Danish supremacy!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Sometimes one thinks, how many releases can one label put out before it just gets "old". Despite being good, at some point one may not be as excited as for earlier ones. With 100 releases behind them, Posh Isolation just put out reissue of ""The Vanity Set" tape of    DAMIEN DUBROVNIK as LP and new Puce Mary.
Vanity Set new packaging is great. Some of the most stylish "conceptual" art I have seen for ages and while I remember tape being good, this LP reminds it is good. 1st side long piece what still reminds kind of Pleasure Ground "Military Road" track kind of heavily distorted yet steady keyboard drone with crispy noises on top. B-side of album just gets better. Tracks are shorter and there are some very tasty noises.

However, new PUCE MARY is brilliant. Wasn't sure what to expect, but when I hit it to turntable, listened instantly twice. Hard distorted rhythms, vocals, tasty manual manipulation of effects. Gloomy ice cold drones...   It's not like the synth-pop stuff. Musical elements are quite minimal. Perhaps not noisy enough to be lumped together with blatant noise or trad power electronics, but still atmosphere (to me) is closer to that, than any electro-pop, industrial dance muzak etc.
Some live stuff here, which certainly goes towards high energy heavy electronics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubpAM16pjxQ
Album has more care for structure and individual sounds.

So... more danish projects with recent releases, and not just Posh Isolation camp? There is some upcoming Forza Albino what is great.. but well see when it hits the public.

[STREETMEAT]

is there a danish noise/pe/synth ect scene outside of posh isolation? i know of some smaller labels but they have ties with PI as well.any reviews for LR "brother"?? it was great catching a live puce mary set while she was in the US new tape she had with her was very good. looking forward to the lp.

now... some one needs to do a Caucasian Colony 7"

[JK-blodrode]

there are some non-posh-related noise acts performing in copenhagen, most of them centered around the DIY venue Mayhem. But label-wise, Posh Isolation is the most active one, besides it there are Dokumentarisk Agenda and Nordisk Klub, and then there's a new copenhagen-based noise label called Blodrøde Floder coming up.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Yep. Dokumentarisk Agenda has pretty solid discography. Not huge by numbers, but pretty much everything is worth to grab. Nordisk Klub site seems to be down. Not sure how active it is online, but several of good tapes came out. Many artists of label also known from Posh Isolation releases.

Don't know what Blodrøde Floder would be doing, but would be nice to see if it's label with own identity. Meaning not bands known from other labels, but profiling into something what represents mostly themselves.

[post-morten]

So... more danish projects with recent releases, and not just Posh Isolation camp?

I'm not sure they're active anymore, but there's the Køleskab Dommedag CD-R label, run by one Jens H. Hansen. Seems the label was mainly a vehicle for putting out his own albums under the Vederstyggelig moniker. I ended up with a bunch of their releases in a trade, but must confess most of Vederstyggelig is way to one-dimensional for my taste but might appeal to HNW purists. Then there are also a few KD releases where Hansen collaborates with iD (i.e. Ashley Davies of Headbutt/Project Dark fame) that are much better... sporting a more varied style of noise, in their most inspired moments even approaching C.C.C.C. territory.

[JK-blodrode]

and there is this 'Rosensort' label which I do not know anything about. they apparently have not released anything in 2013

http://www.discogs.com/label/Rosensort

[JK-blodrode]

First release from Blodrøde Floder available now. Hvide Nætter - "Massernes Fremdrift" C21. New experimental/noise/industrial music from copenhagen. Orders through www.blodrodefloder.dk

[bitewerksMTB]

When the hell is the upcoming Forza Albino getting released?!?

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Tape is ready. 12" vinyl on its way from factory.
Soon!

[tiny_tove]

looking forward for these two releases...

so... dumb question... which are the 10 must-have releases of the Danish scene?
I got several of the most known names, but I know I am missing some masterpieces

[JK-blodrode]

which are the 10 must-have releases of the Danish scene?

the three most essential to me is

Damien dubrovnik - Europa dagbog
Alleypisser - Sult
Croatian Amor - mermaids of jadransko

[bogskaggmannen]

which are the 10 must-have releases of the Danish scene?

You only need LAID BACK "Hole in the sky".

[FreakAnimalFinland]

looking forward for these two releases...
so... dumb question... which are the 10 must-have releases of the Danish scene?
I got several of the most known names, but I know I am missing some masterpieces

Hmm.. About two release, I assume you meant Forza Albino. Well tape and 12" are the same. "Black Dog" is released on two formats as some prefer cheaper option than vinyl is these days.. Actually vinyl arrived today. Just waiting to get Con-Dom LP covers finished and these will be ready for sale...

About best Danish releases. I think perhaps good element in Danish scene is that it doesn't really rely on few single highlights, but consistency of interesting releases. It's hard to pick up favorite release from most artists, but conclude each have very little weak moments. Damien Duprovnik, Alley Pisser, Forza Albino, Ashley C, LR, Puce Mary. That's probably favorites of mine.

[post-morten]

I think Wäldchengarten belongs on a Danish top 10. Just popped Distractions into my CD player and this kind of ambient noise really is my thing. They predated the Posh Isolation crowd with a decade or so, and surely must've been an influence on the current crop of KPH bands.

[tiny_tove]

thanks... I am already obsessed by: forza albino (looking forward for the new stuff... Including MIke's...) puce mary, ashley c, amien Dubrovnik (fantastic lp...)... will check for the rest

thanks!