V/A UNDERGROUND USA c-90
MSNP
Wasn't there some sort of plan to re-issue Noise War... and Americanoise? I wonder what is status of these?
Anyways, Undergound USA, is year after Americanoise, less bands, longer playing time. Woe Is Me, Strict, Orifice Training, Bacillus, Armenia, A.S.M., Depress/Regress, Bob Marinelli and more! Not everything delivers the most memorable material, yet the sheer mass of the punishment makes is great. Laying down on sofa, 90 minutes, with nothing else but choices made by Mother Savage Noise captains, it is good. And I don't know what exactly it is, but listening "average" 1996 noise comp, sounds somehow so much better than noise of 2010. I'm just about 95% sure, it has mostly to do with compression and digital distortion plugins? Anyways, bands like Woe Is Me, to ultra ugly noise of A.S.M. crudely chopped into this comp. Armenia's distracting pause-button stop&go, heavy duty noise drone of Persn...... I mean, one could ask someone to make perfect "average noise comp 2011"? If it can't be done, I guess this as uncompressed, un-edited re-issue, would be as good reminder as Tension State Of Collapsing CD set.... simply perfection found from imperfection.
Alio Die "the way of fire" 7"
Drone
If early AD was pretty clumsy ritual music, some of later works is pretty cheesy keyboard muzak. For a drone 7", this is good. I wonder if there has been extensive report of Drone label's 7"s, but that is some fine series of music. And despite many small editions and nice covers, majority of titles are available for decent prices. What I paid for this.. 5,- ? Maybe. I don't have complete series.. yet. But I guess it would be just about time to see what exactly is still missing and start hunting!
