Forward's "Heavy Electronics" is two pieces of very minimal electronic drone recorded to tape. If minimal drone is not your thing, it will do nothing for you but I'm very prone to it. "Static" is pretty much standard issue Wall Noise, although not as annoyingly dull as most. "Infinite Momentum-Infinite Tension", much the same, a lot sharper sound. Not my bag. Of the three I'll go for "Heavy Electronics" every time.
Modern's "Untitled", which comes with a series of collage artworks, matches the visuals as audio collage, site recordings and home electronic recordings put together in a methodical way. Very tape-hissy sound. I'd recommend it, worth tracking down - good if you like metal banging although it isn't trying to be Mania-style intense.
Missing is a continuation (it seems to me) of that type of sound making, but using more of a variety of sources, and tends to be quieter. More that kind of listening-to-something-in-the-next-flat type of audio collage. "C20" I like. "Granite City Blues" has longer pieces, a bit of spoken word here and there (which was something he got into later on, if I'm remembering right). "Internal Nature Revisited" is even sparser, using acoustic instruments. "Untitled" sounds a bit more higher fidelity recorded and mixed, and is very much audio collage - two longer tracks.
New Policies "Neutral Approach" is electronics again, but not so much sparse drones, there's more manipulating over the course of the pieces even though it's also slow, minimal and quiet. Lots of tape hiss.
Neurotic Force, "Anhedonism", pretty much along the same pattern although the first piece, "Lust for Decay", has that spoken word I was talking about - daily observations, he's pitched the voice track down a touch to give it a slower sound.
And I think that's all I've got (which are all digital files). I like Josh's audio work, I like his aesthetics, I was in touch with him for a while and found him a personable and reasonable chap, just wanting to do his thing. For the most part - stark, minimal, often considered and carefully constructed, nearly always low fi grubby, insisting that you meet it half way or not bother trying. Yea, he produced a lot of work in small doses and usually you'd have to have some contact with him to even have heard of it, but that's the underground.
