Haven't found a thread that deals explicitly with the works of Ms. Hoffmeier, though please close this if it does exist. What is everyone's thoughts on the works of Hoffmeier over the past few years. In my estimation, she's on of the most forward thinking minds in PE/industrial and even avant-garde electronics. While her discography is not perfect (I dislike Ultimate Hypocrisy and Piss Flowers to be entirely honest, though even those works have their moments) when she succeeds, it's like nothing I've heard before - namely, The Great Panic and The Viewer. Her collaborations are quite ace, too. Also, I think it is worth noting that her control over her gear and the way she's able to "make them sing" without the usage of too many prerecorded sounds and so forth is nothing sort of cut throat discipline.
Thoughts?
The Piss Flowers cassette was actually my first exposure to noise. I got it when it first came out because the description sounded cool but fuck, I could not understand for the longest time who this shit was made for once I heard it and marveled at the possibility that shit like it had an audience. I tried for so long to sell it but no one bought it.
Thank god.
It finally, months later, made sense when I listened to it for like the tenth time (I tried very hard to understand the appeal of crumbling feedback). I worked my way through shit like Hair Police and Whitehouse but then when the Puce Mary/LR lp came out, along with the Dubrovnik and LR lp's, I really embraced it. She's evolved with almost every release and, while I admittedly haven't really spent too much time with her newer releases, she remains a favorite of mine and my first love in noise/pe.
I think The Closed Room is still my favorite release she's been involved with. I remember when the only info on Puce Mary was a very drab picture taken from outside of a bedroom of her sitting on a mattress on the floor. Now she's one of the flagship acts of the Posh roster.
I appreciate Piss Flowers for the role it played in my life but it is pretty shitty lol
Success is the best thing she's done imo
She is always sold out of tapes when I have seen her. She is fantastic live though. I'm lucky enough to see her at least 3 times.
I'm hopefully going to see her for the first time in June.
Does anyone know what her role is on the Marching Church LP that comes out next week?
Quote from: tinnitustimulus on March 27, 2015, 08:27:51 AM
She is always sold out of tapes when I have seen her. She is fantastic live though. I'm lucky enough to see her at least 3 times.
It seems like Freak Animal's releases are only exceptions . Mostly stuff appears to have too little pressing compared to demand. I hope to keep items available as long as possible. "Great Panic" belong to my favorites of her work. "Ultimate Hypocrisy" isn't perhaps as good, but I think the utterly suffocated and lo-fi sound of that recording gives it so different aura that it's very good especially for being different.
700 copies of "Persona" LP appears pretty high number, but is already sold out from label. It would still indicate doing just 100 or so tapes is way to small edition. Managed to get "Fear And Pleasure" recently. Still missing at least Puce Mary / Rodger Stella.
Quote from: Brad on March 27, 2015, 11:24:09 AM
I'm hopefully going to see her for the first time in June.
Does anyone know what her role is on the Marching Church LP that comes out next week?
I believe she did electronics on it. Frankly, I'm nearly entirely uninterested in new Marching Church material. Way too much new Sacred Bones-style seems to be infecting the material. Plushy Tom Waits meets goth meets "this used to be a blackend punk project but then I grew up." But, hey, maybe I'll be proved wrong.
"The Great Panic" is indeed very good, Mikko - fits in with FA in a way that, say, I don't think
Persona would, but maybe that is splitting hairs. The Roger Stella collab is quite, quite good if I may say so.
Excited to see what's next in her releases. Perhaps that new LR/PM album will drop soon.
Well seeing as though this thread has been started, it is a good as time as any to announce that Frederikke has contributed an excellent long form an in-depth Puce Mary interview for the next issue of noise receptor journal, which makes for rather excellent reading. Frederikke is currently finalising a couple of follow up questions, with the magazine scheduled to be out in late May.
Frederikke has also been known to frequent this forum as a lurker, so not sure if she has spotted this thread and is watching with interest!?
Ultimate Hypocrisy has been a consistent grower since I first heard it. I've been in and out of my favoring PM, but I think that's just not having the "right mood". I definitely stand by these FA tapes for their filthiness, versus the rather clean approach the last two LPs had.
Loved her set at M.A.P.S.; a major highlight of that long night. One of those rare occasions where an artist is trying to present a strong aura and does it very well. Hope it won't be my last time.
I think my fave is 'success', and that Rodger Stella collab tape which came out recently is really good as well.
Only seen her live once (with LR), and that was really great, best set of that night.
I thought the new lp was great, need to listen to it again... in also like the collabs with Sewer Election, especially the One on Second Sleep. Saw her once in new york also, was pretty drunk on Phrosties.
I don't like her earlier material so much as it seems to lack focus to me, but her recent output is great. It feels like "catchy" industrial or something like that to me, which I really appreciate. I find her work easier to get into than the average band/project in that style and that's interesting in my humble opinion.
"Obedient Grounds" is such a tune.
PUCE MARY "Fear And Pleasure" tape
Posh Isolation
Originally self released tour tape. At least my copy had quite low and unbalanced sound on that copy, so good to see Posh Isolation make bigger edition of this! Continues well the current sound of Puce Mary, but returning to this tape with more attention, it is clearly less of tight song-oriented material like for example The Great Panic. It has more of darker, yet more experimental industrial soundscape vibes to it. And that is very nice. Less of "power electronics" feel, which makes tape good addition to PM discography.
Very much recommended!
Looking back, how do you people rate The Spiral along with the rest of Frederikke's discography?
The Spiral was good, but I found the Yours tape that came out in Australia on Distort (and later repressed by the artist - this edition isn't listed on Discogs, so be wary of people flipping an incorrect edition) the same year to be better.
I really enjoyed The Spiral - truly a record that I really thought was wonderful in it's execution. This was compounded by seeing her perform live in the spring, and that really drove home what a great performer she is. Really hoping I can catch this Fear and Pleasure tape sometime soon.
Very cool to see a thread devoted to Fred! There was a rare Puce Mary shirt on eBay a couple of days ago that went for $44... I'll make my own. For the unaware, I highly recommend anything from JH1.FS3, the interview conducted by the Quietus, and the Den Blege Grå Tone collaborartive LP with good ol' Danny boy (sell me this one).
Quote from: absurdexposition on September 27, 2017, 04:52:46 AM
The Spiral was good, but I found the Yours tape that came out in Australia on Distort (and later repressed by the artist - this edition isn't listed on Discogs, so be wary of people flipping an incorrect edition) the same year to be better.
ugh, i ordered the Yours tape from that label, but never got it...
I agree with the guy who pointed to Yours as her strongest release. That and The Spiral.
Quote from: urall on September 28, 2017, 05:35:45 PM
Quote from: absurdexposition on September 27, 2017, 04:52:46 AM
The Spiral was good, but I found the Yours tape that came out in Australia on Distort (and later repressed by the artist - this edition isn't listed on Discogs, so be wary of people flipping an incorrect edition) the same year to be better.
ugh, i ordered the Yours tape from that label, but never got it...
I finally got my order from Distort, but they sent me the wrong stuff, so here's a warning to people considering doing business with them.