NOISE RELATED RANDOM TALK TOPIC

[Marcellehanged]

Drifting off a little into the "peripheral" zones of noise by revisiting some Old Man Gloom over the last couple days. Picked up the Seminar II disc from my hometown record shop, and forgot how heavily electronics are featured in this outfit.  Always appreciated Aaron Turner's push for noise on his own platform, even if his own output in that realm was a little lackluster.  Checking out this disc though, the use of field recording, tape and oscillation for interlude tracks is pretty well done.  I see now that he has done some solo releases again in recent years, and I think I want to see if he has made any improvements on a solo front.

I really like Christmas. As far as early OMG goes, that record has it all.

[k.p.g]

Drifting off a little into the "peripheral" zones of noise by revisiting some Old Man Gloom over the last couple days. Picked up the Seminar II disc from my hometown record shop, and forgot how heavily electronics are featured in this outfit.  Always appreciated Aaron Turner's push for noise on his own platform, even if his own output in that realm was a little lackluster.  Checking out this disc though, the use of field recording, tape and oscillation for interlude tracks is pretty well done.  I see now that he has done some solo releases again in recent years, and I think I want to see if he has made any improvements on a solo front.

I really like Christmas. As far as early OMG goes, that record has it all.

Christmas & Christmas Eve are a killer combo listen.  Was lucky to have scored the latter on a recent record shopping trip for dirt cheap.

[Marcellehanged]

Drifting off a little into the "peripheral" zones of noise by revisiting some Old Man Gloom over the last couple days. Picked up the Seminar II disc from my hometown record shop, and forgot how heavily electronics are featured in this outfit.  Always appreciated Aaron Turner's push for noise on his own platform, even if his own output in that realm was a little lackluster.  Checking out this disc though, the use of field recording, tape and oscillation for interlude tracks is pretty well done.  I see now that he has done some solo releases again in recent years, and I think I want to see if he has made any improvements on a solo front.

I really like Christmas. As far as early OMG goes, that record has it all.

Christmas & Christmas Eve are a killer combo listen.  Was lucky to have scored the latter on a recent record shopping trip for dirt cheap.

I should revisit Christmas Eve, I have the mini CD somewhere.

Another Hydra Head Records jewel on the noise periphery is actually a companion remix CD - Agoraphobic Nosebleed's ANbRX, the second disc from the PCP Torpedo 2006 reissue. Among the remixes I found my first exposure to Merzbow: "Agorzbow Merzbleed mix".

[k.p.g]

Another Hydra Head Records jewel on the noise periphery is actually a companion remix CD - Agoraphobic Nosebleed's ANbRX, the second disc from the PCP Torpedo 2006 reissue. Among the remixes I found my first exposure to Merzbow: "Agorzbow Merzbleed mix".

That disc was another massive discovery for me at the time I found it.  I haven't heard it in forever, but I remember the darkness and intensity being thoroughly mindblowing at the time I heard it.  PCP Torpedo still holds up incredibly well, and typing this up makes me think ANbRX is well overdue for a revisit. 

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Wrote in Finnish topic... JOHN CAGE - REINHOLD FRIEDL "Complete Song Books" 2xLP
Released almost 10 years ago, but I came across it on the Drone Records list and I grabbed it because Friedl's work is often pure gold. 92 short, often one-minute pieces, which have an almost "crazy-home-recording-noise" feeling, even though this is professionals who are working in a real studio. Of course, vocal sound art can be quite harsh stuff to swallow, but it works in a great within acoustic noisy sounds, electronics, broken sounds and physical noise screech. Sometimes even unbearable, sometimes brilliant, it is worth going through!

"When REINHOLD FRIEDL (director of the ensemble ZEITKRATZER) entered the CLUNK Studio to record the whole cycle with RASHAD BECKER (who handled the feedback cabinet and live electronics), the idea was quite simple: to approach each single piece in an informal way but to do all 92 pieces in the right order. What came out in the end is a kaleidoscopic lecture and interpretation of the compositions with the help of a strange mixture of ancient and modern tools: new electronics, old and special microphones, self-built instruments, arbitrary garbage sounds, sophisticated live-electronics devices, Quotes ... "Complete Song Books" turns out to be an early hymn for Sonic freedom, a Sonic Promenade full of beautiful references."

https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/complete-song-books

Nærværet - Når Man Ser Inn I En Annens Hjerte LP returned to rotation. Fantastic album I listened countless times when I first got it, and now back on turntable. Eerie, somewhat lo-fi, tape loops, piano, clanging metal objects, drones, hissing, none of these  words really describe what it is. However, think of Altar of Flies collaboration that is as good as AoF at best, but also not exactly the same. Just really really good stuff. Rarely gets noisy enough to be NOISE. But it ain't music in any traditional sense. LP release, I guess one can check out bandcamp too. https://satatuhatta.bandcamp.com/album/n-r-man-ser-inn-i-en-annens-hjerte