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When Nurse with Wound picked nearly 300 artists that should be on any crate digger’s shopping list
Nurse with Wound, the experimental project led by Steven Stapleton, compiled an influential list of nearly 300 artists recommended for adventurous record collectors. The selection is presented as a guide to the obscure, experimental and boundary-pushing music that informed the project’s distinctive sound.
The list, often known as the “Nurse With Wound list”, spans artists and groups working across avant-garde, free improvisation, electronic music, psychedelia and other non-mainstream styles. Its importance lies less in being a definitive ranking than in offering crate diggers a route into a broad network of unusual recordings and underground musical influences.
In short
- Nurse with Wound compiled a near-300-artist experimental music guide.
- The list maps influences behind Steven Stapleton’s project.
- It remains a useful starting point for adventurous collectors.
Explained simply
Nurse with Wound is an experimental music project led by English musician Steven Stapleton. Its sound draws on unusual recordings and styles including electronic music, psychedelia and free improvisation.
Stapleton’s list names nearly 300 artists and groups whose records he recommended to curious listeners. It is a wide-ranging guide rather than a ranked or definitive account of experimental music.
The list has become a starting point for record collectors exploring less familiar music. It also gives a sense of the varied influences connected to Nurse with Wound’s sound.
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