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#21
Was this a festival or just Merzbow playing..? I can't image more than 200 people showing up for this in the Netherlands.
#22
Last post by Minus1 - January 16, 2026, 07:27:12 PM
Quote from: upturnedeye on July 11, 2016, 11:09:45 AMI'm wondering if anyone could recommend some "melancholic" or eerie sounding noise/PE. I am thinking of things like Ramleh's Hole in the Heart (specifically "Bite the Bolster" and "Product of Fear"), NWW's Spiral Insana, and even moments of Grunt's Seer of Decay ("Dog in the Leash 1-5"). So I suppose I'm looking for things that are more atmospheric than violent.
Thanks in advance
I stumbled upon this thread as I was listening to The Von Einem Tapes 2CD. My finger was previously hovering over the thread for that release, but I'll comment here instead.
I think this is melancholic / atmospheric type Noise. It touches on harsh / violent subjects but not in an in-your-face way. Some of it reminds me of Boards Of Canada!
This is not my usual / favourite kind of Noise, but inbetween the full-on assaults of Vomir, Pain Jerk, Government Alpha, etc etc it's good to "take stock".
Day Of The Antler also comes to mind in this regard.
#23
Last post by cr - January 16, 2026, 05:30:17 PM
So then what?...Travel to Pordenone to see Merzbow (and more) or to Turku and see SNM and BU/Grunt (and more) at the end of May?
There needs to be international rules and regulations concerning the dates of highly relevant noise shows!
One weekend after another, haha.
Cheers to all the organizers!
#24
Last post by cr - January 16, 2026, 05:10:21 PM
I am still not sure how much I like this small format. I think I would have preferred one or two larger books, instead of three small ones. But I'm just an old cunt, who can't see so well anymore.
The content is great in any way!
#25
Last post by cr - January 16, 2026, 05:01:26 PM
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on December 22, 2025, 04:15:41 PMQuote from: Manhog_84 on November 21, 2025, 11:20:39 PMHollow Press has reprinted Hiroaki Samura's (Blade of the Immortal) ero guro book, The Love of the Brute. His pencil drawings are amazing. Some of the material is also collected in Kinbaku - The Golden Age of Japanese Restrained & Tortured Artworks, but this edition is larger and hardcover. At 39€ including postage, it's not a bad deal.
https://hollow-press.net/collections/hiroaki-samura/products/brute-love
Now available at nhfastore! I just listed handful of copies, but have larger stock if it runs out. Mainly intended for Sarvilevyt.
Highly recommended! I got it directly from Hollow Press, along with some other fine books.
Doesn't matter from what source, just get it!
#26
Last post by cr - January 16, 2026, 04:56:45 PM
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on August 08, 2016, 02:58:45 PMQuote from: Scat-O-Logy on August 08, 2016, 02:35:32 PMI really wish someone recorded the PGRM set because for me it had the stand-out track of the whole weekend (then again, XE will always be unmatched). It was the one with melancholic distorted keyboard melodies and sung vocals. Might've been the third track of the set? Worked so great and the language fits perfectly as well.
All gigs were recorded.
Old thread, but I would still like to hear the recordings of those gigs. Especially Pogrom. Any chance for that?
And I would like to add Sutcliffe No More and Testing Vault to the Melancholic Noise/PE canon.
#27
Last post by Stipsi - January 16, 2026, 02:21:16 PM
Quote from: Vermin Marvin on January 16, 2026, 06:50:58 AMQuote from: host body on January 16, 2026, 01:41:35 AMQuote from: DBL on January 15, 2026, 11:56:23 PMQuote from: host body on January 15, 2026, 11:09:56 PMI can't remember who but I did see a noise gig with TikTok videos as visuals. Not a fan.
I remember seeing comments of Rotat using tiktok clips, might've been that?
Yeah think so
I am doom scroller and use internet too much i admit that and i use everything i find interesting on my works and even 99% is shit and TikTok is a boomer place already there are some golden moments besides cat videos.
Was not meant to be commercial to TT but it cause feelings so i think video serve its purpose.
Totally agree.
TikTok and other social medias are a cesspool nowadays and you can find a lot of stuff even worse than in the dark web
#28
Last post by Vrenndel - January 16, 2026, 01:57:16 PM
Not sure if anybody mentioned it. The Coffee Table ("La mesita del comedor"), 2022, by Caye Casas. Really nice.
#29
Last post by SSRI - January 16, 2026, 12:26:45 PM
Täältä luetun ja kavereilta kuullun perusteella Merzbow olisi ilmeisesti kannattanut nähdä. Polleana ajattelin että kaksi aiemmin nähtyä keikkaa riittää enkä hommannut lippua. Ja siinä vaiheessa kun lämppäri julkistettiin manailin että myöhäistä alkaa säätää työkuvioita niin että pääsisi paikalle. Seuraavalla kerralla sitten.
Keikkaa näkemättä tietty paha kommentoida, mutta Metsäkirkon havujen jakaminen eli metsän tuominen keskelle kaupunkia kuulostaa mainiolta idealta.
Huomenna melua keskellä Turun kaupunkia. Nähdään!
#30
Last post by Vrenndel - January 16, 2026, 12:22:27 PM
I'm not sure if I got this right, since there's probably a bunch of different topics that could be evoked - not sure if in this forum or elsewhere, but anyway, here's my thoughts, solely based on the little I could think of when it comes to internet as noise material in terms of theme sources and so on...
Internet itself can indeed be a useful source to find material that can eventually be discussed, criticized, glorified, and so on... when you do not have access to physical material elsewhere. Where I live, I'm quite blessed to have access to a huge local library with tons of interesting stuff, for sure, but in many cases, probably not the kind of stuff I would really be interested in. Not a cultural fault, not a political choice, I guess, but rather something else: some things can't be found easily. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? I still haven't a correct answer, and I guess it doesn't really matter. Personally, I like to dig and strive for informations, and in a lot of cases, I do really like asking people who probably know better than me about certain subjects. Interesting conversations, it's fun, and so on.
Anyway, I guess my thoughts have been quickly influenced by the Tiktok videos comment above: social networks, platforms, or whatever they're called now, can easily become a very interesting source of material when it comes to illustrating decay in its various shapes. Think about the ton of shit we do swallow everyday for a reason or another, and I can only think of Instagram since I haven't even tried to adventure myself into other modern digital cesspools. I have friends being addicted to this stuff - I don't know if the term "doom scrolling" is appropriate in this case. Let's say they won't stop scrolling and sharing whatever they see everyday, at every moment, at hours I would normally think of them working or something. What a life ! This said, if I try to think about it in a critical and objective way, i think it can be interesting to use said content for noise if your artistic output or aim is to use that specifically. The content, the source, the theme is what it is. What's important is how you use it, how you decline it and deform it even.
I can't remember if it was on this forum or elsewhere that I read about the main idea behind Power Electronics being to divert things from their original essence. I used to do that for a lot of collage work years ago, and I think it can be interesting when it applies to this kind of art too. Just a few moments ago I was reading the comment section about the GO samples and I thought the same thing: the source is what it is. When you don't know about it, you're gonna ask yourself what it is about. A song title can eventually give a hint about what it is. Maybe not. What's the real aim? What's the objective?
To be honest, my thoughts aren't that clear and organized about this, but I'm almost certain someone else will probably understand, more or less.
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