PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[k.p.g]

Bloomer - Wound with Foreign Object Embedded (New Forces)
We all have those early noise discoveries that stick with us.  Even if it takes years between revisits, you can come back to them and feel the power you felt the first time come creeping back into your bloodstream.  I remember picking this up from Stefan at the Ende Tymes Form Hunter played back in 2019; maybe their second show?  I remember being awkward as hell, trying to contain my excitement over the fact that a guy who was involved bands like Intensive Care & The Endless Blockade also made harsh noise!  WOW!  That was pretty cool at the time.  I grabbed the cassette, tried to say a couple more words and then scurried away.  Probably played it the next morning and thought "cool, harsh noise!"  I cannot recount any subsequent listens after this (although they did happen).

I come to this one now with focused ears, and a lot more appreciation for all the pieces at play here.  While there is plenty harsh to rave about, what grips me this time is how much of a "dreamlike" quality there is to the loops being used here.  Sounds of passing music, trains, conversation... they all coalesce into what feels like a dehydrated daydream in the city heat.  It's equal parts nasty and beautiful.  I have heard other works from Bloomer across various projects, but this stands as his peak.

With how much noise is easy to consume in today's landscape, it can make a tape that is under 10 years of age seemingly disappear from the public consciousness in a matter of weeks after release.  I think about one of the last White Centipede Noise episodes that came out about "modern favorites," and how the goal was seemingly to capture those types of "forgotten" releases of the time and give them another shine.  While my section was not included in the mix, I don't even think my answers then would apply to what I feel now.  Constant streams of listening result in me often thinking "why did I not think to mention this??"  It's a symptom of the artform, I suppose.

If asked today about the question though, I think this release would have to be included.  It's one of the great "hidden gems" of the last 10 years, and could contend as the best of the entire New Forces catalogue. 

[Kaaoskultti]

Vertonen – Instability Event (2021, No rent)
Quite noise, soft and repetitive clashing of materials, pulsating background electronics. Well structured and in the right time, with minimalist approach and interesting variations. Atmosphere builds up but doesn't release it, creating a white blanket aura throughout its pace. Really detached, well-thought joy in sonic isolation.

Body Carve – Studies in Advanced Decomposition (2023, Chondritic Sounds)
Eh, this doesn't do much for me. Quite fun and all – metal junk, crunchy noises, feedback work, and all one would expect, but failing in songwriting delivery and depth.

Sterile Garden – Wild Ribbon (2025, Aberrant Recordings)
Reel to reel loops, field recordings, abstract approach. Electronic noises as droning background and occasional humming, but mostly recorded through "material" instrumentation. Good build-up of tension and haunting atmosphere. Then bursts a cacophony of indiscernible noises mashing together. Really pleasant to listen to. Heterogeneous in textures, fiercely well-versed in composition.

Thorofon – Final Movement (2007, Klanggalerie – GG94, Ritalin Aktif – GG94, reissue)
Really nice stuff, with variety of Industrial beats in the vein of Haus Arafna, but with a thematically orientation towards the like of Grunt, GO etc., Music sounds creative, notwithstanding its traditional appeal to the handing of traditional PE, yet delivered through a songwriting usual manner that rends it closer to concretely structured music.

Deterge – Panacea (2021, Chondritic Sound)
Spastic noise with tremendous layers and magnificent dynamics – sound range well-structured and monotonous yet thoroughly omnipresent, shining rays of heavy electronics and nice composition for these songs to be arranged. It might seem, though, I mostly listen to stuff by No Rent, Chondritic, HP, and that might not be false, but I notice my heavy preference for these labels which I follow through bandcamp – nothing wrong with FA, Phage Tapes, Fusty Cunt, Tesco etc., after all there is always something new to be found in Noise. This release, amongst many of them kind, is a stellar one within Deterge's discography, which is always heterogenous and interesting. Opposing Perspective has a funny techno beat to it.