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#1
You heard it here first - a black African musician would NEVER use Ableton.
#2
If you replace "African" with "Sámi people" and reverse some colors one can truly see the absurdity of this whole charade:

"Sámi Imperial Wizard is a middle aged black man. We had the extreme displeasure of playing with him last night not knowing who he was until he came back stage and, to our shock, took off his hood. The Imperial Wizard (which is a term for a "Ku Klux Klan" leader) obscures his black identity to the extent that he even wears gloves to cover his hands all while projecting a pastiche of white Sámi "tribal" imagery on screen. He also claims to be part of an imagined pan Sámi armed struggle and calls for his Sámi brothers to join together to play on his records. These records are actually just made with Ableton samples. In the great and horrible tradition of Finnish music, he is taking the art and lives of Sámi people and crazily perverting them for his own bizarre edification and profit. This is extreme white face and a profound level of racist appropriation. Would you see, book or listen to a band of black men called Asian Gestapo?"

One can ponder if such statement would be met with applause or the americans would perceive Sámi people just "white" and then rally behind the misunderstood artist hmm? I hope Harsh Ways Fest books him or something. XE/African Imperial Wizard split when?
#3
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on November 25, 2025, 04:05:35 AM
Quote from: k.p.g on November 22, 2025, 09:09:28 PMMerzbow - Green Wheels (Urashima, reissue)
First listen of the day was this monolith of a 2xLP.  File it under one of the weirder Merzbow LPs of the 90s.  Tons of synth blipping, a little bit of metal scraping, but the part that shines is the vocal work.  I never have really listened to any Merzbow with extensive vocal work.  It's good!  Is there any more like this?  Dead Body Love comes to mind when listening to Masami freak out on the mic.

This sounds interesting, as I don't think I have heard Masami do vocals elsewhere?  I know that Bara does vocals on a variety of albums, though.

Noisembryo has prominent use of Masami's voice, even more so than Green Wheels. Its atypical for him to utilize it, which is why the exceptions are so notable.
#4
GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: NOISE RELATED RANDOM TALK ...
Last post by Kaaoskultti - November 25, 2025, 11:43:34 PM
If it depends on me, I'd definitely listen to a project named Asian Gestapo. I mean, Xiu Xiu is great and all, but damn how boring these angstridden redditish statements sound like.
#5
GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REV...
Last post by Kaaoskultti - November 25, 2025, 11:34:14 PM
Quote from: Fistfuck Masonanie on November 18, 2025, 03:31:09 AMVile Vulgar - Private Art (Institute Of Paraphilia Studies)

Anonymous project on the IOPS label. Similar to the old adage, "all women on the internet are men until proven otherwise," I assume all IOPS projects are Mikko until proven otherwise.

The sounds on here are very cavernous and decrepit PE/industrial sans vocals. It's heavy on atmosphere. Metal scraping, barrel bashing, and synths. I remember reading someone guessed this was an anonymous Keith Brewer release.

It's a very good guess, as there is a lot of metal and synth work throughout that's comparable to the last couple of Mania tapes like All Aftermath or Hardly Lethal. Speaking of Hardly Lethal, the inner artwork on Vile Vulgar is suspiciously similar to the color palette and style of the artwork on that release...

For some reason though, this one feels like Mikko to me, however, I could easily be wrong. Contextual clues point to Keith. Either way, if you are a fan of Mania or Grunt, this one fits nicely in between the sounds of the two projects, and you won't be disappointed.

Definitely sounds like Mania. Anyway, what made you think it was a Keith's work? I know as mentioned above, it says in the package it's him, but I'm curious as to what kind of reactions people have from anonymous projects. The low-pitched textures in the beginning of side B are absolutely gorgeous. The handling of low and high-picthed noises throughout the tracks, and how they morph into each other with genius craftmanship is one of the reasons why Keith will always be a legend within the Noise scenario. Then there are some metaljunk elements in the background - a few, but still. Later on, on side B, the distorted white noise which builds upon the low frequencies, oscilating between quieter and louder noises, accompanied by what I like to call "bubble" sounds really adds up to an interesting release. Never boring, always there's something new within the sound palette for us to taste.
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GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: NOISE RELATED RANDOM TALK ...
Last post by Cranial Blast - November 25, 2025, 07:24:33 PM
I don't know much about this project at all, but from reading some of the posts, it kind of makes me think of Dave Chappelle's comedy skit about blind black man/white supremacist, haha.
#8
GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: NOISE RELATED RANDOM TALK ...
Last post by Balor/SS1535 - November 25, 2025, 06:43:15 PM
Quote from: post-morten on November 25, 2025, 06:31:18 AM
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on November 25, 2025, 03:56:49 AMA guy revealed this info on here already a few months ago, but I guess no one is too interested unless a big name "calls them out."

Respect to Xiu Xiu for calling out this scam. Hopefully it'll catch some more wind now than when some random dude on an anonymous board did it.

ha---Over a year before all this!
#9
GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: NOISE RELATED RANDOM TALK ...
Last post by Leewar - November 25, 2025, 05:52:01 PM
Coming soon - outrage as black metal band are discovered to not actually be satanists.
#10
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Last post by ChromePeelerRec - November 25, 2025, 04:13:19 PM
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