Gaw Nihc
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Am I A Resident? The subject of this article contributed to the 2018 album I Am A Resident!. |
Gaw Nihc are an anonymous/pseudonymous English art-rock group, founded in winter 1993 by Australian guitarist Seedy Reed. They released their debut album, Perfect Sex Soundtrack, in 1999. A second album, Don't Quantize Me, I'm Already Dead, was recorded in 2001 and withheld from release in tribute to Bavarian music theorist N. Senada's Theory of Obscurity.
Their third album, Bonography, was released in 2016, and their third album, Broken Art, was released during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. A retrospective compilation, After the Guru, was released in 2025. Much of the group's music has been recorded with 4-track cassette recorders.
In 2017, Gaw Nihc recorded a cover of The Residents' "Hellno" for the tribute/mash-up album I Am A Resident!, which was ultimately interpolated into the CD version of the album in 2018. The group apparently chose this song as they found it to be "one of The Residents' least interesting songs", allowing them "more freedom in covering it".[1]
Discography
Albums
- Perfect Sex Soundtrack (1999)
- Don't Quantize Me, I'm Already Dead (recorded 2001, unreleased)
- Bonography (2016)
- Broken Art (2020)
Compilations
- After the Guru (2025)
Credits on Residents releases
- I Am A Resident! CD edition (2018)
- "Hellno"
See also
External links and references
- Gaw Nihc at Bandcamp
- "Gaw Nihc: The long and unusual story of North-West London’s least known artrock combo" on Substack
- Gaw Nihc on Discogs
- ↑ "We chose ["Hellno"] because we didn't hold much reverence for it so we felt a bit more freedom in covering it." Seedy Jay Reed, comment in The Residents unofficial Facebook group, August 7th 2020