_Cathode Steve Jefferis Newcastle upon Tyne Cathode is Steve Jefferis from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Cathode released two albums of precision-glitch electronics with a warm melodic sensibility for Expanding Records. “Special Measures”, Cathode’s debut album, was released by Expanding Records in 2004 following early releases on Static Caravan and 555 Records. The album was acclaimed for its winning combination glitched-up rhythms and melodic accessibility, gaining the judgement of “first class” from John Peel and neatly summed up by Metro as “a moody, melodic soundscape of carefully controlled clicks, beats and bleeps, producing a crescendo of beautifully blended electronic rhythms ... a sound as emotive as it is creative”. “Sparkle Plenty”, Cathode's second album, combined the precision and warmth of the debut with a richer sonic palette – for instance, the skittering improv percussion of “Dream Feeder”, the strings, flutes and piano of “Without Memory Or Desire”, or the battered acoustic guitar and ticking clocks of “Nightly Builds”. Centrepiece of the album was “Structure Hunger”, a juddering serialist-krautrock wonder, which has its origins in a collaborative project with film-maker Adam Finlay at Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema to provide new soundtracks to a batch of vintage colour-saturated summertime movies. Along with releasing remixes for Bauri and d_rradio, and a 7” single for Newcastle’s Distraction records, Steve has been spending his time since the debut album working on other music and film projects. These include membership of The Matinee Orchestra, Tyneside’s pastoral-acoustic ensemble who released an acclaimed debut album on Isan’s Arable record label, and making short film soundtracks for filmmaker Richard Fenwick. Steve is now a member of Warm Digits, who have released two albums of "krautophonic blizzard-wave" on Distraction Records to substantial acclaim, and can be found at www.warmdigits.co.uk The Cathode website is www.cathode.org.uk _Cathode’s tracks structure hunger by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:28Z brockenspectre by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:28Z dream feeder by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:27Z nightly builds by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:27Z piper alpha by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:27Z without memory or desire by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:27Z another wish by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:27Z stabiliser city by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:27Z control & restraint by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T21:48:27Z lewy body by _Cathode published on 2013-12-21T20:49:10Z