Nurse With Wound w Aranos - SIC Bonus

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Review by Jon Hernández Abaitua

Album Review: SIC Bonus by Nurse With Wound w/ Aranos Released in 2013, SIC Bonus by Nurse With Wound in collaboration with Aranos is a fascinating dive into the experimental and ambient realms of electronic music. Hailing from Canada and self-released under the Not On Label banner, this album feels like an unpolished gem—raw, unfiltered, and deeply evocative. The creative forces behind it, Steven Stapleton and Aranos, deliver something that’s more than just music; it’s an auditory experience that challenges conventional listening habits. One standout track is "Letter From Topor (Draft)." It opens with a haunting texture of distorted soundscapes, almost as if you’re eavesdropping on some forgotten ether. The piece evolves slowly, layering abstract tones that feel both alien and strangely familiar. There’s no clear structure here—it drifts between moments of tension and calm—but that unpredictability keeps you hooked. You don’t listen to this track so much as you let it wash over you, leaving traces of unease and wonder long after it fades out. Another memorable cut is "Eyes Of A Scanning Girl (Draft)." This one has a quieter, almost meditative quality to it. The ambient hums and glitchy interruptions create a sense of voyeurism, as though you’ve stumbled upon someone else’s private world. It’s easy to get lost in its subtleties—the way certain sounds seem to hover at the edge of perception before dissolving entirely. If anything, this track reminds us how powerful silence can be when paired with just the right amount of sonic intrusion. What makes SIC Bonus stick in your mind isn’t necessarily its technical brilliance or catchy hooks (because, well, there aren’t any). Instead, it’s the way these tracks refuse to conform. They’re not polished or neatly packaged for mass consumption, and maybe that’s why they linger. Listening to this album feels like staring at modern art—you might not “get” it immediately, but it leaves an impression all the same. In the end, SIC Bonus doesn’t aim to please everyone—and honestly, that’s kinda refreshing. In a world where music often feels formulaic, Nurse With Wound and Aranos offer something genuinely different. And hey, isn’t that what art’s supposed to do? Challenge you, confuse you, make you think twice? Funny thing is, even though I wouldn’t call this album “enjoyable” in the traditional sense, I can’t stop coming back to it. Maybe I’m a glutton for weirdness—or maybe this record knows me better than I thought.

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Tracks

TrackDurationPreview
Eyes Of A Scanning Girl (Draft)26:15
Letter From Topor (Draft)17:48

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Labels

Not On Label (Nurse With Wound Self-released)

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Formats

  • 2 × File
  • MP3
  • 320 kbps

Credits

RoleCredit
PerformerAranos, Steven Stapleton

About Nurse With Wound w Aranos

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Nurse With Wound, often stylised as NWW, is a British experimental music project, formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. In 1979 Heman left the group, and in 1981 it effectively became a solo project of Steven Stapleton, with a variety of assisting musicians over the years. Focusing on aesthetic ideas and philosophies that began with the Surrealist movement, Stapleton has referred to the project as a contemporary extension of Surrealism and the project has been referred to as 'purveyors of sinister whimsy to the wretched.'

Real Name

    • Steven Stapleton

Name Vars

  • N.W.W.
  • NWW
  • Раненая Медсестра
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Aliases

  • Gyllensköld, Geijerstam And Friends

Members

  • Andrew Liles
  • Colin Potter
  • Steven Stapleton
  • John Fothergill
  • James Mannox
  • Heman Pathak
  • Matthew Waldron
  • Peter McGhee

Interesting fact about Album

Here’s a cool tidbit: The album *SIC Bonus* by Nurse With Wound and Aranos is like an audio puzzle. Released in 2013, it’s packed with experimental and ambient vibes that feel more like abstract art than music. It was self-released under their own label, which gives it this raw, unfiltered edge. Two tracks, *"Letter From Topor (Draft)"* and *"Eyes Of A Scanning Girl (Draft)"*, make up the album. These aren’t polished songs but drafts—like sketches of sound. Feels pretty unique, right?