PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Bloated Slutbag]

EXTREME harsh noise is a flavor that I am very selective with nowadays.

I wanted to quote this and start a thread but I'm not sure where it should start, assuming it were warranted.

Start away!

Oh it will start. It will definitely fucking start.

























































At some point.

[k.p.g]

RMSS - Lihasmuisti (Satatuhatta)
A good morning disc to cook my breakfast to.  Not much in the way of harsh, explosive payoff or pleasant ambient textures.  It rests in between.  Feels like the hikes I go on; some beauty, but lots of space to just let your mind get lost in its environment.  Great.

Acoustic Shadows - Pickett's Charge (Hospital Productions)
Angel of Murder Suicide - Self-Mutilation Color Field (Hospital Productions)
Afternoon relaxation after a busy work.  I had not checked out either one in quite some time, and I think they play well off of each other.  Acoustic Shadows is much more loop structured and reserved.  Angel of Murder Suicide is pretty muddy and hellish harsh.  When I first heard them, the latter seemed so much better by a country mile.  Now I am beginning to think the opposite.  I have learned to appreciate the restraint and patience that goes into Acoustic Shadows.  In the midst of these sonic depictions of war, there is peace to be found.

[k.p.g]

Hand & Knee - Scopaesthesia (Abhorrent A.D.)

This record is fucking LOUD.  Probably not the best thing to throw on for first thing in the morning and your head hurts.  Oh well, I stick it out because I like Mr. Grimaldi plenty.  Anyways - this record has a ton of interesting sounds mixing throughout it.  Some cool synth passages, recordings of moderate to large crowds, metal bashing.  Sometimes there are vocals, but they are hardly ever discernable.  Definitely not a record I would file under PE.  Having been to the artist's home once before, I cannot help but see this recording as a reflection of the environment.  I find that small towns lead to the best creative sparks.  You create in a battle against an oppressively boring landscape.  Hand & Knee is winning that fight here.

[SSRI]

Maskhead: Painful Persuasion CD + 3"CD (Aussaat)
Best Maskhead I've heard this far and the project is developing nicely. No-nonsense no-subgenre harsh noise that does its work as it should. Gets surprisingly atmospheric at times. Third track with not much more than metal clangs with loads of reverb overstays its welcome to my taste but no complaints otherwise. Comes in a metal box that's smartly the size of a CD case so it'll fit in your shelf.

[k.p.g]

Deaf Lions - Copia (Sound of Pig)
Jim O'Rourke - Some Kind of Pagan (Sound of Pig)

I recently pulled the trigger on some Sound of Pig tapes from Al Margolis, and am now making my way through the stack.  Deaf Lions is a great project that I frankly love in any incarnation it is in.  This one stands out though for being just pop and rock tunes looped through Hell and back.  Still manages to create that atmosphere that I associate with the project; very liminal soundscape.
I remember long ago listening to a Noiseextra podcast with Jim O'Rourke on it and thinking "oh great, another noodler from Sonic Youth.  Probably made one wank guitar noise record.'"  My opinion has since shifted on that view of the band as a whole, and Jim particularly has grown on me as a solo artist.  This tape is really next level though.  Cavernous drone music that did not unveil itself as being guitar until being well into Side B.  I will have to seek more of the man's esoteric work in the future.

[Svartvit]

Deaf Lions - Copia (Sound of Pig)
Jim O'Rourke - Some Kind of Pagan (Sound of Pig)

I recently pulled the trigger on some Sound of Pig tapes from Al Margolis, and am now making my way through the stack.  Deaf Lions is a great project that I frankly love in any incarnation it is in.  This one stands out though for being just pop and rock tunes looped through Hell and back.  Still manages to create that atmosphere that I associate with the project; very liminal soundscape.
I remember long ago listening to a Noiseextra podcast with Jim O'Rourke on it and thinking "oh great, another noodler from Sonic Youth.  Probably made one wank guitar noise record.'"  My opinion has since shifted on that view of the band as a whole, and Jim particularly has grown on me as a solo artist.  This tape is really next level though.  Cavernous drone music that did not unveil itself as being guitar until being well into Side B.  I will have to seek more of the man's esoteric work in the future.

I recently got recommended this, one of the most fascinating records I've heard in Jim's discography. Might not fit the forum but great stuff regardless:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asQhM0_2DwI&ab_channel=DEEPHOUSETROOPER

[k.p.g]

John Hudak - Mover Head (Sound of Pig)

Excellent field recording work on display here.  I have to hand it to those who have the patience to make an entire recording be as singular and unmoving as this one is.  Even when I am making tapes in the length of a C60 or C90, I feel the need to change things up every couple of minutes; do not stay on something for too long and make it lose its potency.  Tapes like this prove that can be a bit of insane thinking at sometime.  If a field recording just sounds good throughout, use the whole thing!  Great stuff.

[FraternalFalanx]

éric la casa - Zones Portuaires 2

I've only recently started getting into la casa's work, but this may be my favorite thing I've heard from him. The nautical theme works very well, very interesting palette of sounds, at times has a sort of Luc Ferrari travelogue feel (used sparingly, not nearly as much as on, say, Marchés Markets), other times individual textures get zoomed in on in a way that recalls jgrzinich, although the recordings themselves seem to be entirely unprocessed.

[Fistfuck Masonanie]

Cataclastic Fracture - V/A (Deadline Records) 1994

A release that should maybe get mentioned in the same conversations of classic 90's compilations like Americanoise, Noise War, Japanese American Noise Treaty, etc. I've never seen this discussed before, and probably because it had limited distribution, but this is a killer compilation.

Originally came out in 1994 on Richard's Deadline Records. A huge roster of 51 different artists. There were two editions. A 3xC90 tape edition with full tracks and a CD edition that cut everyone's track down to about one or one-and-a-half minutes to fit on a single CD.

I would love to hear the full 3x tape edition, but the CD version with shortened track lengths actually works incredibly well. You get a ton of variety, and like any great comp, the flow of tracks is really well thought out.

Look at this roster!

Grey Wolves
Aube
Chop Shop
Taint
Black Leather Jesus
Illusion of Safety
Merzbow
Monde Bruits
The Haters
Macronympha
C.C.C.C.
David Gilden
Richard Ramirez
Con-Dom
MSBR
Incapacitants
Emil Beaulieau
and more

Check it out: https://richardramirez.bandcamp.com/album/cataclastic-fracture-vol-1

[Cranial Blast]

Cataclastic Fracture - V/A (Deadline Records) 1994

A release that should maybe get mentioned in the same conversations of classic 90's compilations like Americanoise, Noise War, Japanese American Noise Treaty, etc. I've never seen this discussed before, and probably because it had limited distribution, but this is a killer compilation.

Originally came out in 1994 on Richard's Deadline Records. A huge roster of 51 different artists. There were two editions. A 3xC90 tape edition with full tracks and a CD edition that cut everyone's track down to about one or one-and-a-half minutes to fit on a single CD.

I would love to hear the full 3x tape edition, but the CD version with shortened track lengths actually works incredibly well. You get a ton of variety, and like any great comp, the flow of tracks is really well thought out.

Look at this roster!

Grey Wolves
Aube
Chop Shop
Taint
Black Leather Jesus
Illusion of Safety
Merzbow
Monde Bruits
The Haters
Macronympha
C.C.C.C.
David Gilden
Richard Ramirez
Con-Dom
MSBR
Incapacitants
Emil Beaulieau
and more

Check it out: https://richardramirez.bandcamp.com/album/cataclastic-fracture-vol-1

That's one I've always wanted to see get a proper CD reissue, but with the full longer versions of the songs like the cassette version.

[dodsxuegen]

Snuff - Live
The first track "2009 Helsinki" might be my favorite material of snuff in general. Great flow of tracks so that it almost feels like a story being told by the artist and  hateful, but also very versatile vocal delivery. 

[urall]

John Hudak - Mover Head (Sound of Pig)

Excellent field recording work on display here.  I have to hand it to those who have the patience to make an entire recording be as singular and unmoving as this one is.  Even when I am making tapes in the length of a C60 or C90, I feel the need to change things up every couple of minutes; do not stay on something for too long and make it lose its potency.  Tapes like this prove that can be a bit of insane thinking at sometime.  If a field recording just sounds good throughout, use the whole thing!  Great stuff.

Very much a Hudak fan here, and i think the common theme in his work is indeed patience and immersion in a sound. I totally get the feeling of needing to change things up. Lately i tend to shorten the length of my loops for example just because of that to increase dynamics. But sometimes you need to let sounds run it's course to set the mood properly. He's good at that.

[k.p.g]

K.Paisley - Master of Puppets (Purveyors)

The first time I listened to this tape, I was not in the best of spirits, so I let it glide right over me; didn't think much of it.  Listened this morning, and it was a really great jam.  The Metallica sampling cuts through brilliantly in some parts, but doesn't ever become overbearing.  At points, it sounds like this tape has acoustic elements.  I thought I heard a snare drum being banged.  Maybe it's the ghost of Lars Ulrich...

[Zeno Marx]

Black Humor - Love God Love One Another 1982 - If a demented Henry Rollins met Rev.Dwight Frizzell and they made a punk musique concrète album, and I know how unappetizing that might sound.  This is a VERY cool album.  It's been reissued, so it isn't pricey.  Not going to say more than that.

[aububs]

i love that black humor record. i got that reissue when it came out. but i long ago mis-filed it and haven't been able to find it for years. i know it's there somewhere. so many times a few beers deep trying to find that fucking record. nightmare. i could just buy it again but that feels like giving in.