Violence | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Baltimore, MD, United States |
Genres | Electronic, Hip hop, Grime, Black metal, Juke, Industrial music, Experimental, Dark wave, Dark ambient, Witch house |
Years active | 2010–present |
Labels | NON Worldwide, Dogfood Music Group, PTP |
Members | Olin Caprison |
Website | palmtreescaprisun |
Olin Caprison, better known as Violence (stylized VIOLENCE), is an American experimental musician, composer, performance artist, and producer.[1][2][3][4]
Caprison was not seriously interested in performance while growing up in Baltimore, but began experimenting with making music while learning to edit video.[5] They began recording and performing as Violence in 2010.[3]
The first Violence release was REPTILE/Hand Me Downs from Heaven (Steak Au Zoo Records, 2012).[6] In 2016, artist collective NON released Violence's A Ruse of Power,[7][8] and the following year artist collective PTP (aka Purple Tape Pedigree) released Human Dust to Fertilize the Impotent Garden.[9]
Violence has toured with Mykki Blanco and Yves Tumor,[9] performed at the Brooklyn Museum,[10] and was a 2019 MacDowell fellow in music composition.[1]