(roughly translated from Finnish feedback I wrote) :
The just-released documentary Melun Maa - Land of Noise maps active Finnish noise makers at the moment. There are so many creators in Finland these days that an hour's documentary is in a way a narrow sample in relation to the number of creators that are out there. Even if counting just the new ones! Surely many will be left wondering what about the one and theother that would definitely be needed to be there. But no. The topics are covered in an exemplary manner with guys who are in it.
Documentary is balanced on the border of being suitable for a wide variety of audiences. It's sufficiently basic and comprehensible that even remotely interested music fan can get some idea of ��what it's all about. The sound creators characterize the typical features of the expression or ways of working the sound, at the level of physical doing, and do not go into too weird philosophical discussions. On top of that, we delve into stories that often deal with time and place, i.e. Finland at this moment. This is not a history of the genre, and it does not deal with noise as a historical phenomenon. Not the history of the genre in general, nor the history of Finnish noise.
Noise as an own experience, filtered through our own interests and our own personality, happening in the time and place where we are now. This could be essential so the material retains that fresh life force and even in some way a unique perspective when the authors are not prisoners of the genre's history, repeating other people's approaches. If something is repeated in noise, it's not a problem if it happens honestly within the framework of one's own personality.
In documentary, it becomes very clear how noisecians that look or sound "the same" on the surface change when looking more closely. Although certain ideas about making of noise and the details of the equipment to be used are repeated over and over again, in the end it becomes clear how little of of strictly "genre noise" is made in Finland. There is precisely that kind of expression that is, perhaps, suitably removed from the burdens of history. Meaning, there might not be "need of belonging" to it.
Documentary approach was very DIY. "Let's do what we can and share it online for free". A documentary made with exactly zero budget can easily be criticized for, for example, the somewhat unfinished soundtrack or the dullness of the some of the shooting locations, etc.. Guy sitting in chair at dull blank wall etc. Thing that I personally appreciate, can always be summed up in the fact: It will get done!
Some beauty flaws or imperfection are also built-in features within noise itself, so I feel same type of "lets make things happening" is way more crucial than does the documentary technical side live up to expectations of TV or movie theatre level productions. I actually watched this already twice, hah, so this would indicates that more of these should be done, perhaps with slightly different approaches. And further more, I guess folks around the world could see example what could be done with almost zero technical & financial possibilities.
