![]() The inherent camp of Chicago industrial makes complete sense considering the label’s second official release was a single by Divine, John Water’s transgressive drag performer muse. TKK were also viciously campy, like the label founders, and thus went endearingly all-in on parent-alarming imagery: sex, drugs, the devil. The soundtrack for Industrial Accident is more than industrial-ish the only outlier is Revolting Cock Chris Connelly's Scott Walker-influenced solo track “Shipwreck.” Opener “A Daisy Chain 4 Satan,” by Chicago's My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, epitomizes both the band’s early output and the signatures of the first industrial hits: oddly sourced vocal samples, a single unvarying bass riff, and processed shout-sung vocals. ![]() ![]() Industrial Accident is lucky enough to have the genre arbitrated by Chris Carter of industrial icons Throbbing Gristle, whose members all released later work through Wax Trax! In one of the documentary's funnier moments, Carter dubs some of the label’s releases “industrial, I guess. Musical genres are like leftist politics as soon as a sect is named, the argument about inclusion begins. The label’s acts tended towards an over-the-top visual presentation and intense musical physicality, creating a catalog that unified pummeling beats with riffs and hooks. alums Ministry and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, German industrial stalwarts KMFDM and Belgian electronic body music pioneers Front 242. Flagship artists include their most famous U.S. But the latter has been resurrected by Jim's daughter Julia Nash, who started making the Wax Trax! documentary Industrial Accident after driving to Arkansas to retrieve store and label relics from Flesher's garage.Īs a business, Wax Trax! suffered from shaky business practices, but as a label, it developed as cohesive a label identity as any U.S. Their legendary Chicago record store has been gone for over two decades (the original store, in Denver, has continued under different ownership since the late 1970s), as has the label it spawned. The film has received several special screenings since April of 2017, events which included special panel appearances by industrial music artists such as My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Revolting Cocks, Ministry and Front 242.Nash died in 1995 his business and life partner Dannie Flesher died in 2010. Originally announced in 2013, Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records is a 90 documentary chronically one most important institutions Industrial Music- the Wax Trax! Records shop and record label. No details about the soundtrack exists at this time. “We will be rolling out special editions throughout next year, but the current cut of the film will be available in April.” Nash also goes on to mention a Blu-Ray release and special editions of the film that may feature extended cuts: The soundtrack WILL be released in conjunction with the DVD next April.” Just to be crystal clear, this isn’t ‘we’re working on it’ or ‘if everything goes as planned,’ or any other ambiguous language in case we run into obstacles. We have officially cleared the last of our commercial licensing hurdles. “I can report with 100% certainty that we will be releasing both the DVD and the soundtrack in April of 2019. The news came via a email sent to the project’s Kickstarter backers from Julia Nash, the daughter of late Wax Trax! co-founder Jim Nash. The documentary film Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records, along with its soundtrack will finally see its release on DVD in April of 2019.
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