STRATEGIE DEL RUMORE: Martina Raponi
http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/strategie-rumore-interferenze-arte-filosofia/libro/9788898599158Study form a very arty/intellectual point of view on harsh noise and related. There was a lot of mumbling on social media about it, involving also old-school industrialists that usually never complain that crucified the author. Interviews on "official" art magazines didn't help.
Overall I think that it is not THAT bad, it only pays the price of being focused on a very specific sector of noise, that basically transferred punk attitude to experimental sound.
Nothing wrong with that, but it makes everything sound very safe, which is not exactly what the average Italian noisester is looking for.
What I cannot stand is the idea that an outsider could think noise in Italy is run by "socially conscious" people, somehow having a PC agenda... I don't want to say that everybody is a perv or a mass murderer, but if I think about the biggest Italian names that put noise on the map, concepts are more related to corpse molestation, anal intercourse and general glorification of anti-social behavior... Atrax Morgue, swastika Kommando, M:B:, Sodality, Discordance, dead Body Love, iugula-thor, LCB, you name it.
This caused disrespect (if not hatred, sometime turned to physical violence) on people from a "punk" background. (which is my same background and the same of many nice gentlemen like angst, final muzik, joy de vivre, etc.)
A few good chapters (the rita!), but I think meeting the right people before penning down this tome could have benefited, at least to warn about the lack of certainties.
Last but not least, language is often very difficult/academic which is always a turn-off for me.
I repeat, not as awful as people said, but very partial.
