Ars Electronica Festival · 2003
Birdseed
by Whitehouse
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2003
In 2003, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Birdseed” by Whitehouse (Digital Musics & Sound Art) with a Honorary Mention.
Bird Seed has been regarded by many critics as Whitehouse’s most mature, diverse and complex release to date. Still containing Whitehouse’s unadulterated lyrics, and ironic swipes at the misfortunate, this recording finds the band at a far more intellectually sophisticated and psychologically interrogative stage in…
About Whitehouse
Founded in London in 1980, Whitehouse have recorded 17 full-length recordings. Long considered an alternative to punk and ‘alternative’, Whitehouse have always taken a confrontational stance towards the prejudices of middle class liberal ideology, indulging…
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