Quote from: PTM Jim on March 28, 2016, 07:08:30 AM
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on March 26, 2016, 02:23:42 PM
Gaze Campaign "Gestalt Bruise" tape
I would say this deserves a place on the list. Two reasons, 1) It marked the beginnings of a strong label with a very strict aesthetic and attention to detail as far as packaging (something, if done well, is ESSENTIAL and can truly define an album). 2) It gives Japan a major PE voice since White Hospital's "Holocaust" a country that, in contrast, is much more widely known for it's harsh noise.
And now that it's mentioned, White Hospital could belong in the 1984 slot for essentially influencing GC I'm sure.
These would be exactly my reasons. Plus that it was also damn good. As far as I know, project received many invitations from bigger labels based on this release? It is a stand out tape-album if suddenly all the "unexpected" people also notice it.
If I may try to kick some life into topic, I'd just drop one title per year to start with. Something to consider. It's not about writing a bible, but would be certainly nice to see that there IS something published in last 10 years what has made some sort of memory impact on people...
2009
Xenophobic Ejaculation "white power" and
"victory". Project took the sexualized racist offenses to logical conclusion barely seen even in the vilest old PE. The fact that material has been issued on tape, LP, CD, LP box and still it is just wanted. Some may say, it's just niche for those who want to try out something most disgusting, but I doubt that would be only reason. Project simply delivers something what has not been there. One could pick most crude pieces of Ramleh, early SJ, Whitehouse's Buchenwald, and still XE comes out more piercing and more challenging.
2010
IRM "Order 4" CDI've heard people say that when this came out, there was like no way back. If Closure is step away from "power electronics", perhaps this still is pretty accurately under genre tag? Influential for being such carefully crafted, lots of atmospheric drone, but also throbbing electronic power, but also innovative experimentation. Been widely available as well.
2011
Trepaneringsritualen "Veil The World" tape (/CD)Again band, who hardly is "PE" in the strict sense. But if there are crude vocals, suffocating rotten soundscapes that are both noisy and grim, I guess we get close enough. We have several death industrial releases on list anyways. Why Veil The World? Basically that it is a step above from 1st tape (in my opinion), and also kind of starting point when band suddenly starts to be noticed. In what order it happened? 2011 also Martyrium tape came out, as well as Totality of Death compilation tape version. And next thing, in couple of years everybody wants piece of TRP. Releases, re-releases, cross-over from deep underground into touring and large press-coverage. Maybe latter works display already such a classic industrial music, that they barely qualify, but here, I think his approach still fits under list in same way as all the "heavy electronics", "postmortem", "old school industrial noise" releases have.
2012
Alfarmania "Skräcken" CDAfter so much hard to get tapes, small edition vinyls, etc.. Finally there was regular digipak CD possible to buy. What exactly makes it stand out from Alfarmania output, is hard to say. To me there is hardly any fails in Alfarmania discography. His bleak rotten industrial waste with echoing vocals is perhaps lacking the "hit songs", but band is much more than one stand out song. It is crucial in awakening of "postmortem" spirit in scandinavia - and further. I just pick the CD for reasons mentioned before. Alfarmania's influence probably goes way beyond is it "available" or even heard.
2013
LR "The Fragility Of Happiness" tape/LPThis probably causes controversy. First of all, is it PE? Well, lets say, it's PE in same sense as some works of Prurient. Vocal shrieking with loud feedback. Raw noisy sounds. Song structures. Not to-the-bone PE thug mentality, obviously, but hardly just "art noise". There is no techno. There is no noiserock or fuzz-punk or post-punk here. Out of influential and praised Copenhagen/Posh Isolation scene, whatever one thinks of it, one can't deny it has had impact both locally and globally. This tape was reissued on big print run LP and therefore likely to have more individual impact than most tapes that just disappear. Average ratings on LP at discogs is firm 5/5, so I'm not only one who'd feel this is better than many other posh isolation titles.
2014
And talking of pressing numbers and ratings, I guess one example of the current heavy electronics would be of course
Shift "Altamont Rising". Cold Spring probably pressed even 1000 copies? Vinyl LP was done and sold in blink of an eye. Multiple ratings at discogs hits almost full 5/5. It is unlike the "90's heavy electronics". It's more saturated and distorted, cold, nihilist and hostile, yet fully escapes "noise". Perhaps satisfactory also genre fanatics, that there is no flirt to mainstream, artworld nor much of cross over anywhere. Just isolation inside industrial power electronics.
2015
again not PE per se, but how could not mention
KE/HIL "Zone 0"? Of course one could claim that this is talked about and praised because there are some known figures behind it. But then, just check out the album and it seems like some sort of energy had been injected in veins at Mannhaim, since the projects suddenly improved and made their best works ever - or for long time in recent times!