New 7th Music

About

New 7th Music emerged from the mechanical heart of the United Kingdom's industrial scene, active from 1979 to 1985. Their relentless exploration of dissonant textures and ambient soundscapes was captured exclusively on cassette — a format as raw and unadorned as their sound. The group’s works, such as "In A Dream" (1985) on ADN TAPES and the self-released "Hypathia" (1983), are tapestries of tape manipulation and found sounds, weaving non-linear compositions that echo through the barren corridors of industrial decay. The project operated within a network of underground labels like Music for Midgets, Carnival Tapes, and Conventional Tapes, disseminating their percussive and dystopian creations across a niche audience. Releases like "Starting With Silence" (1984) and "Modella" (1982) became functional artifacts, embodying the era's avant-garde ethos with their haunting, ghostly presence. These works mirrored the soundscapes of contemporaries such as Paul Kelday and Konstruktivits, yet maintained a distinctive identity through their commitment to self-release and collaboration with lesser-known labels. While the role of Anthony Clough remains cloaked in mystery, the clinical precision of New 7th Music's output speaks for itself. Each cassette serves as a documentation of their mechanical journey through the industrial landscape, a journey that concluded with the dissolution of the project in 1985. Though inactive, the echoes of their tape-bound legacy continue to resonate with the 865 Last.fm listeners who traverse the ruins of their sound.