Provocation in noise

Started by HongKongGoolagong, May 21, 2012, 04:38:14 PM

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Goat93

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Quote from: ImpulsyStetoskopu on May 22, 2012, 11:37:15 AM

Any example of negative provocation in industrial/noise/pe? I ask because I can not find such examples. I know some people who talks about negative provocation which is used by GENOCIDE ORGAN or Peter SOTOS. When may we talk about provocation? People who are seriously involved in such music / art which destroy status quo mainstreem culture and civilization, in my opinion, shouldn't consider it any actions as examples of postitiv or negative provocations.

Since the Debatte is gone way far from The Festival, i think maybe Nice for a New Topic, or maybe not?

In Germoney you have a Long and Intensive History about beeing Negative Provocatet from...nothing. Even in the Small Scenes itself you have Borders, Images and "No Go Areas" without any Sense. For example are there Many Noise~P:e Listeners/Musicians who Boycott/Take Agressive Force against any Kind of Right Winged Images. Its not Relevant if the Project is "real" Right Winged, its enought to Transport hte Images. So the "Just Provocation" Sticker works not well. Ironically it works at the Point, where a Bigger Label is behind it. As Funny Example i have had a Discussion with a "Anti Nazi" Musician and i directed the Discussion to Freak Animal Rex, since the Guy liked the Label (and Specially Haare). So his Problem where then, why could be a Project like Haare can stand next to a Project like Deathkey?

This kind of Onedimensional Thinking is normal and you find it everywhere. The People In the Scene are provocated at all. Think with Pedo Themes are its like Righted Winged, but its easier to find out with Political Matters

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Brad

In Canada we never get anything resembling the Broken Flag Festival, but last weekend there was a big electro/EBM festival in Montreal called the Kinetik Festival.  This is, sad to say, considered a major event in what many attendees refer to as "the industrial scene" over here.   Anyway, on the first night of the festival the headliners were Combichrist and Nachtmahr, and a project called Ad.Ver.Sary was one of the openers.  This is a backing video from the Ad.Ver.Sary set:

http://vimeo.com/42322595

Naturally this caused some controversy among people in "the industrial scene",  though most people I know in that scene think Ad.Ver.Sary did a great thing by calling out the sexist/racist themes of Combichrist and Nachtmahr.  Personally, I think the video is amusing.

To bring this back on topic for SI, I was discussing this with Jairus from Ad.Ver.Sary on Facebook (we used to live in the same city, so I knew him before this incident), and asked him if he had the same condemnation for oppressive themes in actual industrial/noise.  This is what he said:
QuoteI think there is value to writing material designed to transgress, and to make people uncomfortable. When Pornography [Is No Longer Enough] is probably one of the best examples of that kind of art. The big difference for me between early industrial / power electronics and what's happening now in the electro-industrial scene is that the current artists have been saying that their art -isn't- transgressive, it -isn't- sexist/racist, which normalizes that sexism and racism. Foetus or TG or SJ never said "oh this is just a homage, don't be offended, I'm not sexist", they -wanted- people to be uncomfortable with what they were doing, for the same reason COUM Transmissions wanted people to be uncomfortable. To hold up a mirror so people would say "this is ugly". Compare with the modern examples, where artists are holding up a mirror that says "this is coooooool".

But this is kind of ironic, because he's more legitimately uncomfortable with the content of a couple dumb dance bands than he is with power electronics that is supposedly designed to make people uncomfortable.  Is this then a failure for noise/PE culture, if making people maximally uncomfortable is indeed ever the goal?  Is the "ugliness" or "difficulty" of the sound itself actually comforting to the audience, in that it implicitly negates any potential approval or enjoyment of the offensive subject matter (whereas dance music provides implict approval)?  Like Barthes on 'shock photos', "We are in each case dispossessed of our judgment: someone has shuddered for us, reflected for us, judged for us..."

Goat93

I don't think its Ironic, what the Guy say's.Since TG where called "Wreckagers of Civilsation" CAUSE the People Feared that Someone could think it is Cool, Today all kind of Freaky IS Cool and the same People from the Past fear now to be Uncool. I have had the Discussion about old TG Ideologic in the Past (when it happend) and Today, same with the Start of Black Metal and Now. Its like they "won a War" and where the Loosers in the End. Cause Today all of this is Normal and Accepted. They tried to be not Accepted and Normal at all Costs and then came a Lot of "Fans" and Music Listeners and fucked it up. in the Rock/Hard Rock/Metal Scene or also in the Punk Scene and Today in Goth you can see it perfectly how the Changes are in the End, but the Changing Process are working for nearly 20 Years or more. All the Time where Many Followers who claimed to be "the nice guy" and it worked after long time. If I list some Topics in such Music Scenes who where normaly "No Go Areas" and thinking about that this is Normal Today. Prostitution is Normal in any kind of Way, since the Teens grow up with Cool Sex, Gangbangs, Pornos, Fetish ect ect. You must be into Fetish today in the Mainstream Goth Scene to be Goth. Fetish is no Fetish anymore, its totaly normal Behaviour. In a Brethren Interview where a very good Opinion. He wrote that Power Electronics can be Mainstream in some Years. He's right about it. The Music and the Background is irrelevant, the Image and the Intention is also irrelevant, you can sell everything. Even Controversial Black Metal like Burzum will be Debatted to Death for Moneys Sake. Child Abuse is morely not really a Big Crime here. You will get less Problems like don't paying Taxes. ts Insane but its "normal"

ARKHE

Quote from: ImpulsyStetoskopu on May 23, 2012, 06:27:38 PM
Yes, I know this is funny, but I cannot accept noise/industrial/PE which was  created by anyone  [...] who produces children

How many cds, lps and tapes do you have to throw out now to stand by that opinion?

Goat93

Quote from: ImpulsyStetoskopu on May 23, 2012, 06:27:38 PM
Quote from: Brad on May 23, 2012, 10:48:29 AM
But this is kind of ironic, because he's more legitimately uncomfortable with the content of a couple dumb dance bands than he is with power electronics that is supposedly designed to make people uncomfortable.  Is this then a failure for noise/PE culture, if making people maximally uncomfortable is indeed ever the goal?  Is the "ugliness" or "difficulty" of the sound itself actually comforting to the audience, in that it implicitly negates any potential approval or enjoyment of the offensive subject matter (whereas dance music provides implict approval)?  Like Barthes on 'shock photos', "We are in each case dispossessed of our judgment: someone has shuddered for us, reflected for us, judged for us..."

I aggree with that. Besides, I see the power (and the greatest value) of industrial/noise/PE in massive consistency between: art/music-noise-philosophy-psychology-sociology-religion (atheism)-politics-personal experiences. The common point for all of these is metaphysical abhorrence to other people, society, culture, and will to destroy this world. Yes, I know this is funny, but I cannot accept noise/industrial/PE which was  created by anyone who I know that he feels shocked by others artists, who represents traditonal system of values, sensitivity, who doesn't want to change the world, who accept this world, who believe in god, family, for whom sex is less important as love, who believe in power of love, who produces children, who doesn't (and doesn't want to) understand serial killers, paedophiles, Jim Jones etc.... I don't believe to noise artists who don't want to destroy themselves, their devices, sound and who don't want to hurt audience, insult them, even if they know that he play for people who love their music. So where we look for provocation? here isn't place for provocation. I don't see provocation here. I demand all of that.

The intention of Noise weren't to provocate or to destroy the World, so why do you now want to Tie it with this? I don't really Understand this, but its the same like all other "Extreme" Music Scenes changed, cause the Fans wanted something different than the Initators. But to be more Detailed lots of Noise Artists have nothing to do with Provocation, Sex, Drugs, Rock'N'Roll or anything like that. I even can't imagine an Asmus Tietchens CD about some Serious Religious Matter with any Praying Intention...

bitewerksMTB

So what's the problem with Combichrist? I took a look at videos on their website & it wasn't anything violent/misogynist but then I didn't look all that hard but the few I did see was scenes from movies.

Tell the Adversary people that it's KU Klux Klan, not Klu Klux Klan.


Brad

The specific Combichrist video accused of being oppressive to women is "Throat Full of Glass" (warning: dorky electro-rock song).  It is a very "mainstream" type of exploitative, and I agree that it is completely different in tone for any attempts at provocation I've seen in the noise/PE scene.

I'm sure Ad.Ver.Sary has gotten the Ku/Klu correction many times by now. 

Mme Deficit

Quote from: HongKongGoolagong on May 21, 2012, 04:38:14 PM
"Oh goodness. Well I left my camo trousers at home and am a woman so was instantly alienated by this total cock-fest.

Going back to the original post, I'd just like to wonder why she assumes "being a woman" means she automatically must be offended by "provocative" performances by men. I mean, I was also born with a cunt and it certainly hasn't given me any sort of innate moral superiority: I actually find that Victorian strain of gender-essentialist thinking far more offensive than anything I've read about Best's performance. I also attend "cock-fests" on a regular basis and don't feel alienated at all. To each their own, lady.

As far as artists and musicians using "provocative" tactics in their work: I produce my own zine that could be considered to have "provocative" content, and I could frankly churn out a few essays on "provocative/transgressive/controversial" themes and their motives, etc. But I'm too fucking tired right now.

Goat93

Quote from: ImpulsyStetoskopu on May 23, 2012, 07:53:10 PM
Quote from: Goat93 on May 23, 2012, 07:34:16 PM
The intention of Noise weren't to provocate or to destroy the World, so why do you now want to Tie it with this?

I have different opinion. The intention of Industrial/Noise/PE was always destruction as value, on every level. From the level of science (see LUSTMORD, SCHLOSS TEGAL, CLOCK DVA/TAGC, even WHITEHOUSE), to higer level - philosophy (see lyrics  of NEUBAUTENs or NON - only destruction can create something new), to the highest form - ordinary life (HANATARSHI, HIJOKAIDAN, COSTES, SCHIMPFLUCH-GRUPPE, The EUGENICS COUNCIL and many many others), not mention apoclyptic visions of CURRENT 93/NWW, from idea of cut-ups, which was a tool to destroy language, to concepts of cultural terrorism of The GREY WOLVES. Yes, DEATH - is a value, death of mankind, and death of society.  This is very clear for me, but I don't want to take pleasure in having  your vision of this problem away.

You put Industrial Noise and P:e together. But Noise is not Industrial. It works when you Put Industrial/P:e together and left Noise out. Noise where Influenced from Dada and often a further Going from krautrock/Psychedelic Rock. Specially Japannoise is famous for that. Other Way where the Soundart Stuff who just experiments with Sounds at it is or broke up Music into Sounds. Or the Science/Math Ways. But all of them have nothing to do with World Destruction or Provocations at all. In Noise the Sound itself is Important. In Industrial (and later power Electronics) the Message is more Important than the Sound, the Sound is just a Tool/Vehicle. Or maybe better said, Noise is from the Meaning of the Word itself and should be handled as this.
You can surely put any kind of Story into it, but in Noise mustn't be these Themes. Can, but must not. You can also enjoy a Musical Diploma Work about the Math Calculation of Notes in 3D Room and Relax without fear the Armageddon.



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One could say the old noise was far more often provocative than now. Lets look at the kind of "new wave of american noise" ? Or lets check Japanese noise outside the single hermits and outsiders?

I think the complexity of value systems around, and difference now in 2012 or lets say 1982, what is the prevailing value to be destroyed, can be tricky? We can see projects like Brethren for example, who are in my opinion delivering utmost dissent in contemporary underground. His message on race, nation, education, drugs, culture, family, etc are very different from project such as... Lets see... Barrikad? Militia? And most certainly quite different from most anyways. If they are nearly opposites, what is their relation to society?

Now, when urban youth culture is no more transgressive subculture, but actually pretty much prevailing reality that operates in all levels, be it sexuality, media, lifestyles, entertainment, substance use, religion/spirituality (lack of it?), etc. etc..  What was destructive strike against society in 1982, maybe be simply swimming with the current in 2012. Therefore simply destruction itself, without any idea what is there to be found, appears lazy and dull. The simple laws - even from misconceptions a'la law of strong has been already proven untrue and inaccurate. To destroy and to oppose "world", seems impossible, as you will remain part of it whatever the choice. Slightly enlightened or thoughtful "pro" something, feels much more crucial than endless "anti" something.

Of course, I'm quite sure the cultural climate and "mainstream" in Poland can be very different from Finland for example.
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So is the guy with a gun pointed at two Slimelight sluts a Combichrist video? A hint of Forced Entry on a higher budget with more glamorous looking people. Assuming it's set to a pumping electronic discobeat. I've always avoided Conbichrist like the plague but I'd give that a chance.
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Quote from: ImpulsyStetoskopu on May 24, 2012, 01:48:30 PM
These terrorists set up dualism based on black-white world by using politics but many artists refuse this rhetoric, instead of that, they use more metaphysical and philosphical aspects, but still they don't accept this world, as RAF and BREIVIK. I guess that MILITIA and BRETHREN only seemingly differ from themselves. I don't care so much how they see this world, the most important is their riot because this is more universal and mystic problem for me.

Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on May 24, 2012, 01:03:05 PM
Therefore simply destruction itself, without any idea what is there to be found, appears lazy and dull.

It depends on how we see an idea. Doing something without an idea is something like NIHILISM. Nihilism  is very important in my life and I consider this view as one of the most important in art and philosophy. In my opinion, and I use this rule in my view on art, the question of lazy and dull doesn't lie in an idea or lack of idea, but in artist's passion and sensitivity.

To some level I do understand and accept the glorification of action and tumult as itself. That revolt against the world - whatever it would be - could be common denominator. But I think it remains very superficial if aim + result is not considered and valued.
Like the DEATH in Atrax Morgues work is different that DEATH in Genocide Organ? Simply to file it all under tumult against the world we know, would make it impotent of real meaning. Therefore value and take on the world can be found and one can easily value if artists passion and sensitivity caused some real insight or offered substance or at least inspiration what allowed listener to create some by themselves.

I firmly believe noise is all about idea or being able to notice idea when it is passing by. Anyone with gear can make some. Just like photography as well. Anyone can push a button, but it requires much much more to have idea or see potential for one when flow of free-form sounds(/images) are passing by. One can call this quality passion or sensitivity, but those would be intrinsicly tied to idea.
In the old school fascism, "men of action", was in dominant role. Do first, think later. It works for art as well, rejecting dusty academic stagnancy, breaking free with mere tumult against something - but it hardly helps if one never looks back at reasons and achievements - or lack of them.

In nihilism, we can see various traits.

Metaphysical nihilism could deny possibility to really know anything about... well anything.
Moral nihilism would deny existence of moral - its validity at least in universal sense.
Political nihilism tends to reject society as utterly corrupt
etc.

There has been published in Finland book which translation pretty well sums of the reality: "Couldn't Care Less". It makes rought separation of two forms of nihilism: active and passive. In active nihilism, we deny values and cynicism is the potent tool for victory, while in passive nihilism, the same cynicism spreads to deal with everybody and everything.

Even the good old Friedrich Nietzsche, perhaps the biggest character to be associated with nihilism, believed that nihilism is the passing phase which is necessary to get over. And also presented ideas what would be necessary for masses to get over the nihilism (caused by corruption of christianity) and I fully agree that. Passive nihilism as end of all, results most often what the kids today like to say: "Couldn't care less!" -attitude. And people who couldn't care less are often the most lazy, dull, uninteresting, shallow human waste I revolt against. That nihilism, is the nihilism of victims of slave moral.


This is very close to difference of positive and negative provocation as well.
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Brad

Quote from: ImpulsyStetoskopu on May 24, 2012, 10:43:57 AM
We back to terms and differences between industrial and noise again... I think you mean about industrial avantgarde of rock music when you say "industrial", aren't you? Do you see differences between CABARET VOLTAIRE and SPK? Both is so called industrial, but they created different music, yeah? Do you see differences between NON and The HATERS from beginning of 80s? NON is "industrial" or noise? Not only NOISE comes from dada or krautrock. These genres was main influence for so called industrial too (see for example mentioned CABARET VOLTAIRE, NWW, NEUBAUTENS, BCO, and many, many other, not so much well known projects). NOISE (I usually add INDUSTRIAL yet) is the most extreme sub-genre of INDUSTRIAL MUSIC. I consider such groups like TG, SPK, CAVS, CLOCK DVA, EN, LAIBACH, TEST DEPT as industrial avantgarde of rock music, not INDUSTRIAL MUSIC (though TG used this term for them in 1976).

I think your neologism "industrial avant-garde of rock" is a useful concept, but saying TG and Cabaret Voltiare were never INDUSTRIAL MUSIC goes against 35 years of consensus and is going to confuse everyone.  Why would a noise artist be more worthy of being called "industrial" than the artists who actually established the term?

I generally really like the "industrial avant-garde of rock" bands.  I wish I could find more current music like that.