Knurl

One of the leading Canadian noise artists, Knurl has performed at experimental music festivals and with such acclaimed experimental musicians as Keiji Haino, M.S.B.R., and Thurston Moore, with releases on the Alien8 Recordings label. Knurl is the alias for Alan Bloor, born in Windsor, Ontario, and trained for nearly a decade in classical and flamenco guitar and jazz bass. In the mid-'80s, Bloor played in several hardcore bands, then experimented with noise while backing up poets reading in Detroit. It was during this time that he began using scrap metal (including fan blades a...