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GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION => GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Peterson on February 19, 2018, 08:19:01 PM

Title: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Peterson on February 19, 2018, 08:19:01 PM
OK, so the sound collage and sound poetry threads had me thinking that there should be some discussion about non-music (or mostly non-music) releases related to "industrial culture," but that are not typically considered what one might call spoken-word, poetry, or what have you.

Come Organization "documentary" tapes - The New Order "Bradford Red Light District," "Ripper Tape," Charles Manson "Family Interviews" series, "Necrophilia," "Examples of Cannibalism," "No Apparent Motive," and so on. Tapes seem to mostly be radio or TV programs dubbed to cassette sort of like an audiobook, but stuff such as "Examples of Cannibalism" and the sort of "appropriated" MB releases with added WWII Germany-era samples includes some electronics or music as a backdrop. Someone mentioned that VOD should reissue a set of these, which is likely impossible, but would interest me as much as any Whitehouse reissue.

Broken Flag various tapes and portions - Although many are probably familiar with the "Rockwell" tape of infamous early American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell ranting over Ramleh electronics, there seem to have been at least a handful of obscure non-music tapes from BF: "The Party Day of Power," "Swastika Command," and so on, among politically-related music cassettes much like Come Org's "Marches" series. Interestingly, cassettes like V/A "Morality" include interview/dialogue snippets such as John Duncan's "Prostitution Tapes." Would definitely be interested in checking out similar compilations from recent years that alternate actual music/noise with dialogue, interviews, speech, and what have you.

Gothenburg Blood Cult has some notoriety for reproducing the above-mentioned Come Org "Necrophilia" tape as it's own release. Also included among some of the actual compilation tapes are little samples and interludes as in the BF tapes above, such as V/A - "Fuck Money, Fuck Life" which ends with a strange unknown track titled "I'm Too Sad To Tell You."

Peter Sotos various works (incl. Whitehouse B-side tracks) - Needs no introduction, but nevertheless: lengthy dialogue, interview, and speech samples concerning only the darker, harder side of sexuality and street/family life. Tracks with Whitehouse usually deal with a larger array of subjects and range from 12 to around 20 minutes, while solo efforts are more focused on specific cases/crimes and are often interspersed with readings from his own writing. This almost doesn't classify, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Vitrine referential weirdness - seemingly following the influence of all of the above-mentioned, recent US effort Vitrine has put out some things that'd certainly fit in this category: "Masochism" tape which seems to be a collage of creepy poetry recitation, radio news transmissions, and primitive amp noise. "Dedicated To Dominique Venner" seems like a contemporary take on the Rockwell BF tape; clearly noise/music and obviously by the label's head honcho, but more as a background for the samples of speech and interview. Compilations "Map of the Interior" and "Map of the Perimiter" seem to include some unknown, enigmatic voice/sound clips much like the above "Fuck Money, Fuck Life" amidst the usual array of contributors. I would normally dismiss something so pointedly derivative, like the early Emaciator tapes which were all supposed to look like Broken Flag tapes, but there is a more worthy torch to bear with this kind of strange non-music stuff.

Sonic Sadist "Dog Love" tape sort of counts; relies a bit too much on electronics but contains a sufficient amount of extracts from the infamous loop as well as some interviews with Boreman (or whatever her real last name was) on the subject. Taint before Taint! That said, Taint track from V/A "Pornography Hurts" is entirely samples and definitely qualifies, giving Sotos' collages a run for his money. We all know that Taint made some of the best use of samples ever in stuff like Sex Sick, but the ratio of music-to-samples pretty much excludes it.

Now-defunct Sexkrime Arts label once released a collage tape of interviews ("Sensitivity Training") and YouTube postings concerning emotional vulnerability, sexual dysfunction, and so on; apparently also accompanied by a DVDr version which one had to first buy the tape and then write an essay about in order to obtain. Uh, no, thanks. The tape honestly wasn't that interesting nor moving despite the effort that clearly went into compiling it. Too scattered and unfocused to really be afflicting.

Unholy Passions also at one point released one of the Gillis "Walking Toilet Bowls" series as audio-only on tape.

Tape simply titled "Over" from No Visible Scars  is just a testimonial of negative sexual experiences from the person behind the project, accompanied only by a quiet synth drone. I wish there were more releases like that.

Strict's "Kiss" LP features a field recording in a peep show/video booth area. How come more people haven't done this? I would listen to a whole album of those. Still, ratio basically disqualifies it, but worth mentioning in case there are more anonymous public sex act recordings available anywhere else.

So, to those reading, perhaps there's a preexisting thread that could be merged? That which I'm listing here is nearly all I'm aware of, based on what I've heard, heard of, or seen on Discogs. I'm sure there have to be much more examples; I would hope there is similar stuff like this from Open Wound, AWB, Filth & Violence, and so on, but that might just be wishful thinking. Please, contribute! I would really like to see an attempt at list-making sort of like the "Canon of Power Electronics" thread. I am especially interested in more recent stuff that is obscure yet more easily tracked-down.

Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: BTR on February 19, 2018, 09:09:36 PM
I think this is interesting/specific enough to be its own thread, though maybe there is an older one buried.

Breathing Problem - BTK Confession

Waiting on a copy of this. From the label:

"Originally released in 2012 as digital only. 6 years later it seemed appropriate to give it a stand alone physical edition. No music. No backing track. Only the court room testimony and confession of BTK. No entertainment here. For those with a personal interest. limited to 33 copies. comes with a 12 page b&w zine style booklet with images and information."
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Peterson on February 19, 2018, 10:25:32 PM
I've heard that recording but not through that release, which sounds great. There is of course also his court statement which is more like a 45 minute awards speech than a typical defense statement and is one of the most bizarre things I've ever heard.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: BTR on February 19, 2018, 10:42:05 PM
Haven't heard that either, but I'd be curious to do so.

What I enjoy most about this stuff is the way an artist can take something like that and create this personal context for it, be it through the accompanying artwork/zine (BTK confession) or just the act of making it a release in the first place (like the ComOrg stuff, most of which just has generic covers). They way it kind of adds that obsession to the idea of the artist or label.

Quote from: Force Neurotic on February 19, 2018, 10:25:32 PM
I've heard that recording but not through that release, which sounds great. There is of course also his court statement which is more like a 45 minute awards speech than a typical defense statement and is one of the most bizarre things I've ever heard.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Zeno Marx on February 19, 2018, 11:27:55 PM
if you know anyone into calligraphy, fountain pens, etc.  I find this relaxing.

https://www.discogs.com/Jos%C3%A9-Luis-Castillejo-The-Book-Of-Js/release/984487
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Andrew McIntosh on February 19, 2018, 11:29:12 PM
A release called "Tower" by one Sakura (Takayoshi Kitajima) - nearly sixty minutes of some kind of audio hum/tape hiss with additional mostly unrecognisable sounds, followed by five tracks of silence ranging between seven to nine seconds each. Quiet and peaceful.

EDIT - Vagina Detenta's classic release "Music for the Hashinins". Snarling dog sounds played at slower speeds and layered.

Absurd Cosmos Late Nite. One of Mark Groves projects, featuring his patented deep voice monologues over found music/sound.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: NaturalOrthodoxy on February 20, 2018, 12:14:18 PM
I remember reading about the Broken Flag Rockwell tape in ALAP.

There's an upload on YouTube but seems to be panned entirely in the left ear. That's right up my street though- I'm much more fascinated by extremes of ideology than extremes of sexuality/murder, so any similar releases (political monologues with or without backing electronics) would be great. Good thread, I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Peterson on February 21, 2018, 03:51:39 PM
I've been looking for the Holy Family Parish "Man & Wife" cassette forever. I remember someone I'm not in touch with anymore sending me MP3s a few years ago, and from that I think it was a dialogue/interview sort of thing with some background drones/noises. Pretty stupid that I deleted it after only one listen, as I've never even come close to finding it again since, copy or files. This sort of weird, intimate stuff really intrigues me.

https://www.discogs.com/Holy-Family-Parish-Man-And-Wife-Husband-And-Wife/release/1633761

Can anyone shed some light on this? Care to sell a copy, rip one for me?
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: NaturalOrthodoxy on February 21, 2018, 06:33:11 PM
I may be wrong as I never copped a tape but I think that the Wealth of Abuse "Deviant Report" series was along these lines? Basically clips of people describing traumatic abuse.

EDIT: The Scum F.C "Sex Chat" is the performer prank calling sex lines while performing junk metal noise, tenuous but also related to this thread. In one segment he goes by the name Philip Best. Top bants init

https://antisocialkulturengland.bandcamp.com/album/scum-f-c-sex-chat

Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: hsv on February 22, 2018, 01:04:18 PM
Arv & Miljö has some releases that are mainly taped interviews. I haven't heard those but maybe Baglady can fill in the blanks
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: collapsedhole on February 22, 2018, 04:55:46 PM
Michael Prime - Priory Gardens - 7", Povertech Industries - sounds of bats feeding. i like this one a lot actually.

Slow Death - cs, Hospital Productions - unprocessed recordings of geiger counter readings. never heard this one but i remember the label billing it as "unlistenable" when it came out.

Sex Angle - cs, Chondritic Sound - soundtrack to the Cosey Fanni-Tutti sex tape. i guess this counts as 'industrial related'...

Satan Place - cs, Hanson / Ecstatic Peace - interviews surrounding the 'acid king' murderer of long island, ricky kasso. always kicked myself for not buying this when it came out and have never seen a copy for sale at a reasonable price.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Euro Trash Bazooka on February 23, 2018, 01:23:01 AM
Maybe stuff from Alexander Korotkov released under the Po.No(I)Za/По.Но.(и)За or Lo.By/Ло.Бы monikers would qualify? I have tapes from each project, the one I'm thinking about in particular ("Dokumentazion" by Po.No(I)Za) is pretty much 45 minutes of non-stop random Russian TV zapping/looping that's processed through tape recorders and sound like a DJ scratching on tapes and making almost cut-up noise with it. Except it's not noise, just micro-snippets of TV extracts. It's almost unbearable, the kind of stuff I would play to make guests who overstay their welcome leave (before, I used to use a 70's Dutch radio jingles LP. Fun but quickly trying for the listener...)

I'm also thinking of material from Kei Yokota's Invader From Mars project. If hearing someone just making noises with his mouth or scraping stuff mindlessly for what seems an eternity appeals to you, then you should go for it. I love everything made by Kei, though.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Euro Trash Bazooka on February 23, 2018, 02:57:03 AM
Quote from: Force Neurotic on February 23, 2018, 01:38:18 AM

Bazooka, both you mentioned sound indeed unbearable. The way you made use of the first one is pretty ingenious! I gotta find something I can shoo guests away with.

That will be arranged.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Johann on February 23, 2018, 05:39:05 AM
Quote from: hsv on February 22, 2018, 01:04:18 PM
Arv & Miljö has some releases that are mainly taped interviews. I haven't heard those but maybe Baglady can fill in the blanks

I have two cd-r releases, one is an interview with Johnny Loydn from the PILL years, the other is with Nico. No decerniable manipulation...both are very lofi.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: PTM Jim on February 23, 2018, 08:35:34 AM
Having almost the Hospital discography, I can comfortably say the the Slow Death tape mentioned is the most unlistenable thing on the label, if not the most unlistenable thing I've ever heard. A true gem for sure.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Theodore on February 23, 2018, 09:29:34 AM
Quote from: Force Neurotic on February 21, 2018, 03:51:39 PM
I've been looking for the Holy Family Parish "Man & Wife" cassette forever. I remember someone I'm not in touch with anymore sending me MP3s a few years ago, and from that I think it was a dialogue/interview sort of thing with some background drones/noises. Pretty stupid that I deleted it after only one listen, as I've never even come close to finding it again since, copy or files. This sort of weird, intimate stuff really intrigues me.

https://www.discogs.com/Holy-Family-Parish-Man-And-Wife-Husband-And-Wife/release/1633761

Can anyone shed some light on this? Care to sell a copy, rip one for me?

It's here for listening : https://holyfamilyparish.bandcamp.com/album/man-and-wife-husband-and-wife . But seems you don't remember it. Barely any interview and this on the very background !

Spastik Kommunikation's Evidence Series seems to fit in the topic, based on the descriptions -except Death Squad maybe- . I have only listened Mcveigh Unedited, so i am not sure about the others. https://www.discogs.com/label/829750-Evidence-Series . On an related note : Anyone has listened Death Squad's Cutting Myself Open ... ? Seems to fit too. Few words about it, i need.

Generally, not a fan of non-music / interview / dialogue material myself. Only for a reason. My english. I can understand only a part of what's said and natural daily speaking of native english language people and usually low fidelity, bad quality sound make it even harder. Otherwise, there are subjects very interesting that i wish i could understand english better or had a translation heh !
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: collapsedhole on February 23, 2018, 05:13:12 PM
force, i really don't know much about the SATAN PLACE tape, i really want it though... someone should trade it to me, i'll even take a bootleg. i did lawn sprinklers at the old kasso house on long island, and am a fan of both satan & drugs, so it's right up my alley.

jim, fuck, now i really want to hear that slow death tape! speaking of hospital - i know you must be aware of the old "Hospital Garden" sub-label..... where you could buy 'releases' such as "4 twigs, 2 sticks, and 2 branches" or "6 pebbles, 1 rock, and 3 stones" or "glass of water" or "cup of earth + a worm (worm not guaranteed to be alive upon arrival"..... afterall, we are talking non-music right?
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Duncan on February 23, 2018, 07:55:10 PM
Been holding off adding to this thread because 'dark' material like this is really not my wheelhouse...but then 'Satan Place' got mentioned so I'm going for it.

I suppose I'm more interested in stuff that takes the form of audio curiosity, sound art or - as CMSFoundation once said to me - 'the inscrutable art object'.  The stuff I'll contribute to the conversation is only related to industrial and noise by a thin set of cultural relations but hopefully it'll be of some interest.

Right off the bat I'll recommend this album recently put out by Paradigm Discs.  
https://captain-maurice-seddon.bandcamp.com/releases

This is an LP of (mostly) phone calls and a few 'pottering about the house' recordings from the now deceased Captain Maurice Seddon.  Exactly who this guy was and what he did is a long and varied story but essentially this is a peek into the world of a true, old English eccentric.  The recordings are all taken from cassettes that one of his friends collected from the floor of his house after he died.  Apparently, being an old army signals guy with a serious aptitude for old electronics and machinery, Seddon modified his phone to operate like a 2 way radio, meaning people could only hear/speak in accordance with when he pushed a button to allow the signals through.  The recordings are all incredibly funny and charming as he speaks in such proper, formal tonalities while trying to arrange a dentist appointment or have a conversation with his long suffering sister, slipping in and out of german and english.  I don't know if there will be something lost in translation for those who aren't from or near England and kinda grown up with figures like this on the peripheries of tv and radio, but there is something very engaging about it in my opinion.  Since the label has released work by Daphne Oram, Burroughs, Adam Bohman, Trevor Wishart and more you definitely feel like this is being presented as a kind of ready made, audio art document.

Speaking of which, Adam Bohman's stuff definitely belongs in here too.  Of course you get lots of junk/broken instrument scraping improv on his records which is absolutely one of the key things he does and is known for but also there is a ton of ephemeral stuff in there from oddball domestic recordings, voice/spoken word experiments and most importantly his cassette postcards/diaries.  All of his albums - at least the ones on Paradigm Discs - come from him turning over a load of cassettes to the label and Clive picking the best parts.  I don't really think Bohman himself has any real interest or ear for making 'records' in that sense.  His cassettes are definitely things that must be heard and I know there are some floating about online..maybe on that SONM archive if it still exists...which are him just documenting his day trips out.  I've seen him break away from groups in person and make these things in real time which is a great thing to witness.  This one from Vitrine is a good indicator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7K-BTjWYi8  EDIT - Fucking hell, I'd never listened to this before but I realise he's talking about a gig I played at in this as I recognise the story and assume I'm the 'other person from Brighton playing solo'.  How nice.

Moving on, one of my absolute favourite things is when a band or artist known at least in part for making 'music' of some sort manage to get away with putting out whole releases of entirely found/non musical sound as legit parts of the catalogue.  Does it get ANY better than the mighty Gerogerigegege for this?  It's a really obvious thing to contribute here...most will be familiar with the pop music, gay porn sound track and just plain old jerking off/shitting recordings...but I find this contribution to the Yellow Power Scum compilation to be the best example of their true genius in this regard: audio from some TV show talking about the band with what is obviously a clip of them playing somewhere in the middle.  Best compilation track EVER. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xHwOEKL370

Not something I actually have myself or ever really cared about getting/listening to properly but Adrian Rew's LP on Hanson of slot machine field recordings is a great concept: https://soundcloud.com/hansonrecords/a1-01-3-31-2013-horseshoe-casino-cleveland-oh

I can't be fucked digging it up properly but the LP of RRRon, Mikko, Pete from Second Layer and whoever else inside their record stores was a master stroke and I was so glad when I finally just said 'fuck it' and bought the thing.

There are loads of things I'm definitely forgetting which I'll add later if I remember

Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: PTM Jim on February 23, 2018, 08:31:28 PM
Yep, Slow Death is the Knights Of Timbre guy. He's one that I would say releases true noise. Everything is a very difficult listen.

I always wanted the Hospital Garden, but I was a little late on discovering it. Really proves why "Productions" is in the label name and so much more than a record label. Interesting stuff.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: cr on February 23, 2018, 10:17:46 PM
Quote from: SILVUM on February 23, 2018, 09:15:22 PM
VA - Okkulte Stimmen - Mediale Musik: Recordings Of Unseen Intelligences 1905-2007 3xCD is essential.. possessed children, haunting phenomena, seances, trance speech.  One of the best things I own.

Ah yes, this is fantastic. Have it since it came out. Must be in some of my boxes, should search for it. Only thinking about the exorcism of Anneliese Michel or the Enfield Poltergeist children and some other recordings still gives me the creeps.


Just found those mentioned on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1W3Q1aG8Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1W3Q1aG8Q)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIA-vwS890s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIA-vwS890s)


Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Euro Trash Bazooka on February 23, 2018, 11:52:55 PM
Quote from: SILVUM on February 23, 2018, 09:15:22 PM

Conet Project: if you dont know, basicslly coded transmissions broadcast for military / spy operations, I love shortwave distortion and robotic women just saying numbers, so it is essential to me.


Yes! I love this stuff as well!
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: HongKongGoolagong on February 24, 2018, 05:40:21 AM
Every single Vagina Dentata Organ record fits right here. Not so much composition in any of them but a whole lot of attitude. One of the very best and a true legend.

Gabi Losoncy has two LPs out to date 'Security Besides Love' and 'HH' plus a plethora of CD-R, cassette and internet only releases. Taped conversations of people in distressing life situations, recordings of panic attacks, recordings of inhuman sounds of bus engines, security systems, tannoys. Much of this very cold, unsettling and without solace.

OKOK Society one of the most prolific yet ignored artists working has created innumerable recordings of distressed/distressing monologues, shortwave radio, found sounds and general wtf audio. Highly recommended.

MK9 primarily uses found material for his audio and has created phenomenal and devastating work over many years since the days when he operated as Death Squad. As genuine an artist as is living today.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: impulse manslaughter on February 24, 2018, 09:47:09 AM
Quote from: SILVUM on February 24, 2018, 09:02:14 AM
That John Duncan tape where he's fucking that dead chick in Mexico.

Blind Date, the A side of the Pleasure Escape tape. I like it a lot and asked him if i could do a reissue but he doesn't want this available again..
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: aububs on February 24, 2018, 11:52:00 AM
wouldn't have been his last load tho

after you get yr balls snipped you still have bullets in the chamber

takes about 20 cums after the testicle massacre before yr shooting blanks

another approach would have been to get his balls snipped and then just keep fucking corpses until he was sterile

not to diminish his achievement
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: aububs on February 24, 2018, 02:54:25 PM
it has a high poetry regardless, that is for sure
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Marcel Duchump on February 25, 2018, 02:48:37 PM
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/outandin_artaud
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Duncan on February 25, 2018, 04:34:24 PM
Unlikely anyone will ever hear this unless I rip it myself but Wrest - Lives At The CSV (Fuckin' Amateurs) is perfect: Our hero taping conversations at the Job Centre, talking to people about whitehouse and wolf eyes in a thick, north eastern drawl.  'Stabbed In The Face. You've gotta admit, that's a good song title' or words to that effect.  Made all the better by being a single sided LP.

https://www.discogs.com/Wrest-Live-At-The-CSV/release/2400723
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: ddmurph on March 03, 2018, 12:36:32 PM
Quote from: Duncan on February 23, 2018, 07:55:10 PM
Not something I actually have myself or ever really cared about getting/listening to properly but Adrian Rew's LP on Hanson of slot machine field recordings is a great concept: https://soundcloud.com/hansonrecords/a1-01-3-31-2013-horseshoe-casino-cleveland-oh

That Adrian Rew LP is great. It reminds me a lot of Solid Eye or Joe & Joe (LAFMS) for whatever reason ... same kind of enveloping, trance-like feeling. I tend to get sucked in listening to it, forgetting the context after a bit (but later being suddenly reminded by some change in sounds or background chatter or whatever). Also really looking forward to hearing that Captain Maurice Seddon LP.


Quote from: SILVUM on February 23, 2018, 09:15:22 PM
Conet Project

Okkulte Stimmen

Big fan of both of these here also.


My own interest in this sort of thing definitely veers far away from anything overtly "industrial". Give me an Elizabeth Clare Prophet or Saxon Gregory Productions over a Broken Flag Rockwell any day. Is there anything more perfect than that Seagal / Van Damme LP? Maybe this? ...

Quote from: Duncan on February 25, 2018, 04:34:24 PM
Unlikely anyone will ever hear this unless I rip it myself but Wrest - Lives At The CSV (Fuckin' Amateurs) is perfect: Our hero taping conversations at the Job Centre, talking to people about whitehouse and wolf eyes in a thick, north eastern drawl.  'Stabbed In The Face. You've gotta admit, that's a good song title' or words to that effect.  Made all the better by being a single sided LP.

https://www.discogs.com/Wrest-Live-At-The-CSV/release/2400723

Ha, I've got to hear this.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: ddmurph on March 03, 2018, 01:07:46 PM
Quote from: HongKongGoolagong on February 24, 2018, 05:40:21 AM
Gabi Losoncy has two LPs out to date 'Security Besides Love' and 'HH' plus a plethora of CD-R, cassette and internet only releases. Taped conversations of people in distressing life situations, recordings of panic attacks, recordings of inhuman sounds of bus engines, security systems, tannoys. Much of this very cold, unsettling and without solace.

I keep getting drawn back to these two LPs. Baffling but totally engaging. Difficult listening in the best way. I don't even know why I find them particularly "difficult". I guess it's something about not being able to pigeonhole them. There are somewhat familiar elements for sure but, on a whole, they're unlike almost anything else I've heard ... "cold, unsettling and without solace" is a great description. Plus, what a great way for Kye to finish ... an LP of almost "nothing".


Never heard of OKOK Society but sounds intriguing. Any more info? The website linked on discogs (http://www.okok.org.uk/) looks like a rabbit hole ... there goes the next hour of my life.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: HongKongGoolagong on March 03, 2018, 05:43:53 PM
Quote from: ddmurph on March 03, 2018, 01:07:46 PM
what a great way for Kye to finish ... an LP of almost "nothing".


Never heard of OKOK Society but sounds intriguing. Any more info? The website linked on discogs (http://www.okok.org.uk/) looks like a rabbit hole ... there goes the next hour of my life.


A very quiet air conditioning unit apparently on HH, which stands for Highly Hypnotizable.

Try http://mrmarkreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-third-side-broadcasts-go-mp3_36.html for some OKOK
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Kayandah on March 06, 2018, 05:08:48 PM
Quote from: SILVUM on February 24, 2018, 09:02:14 AM
Francisco Lopez has building recording albums too

Buildings from 2001? Love that album, my perfect late night listening.

A lot of what i mentioned here is okay for one off listening but rarely would i come back to it. The Come Org Red light district walk around was always good for novelty but hardly something I'd put on now.

One not mentioned is Phil Blankenship's record where he reads the lyrics from a RHCP album. Again a bit of a novelty but certainly a different listening experience.

There was also a tape, I think it came out on Terror, that was field recordings from tibet? The recording of the temple and chanting stands out in my memory. But again this is more field recording rather than the topic title.
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Duncan on March 15, 2018, 01:31:22 AM
A bit stretched for the topic perhaps but this Ben Patterson fluxus piece is just 17 mins of flapping paper about. Great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKYa1X1rmpw
Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: Peterson on March 15, 2018, 06:48:22 AM
Quote from: Kayandah on March 06, 2018, 05:08:48 PM
One not mentioned is Phil Blankenship's record where he reads the lyrics from a RHCP album. Again a bit of a novelty but certainly a different listening experience.

There was also a tape, I think it came out on Terror, that was field recordings from tibet? The recording of the temple and chanting stands out in my memory. But again this is more field recording rather than the topic title.

Shit, I forgot about that Blankenship "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" album! That is true audio masochism, first to spend money on that, then to listen to it. One of the worst rock albums by one of the worst rock groups of all time, much less to just dictate the lyrics into some tape recorder. Pretty genius sense of sick humor. I want to hear that but there's a 0% chance I could endure the whole thing.

I looked up that Terror tape and might have to end up tracking it down. That might be a field recording, but is also more or less "music."

Quote from: HongKongGoolagong on February 24, 2018, 05:40:21 AM
Every single Vagina Dentata Organ record fits right here. Not so much composition in any of them but a whole lot of attitude. One of the very best and a true legend.

Gabi Losoncy has two LPs out to date 'Security Besides Love' and 'HH' plus a plethora of CD-R, cassette and internet only releases. Taped conversations of people in distressing life situations, recordings of panic attacks, recordings of inhuman sounds of bus engines, security systems, tannoys. Much of this very cold, unsettling and without solace.

OKOK Society one of the most prolific yet ignored artists working has created innumerable recordings of distressed/distressing monologues, shortwave radio, found sounds and general wtf audio. Highly recommended.

MK9 primarily uses found material for his audio and has created phenomenal and devastating work over many years since the days when he operated as Death Squad. As genuine an artist as is living today.

Never got around to VDO for some reason, still intend to though. OKOK is new to me, sounds good. Agree with the sentiments about MK9, Bryan Lewis Saunder's label outfit "Stand-Up Tragedy" would be a better description for what MK9 is all about, if you ask me. What I've heard over the past few months from Losoncy's YouTube channel I find both pleasant and very harsh/abrasive/annoying at times, kind of like Hijokaidan - not sure if that makes sense but that was my overall impression. I'd like to check out her tapes on Alien Passengers especially but you know how that goes.

Oh, and these look interesting:
https://www.discogs.com/City-Medicine-Aviary/release/8031715 (self-explanatory)
http://oldmanarchives.xyz/ (respect your elders!)

Title: Re: Non-music "industrial/noise-related" releases
Post by: DrRichard on September 10, 2024, 02:11:14 PM
Quote"Dedicated To Dominique Venner"

Laughing my ass off, that old nazi fart would have committed suicide a second time if he had known he would become a hero in that kind of musical scene.