PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

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Andrew McIntosh

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Quote from: Ashmonger on April 29, 2014, 10:17:31 PM
Puce Mary - The Great Panic (Freak Animal, tape): Listened twice in a row, which I normally never do, but let's be honest: it was mostly out of lazyness and not directly having an idea of what to listen next. However, listening this while reading stuff on the internet made it a bit difficult. The tape sounds more varied than the last one FA released, but after these first listens I feel like I liked the former more. So, I'll have to listen again and give it more attention, the attention it probably deserves.

I heard she's been recording in EMS lately, and since this at least sounds more technically elaborate, I was wondering if this is already the result of that..?

re:evolution

SHIFT "Altamont Rising" CD
(Cold Spring, 2014)
Received today, listened two times, it is just excellent!
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Anyone seen proper reviews of this album? Would be interesting to read. What I've heard from it hold potential venom power. Next on the purchase list.
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OK - here is a detailed review (in English!): http://noisereceptor.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/shift-altamont-rising/

I could save you the time in reading it though and just say to go buy it!
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Quote from: Salamanauhat on April 30, 2014, 09:47:35 AM
Quote from: Ashmonger on April 29, 2014, 10:17:31 PM
Puce Mary - The Great Panic (Freak Animal, tape): Listened twice in a row, which I normally never do, but let's be honest: it was mostly out of lazyness and not directly having an idea of what to listen next. However, listening this while reading stuff on the internet made it a bit difficult. The tape sounds more varied than the last one FA released, but after these first listens I feel like I liked the former more. So, I'll have to listen again and give it more attention, the attention it probably deserves.

I heard she's been recording in EMS lately, and since this at least sounds more technically elaborate, I was wondering if this is already the result of that..?

I think not. I think EMS stuff was done after this? But not 100% sure.

HAARE "A split second in eternity" tape
Cipher prod.
Neat special packaging, with perhaps slightly unnecessary, but nice looking patch for your drone capes. Usual Haare lo-fi layers of droning & clanging sounds and guitar feedback. I think B-side is better of these two with slow paced rhythm generated by electronic signal. Kind of makes me think of good companion for PEENEMUNDE 2nd CD. Less electric, less "mechanical", but something similar anyways.

BODY CARGO "Secret Domain" tape
Obscurex
This could be among very best of Body Cargo what I have heard? And I guess I have pretty much everything? Somehow sound appears to have little bit more clarity than usual, making small details of tracks stand out. Style of suffocating death-industrial kind of lo-fi rumbling & spoken word pieces, loops and industrial clatter remains quite same. One could be recommend this for those who like their industrial-noise slightly distant, lofi and rugged and painfully slow... Alfarmania, Proiet Hat, etc..
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Baglady

The Great Panic is not from the EMS recordings. The sessions in EMS will be out later (another collab with Dan i hope/believe(?), and some solo stuff). From what I've heard she still has access to that studio, so maybe she will record even more? It will be very exciting to see what she has come up with.

FreakAnimalFinland

HALTHAN / BRANDKOMMANDO split tape
RONF
Halthan is among his best works here. Apart from live track. 3 tracks are rough, but "more Halthan" than the CD on F&V. It has lots of things going on. Vocals are better here. Samples work. It's still something that can be improved, but this goes fine in line with rough lo-fi old PE works. Grey Wolves tapes, old Con-Dom etc. Not so much of Germanic sound what I'd associate older Halthan? Live bonus track vocals are way too fast pace and bass riff barely manages to capture the mighty essence of No Remorse.
Brandkommando side is something where I can conclude that I like the songs, but sound makes me slightly uncomfortable. Too clean sound, yet still its somewhat good stuff. If this was properly amplified, I feel it could be amongst better Brandkommando stuff? People who like more clean & "mechanical" Steinklang stuff probably like this a lot.

DOKUMENT #2 - Doomsday Cults tape
Private Edition
Name says it all. Archive recordings of AUM, Jim Jones, Church Universal & Triumphant. Always fascinating, even if Shoko Asahara tunes here are very very cheesy Japanese keyboard & vocals pieces, heh..
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GUNK "Murk/Noon" LP
Finnish 4 member experimental drone/noise unit. Both appear like quite live recordings (but without audience?). Seen one gig for them, which was more metal junk throwing. Good one. This has one side of humming noises and rough metal screeches what actually start to sound like slow massive horn sounds of big boats. B-side is icy minimalistic drone sound what appears like result of multiple "ritual bowls" being played. Ringing tone that has nice texture. Listened this few times since I got it last year from one of the live gigs.. Was it when Sewer Election & AoF played in Helsinki? I guess so. Good stuff.
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Exsanguine

A mix of everything actually - Old demos like Towards the sinister(My Dying Bride) , Shades of night descending(Evoken) , Cranial Dismemberment(Necrotomy) and some usual noise like Con-Dom,Atrax Morgue , Sewn Leather!

tiny_tove

Quote from: Exsanguine on May 01, 2014, 06:09:21 PM
Sewn Leather!

saw them last week in Milan. very funny , although completely based on backing tracks.
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Quote from: Salamanauhat on April 30, 2014, 09:47:35 AM
Quote from: Ashmonger on April 29, 2014, 10:17:31 PM
Puce Mary - The Great Panic (Freak Animal, tape): Listened twice in a row, which I normally never do, but let's be honest: it was mostly out of lazyness and not directly having an idea of what to listen next. However, listening this while reading stuff on the internet made it a bit difficult. The tape sounds more varied than the last one FA released, but after these first listens I feel like I liked the former more. So, I'll have to listen again and give it more attention, the attention it probably deserves.

I heard she's been recording in EMS lately, and since this at least sounds more technically elaborate, I was wondering if this is already the result of that..?

EMS .. not familiar with this. Could you give some info / divulge?

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Thanx for SHIFT link re:evolution!

FreakAnimalFinland

http://www.elektronmusikstudion.se/

"Since 1964, EMS Elektronmusikstudion is the centre for Swedish electroacoustic music and sound-art. EMS is run as an independent part of Statens Musikverk (Music Development and Heritage Sweden)."
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Baglady

Speaking of EMS, I believe Keränen will record there again this fall. I hope I haven't imagined it all. Bats In The Attic and Moon Over Torrelorca are both brilliant albums, and I'm sure a third EMS-recording will be just as good.

FreakAnimalFinland

Been listening so much tapes, that thought idea of revisiting one of the least popular and disliked format: Biz-card CDR, hah.. So those who don't know, it's like 3"CDR, but little slices are cut off, so it's slightly add sized piece used at some point (I guess) for small amount of data or sound one could spread like business cards. Plays in regular cd players and those computers which have tray. I assume disc is nowadays much less popular due lack of need of discs as well as lack of drives what actually have tray. But I guess most in noise scene should be familiar as there were lots of these at some point. You can fit almost 6 minutes of sound. So basically like one side of 7".

INHALANT "Tiny Blessings" biz card cdr
PacRec 15
Ltd 28 copies piece with heavy, yet low in the mix bass noise and severe feedback & harsh noise & vocal assault on top. Crispy and fierce stuff from 2002!

IMMACULATE:GROTESQUE "Stabbing Eye Fetish" biz card cdr
PacRec 06
Ltd 28 copies. Synth noise that is utterly distorted with neat stereo sound. There is ultimate high pitch in some of the electronics, what makes it unlikely to be this crispy in analogue format. Slow pace with ripping noises, almost icy feel in sterility - but in good way. Sounds very nice alternative for fast paced and wild harsh noise.

GOAT "Goatless and black bible black" biz card cdr
PacRec 08
Ltd 31 copies. Much less utmost sonic pressure compared to I:G disc. This is harsh noise without being neitheir wild nor lo-fi junk. Somewhere between, with often wrong style snotty sound. Like low quality pedals used for pedal noise and no loud amplification. It's ok'ish, but far from best of the Goat.

IRIKARAH "History Changes All" biz card cdr
PacRec 22
ltd 51 copies. This is Irikarah at 2003. Perhaps my favorite era of Irikarah. Year after split with Strom.ec, which I consider possibly best Irikarah. I think too much of rhythm started to come after this era, and often too dry vocals. While earlier stuff had flatter sound. So something good in middle. Rhythmic, yet forceful electronics, highly effected electronic vocals and abundance of spoken word - perhaps little too loud compared to everything else.

NARBENERDE "Seelenkälte" biz card cdr
Pacrec 25
edition of 45 copies for last Narbenerde release from 2003. This project existed together with Azoikum, while that project appears to born first and lasted longer. Here calm, yet somewhat noisy drone music. Basically something what could be on 7" on Drone records. Gloomy, slowly waving sounds, which include dose of distortion or physical metal claninging here and there. Most of all falls into stereotypical icy and slow drone works. Good stuff, however!

ALUMINIUM NOISE "Sweet leaf" biz card cdr
PacRec 23
Last Aluminium Noise release. 2003 release of duo featuring Jason Crumer, before he went to work under his own name. This is A.N. doing noise version of Black Sabbath song. Basically short clips of Black Sabbath, then rumbling and loud harsh noise with screaming.

XOME "Blackness (parts 1-4)" biz card cdr
Pac Rec 19
Huh! Very nice! In finest Xome style, restless pedal noise. Always high speed ahead, but this time also strong and heavy sound. No wonder I started that Xome appreciation topic at some point. Simply brilliant stuff in its style. 42 copies edition and one seems to be for sale at discogs too.
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HARM STRYKER "A Nightmare" biz card cdr
PAcrec32
I doubt I have anything else by these people. Duo creating experimental noisy stuff. Not harsh, more like modular synth, echo, slow waves of electronic pulsations, little bit of female voice speaking. Experimental electronics, that stands out as oddity among lots of harsh noise and p.e. stuff on Pac Rec series. Not bad, not bad at all!

BLOOD BOX "Sunday Sacrifice" biz card cdr
PacRec34
Keyboard music from guy who also known for Yen Pox. I find always little hard to understand why exactly project is worshipped, as to me its like random improvisations with semi-expensive pompous sounding keyboards what as result generate like improvised soundtrack music for modern horror or scifi movies? Not well enough composed, too much relies on factory preset sounds.

STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES "Anesthetic cruelty" biz card cdr
PacRec 38
While SHP has little musical connection to Blood Box - being cinematic form of post industrial, this has so much more hands on & personal touch that I like it. Especially in this kind of shorter dose it works for me.

EXANGUINATE "Condemned" biz card cdr
Pac Rec 10
Think of Control, without the effect fueled screaming vocals. It leaves heavy, densely multilayered yet very detailed industrial noise sound. Despite hi-tech sound, modern styles of dealing with sounds and kind of cinematic quality, it is still oppressive and violent. Good!

FOBOFF "Your Vice Is My Design" biz card cdr
Pac Rec 02
Possibly third release of this female noise artist. Project appear to stop 2006. Heavy, yet one dimensional harsh noise. There is quite glitchy quality in this, and noise itself is very generic. Limited to 20 copies is probably just right amount for noise that has merely novelty. Still if I'd have to think do I get Goat disc or this, I could go for this. Latter part of song doesn't really lose to contemporary HNW stuff at all. But to decision if one could choose to purchase this or masterworks like Xome's harsh noise... well...

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