Tim Waterfield (AKA Karhide) has been programming beats for as long as DJ Shadow - but where Josh Davis came from a background of hip hop culture and breakbeats, Tim's electronic upbringing in the East Midlands was through the industrial-strength beats of Godflesh and Frontline Assembly.
Cutting his teeth in the now-legendary 'Big Black-but-one-louder' Nottingham duo Ann Arbor, Tim has been refining and distilling a long lineage of electronica and guitar music for more than a decade, reaching his purest statement of intent with Karhide, more than twenty years since he picked up his first drum machine.
A shot of doomy darkness from Ninja Tune, the new 12" from Illum Sphere, draws on the sound of early industrial to menacing results. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 19, 2016