This thread is absolutely thrilling for me. Thanks to everyone who has contributed.
I'm currently working on a piece that is based off of the sounds of car engines dying. There are several diagnostic websites such as this one:
http://mycarmakesnoise.com/I wonder if I can request suggestions for actual "rhythmic noise" artists in here without being accused of "hijacking". I don't think it's too far off topic. I'm not asking for Vivenza, but artists who actually build compositions around machine-like sounds, repetition, etc. I feel like a minority in liking gradually shifting loops and deep repetition, and I think "rhythmic noise" should be a genre for NAMANAX instead of this "beat shit" that people call "rhythmic noise" or "power noise". CM Von Hausswolff has done excellent work in this area too, also "Machine Listener" out of Ohio.
I have heard a few artists who use little mechanical devices and things, but I've not heard anyone match the level of enjoyment I get from N.U. Unruh's (Einsturzende Neubauten) mechanical bell machines and things. I'd love to hear more of stuff like that.
I used to work in a bread factory, and the hiss of the conveyor belts and steam packaging devices were kind of disappointing. I still love the sound of a trash compactor though, and especially when a pizza place gets a brand new oven with a lifting door; it screeches and screams until it is thoroughly broken in. I've stumbled into places with new pizza ovens at least 3 times, each time without a recording device.
