) doing his. There was such a raw power to it. It was so different from anything anyone else had ever heard. This was really heavy.""Who Killed The KLF?", Select Magazine , July 1992 link One track was released from this collaboration, a metal version of " 3 A.m. Eternal ". The two bands also performed together at the 1992 Brit Awards ceremony, a performance which '' NME '' listed at number 4 in their "top 100 rock moments". "100 Rock Moments" , NME.com. Retrieved 21 April 2006. BAD WISDOM In '' Bad Wisdom '', on page 206, Drummond said:
BOOTLEGS Instrumental outtakes purportedly from the February 1992 Black Room sessions circulate. However, they have been impossible to verify since they are guitar parts only and feature none of Bill Drummond's vocals. Asked if the sessions would ever be released, Jimmy Cauty said "There is a bootleg flying around. I haven't heard it. I thought I had the only copy, but I guess there might have been another one made."Butler, B., interview with Jimmy Cauty for '' The Big Issue Australia '', 18 June 2003 ( link ) REFERENCES |
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