Quote from: W.K. on May 07, 2020, 11:15:14 PM
I a lot of the interesting noise releases have a strong narrative or fundamental thematic, no?
Too many, I reckon. It's almost the done thing to have a "theme" of some kind for some release. Some kind of gimmick to attract attention. From Merzbow's bazillions of vegan-themed releases to endless wall noise nylon-tights "obsession" bullshit. Ever since I've been listening to Noise it seems that conveying some kind of idea has been de rigour. Even if it's just in the packaging of products alone. The first contacts I made in the Noise scene were adamant that Noise had to have some "concept", or at least preferred it to. I'm a bit surprised that this is a topic, actually. A few older Noise types would have their own manifestos, which were quite entertaining actually.
Fear not, I'm not arguing against it. I've indulged in it myself, occasionally. Noise pervs generally love this kind of thing. For what it's worth, I just prefer to turn off my consciousness when listening to Noise, but if the wider consensus is there has to be some kind of "idea" for it to have validity, so be it. It's pretty easy listening to a lot of Noise and just ignoring all the conceptual decoration that's applied to it.
Noise for it's own sake is always enough.
Anyway, contributing to the topic at hand - Prurient, as mentioned already, usually has some kind of theme going through its releases. I've read in an interview in "Night Science" that Fernow has even suggested listening to certain releases in certain environmental circumstances, as that's the kind of atmosphere those releases are meant to convey. Apparently.
Also, Eric Lunde's releases are highly conceptual, or seem to, like "Music is Meat", which has little spoken word bits that are like mini manifestoes. So you've got conceptual and narrative in a literal sense right there.
Vivenza, of course, who's whole raison d'être is nothing less than continuing the Futurist project. Well worth listening to, the very definition of Industrial Noise.
Sacher Pelz/MB's releases are usually "about" something, although MB has put out far too much stuff. But then, so has Merzbow, The Haters, The Rita, etc etc. An abundance of releases is a concept all it's own.
The Vomit Arsonist invariably releases releases that are narrative, to a degree, usually about depression, which is always a deep well of inspiration for those who can handle it.
Seriously - with Noise, the whole thing can be seen as a concept.
