Mark Harwood – Offering [LP] Sound Art / Sound Poetry Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle in

Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle in the UK

That we have only done one record with him thus far -- Dead Girls Party (FTR 279LP

a plastic jar lid) transform the snare into a resonant field of sensual textures

The record just oozes ill intent from all seven tracks

forty-five minutes of repetitive drone-like guitar riffs

Mark Harwood – Offering [LP] Sound Art / Sound Poetry Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle in"Offering is Mark Harwood's second LP and is an album of songs about geography and placement and the way people choose to move across the surface of our planet. His simple tools of acoustic guitar, voice, tapes and bric a brac give Mark the freedom and clarity of vision to offer hope in song to those who choose to hear him. Offering is more than we deserve in these lousy times it is calm and it is forgiving, but it is also sharp and can cut. It is