There are a lot of such releases these days, that have not been really made for vinyl, but now insisted to be made on vinyl. I think worst that come to mind, was some Klaus Schulze vinyl. One customer who bought 2xLP, was totally annoyed when long synth/sequencer track suddenly fades out in 20 mins, and you turn side and last 5 mins of "more of the same" fades in on b-side to complete track. hah.. what the hell?!
Luckily I do not have any aversion towards CD, and I prefer CD for stuff that clearly is meant or clearly benefits for being CD.
However, been listening so much noise all the time, that feels little odd I have not written much reviews of comments about almost anything. From this week alone, I guess dozen things, mostly CD format still at work table thats been listened enough and ready to come home.
Evening listening at home this week after getting back from Genocide Organ gig..
Handful of time times listened this two song cass ep by GENOCIDE ORGAN that was for sale at the Finnish show. I like both sides, first harder hitting, quite complex song actually with several elements, b-side with bleaker old school industrial sound. Was sold as tape + patch set. Live gig was good. Started quite monotonic, synth oscillations of longer monologies as vocals, somewhere half through the set, it's OVEEERR!!! And with harder hitting song a lot of extra energy injected into set, gets louder and crowd starts moving in the pit. In no way set that would rely in power of hit songs, but far more the newer stuff which is for me also good point that band is not nostalgia, but alive and kicking! Full report at SI website. Tape itself would probably require proper review, since tracks are actually surprisingly complex and not at all leftovers.
Pain Appendix did release "tour tape" for finn/swe gigs. 50 copies exists and may be worth asking around is wanting it. That is newer material than other new tape "Mechanism for mystical messages" was on player now. Solid harsh noise release. I was under impression it was first intended to be LP, but he felt it was not good enough. I thought it could be LP, but now that listening this tape, he is right. If PA sets level to CD albums that FA and Satatuhatta put out, for LP bar is high. In a way, C-20 is one of my favorite formats, along with 3"CD. There is something... not sure if it is magical or firmly biological, but 20 minutes duration has something that is ideal for human perception. Not only my preference, but result of scientific studies.production, but good nevertheless.
Especially the tour tape is good, but for LP, I'd say something in lines of 2024 Finnish gig and that's vinyl album worthiness, hah!
Antichildleague has three new tapes out, and Gaya mentioned this "Resist or Submit" is the hardest of them all. Yep, not only it is harsh noise, but good plus somehow very "direct". Among very best ACL for being so straight forward assault, like live noise feel to it. Couple screams, crude yet also detailed noise. Two other tapes, are no less good, just less noisy! Really showing this exceptional situation how ACL belongs to projects who have been around for ages, but just get better! Retroguard -tape, Suicidal Tolerance -tape, strongly recommended!
TAHMA live tape. One of those artists self released, dubbed on recycled tape. Might be impossible to get unless you see him at the gig and he has copies. Finn new breed noise project, and self published live tape captures his vivid and spontaneous live assaults in very good way.
LUGOLA "Harmony of Despair" tape
Polish project that started as quite typical dark ambient. This is already c. 10 years old material, but I didn't have this before. Artist handed it over. I like his more recent power electronics approach. Perhaps the favorite is "You are not special" The latest one is "Rejection Fetish", 28 minute CD release on L.white. It may be sonically more advance from the debut CD, but I liked the crunchy qualities of the first one the most. Now you got more advanced synth driven electronics, heavily efx drenched vocals, including SJ type high pitched wail. I suppose for PE die hards this is recommended. Nothing new in genre. Little turn off is some of the song titles. In lines of "better cancel yourself", "you are not special".. You get impression that artists would be sporting on edgy no lives matter t-shirt, haha.. Which is not the case here, I guess. Lugola would benefit if adding more of personality to music and substance. Something that has deeper personal meaning, whatever it would be. Since every release has potential.
Been listening so much recent arrivals, that decided to pick up couple things from vinyl shelves. First Mania/Bloomer LP. One side live collab, other studio tracks. Edition of 13 copies was with unique collage cover. Quite quiet cut on this, but no problem. Just crank the volume up and sound itself is good. Feedback, metaljunk, all those things you would expect and you'll get. Of course live recording doesn't have the trademark Mania Good things in life.
Masonna / Violent Onsen Geisha split LP. I recall this is something what was reason for VOG track "Fuck off RRRecords, bye bye noise music" on Come Again II? Mr. Gerogerigegege sent tapes to RRR who assume it was authorized to release and turns out artists had no idea about any deals and not happy about the release. However, both VOG and Masonna did CD on Pure series later on and would assume it's one of those things that is it fully authorized or not, its great it exists. Masonna nowhere among his best work, but you can understand it since this is supposedly his first noise recording. VOG might be indeed some of the best VOG that these it? Some of the noisiest, wildest and utterly strange noise. Also notable is that some of it dates back to 1986!
Probably have to continue with some CD comments when I get to work..
