Negative Eh
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Biography
Band from the late 1990s, featuring Richard Whyte (guitar), Rick Jensen (guitar/vocals) and Dean Brown (drums). They competed in the Contact 89FM Battle of the Bands in 1997. While in Hamilton they self-released the albums What the Fuck is Fahrenheit? (1997) and Hotel/Motel (1998) and a number of EPs. Between 1999 and 2000 all three members moved to Wellington, and since 2002 have released four albums under the name Nova Scotia. Brown and Jensen then moved to England, meaning that the band seldom has opportunities to play together. In 2008 they played a show at Cafe Otto in London (with Ben Spiers and Alex Mein Smith) and a split-12" with Eye is planned for release in 2011.
They also have numerous solo projects: Dean Brown plays solo as Little Skull, Rick Jensen formed The Rick Jensen Trio/Quartet and The Insect Explosion, while Richard Whyte also performs as Dick Whyte and his Golden Guitar and Dick Whyte: Supercomposer.
Reviews
Where Ghosts Go To Die review on the Insample website; "Latest installment from this trio seems them evolving into free-psyche territory on this limited lathe-cut release. Newest in a continuous line of NZ bands who may be the best in the world?"
Oceanography review from the Headshy website; "Wellington trio Negative Eh embark on a voyage over gentle waves of feedback, sailing on a fair easterly drumbeat, encountering remote islands of fuzz."
Review of Nova Scotia's Tangiwai by Bruce Russell; "Proof that there is a genuine groundswell of this abstract music, these youngsters from Nowhere NZ take on all comers and come out of their corner sluggin'. This has a great sound, murk used cleverly to differentiate certain passages, then the sound leaps to the foreground in a genuinely scarey way. I have no idea how or really why this was all done, and to me that's the highest praise I can bestow. There are new things in heaven and earth, Horatio." (Corpus Hermeticum catalogue)
Releases (as Negative Eh)
- What the Fuck is Fahrenheit? (LP, Self-Released, 1997)
- Hotel/Motel (LP, Self-Released, 1998)
- Where Ghosts go to Die (7", Blue/Silver Records, 1998)
- Oceanography (8", Headshy, 1999)
- As One Breathes Ones Last appears on the Mailorder compilation (10", Crawlspace Records, 1999)
Releases (as Nova Scotia)
- Tangiwai (CD, Metonymic, 2002)
- Ramses II (CD, Pseudo Arcana, 2005)
- Memphis (CD, Ikuisuus, 2008)
- Revolt of Capricorn (CD, Nezvanova, 2009)
External Links
Negative Eh/Nova Scotia on Audio Foundation
Nova Scotia on MySpace
