PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Levas]

Baculum - There was so much blood, you could taste the iron
Amnesia program
Awesome! Simple, harsh and brutal, straight to the point. I don't know, for me Baculum seems to be one of those for some reason underrated harsh noise projects. I still don't know what's the reason behind that. Of course nothing too original, but great stuff

Electrical cord noose - Devoid of Value
Amnesia program
This one is a little more varied in sounds, but at the same time - not that interesting and enjoyable as Baculum release.

Antarktida -  База 211
Valgrind
I've got this by chance in trade cause the description somewhat attracted me and overall.. It's Antarktida. And this tape is good. haunting atmosphere, somewhere between dark ambient and industrial, with hints of ritual and not in a bad way. Enjoyed this.

OS 125 ‎– Faire... Et Laisser Faire
Nahàsh Atrym Productions
Not bad harsh noise though not something memorable too. Now I'm looking at the tape that I spinned yesterday and remember only "not bad". the edition of 10 i guess is enough

She Destroys Hope / Uv Ursa Spr - Untitled
Radiophobic Entheogen Records
Good sounds from both artists, enjoyable noise. The first side was a little more expressive.

BOAR ‎– Untitled
Nahàsh Atrym Productions
Nice tits on the cover. HNW. Not something very enjoyable. A side was ok, B side was not.

Eonic ‎– Secret Land
Zhelezobeton
Wow. this was funny. Some sort of world music or new age. This is what I get for not reading the descriptions carefully. ethno-gothic, pop-ambient it says.

DMT - Selected Funbient works 1-4
KultFront, Zhelezobeton, Aquarellist, Monochrome Vision
This was in fact quite good. Not so much fun. There were quite annoying rhythms etc., but overall it's ok

Chains of the Death Command - Chains of the Death command
Filth & Violence
Didn't have a chance to listen to the first issue of this so I'm happy for rerelease. Great material. I think this tape is the best from them?

[Andrew McIntosh]

I don't know, for me Baculum seems to be one of those for some reason underrated harsh noise projects. I still don't know what's the reason behind that. Of course nothing too original, but great stuff

I don't know why either. I've got "XXY" and his split with Breaking The Will and each time Sam gives us straight up, well constructed Harsh Noise. I imagine it's because his label is so prominent, perhaps.

[eyestrain]

Developer PT:188 (Phage Tapes): Aside from a short loop on 2A that kinda irks me (personal preferences...), this is one solid fucking tape set. Heavy on the cut-ups without being totally discombobulating in a negative way. My favorite of the works I've heard so far. Also, love the quick moment of geese migration that's on 2B (I think). Reminds me of C.C.C.C.'s Gnosis, without being an outright intermission though. Why does nature very rarely figure into noise? I can see why P.E. acts would avoid it, but I'd honestly love to hear more of this integration - without falling into some Earth First! or Jeph Jerman (no offense) territory, of course.

Like Mikko was saying about the Utmarken set; what's up with the library cases featuring multiple cassettes of short plays?

[FreakAnimalFinland]

well, it's all those multi tape sets I've written about lately. At the same time, if they would have been 3x C-90, I would have probably written about one... but still. Each makes sense in artist per side, but I'd assume most could get 20-30 mins material instead of 5-10 mins..

[Levas]

Exitus - Treatment Plan
Unsound recordings
Well this is quite good. I've expected something different from the samples on soundcloud, but it's good dark industrial. The first side of the tape is a little more varied.

Dark Session - Hel(l)sinki
HATEHATEHATE records
This is some decent harsh noise. I think all of the material was and still is available online, but the tape makes the sound better. Perhaps I missed some more variations and overall the stuff is quite chaotic, but I guess that was the intention.

Bizarre Uproar - Putrid Live Activities 2011-2012
Filth & Violence
While I was still thinking what I'm missing in Dark Session release, I've put the first tape of this in the player. And I still don't know what one release is missing and why listening to these 4 tapes is such a great experience and joy. Despite being live recordings, these are acceptable quality that gives further colors to the recordings. Nothing surprising from BU. Great material.

Sutcliffe Jugend and Junk - Sans Palatine Uvula
4iB Records
This one is strange recording. For the first two tracks I was thinking I'll just take the CD out and put it in the shelf without finishing it, but then I got hooked up and kind of addicted to the weird contrasting sounds - mostly minimal sounds and manipulations of SJ and screams of Junko. Most of the tracks are enjoyable and somehow I still want to spin it again, but the last one hits the point. Primitive synth melody and Junko's screams. Good CD.

[Johann]

I personally like the 5 to 15 minute cassettes, to me it's like a 7" and they tend to get more multiple plays

for me currently

Evil Moisture - Amanita Burger, complilation from Tochnit Aleph of several EM cassettes and some bonus, really fucking solid fun release. Beautiful artwork

QAT, COFFEE & QAMBUS: RAW 45S FROM YEMEN - great fucking LP from Dust to Digital, if your into Arabic music its def worth a listen. Yemen has some really unique sounding stuff. The more I listen to it back to back the more i like it. Highly Recommended 

Darksmith & Fossils - on kye records. great fucking record, Fossils side is really the first i've heard of them (despite having heard a lot about them), Darksmith i really enjoy. Gotta give it some more plays but great on first impression.

[Levas]

Cyclotimia - Soundtrack for nonexistent movie
Zhelezobeton
Well, I'm listening to these for no reason. Just to get to know. And it's just some music to be forgotten. mostly rhythmic stuff.

Cyclotimia - Styx
Zhelezobeton
It says for the fans of Laibach. But it's more for the goth teens who likes to dance dance dance

Malat - Avamposto Malato
Old Europa Cafe
This on the other hand is very nice. Part of this project is from Ain Soph. It's more or less just good easy listening muzak. Something pop, but I like it.

Various - Lisää Saastaa Suomesta
Obscurex
Since I can't listen to vinyls at the moment, this tape will do. And I can't say I'm a fan of noisecore, but this is great. CODC fills the B side with good live performance and it's far more melodic and structured than I'd thought. Other favourites of mine were Anal Barbara which I don't know if it's noisecore still? Unpeace - awesome and Nihilist Commando - awesome. Great tape.

[Levas]

spent the whole day spinning new pogrom masters (huh huh). With more than an hour of material, this will be the longest full length. Out some time this year perhaps

[Mikerdeath]

 V.D.  ‎– Venereal Lust

dedicated to all the cheating whores and liars

[Dr Alex]

Brethren ‎- Savage Inequalities cd (no need to write about this masterpiece!)
Nicole 12 - Playground / Lolita Love cd (same as for Brethren)
Death Squad - Fucked In The USA 3"cd (great live assault)
Shift - Sleep Paralysis cd (amazing and loud album)
Budrūs - Devyniems Rytams Auštant cd (I didn't listen this cd for ages! Unique and great power electronics)
Budrūs - Canine Visions IX cd (4 years after debut album... A MASTERPIECE!! Highly recommended!!!)

I listen so much music and I'm little bit lazy to write about it every day.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

MORDANT KARMA "Profane Libido" tape
Trapeze Tapes
Great harsh noise. I wrote about Devour tape some messages ago, and hardly anything to add. Same strengths and same weakness. No compositional arch or structure beyond fast and furious chaos.

TONGUE KNAX " Sarcomerge" tape
Trapeze Tapes
So what's the best of Tongue Knax? Not sure. 5 tapes, where none is bad, and this one included is damn strong. Showing that Japanese harsh noise bands are still up there in top of the game!

BURNTABLE "s/t" tape
Neko
I'm kind of fan of turntable works when it goes over certain limit. When it appears to come from noise end, rather than something related to DJ skills. Burntable - as name may suggest - is here to destroy! Turntables? Possibly, but most of all harsh noise that ain't all that hectic of skillfully brutalized like two bands above, but heavy and harsh with surprisingly physical appearance.

V/A TAPEWORKS vol VI
hästen & korset
Best... or at least among the very best parts of the Tapeworks series. Orquere, Daniel Fagelström, Jaakko Vanhala and Amph are the opes that stood out for me the most, but not a bad track on comp. Versatile stuff and brilliant compilation skill to put wholeness in perfect order.

ASHLEY C "Trancelike Existence" tape
Some of the most lo-fi sound recycling of Ashley C. Monotone, utterly destroyed and coarse sounds going on and on.. I think opening track ain't that good, but remaining on A-side and B side is good listening for slow shifting horrid sounds.

UMPIO "Monbo Dogma" tape
EST
FUCK! So who all have heard this? While tape kind of came out long ago, most of the pressing (as far as I know) has not been assembled. Neat special package appears to be time consuming to make, but what the fuck? How many years one should keep sitting on masterpiece like this, what could any day justify CD version. Dynamic, energy filled, intense and absolutely fantastic craftmanship in all timing & compositional matyters. Yet Harsh noise to the bone. Am I dreaming, or is this possibly best of Umpios pure harsh noise recordings? Who knows when there's few more tapes of this era (this one recorded 2009-2010) what has been swallowed by flakey labels who can't get simple tape releases done...

[Jaakko V.]

UMPIO "Monbo Dogma" tape
EST
FUCK! So who all have heard this? While tape kind of came out long ago, most of the pressing (as far as I know) has not been assembled. Neat special package appears to be time consuming to make, but what the fuck? How many years one should keep sitting on masterpiece like this, what could any day justify CD version. Dynamic, energy filled, intense and absolutely fantastic craftmanship in all timing & compositional matyters. Yet Harsh noise to the bone. Am I dreaming, or is this possibly best of Umpios pure harsh noise recordings? Who knows when there's few more tapes of this era (this one recorded 2009-2010) what has been swallowed by flakey labels who can't get simple tape releases done...

Nothing to add really - but to answer the question: here's one who has heard the tape. The covers are indeed spectacular, but considering the time they've been under work, they should be ready already, heheh... I'm not sure if this is even officially "out" yet?

[FreakAnimalFinland]

These actually been on playlist before those commented above...

EXITUS "treatment 1-6" tape
Unsound
Coldest electronics? Perhaps. At most simplest, it is like monolithic synth noise wall with spoken word on top, but there are more complex rhythmic track as well. Somehow made me think of Ke/Hil, although there is very very little, if anything in common?

Hal Hutchinson / SSRI split tape
untergeschoss
HH works - great as usual. Linear track of metal junk crashing all over the place. Good compact sound.  SSRI the usual hit & miss of grotesque lo-fi gutter noise.

SVAIXT "Lo" tape
Terror
Somewhere between all the harsh noise blast felt like necessary to give space for something else. Sounds of field recordings done in Lo, Tibet. bells, cheering crowds, and then layered with electric drones. Very clear and sharp sound I may say, not like blurred into incense and smoke and mythical atmosphere. Perhaps I should say even unusual in some ways, yet in the line of brain stimulating cascades of harsh noise, it somehow remains less exciting. Cloth bag silkscreened and include booklet detailing the trip related to sound recording. Maybe it is just that I hardly at all care of all these tibet, nepal and india kind of things what esoteric sound artists appear to admire.

[bitewerksMTB]

I've just been listening to the "Totality of Death" cd's. Not sure which one is my fave; the Malignant release seems to have gotten one or 2 more listens than the other but they're both really, really good. I like the variety of styles.

Just ordered a few metal releases from NWN as they're having a 40% off sale (ends tonight)...

[Mikerdeath]

Total Abuse - Prison Sweat
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/10/stream_total_ab.html
Its worth a listen.