Resurrecting an old thread as I've been discovering and revisiting many projects of the Far Rockaway community/group since the WCN interview.
There is so much to dig into between the very large collective/community of artists. Jeremy, Frank, and Ryan have multiple bands among each other like Yellow Tears or Halflings, and then John Mannion and Jesse Allen of The Cathode Terror Secretion, and then other projects like Hands Rendered Useless, Cowards, Diaphragm, Migrations in Rust, Teeny Bopper, and more.
The coverage between the recent Rocker issue and the WCN interview excavated so many details about the artists and the history of the community.
I love how a lot of the influence of Yellow Tears and Halfings stemmed from an early interest in Whitehouse and early power electronics and then expanded into pushing boundaries, expectations, and technical professionalism.
I think there is a lot to be discussed between their education in music production, recording techniques, and the results they produced.
I also think they are a great example of how computers can be utilized to amplify and complement noise to create something new and unique rather than replicate traditional pedal noise (Sorry Masami), even their early 2000s noise sounds fresh and inspiring today.
I just wanted to highlight some really great projects in the collective that might not have garnered the same attention. Nick Pace's Diaphragm is incredible in the detail and micro-tonal nature of the sounds he creates, Hands Rendered Useless touches on very low volume dynamics and also creates some incredibly intense power electronics, and Jesse Allen's Migrations in Rust explores some beautiful sound creation on the more minimal side of the spectrum.
I'm enjoying rediscovering or discovering some of these projects for the first time. I know these projects aren't "new" but I feel like there is still a lot to be explored or taken from their approach. As many discussions on the board have gone recently, there are still many angles or facets of power electronics to explore.
