PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Scatmother - Purulent Sublimity (CD, Filth&Violence): Filthy layout and perverse lyrics, does the job well. Belt-Buckle Discipline is a good opener, that sample is very effective too. But then the rest of the noise, well, it's not bad, but it doesn't do much for me. The vocals do show a good degree of variation between the tracks (with and without effects), but the tracks themselves aren't very interesting, seems like not much is happening...

I think I was going to write about this but didn't? I listened this and new S.T.A.B. Electronics CD same day. Both vile stuff and crushing loud electronics. It's hard to draw line when something is like "pure power electronics", and when something appears like "noise with vocals". And to really define what is the difference. With these two cases, I would associate STAB to industrial/pe, while Scatmother sounded almost like grindcore transformed into electronics. Without being grindcore in the traditional sense of word. But instead of being at all "experimental" or innovative like the best of PE could be, it would be just vulgar blasting energy. Not saying it would be bad, just that there seems like significantly different motivations in making such stuff?

If PE from experimental side would seek interesting textures, rhythms and sound combinations, the other approach would be almost like downtuned guitar slamming, where anyone with lowest tune and exploding death metal distortion at max is fairly successful. It wouldn't matter if tracks are uniform to eachother or nothing so amazing happens within track. As said, it's very very thin like. I'm sure most would lump vast majority of power electronics into latter category without hesitation... One can't dispute the extreme brutality of Scatmother opening song! It's disc worth having even if not absolute hit album.

[Andrew McIntosh]

STAB Electronics "Day Of The Male" is pure heavy electronics satisfaction, indeed. I've heard a couple of Scatmother pieces on YouTube and they sound pretty okay to me in that format, so might be interested in this album.

The title track of Merzbow's "Psychorazor" is classic Merzbow in the full sense - all the swirling, jagged synth sounds and hard, harsh, constant forward motion, tension and release blurred together as with all the best Harsh Noise, a fucking brilliant reminder of how good Akita can get. The rest, though, left me underwhelmed, probably because it came after such a classic piece. More rhythm fucking, good on it's own but doesn't show up well compared to better material.

Right now listening to Third Organ's "The Pornography Of Despair" (a title I wish I'd thought of). Satisfactory stuff, fundamental cassette-era Harsh Noise, jagged but not too fast and spikey, lots of nice emphasis on screeching feedback at all tones and levels.

[cr]

Entre Vifs: No Signal (Impulsy Stetoskopu)

Released in 2015, but haven't seen much talk about this one. CD comes in a metal box with a nice booklet with pictures and descriptions of the used instruments and devices for this record (at least I think and hope so). For me, one of the best from last year.


Otherwise, this weekend will be full of listening to the 2nd volume of the Macronympha 6-tape boxsets - "Amplified Pittsburgh"

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

Entre Vifs: No Signal (Impulsy Stetoskopu)
Released in 2015, but haven't seen much talk about this one. CD comes in a metal box with a nice booklet with pictures and descriptions of the used instruments and devices for this record (at least I think and hope so). For me, one of the best from last year.

Many thanks for these nice words. There are many (not only from my label) very interesting releases which are vanishing without any words... These words aren't so important finally, more important is that what is remaining in the mind.

[cr]

Entre Vifs: No Signal (Impulsy Stetoskopu)
Released in 2015, but haven't seen much talk about this one. CD comes in a metal box with a nice booklet with pictures and descriptions of the used instruments and devices for this record (at least I think and hope so). For me, one of the best from last year.

Many thanks for these nice words. There are many (not only from my label) very interesting releases which are vanishing without any words... These words aren't so important finally, more important is that what is remaining in the mind.

That's right! Thanks a lot for releasing it!

[vomitgore]

Entre Vifs: No Signal (Impulsy Stetoskopu)

Released in 2015, but haven't seen much talk about this one. CD comes in a metal box with a nice booklet with pictures and descriptions of the used instruments and devices for this record (at least I think and hope so). For me, one of the best from last year.


Otherwise, this weekend will be full of listening to the 2nd volume of the Macronympha 6-tape boxsets - "Amplified Pittsburgh"

I have Linekraft, Deathkey / BU and Deviated Sister TV from Impulsy Stetoskopu and all of these look and sound great (especially Linekraft). How is the Entre Vifs material? Have never paid a lot of attention to the project. "Noisy", percussive Industrial?

[burdizzo]

I remember, years and years ago, getting 'A Scent of Strength', and thinking it was pretty unexciting stuff. Nothing like the title suggested. Never followed them since, as a result, but now that I look for the CD - to see if my I still think the same - I can't find it the blasted thing...

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

How is the Entre Vifs material? Have never paid a lot of attention to the project. "Noisy", percussive Industrial?

I think this performance includes some material from this CD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNt_8HEMC9k

[acsenger]

How is the Entre Vifs material? Have never paid a lot of attention to the project. "Noisy", percussive Industrial?

I only have their Heavy Duty CD which is harsh noise (from way back in 1986). They use self-made instruments that are pictured in the booklet. It's very "active" stuff, sounds like a lot of cut-up material in quick succession to create a fast-paced flow of harsh sound. Perhaps it gets a little monotonous after a while, but it's still quite unique stuff, thanks also to the band's futurist influences. You can't go wrong with this CD if you like harsh noise.

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

Perhaps it gets a little monotonous after a while, but it's still quite unique stuff.

Yeah, outwardly it may be, but only outwardly.. I guess EV's music (very detailed) / noise has got trance nature and demands attentive focus... It is very important feature for this project.

[cr]

Entre Vifs: No Signal (Impulsy Stetoskopu)

Released in 2015, but haven't seen much talk about this one. CD comes in a metal box with a nice booklet with pictures and descriptions of the used instruments and devices for this record (at least I think and hope so). For me, one of the best from last year.


Otherwise, this weekend will be full of listening to the 2nd volume of the Macronympha 6-tape boxsets - "Amplified Pittsburgh"

I have Linekraft, Deathkey / BU and Deviated Sister TV from Impulsy Stetoskopu and all of these look and sound great (especially Linekraft). How is the Entre Vifs material? Have never paid a lot of attention to the project. "Noisy", percussive Industrial?

'Noisy' for sure, but not so much percussive. It's heavy and intense, my old speakers crumble everytime I play it.

[cr]

After one third of the second Macronympha box I decided to listen to something else. And this was 'Ethic Cleansing - For motion sickness and refuse - tape.
I like it!

[bitewerksMTB]

SCAR CROWE "it moves among the stones at night" tape; 'goth-noise' by Patrick of Skin Crime. This short tape released by Collapsed Hole Noise sounds like someone trying to get out of or into a coffin. Slow clawing and scraping sounds mixed with some low-end loops. Artwork consists of photos of an olde cemetery. This is similar to what I remember about Skin Crime's "Black Dahlia" LP.

[whiteheatnoise]

Unsustainable Social Condition With Ted Byrnes - s/t c10 (Oxen)

10 minutes of heavily textured, dynamic and organic sounding harsh noise from Matt Purse/Fenian and percussionist Ted Byrnes. The combination of Byrnes' improvised & scattered percussion elements with Purse's ripping electronics and Masonna-esque vocals works perfectly and is a refreshing take on approaching harsh noise. Nice pro-duplicated tape, too. I also received the Tattered Syntax CD, K2/Fenian/Constrain CD, and the Stray Dog compilation CD from the label, all of which I have not had a chance to listen to yet, but I presume to find similar satisfactory results with those titles when finally listened to. All of the previous releases from the label have been high quality both in sound and presentation and I always look forward to picking up new titles presented on the Oxen Imprint.

In my opinion, Oxen is carrying the torch of classic California harsh noise, taking off where such classic labels as Callow God, Ekhein, Monorail Trespassing and Static Aktion started around 10 years ago.

[Baglady]

SPECULUM FIGHT - Glass Giant CS (G.R.O.S.S.)
Having only heard the LP on Volovo and the collab LP with MSBR on P-tapes, I wasn't really prepared for this. Sure, the mentioned collaboration has a great deal of depth and heaviness, but it still isn't quite like this tape. Starts out with c:a 5 minutes of calm feedback and electronic buzz, but it's all deceptive. Around 5:30 a bomb is dropped. It's all mountainous droning noise from that point. The pacing is fantastic; every part and idea get the time it deserves before leaving space for the next, and when it all finally recedes and slowly goes quiet you feel very small and quite exhausted.
As usual with GROSS, the sound is top notch. I don't have much experience of metal type cassettes, but this one really sounds great.