The Unclean

The second installment in The Unclean Podcast features more dark sounds to writhe and stomp to, plus there is a special dedication this week!

Welcome to the first episode of The Unclean podcast. This episode will be exploring some of the types of music you can expect to hear on upcoming shows. This will be a short episode as I’m sick as a dog.

Assemblage 23 is a Tom Shear, a Seattle WA based futurepop/synthpop/EBM audio powerhouse. Assemblage 23 was officially born in 1988, after Shear experienced the industrial dance music played by an opening DJ for Depeche Mode. The style of this genre deeply impressed Shear; he believed he had finally found the sort of sound he wanted for his music. From the official website: Assemblage 23 got its start in 1988, when at a Depeche Mode concert, founder Tom Shear heard the opening DJ spinning industrial dance music. Prior to hearing this type of music, Shear had been creating primarily synth-pop and post-punk type music, as well as playing bass in a punk band. Hearing industrial music for the first time proved to be something of an epiphany for Shear, as he had finally found a form of music that combined the electronic sounds he loved from his synth-pop background with the heavier, darker aggression punk represented.