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Last post by Johann - Today at 01:52:29 AM
Quote from: impulse manslaughter on January 27, 2026, 08:28:13 PMJust started reading an Ernst Jünger book with 4 essays. Never read the classic In Stahlgewittern / Storm of Steel. Will buy that next if I like this one.
Which one? A book with 4 essays, doesn't ring a bell, but I've only read English translations
#2
Last post by Baglady - January 27, 2026, 11:51:24 PM
MOGAO - Hidden God CD (Hiisi Prod, 2023)
Thought I had lost this CD forever, but finally it fell out when I was browsing for something else. Been wanting to revisit it for quite some time.
Beyond the rather weird cover, it's a very unassuming noise album if you don't pay attention (or if you just don't get it, hah). Rattling junk, frying electronics and feedback. Done to death, sure, but it's all in the details here - the perfect live room recording, the way the sounds just crack when it gets too much for the recording device (whatver that is), the instability, the dominance of brittle yet fierce mid frequencies, all the small debris flying around and the damn on-the-edge delivery. Fucking careless mastery. The whole package is bursting in the seams. My favorite noise album from the last five, six, seven years or so? Might just be. Had to scroll through a couple of distros to find another copy to give to a buddy just now. The world needs to know!
#3
Last post by narcolepsia - January 27, 2026, 11:04:19 PM
Quote from: Into_The_Void on January 27, 2026, 09:46:33 PMThe new Narcolepsia batch is out now, check it out. It includes my project (Doktrin) as well so it's a bit of self-advertising, but it's still great to see the label is keeping its activities.
https://soundcloud.com/narcolepsia-hn
thank you for helping spread the word ! finally started to ship packages this week, most orders are now on the way. will be soon / soon-ish available from Sound Ohm (Italy), Input Error (UK), Scream & Writhe (Canada), Tribe Tapes (US - via Taylor / Canada, still unable to ship directly to the US...), White Centipede Noise (Germany), Freak Animal (Finland) and FOAD (Italy). still looking for further distribution (wholesale only at this point), get in touch if you have interest = narcolepsia . distro at gmail . com
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The new Narcolepsia batch is out now, check it out. It includes my project (Doktrin) as well so it's a bit of self-advertising, but it's still great to see the label is keeping its activities.
https://soundcloud.com/narcolepsia-hn
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Just started reading an Ernst Jünger book with 4 essays. Never read the classic In Stahlgewittern / Storm of Steel. Will buy that next if I like this one.
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Last post by k.p.g - January 27, 2026, 07:47:39 PM
Black Leather Jesus / MSBR - Sonic Destruction (Deadline Recordings)
The original LP, in all its glory! Love the hand stitched package that I assume Ramirez made for this one. Speaking of, just how is this Black Leather Jesus side? Well, fucking fantastic, for one. Opens up feeling less like a full band effort, and more like a "pass the aux chord" around of stylings. You get some guitar squelches, some rumble tumble crunch and even some vocal exercising before it all just explodes into that BLJ cacophony that is so deeply revered. And with this particular era of the group, that cacophony is sitting almost exclusively in the mid-range, which I personally prefer to the group's more low end-heavy affairs. Makes me imagine a group of people trapped in a mine, with each one fighting to make their voice heard the loudest. Sometimes someone pokes through greater than another, but it is never really for too long. Glorious.
MSBR jumps out the gate with just a ROAR. Stupid to say, but I imagine Koji's synth to have a button that says "EVIL" written across it, as that just is the tone this fuckin' thing nails so perfectly that it had to have been dialed in to a key. As much as I love Koji's more experimental routes he takes with the project, this is the sound that made me fall in love with MSBR to begin with. It's relentless, unforgiving, and yet very unique in terms of its approach to harsh noise from other Japanese artists; far more American than anything else. Even with the second track, despite it having its harsh moments, its far more spaced out than any other contemporaries in the region of that time. This wouldn't feel too out of place in Michigan perhaps. Lovely stuff all around.
While I bought this one initially to have my MSBR expand by one more, BLJ really came to play here. Fantastic work on both ends.
Miscarriage - DOA (American Tapes)
Oh yeah, this the stuff. 20 years ago, the stars aligned and the grouping of John Olson, Greh Holger, Aaron Dilloway and Mike Connelly was formed to deliver this gnarly slab of midwest darkness. The 4 of them each put their own version out on their respective label, but it ended up being the American one that I would come across in the bins of Hanson Records a few years back. It comes with a bonus CDr attached, but that material honestly pales in comparison to the LP. I'd almost go as far as to say it is "inessential."
When it comes to the LP though, yeah, it is dark as hell, but also pretty aggressive for the personnel involved. If I could compare it to anything else from this crew at the time, it would maybe be Wolf Eyes during the Human Animal period, but even this has far more PE leanings than that record did. The vocals that crop up halfway through are maniacal. I tried to pry Olson for who did 'em and got stonewalled. It could really be any 4 of them, and that's a lovely mystery to have. While that goes on, the typical Dilloway loops and Olson sax musings are drenched in nicely with layers of distortion of menacing synth drive. It all comes together so nicely. For a first (and really, only) outing, it's a great one. I could have seen the makings for a more "legit" PE type of project for these 4 if they wanted to stick it out long-term, but then that begs the question of "would I still have the same sense of wonder about this LP if they did more?" Sometimes you just have lightning in a bottle.
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Last post by Johann - January 27, 2026, 06:48:23 PM
Quote from: Wainhouse on January 25, 2026, 06:17:04 AMMy mailbox waits for Untitled 11. In the meantime, I had a thought: are there any zines about the internet? Opinions if so?
Not related to noise, but specifically to the question at hand. I recently came across a book called "the Internet and everyone" by John Chris Jones that is about early Internet (Jones was born in 1927, and started writing about these ideas as early as the mid 50s) it's an extremely fun and readable book attempting to show the Internet as it was then in 2000.
This is his website if your looking to get an idea
www.publicwriting.netYou could also read about Cybernetics which does have some historical cross over into the world of early electronic/experimental music
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On topic I think the Internet as source material has existed since it became a dominant source of content in our lives and was purposely obscured because it may have been seen as taboo in earlier years due to the fetishization of analog sources and content.
It has only been in the last few years I've seen an open acknowledgement of sound sources from stuff such as YouTube etc and mentions of recording to IPhone etc...
Regarding content specifically about internet it seems like some Jilat was doing back in the time on Chondritic Sound forum, I personally was uninterested in his projects and perspectives since he was doing a lot of seemingly computer based extremely long form stuff that might be classified as "pure noise"...I can't honestly speak to if my impressions time time are right or wrong in hindsight as I don't know if he still is involved in sound or the community.
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Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on January 27, 2026, 09:47:06 AMThis type of thing is very important to most, including also myself. Of course I would survive without noise gigs, sure, but the gatherings of likeminded, that happens frequently enough, but NOT all the time, is good.
At least to me it feels that when you got month or two between seeing people, you actually got things to discuss. I ain't the type of guy sitting daily for coffee, or friends couch, talking whatever. No thanks. It is more like people discussing what is happening, planning, even sort of brainstorming. Perhaps invitations to collaborate or whatever. Then everybody goes on their own ways. Often somewhat vitalized by idea that there is actually small interests to what they do. Someone asked for compilation. Someone asked if planning any gigs. Someone talking about the best Merzbow CD you just finally managed to get. Sometimes absolutely nerdy stuff. Sometimes more serious. Yet, at least I can't take the non-stop social scene thing at all. There has to be the balance of when you talk and when you do. And if nothing gets done, what is there to talk about? It's not some sort of obligation, of course, but it would feel weird if I'd go to gig, someone asks what's happening lately and I would be like "nothing...". It is without exception, when I return from noise gig, back home, there is intense will to create, play and record. Plan things and execute things. Yet, the certain amount of loneliness or at least being alone is mandatory to even get started anything worth doing. No point in jamming for fun, hah..
I agree. At least personally, the lack of access to the "social scene" (it's just too far from me for that level of daily connection) is what makes the chance meetings so meaningful and productive/inspiring. If I see people once every month or so, then I have the time to record some new CDs to share and distribute.
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In this episode, it is mr. WCN who is most interesting, when not only he does the sort of "PR job" like most in episode, but has longer piece about the dilemma of values / attitudes / politics in noise. Balancing somewhere in accepting noise ain't just one kind of culture, but includes quite wide spectrum of personalities, but also insisting there may be necessity to make clear what host of show stands for. I don't know what exactly man is planning, but since there's been many types of people, but I am pretty sure IF there would be artists who even moderately would hint he may not absolutely hate the current US president, there would be consequences. If not actual, at least there would be this collective thought that it should or at least could? It seems to be the pinnacle of conflict. I mean, of course, that revolving around this particular topic would be totally dumb, but other somehow heated topics or projects included could bring neat tension. I don't know what type of hate mail Oskar have received or if negative remarks online has been annoying, but I have my doubts if it could be anything very severe.. unless the mentioned lack of reactions? One would hope public episodes, noise zines and such, would stir more discussions. Function as openings. For me they have worked like that most of the time.
#10
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aktirecs@gmail.comThe follow-up magazine to PERSONAL BEST (ten issues, 2011-2024). This new publication follows the same formula – long in-depth interviews with a wide range of great artists, as well as photos and artwork – but the design is new, there
are written pieces, no ads, and it will follow a regular annual publication schedule. 88 pages offset printed CMYK (with Pantone on cover), sewn-glued binding with a 9mm spine, and folded flaps cover – a slightly more deluxe upgrade from
PERSONAL BEST. It is also printed in a smaller edition. Produced, edited and designed by Lasse Marhaug.
Issue 1 has interviews with: Government Alpha • Ronny Wærnes • Mental Overdrive • Fredrik Nilsen
• Stina Stjern • Jérôme Noetinger • Jim O'Rourke • Ralf Wehowsky • Michèle Bokanowski
– and a lengthy survey on Metamkine's 1990's Cinéma Pour L'Oreille 3"CD-series.
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