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Has this thread already been done? I searched "noise" and scanned but the results were overwhelming.

Nonetheless,
Search: Caroliner, Emil Beaulieau (Both put on amazing shows)
Destroy: Really I don't want to destroy any, but a lot is sub par (like a portion of wolf eyes's material).

adam michel (adam michel), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: The "noise" of nice melodic song-based music.
Destroy the sound of an electric drill. Also destroy the "noise" genre.

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry adam. looks like you picked the wrong time to quit smoking crack/start a noise thread.

pete s, Wednesday, 24 December 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: Mika Vainio, pretty much anything on the Ash International label.

Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 05:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh goodness, here we go:

Search:
-Prurient (CDs on Armageddon Label, Truculent and Hospital Productions. Awesome violent/depressed power electronics/noise--distortion, feedback and crunches; screams.)
-Kites (self-released tapes + LP/CD on Load)
-Forcefield and all spinoffs (Meerk Puffy new LP on Animal Disguise, Forcefield CDs on Load & Bulb)
-Mammal (Scratch n Sniff Entertainment; Fog Walkers LP is amazing)
-Hair Police (Really "heady" stoned out psych-rock for people who already have tinnitus; 7" on Gods of Tundra/Freedom From is excellent)
-Noise Nomads live! Dude just wanders around mumbling into a pedal and screeching and acting like a nomad.
-Wolf Eyes and side-projects, of course. All the "real" Wolf Eyes CDs are worth picking up--Dread,Slicer,Dead Hills, etc.
-Nautical Almanac (Live they're a mess of puke and guts and fizzlypopS!--I haven't heard any of their major records, just splits with the aforementioned Meerk Puffy [the Veglia one is most worth yr time, I say--the one on Bulb is good as well, but hard to listen to in one sitting])

Destroy:
-Whitehouse
-The first Sightings record on Load isn't really worth the time--they improved greatly afterwards, but the first LP isn't interesting. it's just thrashy songs you'd put on at a party to piss people off.
-Wolf Eyes live stuff--you really don't need more than one live tape/cdr from these guys. Really. I know it's pink and yellow with a sharpie'd "5/15" on it, but unless you do way more drugs than me--you don't need it.
-Neon Hunk kinda bore me, but they're not truly a noise band anyway.
-Crack:W.A.R are CREEPY.

Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 06:42 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry adam. looks like you picked the wrong time to quit smoking crack/start a noise thread.

Nearly two AM is the BEST POSSIBLE time to start a noise thread.

Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 06:45 (twenty-two years ago)

-Crack:W.A.R are CREEPY.

what do you mean? i may be biased because i'm friends with eric, but i like them. their cd would hardly classify as noise, almost electroclash (ick), but it's silly and fun. their live shows are a little more intense, but still pretty structured. i don't think they're much of a band anymore because the girls always used to get into fights on stage (lame).

it's been a while since i've listened to anything remotely noisy, but i always loved Supersilent (do they even classify as noise?). the Wolf Eyes show i saw was pretty classic. Total Shutdown is pretty funny.

gygax! to thread

JaXoN (JasonD), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)

as soon as i saw "load" i knew it was ian.

also, search the are maybe more jazzy but if you like boredoms, search ruins. follow the amg ratings for their albums, i'd agree with it.

TEH ONE AN ONLEY DEANN GULBAREY (deangulberry), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 07:09 (twenty-two years ago)

what do you mean? i may be biased because i'm friends with eric, but i like them. their cd would hardly classify as noise, almost electroclash (ick), but it's silly and fun. their live shows are a little more intense, but still pretty structured. i don't think they're much of a band anymore because the girls always used to get into fights on stage (lame).

I've only seen 'em live, but it just sounded like lots of harsh tones/screeches and yelling. Also, that it was vaguely electroclash (costumes, weirdish beats? sometimes?) was a bit offputting. Haven't heard the record, so I can't really comment on that.

Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

can be classic but often a dud. classic when there is some sense of playing with structure. the structure-less 'white noise' approach doesn't do much for me after a while.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

what is this crap about nice melodic song-based music? Noise should aspire to transgress and surpass all received song and tonal structure.

search: Maryanne Amacher, Zbignew Karkowski, Masami Akita, Ground Zero

destroy: kids with sophomoric pretentions about their Hardcore scene. It's over like electro. Only the Black Dice will survive.

tiiiiiiiiiim (tiiiiiiiiiim), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 13:30 (twenty-two years ago)

destroy: everything. especially broad, pointless pronunciations about 'scenes.'

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

''Only the Black Dice will survive.''

they aren't that good. but surviving to 'classic' status somehow fits.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Search sound, destroy noise

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

geir, go look up sound and then noise. please.

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

the noise nomads were amazing live, dude in a fucking beaver suit whipping his hair in my face. i had a great conversation about the merits of noise music in my dreams last night. i kinda forget what happened. i need to start a dream journal!

juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously, who buys all those CD-Rs from all those bands/duos/people who are basically all doing similar things? I really think noise is best experienced live, where the performance really adds to the music. I think it's great that a lot of people are just getting up there and expressing themselves in weird ways, but just like any other style, there's a few great groups/performers and a lot of mediocre ones.

That said, I quite enjoyed the Wolf Eyes shows I saw this year, and Nautical Almanac were just fucking bizarre, well worth seeing at least once. I saw Viki open for Dat Politics in Detroit, and it just struck me as the harshest show I'd ever seen.

Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I really think noise is best experienced live, where the performance really adds to the music. I think it's great that a lot of people are just getting up there and expressing themselves in weird ways, but just like any other style, there's a few great groups/performers and a lot of mediocre ones.

OTM. Noise that sounds different from the idea of noise = win.

Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely top of the "search" list wd be the actual sanding disc richard james put on the turntable at that gig years ago, which you then put on your own turntable, and listen to, for, like, 2 1/2 hrs.

Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

search: noise that has a relationship to space and architecture. noise that has political motivation or is used in a political context.

destroy: noise as abstract expressionism.

tiiiiiiiiiim (tiiiiiiiiiim), Thursday, 25 December 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

so very wrong. and on christmas day.

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 25 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

more specifically, search:

prurient "troubled sleep" cd (truculent)
kites "execution style" tape (unskilled labor)
wolf eyes "fuck the old miami" cdr (chrondritic sound)
forcefield "assassins" cdr (thunderrecords)
merzbow "exotic apple" cd (unsure of label! druggy, fucked up merzbow)

Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 25 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Also highly classic is the "Recycled Music" series of cassettes put out by Emil Beauliu/Ron Lessard, owner of RRRecords. They're 3/$10, pretty lengthy, and recorded by some of the best noise acts--all of the people I mentioned in my last post to this thread, except Forcefield.

Drop $20 on six tapes and you'll be happy for weeks/months.

www.rrrecords.com

Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 25 December 2003 05:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Seriously, who buys all those CD-Rs from all those bands/duos/people who are basically all doing similar things?"

I do, and if you're really listening, you'd have to be deaf not to be able to tell the difference. I also take exception because since 1996 Tovah O'Rourke and I have been running a fairly successful (that means we never have to pay out of pocket for anything) noise label (Polyamory) that does lots of tapes / cdrs along with vinyl, and, as music, I stand behind evrything we've put out.

Search: Muckraker magazine, all Wolf Eyes ever - live, records, tapes - all of it, Whitehouse, Smegma, Freedom From, Hair Police / Zombi / Gods of Tundra, Decaer Pinga / Dylan Nyoukis, Mego records, Fusetron, Borbetomagus, etc etc etc.

roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 25 December 2003 05:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Roger: What exactly do people see in Whitehouse? Seriously!! It's not like you can understand what he's shouting, so the humor doesn't come through, and it's REALLYREALLYREALLY boring. Maybe I'm judging off of a single album (I am), but unless he drastically improved/changed his style.. can you justify owning more than one album?

Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 25 December 2003 06:04 (twenty-two years ago)

500 Greatest Extreme/Noise Albums Of All Time!

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 25 December 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

search Corpus Hermeticum stuff, obviously.

OCP (OCP), Thursday, 25 December 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Roger, I didn't mean to take task with what you've accomplished; just offering my opinion on noise. I'll just never need to own a lot of it. I prefer going to the shows instead.

Also search any Time Stereo events. They're fun and they're great!

Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Thursday, 25 December 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Agreed, tho what Warn is doing is kinda removed from the rest of that stuff (except maybe Princess Dragon Mom, which rules)

re:Whitehouse - easily the most extreme band of all time, that counts for something. It's easy to tell their albums apart - there are very distinctive shifts in the M.O, if you will. What album did you hear, Ian? Search Dedicated To Peter Kurten (that's my favorite), and then listen to Bird Seed and tell me you can't hear a difference, stylistically. I don't listen to it because of the 'humor' (humor and music don't mix), I listen to it the same way I listen to Iron Maiden, or Arab on Radar, or the Germs - it's visceral. Rules. I own all of their records and several bootlegs and videos.

I also enjoy Sotos on many levels.

roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 25 December 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm honestly unsure of which whitehouse i heard. it was synth drones with a whiny sounding dude yelling overtop of it thru a distortion pedal. played for me on the drive back to providence from NYC by the infamous natestorm davis.

ian johnsosnnn, Thursday, 25 December 2003 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Did anyone like the Neorosis & Jarboe release on Neurot Recordings? I wanna thread on this one. I love 'em both and together it's like moider.

cs appleby (cs appleby), Thursday, 25 December 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

ooops. Neurosis.

cs appleby (cs appleby), Thursday, 25 December 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Has anyone else seen Caroliner? I heard the tour I saw (with wolf eyes, hair police) was their first in 10 years.

adam michel (adam michel), Friday, 26 December 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh man. Caroliner are a FANTASTIC live act--their albums are hyper-difficult, though I wouldn't exactly call them noise (i.e. I bet I could perform a recognizable cover of "Fiddle with the Heart Stuck In It" if pressed). Live, though, what a show.

Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 26 December 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

S&D: Noisy psychedelia?

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 26 December 2003 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

roger-the whitehouse album i heard, i am informed, was "cruise"

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 26 December 2003 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

for all i enjoy them, the only true classic whitehouse track is "wriggle like a fucking eel". and perhaps "you don't have to say please" at a pinch.

the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 26 December 2003 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

S&D: Noisy psychedelia?

search, always search, continuously, forever.

and on caroliner live, they were great. an almost 'metal' version at the show i saw, just violent rocking versions of everything. sort of like 'cooking stove beast.'

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 26 December 2003 09:22 (twenty-two years ago)

four weeks pass...
ordering from RRR:

-Prurient 'body language' LP
-wolf eyes/john weisse 7"
-kites - reycled
-noise nomads - recycled
-pedestrian deposit - restraint

-- and i think i'm going to order the Diagram A & Flatline Construct tapes from GoT, since Flatline Construct's Primitive Man In The Information Age is so f'ing brilliant. And because I missed when Diagram A played on my birthday in Providence but I didn't go because of epic fights with the ex who was there.

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 23 January 2004 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

RFI: Dark Inside The Sun, Cordell Killer, Richard Ramirez.

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 23 January 2004 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

"Did anyone like the Neorosis & Jarboe release on Neurot Recordings? I wanna thread on this one. I love 'em both and together it's like moider.
-- cs appleby (tekblaze...), December 25th, 2003."


I love it so! Neurosis and Jarboe working together was the best idea since someone thought "I wonder what would happen if I turn this Marshal amp up all the way to ten?"

Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 23 January 2004 09:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I also have to put a word in for Swans, while we're talking about Jarboe. Pounding noise: kicks arse.

Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 23 January 2004 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Kites - Royal Paint With The Metallic Gardener From The United States of America Helped Into An Empty Field By Women And Children

REALLY REALLY GOOD. A lot of the stuff is dronier than expected. The harshest it gets is probably the live stuff at the beginning of side 2; "staring into the sun" is long and noisy, but there are still fragments of melodies that pop up now and then; the drone aspects of it don't hurt either. The acoustic/chant/weirdness is great. "bike ride pt iii" and "local boy" are both super catchy. "milkweed arrows" reminds me of knifestorm/julian bradley; pretty repeating/layered tone patterns with slow moving variation.

xoxo.

(this thread is going to bethe thread where i get high and listen to noise records and tell you about it.)

Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 26 January 2004 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)


random comments:

- never seen caroliner... but i've seen hansgrusel's, which is a similar crowd of people, etc... amazing show. liked the split with bigtechnowerewolves

- crack war is great live... the kinship to wolf eyes is there... lita ford (with a beat) and black sabbath... "close your eyes" and imagine...

- fat worm of error i enjoyed immensely...

- i second the mention of dark inside the son. woot!

- classic: harry pussy. the discog from siltbreeze is rock and roll.

- likewise... to live and shave in la... wigmaker in williamsburg is wow. total fuckin cockrock. brett michael's taint breath.

- kevin drumm... "sheer hellish miasma" is better than "land of the lurches"...but LoL is still awesome....

you can really surf all over the map. "noise" is verbal spice that's been applied to too many dishes out there. whenever someone "didn't get" a record, "noise" got thrown out there. (that or "art" or "experimental". "i can't classify this! let me cry now!")

winkity,
m.

msp, Monday, 26 January 2004 22:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i seriously think "land of lurches" is better than SHM; better production, better performance, it doesn't have that constipated digital sound.

ian asked about richard ramirez - i haven't heard his newer material (he quit noise for a while to become a fashion designer?) but his older stuff was very harsh noise. not terribly distinctive, you know, but vicious. he had an album that came sandwiched between two pieces of sheet metal with a locked padlock (no key) through it. there was a tape by the powdered beatles (ramirez and other members of black leather jesus) that was pretty swell. think he also had something to do with anal drill, but maybe that was the taint guy.

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Prurient - We Set Off In High Spirits

Mixing harsh fuzzy distorted low tones, screeching feedback, lyrics (howled and indecipherable) about dock workers. Found sounds, including a brief snippet towards the beginning of side 2 of some unknown classical recording; it sounds familiar, but I'm not well-versed enough to identify it for you. Very fast moving cut-ups, Prurient abhors the drone on this release. Switches rapidly from fuzz to feedback to ring modulated tones. Parts of it even feature melody under all of the cracklecrackle.

HIGHLY recommended.

Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 29 January 2004 07:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, Evil Moisture, Smell & Quim, Violent Onsen Geisha

Also:

Friday 3/19, Saturday 3/20, Sunday 3/21
@ North Six, Brooklyn NY


FRIDAY upstairs:

Pita
Thurston Moore + Chris Corsano + Jim O'Rourke + Paul Flaherty Dream Aktion Unit
Carlos Giffoni + Dylan Nyoukis
Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
Rubber-O-Cement
Burning Star Core


SATURDAY upstairs:

Kim Gordon & The Sweet Ride (Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, Jim O'Rourke)
To Live & Shave in L.A.
Gert-Jan Prins
Hair Police
Alan Licht
Nmperign + Due Process
Laundry Room Squelchers


SUNDAY upstairs:

Wolf Eyes
Lee Ranaldo + Roger Miller + William Hooker
Massimo
Monotract
Sightings
Nautical Almanac
Double Leopards


FRIDAY downstairs:

Miscarriage
Magick Markers
Life Partners
Three Legged Race


SATURDAY downstairs:

Aaron Dilloway
Dead Machines
Air Conditioning
Go To Sleep
Humectant Interruption
+ guests


SUNDAY downstairs:

Pengo
Tan As Fuck + Newton
Knifestorm + Unicorn Hard On
Japanese Karaoke Afterlife Experiment


http://www.nofunfest.com

Russ, Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

no fun fest will be amaxing. we had a thread devoted to it a day or so ago.

Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Oooops. missed that...

Russ, Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i am thirding the general kevin drumm recommendation on sheer hellish miasma / land of lurches.

i am curious about "frozen by blizzard winds" - any good?

vahid (vahid), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Wolf Eyes/Black Dice Collaboration

Starts off pretty weak, with the effected synth sounding straight like the intro to some lame indie pop song (ahem, the unicorns.) The long wavering drone in the middle of side one redeems it. Side two is much better; thick walls of static&loops, Beaches & Canyons-ish drumming and heavy thud. Recommended, but don't pay a lot of money for it.

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 30 January 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

***HOLY SHIT****

new 5xLP on RRR; "New England" ; 1 side each - Brutum Fulmen, Can't, Prurient, Skin Crime, Immaculate:Grotesque, Sickness, Mr. Brinkman, Human Is Filth, Karlheinz, Diagram-A

Jizzing myself. Unforunately I just ordered a ton of noise and splurged at other music, so I don't know if I can justify the purchase right now. Here's hoping it doesn't go out of print in a week.

Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 31 January 2004 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

can any RRR types comment on thomas dimutzio. saw him last weekend at a london musicians collective show, hoping to be impressed. instead i was VERY let down. i almost walked out. very wanky, super BORING...

marcg (marcg), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I actually enjoyed that Chris Cutler / Thomas Dimuzio show, although probably more for Cutler's contributions than Dimuzio's I admit. John Edwards' solo bass improv was better than both of them anyway. I've got an album Dimuzio released on ReR which is pretty fine dark drone, but I've not heard anything else.

udu wudu (udu wudu), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, edwards was awesome and stole the show. a very inventive and engaging segment. the cc/td never got off the ground--lacked some cohesion for me...i feel like i have a high tolerance for the minimal / abstract, but it just did not do it for me. even the odd ambience the dj's were playing was great / better. looking forward to the keith rowe lmc event. should be awesome...

marcg (marcg), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Wolf Eyes & Smegma The Beast

Wow. This is probably the most low key I've ever heard Wolf Eyes. Maybe it's the presence of old hippies to mellow 'em out, I don't know. Imagine if the horns on Slicer hadn't been processed, and what if that one guy from Sunburned Hand of The Man was brought in to mumble weird vocals about friends & drowning in his own shit? The Wolf Guys keep things toned down here; f there are any drum machines, they're hard to detect. They stick mostly to background droning and squiggly noises a'la any number of knob twisters. Slow moving and psychedelic. This is a record I would not be afraid to play for my jazz loving friends.

And the live drums by one of the Smegma folks are amazing.

Side note: Okay, so which Smegma release(s) should I pick up now?

Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 31 January 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

KITES 'recycled' tape:
first side, from what I heard form afar (was cooking in the other room) is akin to the long tracks on royal paint; fuzzy drone/noises.

side two begins with short noise to trick you then goes into this crazy acoustic drone (akin to 'bike ride iii' from royal paint. right now it's some repetitious heavy electric guitar riffage that reminds me at different points of the dead c, melvins & lungfish.

Noise Nomads 'recycled' tape: basically live recordings from this dude. not nearly as much fun as if you were there, but it's got nice static walls and mondo distorto screams.

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 6 February 2004 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

kites side2 also has WEIRD TAPE COLLAGE.

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 6 February 2004 23:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Ian - stop what yr doing and download "Pigface Chant"

roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 6 February 2004 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I do not have slsk, dude!! (doesn't work in dorm!!!) I need to trade mixes and shit to get new music! make me a cd!!

Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 7 February 2004 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

ian, have you seen karlheinz live before? one of the best noise sets ive ever seen.

juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Saturday, 7 February 2004 04:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i haven't!! he plays in and around boston lots, but rarely came down to providence.

Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 7 February 2004 05:32 (twenty-two years ago)

some 7" reviews:

Wolf Eyes & John Wiese - Live San Diego:
First side is seriously minimal--drone and drone and add another layer and drone and drone and; pleasant. don't know for sure since i wasn't there, but it sounds like delayed/effected horns. similar to the stuff on slicer. the second side is still devoid of beats, but in a fuzzier, more typical 'noise' kind of way. static and fuzz and squelches all underneath it.

Arab on Radar/Kid Commando split 7"
I don't care about the Kid Commando stuff here; it's not very interesting, and they've never been a favorite band. The AOR track here, their last release, is probably the finest thing they've ever done. strung out groove gives way to sporadic shocks of trebly noise and insane man vocals. they played this song a lot near the end--circa the Oops! tour. but it's just amazing. it has just enough structure--a big "fuck you" to those quick to label AOR talentless schmucks.

CCC 7"
Creepy Crawly Claw! This band became Hale Zukas, if I'm not mistaken; I bought this 7" the last time HZ were on the east coast. Side 1 begins with crazy chimes; bass and horns are slowly added before the guitars come in. kind of devolves into a typical indie rock song, unfortunately, albeit one with a killer ending and some weird instrumentation. the second side is way more fucked, incorporating tape loops and backwards sounds. funky fresh and crazy lyrics.

Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 9 February 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...
I really like everything I've heard from Hair Police esp the 7" on Freedom From. I like Mindflayer, too, it's funky or something. I appreciate Ian's reviews. I need some additional recommendations as I am new to this. I appreciate free jazz and Dead C, for some frame of reference.

scott m (mcd), Monday, 5 April 2004 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

VARIOUS ARTISTS "Old Time Lemonade" CD (Hospital Productions)

New comp of Providence area bands on one of the raddest labels around. You get exclusive trax from: Landed, Noise Nomads, Necromonitron, Mindflayer, Knights Of Timbre, Em Dath Rir, Prurient, Dropdead, Mahi Mahi, Seratone, Football Rabbit, Suffering Bastard, Smashed Femur Dance Party, Throne of Blood, Kites, Lightning Bolt, Knifestorm, Meerk Puffy, White Mice, Patootie Lobe. Some brutal shit on here. Sure to be the talk of your next sewing circle. Highly reccomended.

$10.00 ppd

dean! (deangulberry), Monday, 5 April 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Scott -- you might want to check out Double Leopards if you're into the Dead C's droniest work. Psychedelic drone made by four people (electronics & voice mostly. some of their stuff features drums/piano, but not much.) The "Halve Maen" album on Eclipse Records is very good.

Also, the Kites/Prurient split LP that just came out on Load gets my wholehearted approval.

AND DEAN IS CORRECT IN ALSO SUGGESTING OLD TYME LEMONADS *HEARTS*

Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 5 April 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

especially because it's one of the only places to hear White Mice without ordering their self-releases from Armageddon Shop. split LP with Lightning Bolt coming out on Load... eventually, I guess. I haven't heard too many details about it. Sure to make them one of the most popular bands in the land.

Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 5 April 2004 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Halve Maen is great.

hstencil, Monday, 5 April 2004 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I want to get all this shit.

scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

just got the zombi release on polyamory. really great pre-hair police stuff from connelly. how about new blockaders? the gesamtnichtswerk 4 cdr comp seems to be rather killer on the harsh noise fun. their manifesto is a trip to read.

brock (brock), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 03:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I second / third / fourth / whatever Double Leopards. Truly face meltingly amazing

Polyamory is releasing an early tape of theirs in a few weeks - it was supposed to come out years ago but we got, uh, hung up. Anyway it was recorded back when it was just Chris and Marcia and it is outstanding!!!

try to find their series of live cdrs too, scott.

And place many orders with Polyamory. We'll get you hooked up proper brotherman

roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

that HANS GRUSELS KRANKENKABINET split is just okay, the high concept live show is much improved.

gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd really like to have some New Blockaders stuff.

hstencil, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

KITES | PRURIENT | HAIR POLICE | JOHN WIESE | PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT

RWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (!!!)

dean! (deangulberry), Friday, 9 April 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

YEAH DUDE HOW WAS THAT? GIMME DETAILZ0RZ

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 9 April 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

DEAN GULBERRY, DO YOU HAVE AIM?

orion0014

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 9 April 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I do not like Sightings. Maybe I am too much of a wuss but they just seem mean and brutal. Brainbombs, I enjoy except for the lyrics.

The Forcefield LP, Lord of the Rings Modulator, on Bulb is something else.

I don't like the goofier/canival end of things ie Meerk Puffy, etc. And tend to appreciate the records with guitars and drums more than ones with only electronics.

Thanks to you all for the suggestions, I am picking up several things that have been recommended.

scott m (mcd), Friday, 9 April 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

You should check out the White Mice split when it comes out--from the sounds of it you'd like it a lot. It's bass, drums and electronics. Sludgy and heavy with crazy noises and super-distorted vocals.

Do you like Pink & Brown? They were a great band. Also maybe the Landed LP on Vermiform, which is an all time favorite of mine (in fact, I'm going to put it on now; this reminded me!)

Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 10 April 2004 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: Neutral Milk Hotel "Pree Sisters Swallowing A Donkey's Eye" from 'On Avery Island'

That song is gorgeous.

Also, Puzzle Punks.

dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Yea, what're Puzzle Punks like?

Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

search: merzbow
destroy: merzbow

myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Brainbombs, I enjoy except for the lyrics.

Jimi Hendrix, I enjoy except for the guitar playing.

OBEY !, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

addendum to dean's post: only the CD version! the LP version peters out after a measley few minutes.

Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

holy shit...

"SECRETS AND SOUNDS COMPILATION CD
3 YEARS IN THE MAKING, THESE ARE THE SECRETS AND SOUNDS OF ANIMAL DISGUISE RECORDINGS. THE DEFINITIVE SOUNDTRACK TO ADR PACKED FULL WITH 22 TRACKS AND 74 MINUTES. FEATURING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS: ARNOUX, CHARLES LAREAU, CIPHER FOX, FEROX HEAD, FOOTBALL RABBIT, GROWING, HAIR POLICE, LIBYTHTH, LIGER, MAMMAL, MEERK PUFFY, NAUTICAL ALMANAC, NEON HUNK, PANAMA, PRURIENT, ROTFLOL, SINKING BODY, SMASHED FEMUR DANCE PARTY, THE LOWDOWN, TON B / TON B, VIKI, ZOMBI."

http://www.animaldisguise.com

Creedence Clearwater, Wednesday, 14 April 2004 01:31 (twenty-two years ago)

YEAH; that looks pretty essential.

Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

SMASHED FEMUR DANCE PARTY!!!!!

Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 01:54 (twenty-two years ago)

OK BACK. The Puzzle Punks stuff is very subdued. It sounds a lot like the more ambient moments of Can. The calm moments of Karera Musication's Ichi soundtrack. Good stuff. Nothing to go nuts over but I like every single second of the record, so it's pretty good.

ASTROG! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

just heard the secrets and sounds comp...my god, almost every track rules...fucking great mix. exactly 74 minutes too!
touch your brain

Creedence Clearwater, Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Everything I know about noise I learned from Blastitude.com
Seriously inspired writing.

Sean Witzman (trip maker), Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I just got my Universal Indians and Wolf Eyes Recycled Music tapes this week. I didn't realize the tapes themselves were recycled! (I got Aerosmith's Greatest Hits and what appears to be some Latin album) Great concept.

Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Blastitude is truly a grebt zine.

FWIW: I really ought to push more heavily Wolf Eyes "Mugger" ; totally harsh shit. sounds like whitehouse.

Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 15 April 2004 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

HA! Good one, Sean.

C

Creedence Clearwater, Thursday, 15 April 2004 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Brainbombs, I enjoy except for the lyrics.
Jimi Hendrix, I enjoy except for the guitar playing.

Ha ha ha -- yes, point taken.

scott mcd (mcd), Friday, 16 April 2004 00:25 (twenty-two years ago)

ZORN + EYE = NANI NANI (RAD)

lisafrank! (deangulberry), Friday, 16 April 2004 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

new hair police LP rules
also old tyme lemonade cd from hospital is really good
still extremely diggin secrets and sounds from animal disguise too

Creedence Clearwater, Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...
i picked up the RRR "New England" boxed set finally. I haven't plowed my way through it all yet, but initial thoughts:

Prurient track moves more towards drone/power electronics/controlled feedback and away from cut ups/destroyed things. the vocals aren't even mixed very high.

the immaculate grotesque bits are long fuzz drones.

can't is kind of boring. some nice circuit bent synth bleeping and screaming on one track; the others aren't as appealing.

karlheinz i like. his track has a problem i noticed with several others as well: INCREDIBLY LOW VOLUME. because the stuff is meant to be played so loud, i lose it when not listening on headphones. once i get back to school i can do that. when at my mom's house it wouldn't behoove me to turn it up very much on mother's day.

i liked them both, but i get sickness & skin crim confused. neither were artists i was terribly familiar with before. they both do static fuzz type things, but one of them also had long silent/near silent periods.

brutum fulmen was CEEEPY. some really shiver-inducing ambient stuff done, i guess with tapes & loops? checked out his website, and it's useful, but i want to know MORE. more about process, less abt gear, i guess.

brinkman's track was disappointing. it seemed like a lot of aimless/structureless fuzz. not focussed, no pounding psychedelic beats & squiggles. snatches of melody get your attention but they don't stick around.

---

I also finally got the White Mice EP today, Mouse of Menes, and it's great. I promise you, these guys will be famous.

---

Jer Harris, formerly of USAISAMONSTER, also does solo indie rock type stuff under the name Lazy Magnet. I got a tape of his, allegedly of tunes written in 1997. I'm not sure if these are the original recordings or re-recordings. but they're good. shorter than guided by voices songs that range from folk to synthpop to grindcore to metal to indie rock. weird weird weird, and funny. VERY GREAT THOUGH. did a split 7" with Ped X-Ing, which is Colin from USA. i think that's avail. through massdist.com?

Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 9 May 2004 06:14 (twenty-two years ago)

AWW SHIT, SON.

I'm making a fanzine that will focus on noise criticism, because that shit is totally hard to find, and you can't trust the motherfuckers who run the tape labels (excepting Roger, of course.) If you want to write something for it, e-mail me.

Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 15 May 2004 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

i would be interested ian. anytime of a timescale for this?

myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Saturday, 15 May 2004 03:08 (twenty-two years ago)

nah, whenever. i plan to make it an ongoing thing. i've got a few pages of reviews & the like done so far, but there's no time pressure.

feel free to e-mail me whenever and whatever you want!

Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 15 May 2004 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT LET YOU USE DRUM TIRGGERS TO DO MIDI CONTROL STUFF I HAVE A SAMPLER AND IT IS MIDI CONTROLLABLE BUT I WANNA USE TRIGGERZ

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS REMIND YOU THAT ZERO IS ALSO A NUMBER (ex machina), Saturday, 15 May 2004 06:33 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, they're called drum triggers. totally death metal.

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Saturday, 15 May 2004 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"United Bamboo is primed to release their "They Keep Me Smiling" compilation stateside and it looks like we'll have some available in our mailorder dept. Curated by Hisham formerly of Black Dice this DELUXE release features two pages of art by each artist bound in book form (think Doc Boggs Country Blues or The Anthology Of American Folk Music Vol 4) and has new tracks from Gang Gang Dance, Black Dice, Samara Lubelski, Animal Collective, Blood On The Wall, Angelblood, Benji Cossa, White Magic, Terrestrial Tones, Excepter, Jane & a host of other people. It will not be cheap but it is worth every penny. You can preorder it now and it should ship around the 20th of May; preorders are seriously suggested as there will only be 300 copies of this Japanese import available stateside. We're also going to be selling them at cost just so people get to hear it, hold it, love it, cherish it & keep it for all their days. Take advantage of our generosity please."

Above is from the Social Registry website where it can be preordered for $27.

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

RAT-A-TAT-TAT BIRDS book by Jeff Winterberg 1991-2003 (Volumeone 2004)

Brings together a decade's worth of photographs from some of the most influential (and least documented) fringes of the American underground music scene of the recent past; San Diego, Richmond, VA, Washington, DC, and, more recently, New York City. In the tradition of seminal photo collections like Glen E. Friedman's My Rules and Banned in D.C., Rat-a-tat-birds offers an ideosyncratic, intensely personal view of what it's like to participate. As a gutarist for the San Diego hardcore band Antioch Arrow in the early 90s, Winterberg found himself in a unique position to document scenes from the road, as well as on and off stage. Images of performances by legendary bands like nation of ulysses, heroin, antioch arrow, clikatat ikatowi, the boredoms, mens recovery project, crom tech, the melvins, karp, rocket from the crypt, cupid car club, universal order of armageddon, drive like jehu, godheadsilo, the rapture, fugazi, clikatat ikatowi, end of the line, unwound, lightning bolt, black dice, rodan, the shit, black heart procession, hot snakes, thrones, the love life, acid mother's temple, godspeed you black emperor!, turing machine, shellac, moss icon, iggy pop, last of juanitas, cherry valence, tight bros from way back when, the fucking champs and numerous others sit side by side with house shows, loft party's, one-off joke bands, portraits, and backyard hijinx. We can't reccommend this enough. It has been years in the making and we are all excited. If for anything, the Engine Kid shot showcasing a VOID patch on Greg Anderson's shorts!!! Very thick! 150 pages, 32 pages of color. Over 300 photographs! Also check here http://www.volumeone.com/winterberg/ It retails for $25 but we got them for $20ppd.

Troubleman $20.00 ppd

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i bought that yesterday from stickfigure thanks to hstencil. i'm hoping i was at some of the SD shows for good memories.

gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Gygax, I saw that you had linked a moogerfooger ring modulator on the IAN/JON thread. Do you have one? I'm wondering how worth the $250 it is.

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

gygax - is that book good?

TOTALLY INTERESTED IN BUYING IT IF IT IS...

Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

They both sound great. I haven't received either of them yet though.

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

IJ - it's on it's way, h gave me the heads up yesterday. i'll let y'all know.

DG - I wouldn't say it's worth $250 (i found mine for $150 on craigslist). I'm still playing with it and trying to find the best settings for what i've got in mind.

gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

the book is totally great. Still not sure when the opening for it is, it might be this weekend.

Ian and Jon - have you guys ever been to the PRL?

hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I just got the "They Keep Me Smiling" comp in and it is pretty enjoyable. It comes in a little hardbound colorful book and each of the bands have a few pages. No one gets really outrageous with their "art." The tracklisting:

samara lubelski - the fleeting skies
benji cossa - april
gang gang dance - rugs of prayer
black dice - trip dude delay
white magic - one-note
animal collective - the kite
blood on the wall - i feel better now
delia gonzalez and gavin russom - relevee
angel blood - demented socerer
u w owl - white mountain
terrestrial tones - face mask
jane - berserker
coptic light - arson guy
hsdom - rotlicht
tes - it's like dat
excepter - polyps

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It's not all noise. And some of it sucks, but the outstanding tracks are, well, OUTSTANDING.

hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

deanomgwtf, is that the crazy book thing? also, is trip dude delay a different version?

Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and the Coptic Light track fades out waywayway too soon.

hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

This is next on my shopping list. Lubelski's playing at the Free103 space on Sat. with PG Six, Currituck County, etc.

rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

yep, I might go!

hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll be there. Those free103 parties are always max. fun; even though officeops is probably a better place for shows that space has a warm spot in my heart.

rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Friday, 28 May 2004 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I might go but I just recently played on a bill with Pat and Samara so I might go to see something else.

hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Mouthus, Squaw, Go To Sleep at Lit
have you seen Mouthus Joel?
you would dig 'em.

Russ, Friday, 28 May 2004 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah I missed 'em at No Fun dude. See ya tonight!

hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 28 May 2004 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

deanomgwtf, is that the crazy book thing? also, is trip dude delay a different version?

You are correct, sir. The version of Trip Dude Delay on this sounds a little different to me than the Miles of Smiles one, but that is probably just my lack of familiarity with the EP. Plus, the liner notes seem to suggest that they are the same.

I just finished listening to the whole thing and it is worth while. I don't know if it is necessarily worth $27, but the book is cute and the CD has some good songs on it.

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 28 May 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Joel, check to see if you're on the list before you pay tonight...

Russ, Friday, 28 May 2004 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Mouthus is teh funny. But I have never seen Currituck Co, so I would probably go to that show if I were in NY. I can't go to shows here!!! White Mice & Vincebus Eruptum are playing tomorrow in Providence, and JKAE, Lotus, Unicorn Hard-On, Mildew and some others are playing at the Flywheel.

Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 28 May 2004 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Let's talk about Rotten Piece!

On Sampler 2003, there's a track called "Pachinko Gamelan" where Gamelan is simulated via manipulation of Pachinko noises. This should be an entire subgenre of noise clearly. Also, Japan-culture fetishizing = A+++++++.

Thanks for showing me the light, Ian!

Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah yeah yeah rotten piece. i recorded them and crank sturgeon/id m theft able one after the other; amazing how fucking HUGE rotten piece sounded with just a homemade mini lap guitar and a washtub bass without the washtub. enormous sounds.

(crank sturgeon was almost the opposite - mouth noises weird bug colony rattling paper scratching trumpeting lickspittle clicking, makes jaap blonk look like howie mandel.)

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.hospitalproductions.com/hos-078.html

VIDEO OF AN ILXOR MAKING NOISE

TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

that's not a video, jon, just a C90. atrocious.

Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

(there's a video link on the page)

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

HOW'S DIALUP IAN! OH SNAP

TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

HEY JON, COME OVER AFTER WORK, BRING POT, AND I'LL GIVE YOU BEERS

Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

NOISE=LOVE

TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, you silly Noise dudes.

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

WE NEED TO RECORD MORE JON

Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Jon, put out my record.

deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i will do goatse.cx picture disk haha omg

TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i saw rotten piece open for black dice and animal collective in houston. i got a record but haven't listened to it yet. anyone on here know what's going on in houston? anything? i've lost touch since retarded elf...

duke fitzgerald, Tuesday, 1 June 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

CHARALAMBIDES, DUDE. and offspring. and rotten piece.

rotten piece is greaaaat. love love love.

Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I BOUGHT HOUSTON this past weekend, dude.

hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, charalambides aren't there (h-town), or together anymore, no?
i got kable and some of that. a guy in my high school was in the pain teens for a bit. i think his name was "rikk"

duke loop, Tuesday, 1 June 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

they are still together, but in Austin now I think.

hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...
For those interested, the fortthunder website has four of Matt Brinkman's compilations of noise/providence weirdness on the interweb.

Ian c=====8 (orion), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...
Pita "Get Off" catches me off guard every time.

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:44 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm...feel there's quite a lot to comment on. I've heard more and have def experienced more since this thread was started.

search: noise that has a relationship to space and architecture. noise that has political motivation or is used in a political context.
destroy: noise as abstract expressionism.

-- tiiiiiiiiiim (tivis...), December 25th, 2003.

Think there's something to this particurlar comment - noise that is made as a response to a spatial depth - a sensitivity to ambience - is prob more appealing than noise (and its characterisation) as a continuation of hardcore/industrial/pigfuck. and yet attending shows by the likes of sunroof! and experiencing that structureless sound (which is defined by it - hence structured) has a thrill; its an experience anyway. the problem I guess its whatever sound sources are used have its character lost by distortion, which can bore me after a while. conversely, records aren't equipped to replicate the full-on PHYSICALITY so that's a plus. I do like how tightly constructed 'persepolis' is, but how it can never quite get hold of the structure of it. ditto maryanne amacher. ditto 'mmm'. a differential series of effects/emotions to keep you listening.

genre definitions are slippery so calling xenakis or amacher (was the big x an academic? amacher came from the cage/tudor scene didn't she?) 'noise' is just that. i won't say search/destroy bcz it contains quite a lot of things i like. when its - almost surgically - inserted into a composition wd be something I'd go for. and it could be effective when conveying a feeling, an anger, but if it isn't contrasted with other elemets the heightened ambiguousity will be used either way in a political sense.

noise needs more silence...

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 18 April 2005 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

xenakis - uh def. an academic. was a bigshot at IRCAM and Indiana U.'s music school. studied architecture with le courbusier. used a lot of stochastic math/heady stuff in composing.

amacher not so much from cage/tudor scene, i think she's younger, tho prolly some overlap. i get the impression she got her start in the 1970s tho since she didn't do recordings for so long it's hard to tell.

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 18 April 2005 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

She had pieces commissioned by Cage in the 70's to accompany some of his lectures which brought her some attention, but she had her own thing going long before, her earliest pieces are mid-60's (all still unreleased)

I hear she's got an all new piece due out on CD early next year.

milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i think of cage/tudor scene being 1950s.

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

that works.

his influence expanded so drastically in the 60's it becomes difficult to say that someone came from his 'scene' and have it mean anything, the man was everywhere. my point was people still associate Amacher with Cage because of his commission.

milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah see i hadn't even heard of that. cool tho.

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...
Find threads from I Love Music, subject contains 'noise'.

89 results found:

the Stanmore signal (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 June 2005 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...
Find threads from I Love Music, subject contains 'noise'.
100 results found:

noise is shit, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

Who is this 'is shit' terrorist!

Mickey (modestmickey), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

Some undergrad.

mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

an insightful critic of current fads, obviously

lambada is shit, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

A British undergrad?

~~~~ DODONGO DISLIKES SMOKE ~~~~ (ex machina), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

if noise is such a 'current fad' howcum so many threads on ILM are abt losers like Depeche Mode?

nominally new/noize albs i have enjoyed so far this year;

death tone - hivemind
butta daze - armpit
pavilionous miracles of circular facet dice - skaters
green - hototogisu
corpse on horseback - aaron dilloway
birchville cat motel/bruce russell
savage summer sun - double leopards
drawn dead - hair police
galaxy being - graveyards
asylum style 9 - wolf eyes

the armpit rec in particular is a real find - great gnarly mix of electronics, feedback and realtime instruments/singing - sorta dead c x thuja x sightings vibe

Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

sword heaven.
sword heaven.
SWORD HEAVEN.
SWORD HEAVEN!

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

noise is shit.

noise is shit, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

SWORD HEAVEN!

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/jak3cheatmaster/attentionwhorebeach.jpg

DEEN!&^%^(^(^&, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/685/attentionwhorepalpatine6ow.jpg

#1 Palpatine Fan, Thursday, 15 September 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

\o/

amon (eman), Thursday, 15 September 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

ILM is struck by terrorism again!

Mickey (modestmickey), Thursday, 15 September 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Schopenhauer says destroy ALL noise:

"I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise which anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity, and may therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it...Noise is a torture to all intellectual people...The superabundant display of vitality which takes the form of knocking, hammering, and tumbling things about, has proved a daily torment to me all my life long"

- Essays, "On Noise"

http://www.schopenhauer.net/gr/schopenhauer04.jpg

Z S, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

lol dude's a light sleeper, uses it to justify his intellect.

ian, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 02:51 (eighteen years ago)

Search: The "noise" of nice melodic song-based music.
Destroy the sound of an electric drill. Also destroy the "noise" genre.

max, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 02:53 (eighteen years ago)

I'd like a serious answer, though I doubt I'll get one, but; what is appealing about "noise" music? What is it that people like about it?

Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 11:45 (eighteen years ago)

why doubt you get one?

i'd say the gratifying part about noise is pretty much the same as you will get from whatever music you like. Depth, contrast, emotion.
True, there is hardly any melody and if that's one of your must haves than it's just not for you. But there are Noise records that contain melody and thats when the contrast part comes in as well, ever heard a melody after you've been raped in the ear with a power drill? It's pretty sweet. But overall what I get from Noise is the intense depth of the music, the multiple layers, it's headphone music ultimately.
There's much more...but I should be working

rizzx, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 11:52 (eighteen years ago)

and Schopenhauer dissapoints me a lot, what a fucking wuss!

rizzx, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 11:53 (eighteen years ago)

Could someone pick an individual album or song and describe what they get out of it? I'm intrigued.

Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 12:09 (eighteen years ago)

"explain to me why i am incapable of understanding this. plz don't use vowels."

GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 12:28 (eighteen years ago)

That's why I doubted I'd get one!

Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 12:30 (eighteen years ago)

fourteen years pass...

My son's evolving list of favorite noise artists intrigues me, but admittedly not enough to actually listen to most of them. I don't know most of them. Any recommendations for him based on these?

Merzbow
The Rita
Hijokaiden
Incapacitates
Masonna
Richard Ramirez
Vomir
Werewolf Jerusalem
Hanatarash
Wallcroft
Whitehouse
K2
Sickness
Prurient

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 03:22 (four years ago)

Maybe check out some New Blockaders, especially their early albs, as well as related acts like the Haters, Metgumbnerbone and even the more abrasive Organum stuff.

Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 03:47 (four years ago)

BTW, there's a nice fan made IncapaciTANTS documentary on YT that I would recommend to anyone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASa80SyUCso

And this footage of them, taken by the noise artist Lasse Marhaug, captures the sheer adrenaline rush excitement of noise better than anything else I've seen - worth skipping to the end where Fumio Kosakai lifts up a giant speaker cabinet and chucks it over his table of kit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXfZpYhM40I

Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 03:57 (four years ago)

lol yeah spelling is not his strong suit. Cool, will pass along.

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 04:08 (four years ago)

Incapacitants is a hard word for anyone to spell! And I had to c&p Metgumbnerbone

Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 04:16 (four years ago)

He’s probably familiar already but: Wolf Eyes.

Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:20 (four years ago)

Pain Jerk FOR SURE

Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:20 (four years ago)

ASTRO

Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:20 (four years ago)

Tattered Syntax
The Cherry Point
Consumer Electronics

Definitely others but I’d have to think about it

Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:24 (four years ago)

Kevin Drumm (especially Sheer Hellish Miasma and Impish Tyrant)
John Wiese

the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:36 (four years ago)

Astro seconded, just amazing. Love the later C.C.C.C. stuff as well.

most of the heavy hitters are in the list there already, but def that Harry Pussy CD on Siltbreeze and TLASILA's "Wigmaker" aren't harsh noise walls but are super intense.

I don't think I've ever seen this thread!

thinkmanship (sleeve), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:38 (four years ago)

oh and def add Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock to his "check it out" list

thinkmanship (sleeve), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:53 (four years ago)

this total-destructo P16D4 thing is a personal fave:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quq4xAcGZ5g

thinkmanship (sleeve), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:54 (four years ago)

Seems to have been discussed on the thread 17 years ago, but academic types like Maryann Amacher and the more abrasive Xenakis electronic pieces may be of interest. Xenakis looked the part too! Also the seemingly endless slew of excavated music with titles like 'Electronic & Tape Works 1962-1972' or whatever.

the classic emerson lake & palmer line-up (Matt #2), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 22:28 (four years ago)

stockhausen

the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 15:03 (four years ago)

Robert Ashley's The Wolfman (1964!) always seems to me like the most proto-noise piece of composition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKux6PuYkYw

Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 15:29 (four years ago)

Really good, interesting calls. (I don’t think I was aware of this thread either, sleeve!)

There is an ocean of music out there for your kid to explore.

Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:00 (four years ago)

it actually warms my heart that some kid is out there jamming to Hijo Kaidan

thinkmanship (sleeve), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:03 (four years ago)

Wow that Wolfman thing is really great

kraudive, Thursday, 9 June 2022 09:29 (four years ago)

Trying not to repeat anything already mentioned

Ralf Wehowsky/RLW - try Cases w Kevin Drumm, or Fall Seliger Geister, or Views
R/S - One (Snow Mud Rain)
Joe Panzner - Tedium
IMF - Harlem Electronics
Joe Colley/Crawl Unit - Psychic Stress Soundtracks, or Everyone Gets What They Deserve, or Desperate Attempts at Beauty
Prants - Axon Ladder
Choi Joonyong, Hong Chulki - Balloon & Needle
greg kelley - i don't want to live forever

bridge of donkeys, Thursday, 9 June 2022 18:59 (four years ago)

More on the concrete side but I think your son would probably dig Ivo Malec's 'Triola'

The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:07 (four years ago)

Sissy Spacek

sarahell, Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:17 (four years ago)

Borbetomagus - Snuff Jazz.
Rallizes - The Last One off Live '77.
Luigi Nono - Non Consumiamo Marx.

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:42 (four years ago)

one year passes...

So I know that "listen to my kid's noise album" is not the most enticing pitch, but as a proud dad I'll share the album my son just released with a friend he met via online noise communities. Staticky, squelchy, ominous and occasionally drifty stuff. I'm not enough of a noise head to really rate, but it sounds pretty good to me. https://open.spotify.com/album/3qqVEVdvzCauZRSqf33HS6?si=T-H9TU1XTOiXqClFrqvANg

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 13 October 2023 14:10 (two years ago)

one year passes...

this Sergey Pakhomov album Shishanote 1 is really awesome, totally sounds like getting one's head slowly crushed like the poor soul on the cover

https://sergeypakhomov.bandcamp.com/album/1

brimstead, Thursday, 24 July 2025 15:20 (ten months ago)


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