FFH "To Find Men" tape
Hospital 190
Short tape single from FFH. One side with more diverse and noisy material ending with good vocals. B-side basically monotonic electronic signal and female talking about sex trafficking issues. Good to flip tape around few times, especially if you're into subject matter of... female misery, heh..
SQUAMATA "Cumshot Wounds" tape
harsh head rituals
2007 tape of Finnish harsh noise duo. I feel kind of bad for stashing 60 minutes of great unreleased Squamata works for half decade already. But well, maybe it'll be out someday soon?! Been talks with both members about it. This tape, solid heavy blown out harsh noise with strong energy and drive, but also massive static element to it.
MANIA "Hate Like Hell" tape
Gaping Hole
I've commented many Mania releases on playlist during the years. It seems kind of pointless to say more than Mania has always been good, and also unique! Easy to recognize style & sound, and even at some "lazy" moments, it has obscure charm what transforms those moments also great.
HARD SKIN "Half Eaten By Dogs" tape
Gaping Hole
Mystery harsh noise tape on GH. No info of its creator, but careful ears may recognize hints of style of sounds what theoretically is very anonymous harsh noise, but something there, especially on bass frequencies may give hint who it might be!
HAARE "Psychedelic Funeral" tape
Abisko
Noisier side of Haare. Not really harsh noise, but perhaps among Haare discography one of the closest things to border "proper" noise release. Maybe it was kind of designed for Abisko label responsible for many great noise tapes? Two c. 15 minutes tracks, already god damn 8 years old tape! But very much timeless and would perhaps fit be even new Haare release!
UMPIO "Loinen" tape
Zerga
Huh! I picked this up from pile of pretty much anonymous tapes. I don't think I ever even listened this before? 2009 released C-15, what has no text in cover, paint splattered anonymous tape too. Only when you open tiny flyer like insert, you realize its actually Umpio tape! Mono junk noise, not even near as great what he has done later, but kind of neat to find out Finnish obscurities from own shelves, hah!
PRURIENT / KEVIN DRUMM "All are guests in house of the lord" tape
Hospital
In 2007 they did tape and CD of this. I prefer to listen the tape, since I think the digital crystallic clarity didn't really benefit Prurient very well. Dubbing that stuff on tape helps a lot! I think 2006 Pleasureground album kind of took vast amount of ideas what Prurient was then recycling for a while. I don't feel there is THAT much to be done with simple keyboard tone. Even if here are good vocal bits and also actually composed noisy songs (6 tracks in 40 mins), often strongest element of track remains sound, what appears like one key of digital keyboard "organ" is pushed down and driven through distortion and delay. Is it that, or is it something else, I think when texture and interesting throbs & oscillations and such are lacking, the sound simply is unimaginative in role of good noise. Yeah, I know its more of conceptual work and not always meant to be interesting noise musically. Still, when dubben on tape, analogue format and slight decay of digital "perfection" adds little here. It makes release worth revisit occasionally, even if not being best of either artist.
DEAD BLOOMERS "Outcalls" tape
Cipher
Maybe best DB I have heard so far? Couple times flipped the sides and I like the forceful rhythm and vocals, where songs bound slowly forward with kind of modern post-industrial euro heavy electronic feel mixed to perhaps 2007'ish Prurient (design and lyrical style) and even later days Slogun comes to my mind for vocal delivery of 2nd side ("My choice!! My choice!! I am artificially erect tomorrow!! Bloody-minded I seek" = style of writing and screaming of "I" & "me"). Handmade special packaging with couple inserts including lyrics and art. Perhaps the relatively clean sound remains somewhat little obsctale to praise this totally, but any fan of "contemporary power electronics" that's more technologically oriented & composed as opposed to rugged filth, very recommended!
