Willowbrook
01
What is your name / age / nationality ?
My
name's Kenneth Parker, I'm twenty six years old, and I'm American,
whatever that means.
02
How did you get into noise ?
I
became accepting of harshness during my early adolescence with raw
black metal and various kinds of punk, then some krautrock and random
bands integrating non-music, though I didn't realize that it was its
own field at the time.
03
How did you choose the name of your project / What does it mean to
you ?
The
Willowbrook State School was a state operated institution for the
developmentally disabled children of New York and the greater United
States. Located on Staten Island, and it too being something like the
offspring of a toxic and malformed society, decay soon came upon the
school. It became overcrowded and was grossly understaffed by men and
women who were seriously underpaid. Abuse and inhuman treatment,
really not at all different from the kind you see in archival footage
of concentration camps. Geraldo Rivera, famed journalist, spearheaded
an investigation of Willowbrook that became a documentary short
called The Last Disgrace.
04
Which one of your releases would make the best entry point into your
work ?
As
the majority of my back catalog is comprised of HNW, I'd say the
Vicious Perversion and Disregard CD-R.
05
How do you record ? (live, sequencing, multi-tracking etc..)
I
run from my mixer to USB port, and record one live track for some
songs, whereas others require multiple tracks. It really depends on
what I have in mind for the song, which is usually nothing, to begin
with.
06
What is your favorite piece of gear ?
Undoubtedly,
and this may seem odd, but my Behringer mixer. I require it every
single time I use a chain; it's the final lock, the last keyhole.
Unity or not, I'm always looking for ways to maximize what I can pump
through the thing.
07
Do you play live ? How is it different from your releases ?
Yes,
I play live regularly, something like once a month. I have a more
complex setup live, believe it or not, because everything is being
actualized (or channeled) in real time, with no chance for fine
tuning. I'm not typically the kind of performer that improvises a
set, even if it's wall-centric. I've really come to see it as a kind
of sound design. The live environment is also where I try out new
ideas, which then find their way onto splits and demos and what not.
This order is rarely reversed.
08
Who would you like to collab / make a split with ?
All
of my friends' projects, really. And Lou Reed.
09
Do you listen to other types of sound/music ? Which ones ?
I'm
a long time black metal enthusiast, and take part in the genre via
many other projects, most recently Grst.
10
What is your favorite record at the moment ?
The
forthcoming Gorked 8 track tape I Cannot Control Myself from
H8-Track Stereo. It's truly fucked.
The
Willowbrook Bandcamp is HERE
and
HERE is Glossolalia record's Bandcamp
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