Artist
Steven Smith & Richard Truhlar
Canadian experimental and industrial artists from the 1970s-80s Toronto underground scene associated with Underwhich Editions.
About
Steven Smith and Richard Truhlar are experimental and industrial artists associated with the Canadian underground music scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Their work emerged from the Toronto-based Underwhich collective, a key hub for avant-garde and experimental sound exploration. The duo's output, released through Underwhich Editions and Underwhich Audiographics, exemplifies the intersection of industrial noise, dark ambient, and experimental music that characterized the era. Their notable works include "The Road to Peccati Tampu," released as a magazine component in 1978, and "Sleepwalkers" (1987), which appeared in both cassette and magazine formats. This multimedia approach to releasing material reflects the experimental ethos of the Underwhich collective, which integrated music, visual art, and publishing. Smith and Truhlar's work contributed to the underground experimental and industrial music landscape, emphasizing unconventional sound design and conceptual approaches over traditional song structures.
