PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Jaakko V.]

Budrūs - Canine Visions IX

First time listen and got to say that all expectations caused by the promo text are met. Simply awesome stuff. Melancholic, hypnotizing, rough and for once truly original stuff with the best vocal delivery in a long time. I love the sound of Lithuanian language. This is an album that has a true "cinematic" quality. Not in the sense of Hollywood type soundtrack effects but truly evocative material, bringing forth very concrete images and visions and a sense of narrative. Hard to describe, one has to hear this. I don't think this kind of material could ever come from people from other regions, this is immersed in this very distinct Baltic melancholy.

[online prowler]

FUKTE/VOMIR - split on TOXIC INDUSTRIES (very good and intense, nice shirt as well)

Had the pleasure of playing w Fukte in Italy last year. Remember he did a very good set in Turin. Very textural, kinetic and aggressive in harsh noise country. I'll check out this release. Totally passed me by.

Here is Fukte's label 'Toxic Industries'. Recommend checking it out.

http://www.toxicindustries.net84.net/about.php

@ Strömkarlen. Thanx for the Njurmännen and Konduktör Records drop. New in my ears.

[tiny_tove]

yep great stuff

love also the negative climax tape they have released...

[RyanWreck]

The new BU video. Track is really solid. I like the vocals. Video isn't bad either and the sounds go well with it although I will never understand how eating shit gets some men aroused. I wonder how many times I have seen Pasi's dick now? Mikko's too...

[tinnitustimulus]

Macronympha - Physical Chaos
a noise classic, I think my favorite is the live track at the end of side A, but the entire 90 minute album is one of the most unrelenting.

Robert Ruttman - Zuuhh!! Muttie Mum!!
"heavy" metal sculptures bowed to a nice foreboding ambiance. Pretty similar to US Steel Cello Ensemble record he was in that was uploaded on to Mutant Sounds from 1979. I guess it could be compared to Organum or Harry Bertoia.

Einsturzende Neubauten - Stahldubversions
I'll admit I didn't buy this, as it is not the easiest album to obtain, but a lot of early EN junk metal rhythm tracks with some delay effects. One is clearly taken from Tanz Debil but it is hard to say for the others. Probably one the most primitive documents of this band.

Tony Conrad - Four Violins
I can't stop listening to this, still my favorite drone piece, buzz saw ocean waves, feels incredibly good to listen to.

[RyanWreck]

Tony Conrad - Four Violins
I can't stop listening to this, still my favorite drone piece, buzz saw ocean waves, feels incredibly good to listen to.

I've never been a huge fan of Tony Conrad but this sounds intriguing I may have to download it.

Your description of it made me want to listen to some good Microtonal/Lowercase, gonna go through my 12k/Line shoebox....

Murralin Lane - "Our House Is on the Wall" (12k, 2010) - I don't know how anyone could not like this. Droning ambient with female vocals as the main instrument. It is so hard to pick a good track because they are all very good, but I suppose "When I Told You" makes for a good first impression: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ1EpqYXpKM

Solo Andata - "Solo Andata" (12k, 2009) - This type of stuff is great for a rainy day or for going to sleep. Sawako is one of the best "computer musicians" to spring up, and that's difficult to do because 1) there are so many, and 2) most people who consider themselves as "computer musicians" suck dick. This is a pretty dark release for this style. The use of field recordings is really well done and the more glitchy moments, which I tend to dislike on most albums, is fantastic here. Here is a full track (if you only listen to a sliver of it then skip to 5:40): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4_vUtdaYus

Autistici - "Volume Objects" - (12k, 2008) - This is some really solid stuff. Somewhat unconvential in the Ambient genre as he uses so many instruments in this release that if you were looking at his recording space you would think it would be some big noisy jam band like Cerberus Shoal, but it is the opposite. Here is one of my favorite tracks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFYtSYz1JPg

[nowirehangers]

Grey Wolves/Macronympha - Slash II

I picked this up at the Rodger Stella show wednesday. Rockwell Samples, extreme distortion and the usual.

[HongKongGoolagong]

Some live Pink Floyd CDs today;

Disc One of Ummagumma
"The Man & The Journey" bootleg
Famous '74 Shine On/Raving/Gotta Be Crazy boot now featured in 2cd WYWH reissue
The Wall live 'Anybody Out There 80/81' double CD

but really can't face listening to Delicate Sound of Thunder or Pulse - they make TG24 seem inviting.

[pontifx]

nyogthaeblisz today.

[Ashmonger]

nyogthaeblisz today.

Was thinking yesterday that I should play their LP again. Haven't done yet, but good reminder anyway.

Streetmeat - Nails (C20, Anabolic Dimensions): When I first heard the sample on the AD bandcamp, I really liked it, though it was only a one or two minute sample. I also got some other Streetmeat tapes (from his own label) and quite liked them. I have been listening to this tape several times now, but until now it doesn't do much for me... It's raw and definately not bad, but I would like it to have more vocals and more depth.

Being - Battery Cages III (C20, Skeleton Dust Recordings): This was not exactly what I expected, I expected really harshly distorted harsh noise and it's less distorted than I expected. This made it a bit difficult at first, since it all seemed a bit 'calm'. However, even though it will need some more spins, it has an interesting variety of sounds and the tracks have structure. So, while I expected more of a blast in the face it seems a slow burner (for me at least).

[FreakAnimalFinland]

HEINZ HOPF "Gothenburg" CD
pure harsh noise for pure harsh noise lovers. No innovation, no progress, but screeching dirty noise blasting at high volume.

VILE PLUMAGE "black tar jenny" 3"cdr
Obscure uk noise. Starts with almost ritualistic chanting & metal objects and progresses into hard electronic noise and contributions of regular instruments. Always fierce live recording feel to it. While it sounds like it could be something atmospheric and nice, it's not really. Beginning is like having metal bucket filled with water and every clang sounds like malformed by flanging effect - yet I believe it is purely acoustic. That's the sound I'm often doing while in sauna - thinking, where it could be used... Some chanting, which is less of tibetan monks, more of madmen in cave. And harsh electronic sounds sound almost like film projector through overdrive! Did I hear sax and other normal instruments playing later on. Too bad it's the usual poorly packaged cdr you can expect from this Leeds(?) based Turd. I like it.

[Half Aborted]

I love Heinz Hopf, like you say it's nothing innovative at all but very well executed and passionate harsh noise that is a joy to listen to.

Mr Turd has moved to sunny Stoke-On-Trent and teamed up with Andy Jarvis to make up Vile Plumage. Very good material I think. The older stuff was more maximalist sound collage stuff which was also very enjoyable but the new more focused direction is really quite impressive.

[HongKongGoolagong]

SUNROOF! - Peach Fuzzz 7", Slipstream CD-R, Delicate Autobahn Under Construction 2xCD, Reborn In Jets Of Rainbow Water LP, Bliss 2xCD, Cloudz CD, Panzer Division Lou Reed CD

I guess if you are going to listen to any of this music, it's best to listen to all of it. One or two notes for eight hours or so! Probably Matthew Bower's most mellow and musical project but still some harsh tones here in places, especially on the last title. The sound works almost like an art installation. You can wander round leaving this playing in the other room and now and again return to drop in, tune in and enjoy the tones, or maybe be bored and infuriated by it. This is on the edge of what can be considered music. Is it functional sound? Ritual music? An accompanying sound to hoovering your house? Cloudz is a standout title. Seems like he was teaching himself new computer programs for putting sound together and breaking all the rules as he was learning - very unusual textures and some gentle and tender fragile melody in there too. These are not records which get played often but very strange ones I am glad to own. Nice artwork on these records too.  

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Been mostly rotating lots of 7"s of variety of noise and music. Jackman 7" on Posh Isolation sounds now better than it did when it came out. Lasse Marhaug / Mats Gustafsson  split 7", mats not that special but Lasse's side gets multiple rotations immediately. Not as much harsh as it's just well done cut ups of noisy experimental sounds. Splatter Splitter 7" made of material what should be their demo of 1988. Never heard of it, and somehow tracks like "Hell hunts for muslims" or "Nuclear Bombings of Israel" sounds more of underground of 2008 than 1988... But anyways, extremely noisy and wild sounding mix of grind/punk/metal/noisecore. Most of all just distorted mess. Using Philip Glass piano piece as one of intros! Valium Kiharat 7" - as much as I tend to tell late 2000's punk is bullshit, if you can get over slightly too professional sound and god awful graphics, not bad after all. Even if firmly in tradition of Finnish hc/punk, some lyrics actually very good and songs have slightly more ambition than the basic 1+1=2 ysäri-crust.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

and what should/could have been 7", is the bonus CDR of HIJOKAIDAN what came with two latest CD's if ordered directly from Japanese label. I didn't, but still got it. That's ltd 300, inside plain white papersleeve with small sticker. One track with Mikawa + drummer, one track with Jojo + another guitarist. Very good tracks in stripped down elements captured with clear studio environment. Can't decide which track I like more. Drummer is somehow exceptionally tasty (compared to many too jazzy or too "rock" drummers).. but the guitar noise is also something so simple and so bare bones of string torture...  13 minutes in total. Could be a 7"!