PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[online prowler]

Haven't been keeping dibs on SL off late either. Wasn't aware of the reissues. Though spread around as described isn't anything for me. Hope for a new date. Probably we have to waaait a long time for that... if ever. He is chasing CH these days as you say. I presume most if his time and resources are going into that project. I can understand that artistically.

[Zeno Marx]

It's interesting, though - there's a hell of a lot of Cut Hands and other related material on YouTube. To shut all that down would take him all his time. At some stage, he's going to have to admit defeat in the uploading war.

Or maybe he's wisened up and come to the conclusion, that in 2014, youtube/live recordings/etc are good for him in the long run.  It's good publicity.  It's good exposure.  It's a positive move in relations with the audience.  That shouldn't be confused with Phil Easter's feelings that bigger is better and the seeking of popular exposure.  That real-time, show-to-show, work-by-the-fans stuff has positive results that he couldn't otherwise achieve by himself or with just a label behind him.  I don't like when corps use fans to do the work for them, but on a grassroots level, it's smart on most levels.  These public recordings on public channels are sharp tools for an artist.

[Noiseape]

-DECHE CHARGE / SETE STAR SEPT: split EP (noisecore is my master) *
-INNUMERABLE FORMS / BLESSED OFFAL: split LP (solid slap of metal death!)
-ARCHAGATHUS / NAKAY: split 10" (grindcore aint dead yet!)
-CRUMBSUCKERS: turn back time: the early years 1983-1985 2xLP + CD (great idea from FOAD to release those demo's)
-IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE: revolutionary vol.2 2xLP (the truth and nothing but the truth)
-AUSCHWITZ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: sonderbehandlung TAPE (holy shit batman! awesome!!)
-THE HILLS HAVE EYES (Don Peake): soundtrack LP
-SEDEM SUPRAPHON MINUT FAMILY STRACHU: hluk off 10" (noise + noisecore mix massacre!!) *
-YELLOWMAN: duppy or gunman LP (beer & bong classic!)
-BASTARD NOISE+WITCHES OF MALIBU: abomination EP
-EXIT HIPPIES / LOTUS FUCKER: split LP (Love Exit Hippies!! crazy noise crust acid techno) *

*=got copies in the distro

[Andrew McIntosh]

Or maybe he's wisened up and come to the conclusion, that in 2014, youtube/live recordings/etc are good for him in the long run.

Valid point. It can't be too easy for a lot of "old school" audio artists to get their heads around such changes, especially so quickly, but if the advantages become obvious to him, you could well be right. There's a difference between downloading actual audio and having basically free advertising done for you.

[online prowler]

basically free advertising done for you.
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Valid points re net presence ZM and Andrew. Something to keep in the mind.

[eyestrain]

V/A Ten-Jin (Urashima): It's retard how awesome this comp is. R-E-P-E-A-T.
Howard Stelzer/Frans de Waard Pink Pearl (Bocian): Moody, dim, excellent. Perfect for today's 30-mile on-road, hilly-as-fuck bike ride. Got me in the zone.
Coil Scatology (Force & Form/K.422): Always put Horse Rotorvator over this one, but I've been jumping the fence lately. Damn good album.
Bastard Noise Our Earth's Blood IV (Cathartic Process): Found this behind the shelf today; forgot how great this was/is. Don't really need much else from BN, when I have this.

[ANDROPHILIA]

Bizarre Uproar ‎– Putrid Live Activities 2011-2012


very pleasurable retrospective

[Baglady]

Despite repeated promises to my girlfriend about saving money for a trip, I simply can't avoid looking though distro lists... These are the ones I've listened to the most lately.

KERÄNEN - Green Car Crash - C30 (Erratic Sproadicism)
You've got to like this guy. Every release has its own approach, and the approach of this one is a rather gritty affair. One side a bit faster, the other a bit slower paced. Interesting all the way through. Unfairly overshadowed by Bats in the Attic and Moon over Torrelorca (which ofcourse are just as brilliant in their respective ways). Not much else to say really.
ONE DARK EYE - Manic Depression - CD (Ljud & Bild)
Besides a few snippets on youtube, this was my first encounter with this side project of Mr. Stella. Not the opposite, but maybe the calmer but none the less deranged sibling, of Macronympha. A modern and well known reference could perhaps be... Altar Of Flies? And as for the label L&B, what an output!
MAURIZIO BIANCHI - Menses - LP (Menstrual)
A rythm here and there, shitty synths, boring (in a good sense) atmosphere... Not as good as Neuro Habitat or Endometrio in my book, but I like it.

and an old favorite rediscovered while sorting through my shelves...

ORNETTE COLEMAN - I Grandi Del Jazz (nr 11 in the series) - LP (Fabbri Editori)
Brilliant live take recorded in Croydon, at the Fairfield Hall, 1965. The band is great, and Ornette really shines here. Lots of emotion. Comes very cheap too, I believe.

[ANDROPHILIA]

ORNETTE COLEMAN - I Grandi Del Jazz (nr 11 in the series) - LP (Fabbri Editori)
Brilliant live take recorded in Croydon, at the Fairfield Hall, 1965. The band is great, and Ornette really shines here. Lots of emotion. Comes very cheap too, I believe.

great series of LP. I have something of this collection

[FreakAnimalFinland]

AMPH "Hudson" tape
Joy De Vivre
Tape manipulations and rugged sounds. One side noisier, one side quieter. Both sides very good! One can always criticize that this type of stuff is suffering from abundance at the moment.. But I'm sure quite soon when things shift again, one will miss the current era of pearl after pearl coming from several artists in this direction.

V/A PERDO OMNIS - Collection of Post-Apocalyptic Music
Obscurex?
At least distributed by Obscurex, but compiled & assembled by other Niko behind magnificent Sonno Ferrum compilation. This could be even better than that? Kind of part 2, with theme focusing on type of noise where electronic gadgets and processing/effects are minimal. Instead, fierce location recordings, manual tools, power tools, all sorts of loud, dirty and apocalyptic waste sounds. Some of the stuff is simply phenomenal. Like Vivenza kind of industrial, but after the futurism collapsed into rust and decay. Some is percussive, some noisier and harder. Brilliant! I'm kind of amazed that demand for this release has been much less than Sonno Ferrum tape. My advice: get it!

[eyestrain]

AMPH "Hudson" tape
Joy De Vivre
Tape manipulations and rugged sounds. One side noisier, one side quieter. Both sides very good! One can always criticize that this type of stuff is suffering from abundance at the moment.. But I'm sure quite soon when things shift again, one will miss the current era of pearl after pearl coming from several artists in this direction.

V/A PERDO OMNIS - Collection of Post-Apocalyptic Music
Obscurex?
At least distributed by Obscurex, but compiled & assembled by other Niko behind magnificent Sonno Ferrum compilation. This could be even better than that? Kind of part 2, with theme focusing on type of noise where electronic gadgets and processing/effects are minimal. Instead, fierce location recordings, manual tools, power tools, all sorts of loud, dirty and apocalyptic waste sounds. Some of the stuff is simply phenomenal. Like Vivenza kind of industrial, but after the futurism collapsed into rust and decay. Some is percussive, some noisier and harder. Brilliant! I'm kind of amazed that demand for this release has been much less than Sonno Ferrum tape. My advice: get it!

Spot on; in regards to all comments. Get these!

[ricjaff]

Bastard Noise Our Earth's Blood IV (Cathartic Process): Found this behind the shelf today; forgot how great this was/is. Don't really need much else from BN, when I have this.

Completely agree; it is their best. Though I like Rogue Astronaut because I am a Twilight Zone nerd, so I can get behind a concept album about it.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

ORQUERE "movements" tape
Dokumentarisk Agenda
I recall someone said better than their CD? And while CD was and IS great, I probably have to agree! Brilliant "loop industrial"!

CONCERN "Crude Vignettes: box-harp & speakers" tape
Dokumentarisk Agenda
Fierce sounding drone. Sounds weird when I type that, but indeed, it's very grim, very broken sounding, but at the same time so delicate & airy sounding drone and "micro sounds" clatter. Tape is too short for this kind of stuff!

PUCE MARY / BROKEN LIGHTS split live tape
26.2.2014 live in Stockholm. Full color covers. Broken Lights is some of the best things heard lately and Puce Mary, despite some sloppy live mixing, is great stuff to listen to.

BROKEN LIGHTS "3 circles" tape
Posh Isolation
So, this is really one of the best things lately heard. It has the tape loops, rough sound quality (in good way), vocals, vintage synths, etc. At times one could mention bands like Anenzephalia or even some less aggro works of G.O., but perhaps REALLY one should rather talk of Posh Isolation bands in same sentence. I believe "hipster" has been mentioned somewhere (hehe..), but I suggest any die hard industrial-noise/euro-PE boneheads to try get over any prejudises. This is simply brilliant.

FECALOVE / SSRI split tape
Untergeschoss
Fecalove is a bit hit and miss. Good moments, but.. well, hit and miss! SSRI on other hand is like finnish equivalent of most stuff mentioned above. So lets remove a bit of artsy edge and add little bit more brute barbaryan force and depression and you got SSRI's angle to grey and bleak rotten hiss.

And some more...

[hkso]

Broken Lights / Puce Mary is not official tape.... just document of live recording I did. I did insert on my job while having a coffee break. I've sent master + covers to both acts so it is up to them if they want to spread it or not...
Great recordings however. Performance took place in worst hipster venue in Stockholm - needless to say it was worth enduring... very powerful sound and first class live action from both projects.

I've played Broken Lights tape on Posh Isolation often. He also did some private releases both as Broken Lights and Corrosion - both are great and worth checking out. I think Tordon Ljud maybe still have them in stock. I'm not really into the Sand Circles stuff but BL is fresh dope.

Later this week I hope to come with review of the new Broken Lights and Third Eagle (HSV side project) tapes from newly founded Blodörn.

Händer som vårdar - Depopulation (Obscurex)
One of the swedish acts that never disappointed me so far. Bit more laidback and structured this time but actually more enjoyable than previous releases in my ears. HSV seems to have worked a bit more with synthesizers this time but it is still the dirty tapeloops and trademark HSV sound. Get it before its sold out!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

WHITE GIMP MASK / VOKSMORG split tape
Terror
Obscene cover artwork is so tasteless, it really sticks out! Hah! WGM is actually very good!  I don't know what else I have heard from him, but this offers such decent harsh noise blast that I'm willing to get some more. Hardly any personality in it, but just decent harsh noise.
Volksmorg in comparison sounds slightly flat and directionless. It has more "song feel" to it, but so many noises appear like live testing of some equipment and pulling out sounds what doesn't really contribute anything good. Theoretically ok, but I think both guys do better stuff as solo work!

UN REGARD FROID "La Feminite Moderne" tape
Nil By Mouth
Haven't checked out who this is, but while I'm dawn to like the industrialized rhythm loops and themes sort of female loathing (hehe.. ), but at the same time messy effect filled method of composition is so full of delay, reverb, artificial distortion and such, it begins to take toll from brutal force. I'm sure loudly dubbed tape format adds the necessary charm to the sound what on digital medium  would lack. Still decent tape, especially if one is into modern "power electronics" sound.

THE STREETCLEANER "Ehre" tape
Untergeschoss
Fuck, 2012 release already? Been on shelves waiting for listening. I think vocals get quite annoying at some point. Distorted into messy high pitch screamo what takes too much attention from noise itself. While A-side seems kind of one dimensional, crumbling heavy distortion wall with those vocals on top, B-side offers way more diversity and makes it way more interesting. However, the same vocal sound and style on top of noise starts to take too much attention while noise itself would have more to offer - even as pure instrumental.  But still curious where band has progressed during last couple of years?