Author & Punisher is a one man band led by Tristan Shone. Utilizing custom fabricated
machines, controllers and speakers called Drone Machines, the music draws heavily on
aspects of industrial automation, robotics and mechanical tools and devices, focusing
on the eroticism of the interaction with machine.
In 2024 A&P celebrated two decades of honing in on his craft - meticulously inventing,
machining, experimenting, and creating custom musical instruments for his incredible
recordings and live performances, touring the world with artists like TOOL, HEALTH,
Pertubator, Neurosis & many others. 2025 will see the release of his eighth full-length
album via Relapse Records along with an even greater emphasis and rebirth of the
visceral, live ritual.

We stare into the radiant light, and stumble blind and mad into the moonless night. We bow not our heads, nor do we ask for mercy.    The world is agony.    This is a journey of pain, ecstasy, and death. We do not seek companionship, because this prison of flesh is a solipsism. We straddle the balancing point between light and darkness, love and hate, life and death. We hide our countenance to reveal the hidden faces of the gods.    Eternity is but an instant.    We hang ourself from trees and crosses. We bleed and suffer. All in roaring silence.   The spectre of T × R × P is channelled through the form of Th.oth XIX.