PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Levas]

Anenzephalia / Inade / Operation Cleansweep CD - great sounds. I didn't pay attention to the disc when it came out etc. but now it's good to listen to it.

Filth - The Witches' Pharmacopoeia - i remembered that the title of this project is somehow weirdly associated with the music it makes. and yes. not noise, but some sort of industrial with rhythm machines or so. quite weird, but not bad.

Corpuscle - Victoria Snuffbox - nice power electronics

Deeper wells tape on maniacal hatred - hm. i thought it would be hnw, but it's rather well done pe

Worthless recordings sampler - some nice projects.

[andy vomit]

Corpuscle - Victoria Snuffbox - nice power electronics

such a good fucking tape.

[Tenebracid]

scott walker - bish bosch
    "           - the drift
NIN - the downward spiral
corea - los peores 7 km de mi vida
pg.99 - document #8
orchid - chaos is me
cremation lily - it's okay to say no 2xcs

[Scat-O-Logy]

Scott Walker - Bish Bosch

Had very high expectations for this album, but it manages to surpass them all. Genius stuff. A little surprised that it hasn't received more attention here.

Album trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfrVuhD8maE

I would love this if this would be instrumental. Can't stand the singers voice. Annoying as hell.

[SiClark]

I feel the same. I've tried to listen to my brother's copies of his albums and I do like parts of the music but just really hate his voice.

[ARKHE]

VOIVOD - Target Earth.
Outstanding achievement after 30 years of activity to produce a powerful album like this - definitely indebted to the classic albums from the 80's but still moving ever forward like no other band in their genre or generation.

[GEWALTMONOPOL]

Scott Walker of the 60's and 70's sang in a rather deep crooners voice which made many a girl and later housewife weak at the knees. As his music became more difficult and unsettling he decided that his voice should follow the music and upped the pitch quite a bit. Thus it went from something pleasant and relaxing to something grating and impossible to ignore. His voice is something to get used to or maybe even overcome. Much like the music. It's a challenge.

Otherwise, watching a BBC documentary about Glenn Campbell has raised an interest in him. Similar to Jimmy Page, he was the session guitarist on many a well known 60's pop hit. Great voice and great songs somewhere between country and pop. No grass smoking long haired lefty hippie fag like most of his contemporaries. This guy hung out with Bob Hope, wore suits, supported the troops and hoovered up mountains of coke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTfwcLdP5Xk

[martialgodmask]

Corpuscle - Victoria Snuffbox - nice power electronics

such a good fucking tape.

I revisited Jaguar Mask a couple of weeks ago, is this as good as that? That's all the Corpuscle I've heard.

[martialgodmask]

Darkthrone - Leave No Cross Unturned

https://soundcloud.com/peaceville/darkthrone-leave-no-cross

From the new album out next month. Apparently the full version is 13mins+ long so not entirely representative, but I like it. A bit goofy, but they've got nothing to prove so I'm a-ok with that.

[Mikerdeath]

Crawl Unit - The Most Dangerous Game 7" (Self Abuse)
Restrained and creeping. The sound is very heavy and is interesting enough to play several times over.
Like the breaks and changes and the editing too.
Dare I say a masterpiece of a noise 7"

[FreakAnimalFinland]

SEWER ELECTION "att rite an massaker" tape
Not bad at all. Just had the feeling of "heard it already". Harsh noise is something, where such feeling doesn't appear to me that quick. But this vocal noises, gargles and grunts and tape cuts/rewinds, not that it would get "old" either, but somehow too easy. Good basic elements, but nothing much beyond.

ALLEYPISSER "sult" tape
on same label, in other hand, is fucking great!!! Especially A-side. While A-side is monumental piece combining noble classical music fragments and rusty metal junks, into slow paced, slightly disorganized magnificence, B-side takes less coherent piece of rotten noises and experimentation.

RIVOLOGI tape
short and to the point. Finnish project 2nd release in honor of Pekka Siitoin. Think of something between Profanatica and Havohej, having more musical elements than latter had in later days. Think of utterly rough sound - yet not "rehearsal room" style. More of Capricornus "stahlgewitter" 7" type. And maybe it ain't THAT far. Even with ultra simple style, the way lyrics work out, how riffs, sound quality and overall presentation works... it really stands apart from vast majority of bands.

rest of the playlist has been completing Death Squad set... Now only "Fuck You" 2xCD remains to be heard - although I of course have it as a tape, so nothing new really.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

KERÄNEN / LETTERA 22 split 7"
huh.. Even if Keränen basically has done quite little of works, somehow it seems that when something exciting happens, Keränen is there, haha.  Lettera 22, the new hailed heroes of Italian noise - so Keränen is on one side. And what a side! Already listened multiple times, and I think of Pain Jerk in times of "Trashware". It has the crisp of ultra high pitch elecronics and disorganized electronic chaos, but also slight element of crunch - but certainly not in the muddy american way. It lacks loop orientation, and has very good natural drive.
Lettera 22 strengs in this split is not the full blast noise - although that elements IS top notch! Their strength is the ability to make distinctive entry to noise. While Keränen heads straight into fireworks, Lettera 22 starts with material what makes their piece unique. Not just blast of noise, but something that can be easily remembered. Simply brilliant slow paced electronic manipulations. Controlled feedback, electronics, saturated and compressed grainy noises, very live feeling in everything else than in-your-face closeness and high fidelity of material. About 2/3 of side is gone before full blast noise begins.
Needless to say, this is too limited to ever become widely highly appreciated noise release, but if you got possibility and like 7" as format - do NOT hesitate!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

VDO "live berlin" 12" pic
At first, my impression was: lets say "collectible", nothing else. And collectible only if you appreciate conceptual noise.
What you have here, is one slightly waving sin-tone type feedback with nothing happening for entire one-sider picture LP. Most interesting part is actually the extensive surface noise of the vinyl cut! If you listen this from file or CD, it would be utterly useless. Vinyl crackles are the unexpected fun part.
But then I realized that this is NOT one sider as I thought it was, but that thing I listened first, was the "empty side" and actual live in Berlin happens on other side, HAHA!
So what is on other side? Suddenly this pic LP transforms from mere collectible of cult band into record worth having and listening to!
Starting with noble solo violin piece with audience noise happening on background. Handclapping and slowly rising sound of marching appears to be not the audience reaction but from performance itself. And in halfway of the set it has escalated into full force percussion unit that's spiced up with sound of... lets say "wreckage". Broken glass and such. It has very much the spirit of old industrial music and fans of old Test Dept or old Militia and such shouldn't be disappointed.

edit:
VDO = Vagina Dentata Organ..

[FreakAnimalFinland]

and hey! Lets say one more for today... I don't think I've seen any reactions to:
GENOCIDE ORGAN "archive III" 10" ??
Oh man, if the band can find from their old unreleased materials stuff of THIS quality, how come it remains only in such a limited edition collectible format? All this Archive 10"s have been good, but two last ones really stand out! This contains it all: Noisy violence, atmospheric industrial textures, bleak vocals, aggressive violent vocals,...   Opening track is such a minimalistic piece of concrete industrial assault that can't see why in hell such pieces wouldn't make it to full length album? Most of this material is recorded shortly before Save Our Slaves got released, capturing the same overall feel.
There is quite clear difference in old material and "Troubled times" and "Take This". Latter was recorded in 2004 during development of "In-Konflikt". Exaggerated loudness of bleak vocals make them such frontal element that sounds became side thing. While in older works, vocals blend into mix perfectly. Also "Troubled Times" from 1994 has this thin and distant sound, very far from fat, heavy, saturated perfect mix of 1991 songs.
Of course those newer tracks are more of "rehearsal" type of songs and actual final versions ended up into releases, but it makes me want to suggest a lot of artists: Don't be shy of going back to old recording techniques. It's not about nostalgia, but about getting GOOD SOUND. Loud analogue tape, with tasty saturation - be it just about any "underground music" or highlights of popular culture, that's one of the absolute key elements.
For those who missed this 10", I really hope Tesco will someday put all the archive materials on one CD compilation...

[FreakAnimalFinland]

ehm.. actually, one more.
UNCLEAN / A.B.N.T.R. / SSRI split tape
This is live recordings of shows held in cargo container used as private venue - Operated by Obscurex.
Didn't see Unclean gig in-person, but did see two others (and I guess I also recorded them, didn't I ?). Well at least some versions. What can be said about these, is that relatively crude recording of space gives extra character to everybody. Especially ABNTR, which was slightly so-so (see reviews somewhere of the gig), actually transforms by slightly lo-fi recording into much more mysterious sounding fierce PE. Unclean is certainly better of these two new projects, but SSRI, taking entire b-side with his set, shows skills of craftmanship in field of utterly broken & disorienting noise. While in live set exaggerated dynamics and slight awkwardness could be sensed, in recording it's slightly flattened and evened out, and with only imagination of thinking what is going on, spirit is much more darker. Being live tape of full gigs captured - and very early first assaults of the two new bands, it may be far from to-be-classic release, but those who enjoy contemporary Finnish noise/pe, will appreciate it without doubt!