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Black River House
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Out of 24 votes - Similar Artists: Iron and Wine, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles
Out of 24 votes
- Location: United Kingdom
- Genre: Rock & Pop » Pop/Rock
Editor's review
In 1996, a British band named The Secret Method set out to record an album in the Black River House, a spot that had hosted a brutal murder several years before. After several months of recording, the band itself became part of the place's tragic legend by vanishing without a trace. Their recordings survived, however, and stand as a gorgeously gloomy, lo-fi set in the mold of Jeff Buckley demos or Devendra Banhart.
Biography
Black River House was the scene of an horrific series of murders in 1992 when John Marchant murdered his entire family before hanging himself.
In 1996, a rising British Band, "The Secret Method" broke into the deserted house and set up a six month period of recording, hoping to produce an album imbued with the macabre atmosphere of the location. The project was not completed and only two months after beginning the band vanished without trace. The wealth of material they left behind was recovered and entrusted to Peter Bramble who has now made it available at the official web site www.blackriverhouse.com.
The site hopes to contact the band, who remain missing and to share their music with the world.
