Reviving this thread because I've been listening to The Noise, taking notes in order to write a review about it. Personal project, because I didn't see anyone doing some more in depth analysis about it, it's always "omg 30 cds?! the guts! so extreme! it must be 10/10", which is a shame since it's extremely varied. For example, CD4 is pretty much free jazz, has some feedback and synth wooshs, but nothing you would really classify as noise, rather a very noisy free improv, much like Masayuki Takayanagi. Has steady rhythms, even acoustic piano. Also features a more tame version of a track that apperars on Zoroku no Kibyo (it's a Faust cover, no less). It's pretty great. I really liked CD3 too, a live performance during the "Original Hijokaidan" era. Very primitive, but that's what I like about it.
And there are so many more good stuff to cite, but I'm still to finish it all. But there is this specific performance that intrigues me alot: CD23, track 1 is live at Connecticut, USA, November, 2000. Interesting performance. A woman introduces the band, sings acapella, and then they proceed to play some j-pop/enka/whatever, clean guitars and all. It's not Junko, because later, when the piece turns to noise, there are two women screaming, and you can tell Junko apart. I'm guessing it's Miki Sawaguchi, because around the same time she collaborated with Jojo and company elsewhere. It's also notable because it goes to show that Hijokaidan collaborations with Miku and j-pop groups has some form of precedent. Anyway, the rest of the line-up seems to feature a second guitarrist and a drummer whose name I couldn't really make out during the introduction. The boxset insert has no specific info about this era, by the way, just "did not have many live shows in 2000".
Does anyone got any info on this show? Couldn't find anything, other than a photo, which seems to feature this presumed line-up, but no credits, no date, no info. I remeber Noisextra episode with GX, where there are some talks about early Japanoise shows in the US, but I can't recall if they talk about this show in particular, gotta relisten.
But again, anyone know anything about this show?
