Electronic project from Birmingham, England, UK. Formed in 1991 as a duo project of former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nik Bullen. In their early years Scorn was often associated with industrial and experimental music. After the departure of Nik Bullen in April 1995, Scorn became a solo project of Mick Harris, and the music mostly offers minimalist beats with deep bass lines, often resembling dub and trip-hop in structure.
Project was stopped in May 1997, but started again in March 2000. Then it was stopped for the second time in November 2011, but officially started again in January 2019.
In June 2022 Mick Harris teased a new upcoming Scorn album with guitars by Justin Broadrick. But in August 2023 Mick Harris posted an update that "Scorn is dead" again since late 2022 and "it was a bad mistake bringing it back after I stopped it in 2012". So the last Scorn performance was on October 1 2022 at the venue "Golden Cabinet" in Shipley, UK. In his Instagram post from December 19 2023 Mick confirmed that "Scorn is dead long dead".
Final lineup:
Mick Harris - electronics (1991-1997, 2000-2011, 2019-2022), drums (1991-1994)
Former members:
Nicholas Bullen - vocals, bass, electronics (1991-1995)
Session/live musicians:
Justin K Broadrick - guitars (1991-1992, 2022) (on "Vae Solis" album (1992), unreleased 2022 album)
Pat McCahan - guitars (1992) (live)
Paul Neville - guitars (1992) (on "Peel Session 1992")
James Plotkin - guitars, guitar synth (1994) (on "Evanescence" (1994) album, "Dutch Radio Live Studio Session" archive live EP (2021, recorded 1994), "Peel Session 1994" and live)
Umar Bin Hassan - rap (1997) (on unreleased 1997 EP)
Nick Garnett - didgeridoo (1994) (on "Evanescence" (1994) album (track "Exodus"))
David Knight - guitars (2000) (on track "Stinger" from "Rise|Converge" (2000) compilation)
Ian Treacy - drums (2009-2011) (on "Refuse; Start Fires" album (2010) (almost all tracks) and "Yozza" (2011) EP (track "Piper"))
Jason Williamson - rap (2019) (on "Cafe Mor" (2019) album (track "Talk Whiff"))
Kool Keith - rap (2021) (on "Distortion" (2021) single and "The Only Place" (2021) album (track "Distortion"))
Kurt Gluck aka Submerged - bass (2021) (on "Distortion" (2021) single and "The Only Place" (2021) album (track "Distortion"))
Shane Embury - bass (2022) (on unreleased 2022 album)
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Not On Label
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2008
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ÜNE (r)ecords
10", Ltd, Pic
2007
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1997
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Scorn Recordings
12", Promo
1995
Scorn Recordings
12", S/Sided, Etch, Ltd, Promo
1995
1995
1994
Earache
12", TP
1994
1994
1993
Dying Earth Records
7", Single, Ltd, Num
1993
Earache Records
Cass, Advance, Promo
1993
1993
1992
1992
1991
2024
Murder Channel Records
M/Stick + 179xFile, MP3, 320 + 166xFile, WAV
2021
Osiris Music UK
4xFile, FLAC, EP
2020
2019
2017
2014
Bruits De Fond
File, MP3, Mixed, VBR
2012
Murder Channel Records
4xFile, MP3, 320
2012
Planeta Modular
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2012
2011
2010
Malicious Damage
CDr, Album, S/Edition
2010
RareNoise Records
5xFile, MP3, EP
2009
Murder Channel Records
CD, Album
2008
2008
2004
Фрагменты Звукозапись, Фрагменты Звукозапись
CD, Comp, Mixed
2003
Hammerbass
CD, Comp
2003
2001
K2 O Records, K2 O Records
CD, Album
2001
1998
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Rawkus, Sentrax
12", Ltd, Num
1996
Rawkus
CD, Album
1996
Sub/Mission Records, Sub/Mission Records, Sub/Mission Records
CD, Comp
1996
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2024
Not On Label
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1995
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1992
2019
Ohm Resistance
20xFile, FLAC, Comp
2012
2011
Collide.scope
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2011
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Orkus
CD, Comp, Smplr
2005
Verato Project
CDr, Album
2001
!K7 Records
CD, Mixed, RE + CD, Mixed, RP + CD, Mixed, RP + Bo
1996
Not On Label (Herbst in Peking Self-released)
Cass, Comp, Ltd, Num
1995
Rage, PIAS France
CD, Comp, Promo
1995
2021
Slack Alice
Cass, Comp, Ltd
2020
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
6xFile, WAV, Comp
2020
2019
Ohm Resistance
20xFile, FLAC, Comp
2019
Ohm Resistance
49xFile, FLAC, Comp
2019
2017
Stamboom
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2017
FACT Magazine
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2017
Earache
25xFile, FLAC, Comp
2016
Phonographe Corp
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2016
Wax Treatment
File, MP3, Mixed, 192
2016
2015
Wax Treatment
File, MP3, Mixed, 192
2014
Secret Thirteen Journal
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
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