PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[ConcreteMascara]

VA - 0161 CD
I like this early IDM / SKAM / V/vm stuff... things were still a little exciting, V/vm were actually producing tracks instead of releasing worthless un-funny joke bullshit.. SKAM had this mysterious, is this Autechre, masked lurkers vibe, Crunchy rhythmics, Aphex influenced melodics, video games and hip hop textures bit ground in samplers, a sense of adventure... disk drives, books about the possibilities of computers, just a now totally dated aesthetic.  Solid comp, has a good flow from noisy to melodic, even has a The Fall track.  My favorite track is the Datathief one, by rational aesthetic evaluation, it's cheesy, but I really love this kinda dark Terminator electronic post Clock DVA The Hacker thing.  If someone made this now, I'd scoff at it, but it rules for its own time.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-8TTq96XsM   Cool cover too, evidently a security camera shot of a truck bombing before it goes off.

Definitely not a "classic" comp but a comp with some classic songs. Like you said, NIGHT RAID by Datathief is perfection. "identify... target... engage... night.. raid.." oh man so good. There's been talk here about the lack of adventure in a lot of modern comps, and this is a good example of that risk taking spirit. Granted its not noise or p.e. but I still thank this is an example of how mixing it up is a good thing.

[Zeno Marx]

Actuary/Bastard Noise 12"

I haven't heard anything else from Actuary.  Don't know if anything else is like this.  Great teammate for Bastard Noise, but also some pretty darn nice power-electronics in their own right.

[Mikerdeath]

RU-486 Blitz Aktion Contra

Strength through power electronics / "kill each other now."
Another top quality release from DSR and RU-486, 3 live recordings old school look and sound. Made my day.

EMIL BEAULIEAU "moonlight in vermont" CD
Hospital prod
Got the LP too, but due being mentioned in Emil topic, decided to give listen also to CD version. Unlike the Minutoli series which are my favorites, this has very crispy and high-definition clarity. It's full of very noisy and broken sounds, but with crystallic perfection nevetheless. Quite slow building album take time before going to full blasting complex noise. I believe it was mainly J.Lescalleet's work sampled for this? That man is genius as well.

GENOCIDE ORGAN "s/t" CD
Tesco
Heavier than ever re-mastering with bonus tracks. Like leichenlinie, I think this is among rare cases of benefitting from re-mastering? Noisy and brutal album and even if not all tracks are absolute masterpieces, the whole spirit and album in general is essential.

C. SPENCER YEH "1975"CD
Intransitive
Challenging album from Spencer. Each of the 11 tracks named pretty much on what it is: 1) drone 2) voice 3) drone 4) voice 5) drone 6) shrinkwrap from a solo saxophone cd 7) two guitars 8) two guitars 9) drone... etc   And when track is titled "shrinkwrap..." it is really Spencer just squeezing crackling piece of plastic via minimal processing. Drones appear to be organs or feedbacks, voice manipulations remind of some vintage experimental - Tudor or Cage type - more than noise. Plenty of air, very clean sound capturing the essense of each sound element - which are however disturbing and challenging listening. In later part of nearly hour long disc spencer makes it slightly more easier to digest - but basically combining ideas together.

Need all three of these very badly.

C. SPENCER YEH live this year was amazing, incredibly nice person too.

Abuse Patters rules. The release is very cool, I liked the art and the tape is good to.

I like Machismo more. Humiliation In Attitude is an outstanding tape aswell.
The Hate Basement / Machismo collaboration THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE is up there too.

Actuary/Bastard Noise 12"

I haven't heard anything else from Actuary.  Don't know if anything else is like this.  Great teammate for Bastard Noise, but also some pretty darn nice power-electronics in their own right.

Actuary is not a Power Electronics project but they definitely deliver Powerful Electronics. They are a noise project pure and simple. Seen them and played 3+ gigs with them, they are outstanding people also. They are from LA and use a bunch of Trogotronic equipment, some found electronics, tube radios, ect, hand customized by Bill Nelson. One member builds his own amps too. They have several releases. I dig them for sure, but I don't listen that often.
The split with Bastard Noise is available here for "proper" download:
http://grindcorekaraoke.com/album/skeletal-uncertainty.
About the only good thing I could find on the Grindcore Karaoke webpage.

[bitewerksMTB]

POSSESSION soundtrack LP- some piano, some creepy string/drums/some sounds like scraping metal. Wish it had some of the dialouge from the film. Liner notes say much of the music went unused in the film.

Listened to this a few times as there will be an LP soon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8P8rmI8qsk
Very upbeat.

Also listened to some of the soundtrack music for William Friedkin's SORCEROR. Why the fuck isn't there a special ed. dvd/blu-ray?!? I think I'm going to order the LP soon.

[hannes]

Krökta Rum - Tankar & Syner del 1, LP (Järtecknet)
My new favorite listen for late evenings. Nice mix of tape-manipulations, field recordings and droning synth, somehow this project reminds me a little bit of Dusa. Im really looking forward to hear more from this project.

[acsenger]

Noise - Tenno (CD, Alchemy Records, 2005)

Re-release of a 1980 album. The main instrument is a very distorted organ, then there's a female singer, and occasionally there are drums and guitars. It's a very amateurish sort of drone album - amateurish because this duo could hardly play properly (the drum beats are not steady, the singing is a bit false at times) but at the same time it feels like they didn't care how it sounded at all as they were lost in their own world. Some tracks are better and a few are terrible musically, but the strange, alien atmosphere and the obvious utter disregard of the musicians of whether what they play is good or bad make listening to this album satisfying in a way even if strictly speaking, overall, it's not good musically. A unique album due to the atmosphere, even if I don't want to listen to it more than once every year or so.

[SKY BURIAL]

Tangerine Dream- Rubycon
Tangerine Dream- Phaedra
Tangerine Dream- Zeit
KLF- Chill Out
Space (Jimmy Cauty)
Klaus Schulze- Irrlicht
Coil- Black Light District
Organum- Ikon
The Anti Group (T.A.G.C.)- Burning Water
The Anti Group (T.A.G.C.)- Digitaria
Zoviet France- Shouting At The Ground
Social Interiors- The World Behind You
Social Interiors- Traces of Mercury

Fax label cds:
Air I & II
The Whole Traffic
Sad World I & II
A Day In The Park

Eyeless In Gaza- Pale Hands I Loved So Well
Various Eno

[online prowler]

Ättestupa / Alfarmania
Stenstans Fördärv / Mitt Blod, Min Kropp.
12"
tour split

Sverre Faaberg
I objektivitet
12"
Norwegian C&W from Arne Bendiksen studio.

S.T.A.B. Electronics
The Non Alliant I
12"


Nyrkki & Kyrpä III
tape

Ta eter
Parasite
power electronics at its best

[eyestrain]

Flowerday Girl On Film CS (Cathartic Process)
One of the only wall artists I really enjoy. Looking forward to hearing the new release.

I wonder what quality makes it stand out? I do trust CP as label, since they have done good stuff - not to mention Clew Of Theseus have done good stuff. But can't see any value in Flowerday.release.

Well, there isn't really anything that makes it of value to others. As a personal preference, I rarely listen/buy/download HNW and closely related sounds. Besides a single item from The Rita, Flowerday, A View From Nihil, Paranoid Time and the (best of all) Blod 3LP, I've remained satisfied. General harsh noise (Macro, Incapacitants and all the worshippers), on the other hand, has enough activity to give me a continual raging boner. So, other than the fact that Flowerday is one of the few HNW-ish things I have heard, there's nothing. But, I'll come around for this new one soon just for the sake of supporting a label I really enjoy, and that it's a $6 CS and not a $25 100 copy LP.

Bestia Arcana  "To Anabainon ek tes Abyssu" CS on Silcharde Rec.
Anticipated this release for a few years. Finally got a very proper CS edition. (Label also just re-released an early Necros Christos demo - stellar!!) Furious, hypnotic black metal with one-of-a-kind bass-heavy synth work throughout. Heavy on repetition where you'd least expect it, and always works. From a rare pair of individuals with a genuine left hand path focus.

Sewer Election & Treriksroset "Ragsved" CS on Thorax Harsh Cassettes
Listened to this over 100 times by now. One of my favorites.

Gyorgi Ligeti "The Ligeti Project" 5CD on Teldec Classics
Incredible from start to finish. With a nice balance of compositions.

Burial Hex "Book of Delusions" LP on Brave Mysteries
It's growing on me...

Burial Hex "Eschatology II" CS on Brave Mysteries
Much better than the first in this series.

Circulation of Light "Emersal Tracings" CS on Black Horizons
Dense drones, not just solo piano anymore. Gorgeous package too!!

Looking forward to receiving the re-release LPs of Rose Croix's debut (fans of The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud would love this) and The Guild of Funerary Violinists CD from Ajna.

[TS]

Lately I've been spinning these a lot:

Ride for Revenge/Torturium
(though I rarely listen to Torturiums side, RFR is brilliant)

Ättestupa - Begraven Mot Norr
also anything else by Ättestupa I can find.

Iron Fist of the Sun - Tears Royal

Genocide Organ - Leichenlinie
I only recently discovered this, so catchy!

Fecalove - Animal

Utarm - Minus the Divine

[online prowler]

Krökta Rum - Tankar & Syner del 1, LP (Järtecknet)
My new favorite listen for late evenings. Nice mix of tape-manipulations, field recordings and droning synth, somehow this project reminds me a little bit of Dusa. Im really looking forward to hear more from this project.

Very interesting project. Thanx for the share Hannes. SC link: http://soundcloud.com/jartecknet/kr-kta-rum-tankens-yttersta-gr

Lately I've been spinning these a lot:

Ride for Revenge/Torturium
(though I rarely listen to Torturiums side, RFR is brilliant)

Ättestupa - Begraven Mot Norr
also anything else by Ättestupa I can find.

Iron Fist of the Sun - Tears Royal

Genocide Organ - Leichenlinie
I only recently discovered this, so catchy!

Fecalove - Animal

Utarm - Minus the Divine

I support the whole listing. Looking forward to the new Utarm material.

[tinnitustimulus]

Pharmakon & Work/Death - True Criminals CS

When they came down to philly to play 2 years ago they already sold out of this tape, which really bummed me out a they are my favorite acts in the east coast. Luckily, Scott has made reissues to most of his self-released sold-out material including this tape. You can make out margaret's usual goblin vocals to a depressive synth sequence on side a, not cheesey as some black noise can be but successful in getting a lower self reflection that happens when I see/hear work/death. It has dynamics of a pharmakon set in comparison to side b which is more like work/death, but certainly both scott and margaret are whispering. I don't know if work/death is still a janitor but his work always reminds of the dirty mop water that leaves a sticky scum on you when it dries on your skin with the nice trace of diluted cleaner in there. I feel totally disgusted by the time the tape ends.


Being/Diaphagmatic/A Snake in the Garden July 2012 tour CS

I bought this being the only ASITG material available at the show, though now I wish I bought the Diaphagmatic tape as well, as his track is my favorite of the tape. ASTIG seems to to start with toxic mushroom texture that soon changes to junk metal with timing that is natural with the mind. Being is mostly a series of tampered 60 hz hum and hiss distorted to different levels of timbre and harmonics, the timing and pan placement keeps it very interesting. Diaphragmatic has some reverb (maybe its just the spring?) and maybe some equalization but other than that, it sounds pretty much like straight junk metal, than put in red to tape. It soon turns into a angry mess as they all collaborate.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

PUSSYFOOTER "Transition" tape
Raijaja tapes
With exception of two pieces spoken word etc..  Vast majority of tape is mayhemic group recording of noise concrete mixer, industrial steel - no effects, no editing. Sound appears like big room echoing and at the same time elements are distant, yet distinctive nice sounds - not just smashing whatever scrap you happened to have, but most likely making sure the scrap you have sounds good.

BLODVITE "hämnaren" tape
Järtecknet
Perhaps in contemporary swedish lo-fi tape noise Blodvite loses some of its impact simply of belonging to "mass". One can not deny the charm and entertaining value of the tape. It remains good listening, but that comes as no surprise when situation is what it is: Järtecknet delivers good releases one after another - like does many swedish projects. It's not exceptionally amazing, but satisfactory.

[ConcreteMascara]

LR - Exile (LP) - didn't know what to expect when I got this but enjoying it. minimal power electronics/industrial? I don't know how to describe it. I'm very fond of the last track.

Gridlink - Amber Gray & Orphan (CDs) - waited a long time to listen to these because I was afraid they might tarnish the legacy of Discordance Axis. What a fool I was.

Discordance Axis - Perfect Collection Jouhou (CD) - all time favorite grind album

Unclean - Deranged (Cassette) - a step up from the F&V tape I think. Si's artwork perfectly matches the material too.

Deterge - Anacoluthon (Cassette) - the a-side is pretty solid, but the b-side is a real trip. Very dynamic, evolving structures and good vocal effects.

[RyanWreck]

"Death Electronics" has already been coined by Atrax Morgue! Jeez! I get what you're trying to say though. I think he has a very old school Post-Mortem sound.