PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Nil By Mouth]

Sadio & Caligula031 LP Freak Animal / Elettronica Radicale Edizioni

Another great effort from Caligula031 now together with Sadio.
Side A is strongly finnish oriented, I think to consider Sadio as a sort of Clinic of torture more power electronics oriented, their side is maybe not winsome at first sight but it's recorded live, it's probably improvised and kick in with a morbid atmosphere to create a dark room of piss and blood, the same REAL blood of the cover. Caligula031 in this occasion reminds me something of Ramleh (Hand of glory), I mean the strong minimalism of the composition, expecially the first track, simple but brutal with their distant vocals. Other tracks continue to create a great work of shady atmospheres with raw noise backgrounds, metal effects and trotured vocals. Good work as usual!

[Theodore]

Currently playing your "Neurotic Force" tape actually. Definitely recommended to fans of classic PE a'la Whitehouse, Final Solution, Dominator and even Taint as the track with Jamie Gillis sample reminded me of couple of tracks on Taint's "Savage Weapons" and the knife sharp feedback that's present on this tape is something Keith was always a master of. A homage to the filthy heavyweights of the genre with very unique approach. I must point out that this isn't just one vocal heavy PE attack after another but has lots of solid PE'ish industrial noise moments that contribute a lot to the full release. There aren't (m)any artists in the genre that can pull this off without causing me to cringe but I think this effort is very honest and serious.

To those who missed on the special edition, you missed out on some great filthy collage work and that's too bad. To those who haven't even purchased the regular edition yet, don't expect me to reveal what the material is like on side B. But believe me, you want to hear it.

Can't wait to get the vol. 3 of this project!

Glad i bought this -generic edition, no booklet- , it's excellent !

[Deadpriest]

The other day I downloaded all of Bizarre Uproar's stuff from Bandcamp (Puce Mary's stuff is up too).

The guy is a fucking revelation; some of the nastiest stuff I think I've ever heard; very nice; my favourite artist at the moment.

Semi colons \m/

AMPUTAATIO
DEKADENZ
LIVE HUMILIATION
PERVERSE BIZARRE HUMILIATION
PURIFICATION
RAPE AFRICA
UNSAFE AND INSANE
VIHA & KIIMA
and
VIHAMEDITAATIO
Now grace unwieldy collection.

[david lloyd jones]

The other day I downloaded all of Bizarre Uproar's stuff from Bandcamp (Puce Mary's stuff is up too).

The guy is a fucking revelation; some of the nastiest stuff I think I've ever heard; very nice; my favourite artist at the moment.

Semi colons \m/

AMPUTAATIO
DEKADENZ
LIVE HUMILIATION
PERVERSE BIZARRE HUMILIATION
PURIFICATION
RAPE AFRICA
UNSAFE AND INSANE
VIHA & KIIMA
and
VIHAMEDITAATIO
Now grace unwieldy collection.

if new to biz up material, then surprised but also jealous of your your discovery.
for the artist, just buy originals where you can

[MMMM]

Evening's listening...

https://soundcloud.com/blowinguptheworkshop/alberich

Seamless and revelatory mix of heavy electronics, courtesy of Alberich. A real tour de force, both in terms of the selected material and the way in which it is all assembled. This is how you make a fucking DJ mix.

Currently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbcVvCet_yY

Seminal live.

[Peterson]

Mr. Bungle "OU818" demo CS (self-released)
    Lucky thrift-store find a few years back - absolutely hated this band at the time I bought this; for some reason at the time, I felt like I had no time for comedy in rock other than Frank Zappa. Well, this shit is pretty fuckin' good; a really irritating mixture of hardcore, ska, rap, and uh, I guess...thrash metal? If you like Frank Zappa, Big Black, and I don't know, shit like Macabre, this might appeal to you. The only sincerity present here is how accomplished some of the arrangements are and the playing behind them; every other aspect is some kind of joke or parody - despite some really good lyrics about porn and hanging out by yourself, slowly going insane. There are unexpected, moshy breakdowns in every song, and some of the vocals are insane, it being Mike Patton and all. There are some infuriating genius moments where he sort of exclaims/vocalizes much like a mentally-retarded person; I love it - that vocal style should be used in noisecore. I'm thinking this is the kind of thing Jay from the Jay and Silent Bob Kevin Smith movies would listen to - should mention that in the credits, they thank Jamie Gillis, whom they met hanging out at some porn store near wherever it was they recorded the demo. There are some pretty good-sounding rips of this on YouTube, mine has a yellow insert unlike the ones uploaded there. Good music for when you'd just rather laugh at something than feel anything particularly genuine or significant - good antidote for stress.

Gonna add that I can't stand the other stuff I've heard from this band, and Faith No More is...fucking awful. I keep reading other reviews that compare this to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and shit like that, I have to say, I get the connection, but who the fuck seriously likes that kind of music? There is a picture of some Kiwi fella who's interviewed in Fordamning #7, hanging out with John Frusciante. I guess we all have some pretty bad musical guilty pleasures...

[online prowler]

Mr. Bungle "OU818" demo CS (self-released)
     Lucky thrift-store find a few years back - absolutely hated this band at the time I bought this; for some reason at the time, I felt like I had no time for comedy in rock other than Frank Zappa. Well, this shit is pretty fuckin' good; a really irritating mixture of hardcore, ska, rap, and uh, I guess...thrash metal? If you like Frank Zappa, Big Black, and I don't know, shit like Macabre, this might appeal to you. The only sincerity present here is how accomplished some of the arrangements are and the playing behind them; every other aspect is some kind of joke or parody - despite some really good lyrics about porn and hanging out by yourself, slowly going insane. There are unexpected, moshy breakdowns in every song, and some of the vocals are insane, it being Mike Patton and all. There are some infuriating genius moments where he sort of exclaims/vocalizes much like a mentally-retarded person; I love it - that vocal style should be used in noisecore. I'm thinking this is the kind of thing Jay from the Jay and Silent Bob Kevin Smith movies would listen to - should mention that in the credits, they thank Jamie Gillis, whom they met hanging out at some porn store near wherever it was they recorded the demo. There are some pretty good-sounding rips of this on YouTube, mine has a yellow insert unlike the ones uploaded there. Good music for when you'd just rather laugh at something than feel anything particularly genuine or significant - good antidote for stress.

BIG LOVE !!

[Deadpriest]

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if new to biz up material, then surprised but also jealous of your your discovery.
for the artist, just buy originals where you can

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Thanks dude, that seems like fine advise.

[vomitgore]

Some memorable stuff from the last couple of days:

Young Hustlers - Encaged
Hot damn! During the first track, I was not too impressed and thought of it as pretty "usual" synth PE but starting with track two, this really grabbed me. Heavy analog sound, somewhat like early Tesco stuff in more "post mortem" and modulated but aggressive vocals make this a clear win.

Flagellatio Orgasmus - Criminal Russia
This has to be among my top 5 PE releases of 2016. Stripped to the bone spite with great atmosphere and execution. This one bounces kind of freely between creepiness as in "Blood in Panties" and total violence like in "Intrafamily Defloration". However, that genuine perversion and hate is always present.

Chaos Cascade / RxAxPxE
Chaos Cascade does more noisy and gritty stuff which works very well. I don't remember too much about the tape he did earlier, but if my memory doesn't betray me, this material is worlds better! RxAxPxE part is pretty filthy filth-wanky stuff. Certainly not bad, but needs another spin, as my expectations were a tad different.

Moana - Sex Tape
Another really juicy one. One half of Deviated Sister TV doing tasteful, synth-driven porn electronics. All in all, pretty dark stuff with semi-diverse approaches, "Stalker" being a definite favourite.

M.B. - Mectypo / Blut 2 CD & Mörder Tape
I kind of never took real notice of MB's classics apart from some of the stuff on the Broken Flag and similar compilations, so I decided to get to know it more. I surely wasn't disappointed. Especially the harsher parts of "Blut" were highly enjoyable, as were the more "experimental" sounds of the first "Mörder Tape" track.

[Johann]

Prick Decay ~ Guidelines For Basement Non Fidelity: Was recently lucky enough to nab myself a copy of this LP and while not all members of this forum may enjoy the stew these two (and there ever revolving circle of collaborators) dish some others may find this to be just what the doctor ordered. Heavy tape fuckery and acoustic junk noise at its finest, at times sounding like a gamelan group gone terribly wrong. As crude as it may sound at times with its quiet to loud jarring non-music there are other moments of well composed if not catchy composted mulch that will leave your mouth wide opening. As fresh today as 20 years ago.

Worth tracking down for a physical copy but also available on Bandcamp with bonus remix (starlight furniture version) which I have not listened to.
https://prickdecay.bandcamp.com

[Duncan]

Prick Decay ~ Guidelines For Basement Non Fidelity: Was recently lucky enough to nab myself a copy of this LP and while not all members of this forum may enjoy the stew these two (and there ever revolving circle of collaborators) dish some others may find this to be just what the doctor ordered. Heavy tape fuckery and acoustic junk noise at its finest, at times sounding like a gamelan group gone terribly wrong. As crude as it may sound at times with its quiet to loud jarring non-music there are other moments of well composed if not catchy composted mulch that will leave your mouth wide opening. As fresh today as 20 years ago.

Worth tracking down for a physical copy but also available on Bandcamp with bonus remix (starlight furniture version) which I have not listened to.
https://prickdecay.bandcamp.com

Yes!

Was lucky to be given a copy of this a couple of years ago and had a nice, deep relisten only a few days back. Some totally brilliant and baffling combinations of sounds which do indeed remain fresh and innovative. Also some very interesting blueprints for later blood stereo work here in my opinion.

[Ashmonger]

Rotat - Dobermagik (C40, double A-side, Hiisi Productions): First Rotat recording I hear, harsh noise, cool feedback, treated metal junk sounds (I think), woman screaming, sound is rather dirty, not really lo-fi, but certainly not lazer sharp. Enjoyable tape.

Uncodified - Maybe All Is Not Completed (CD, Unrest Productions): First time I heard Uncodified and very easy to see why this was released by Unrest, Industrial Power Electronics, very good, even without vocals. Last track is more on the cosmic side, really good too!

Shift - Ruminations (10", Unrest Productions): Sounds fairly typical Shift (i.e. recognizable sound/style), B-side is really bleak, I really like that!

Death In June - All Pigs Must Die (CD, Leprosy Discs): First couple of tracks are very good Neo Folk tracks, then halfway it changes to absurd noise stuff. I heard that they rushed this album to get out of a record deal that was uninteresting or something like that. Sounds like it indeed. Some interesting moments here and there and there's something bewildering about the general strangeness.

Les Chasseurs De La Nuit - Nebel Leben (CD, Heidrunar Myrkrunar): Weird album, starts with the really great Neo Folk track Nebelwerfer (I can really play this track again and again), then there's some dark ambient alike stuff that reminds me of Vril Jäger, then some more Neo Folk and then there's the 14 min track Es Ist Alles Vorüber, which is made out of samples, reminds me a bit of the second half of All Pigs Must Die, though it's different. Don't know what the point is, but I think it's too long. This is an interesting album, but given how good the first track is, the rest of it is a bit of a let down...

[Decrepitude]

Evening's listening...

https://soundcloud.com/blowinguptheworkshop/alberich

Seamless and revelatory mix of heavy electronics, courtesy of Alberich. A real tour de force, both in terms of the selected material and the way in which it is all assembled. This is how you make a fucking DJ mix.

This really was a very nice and well done mix. Nice variety too.

The last couple of days i've been checking out some early Black Leather Jesus & Richard Ramirez stuff. Torture Machinist, Bondage Mechanism, I Keep My Stuff Inside etc. I'm kind of tempted to get that 7xCS BLS box for my birthday. There's just something in most of the stuff that Ramirez is involved in that even if it isn't something super interesting or special it's still usually very pleasant to me.

[Johann]

@Duncan, completely agree that listening to that prick decay definitely allows you to visualize the blueprints for BS and Dylan's solo material to come

Dylan Nyoukis: Night Recording for Calvin (recordings for summer) This is a short but sweet CS, perfect length for multiple back to back listenings easy and highly enjoyable. Really bordering on no-fidelity non sound, a voice piece made up of what sounds like two microcassete recorders playing backed gargled vocals through a storm of static. Highly enjoyable for those looking for harsh grain and junk sounds as well as those into sound poetry. Total what the fuck feeling the whole time. Great.

William Levy: Popular Teen Shot in Face By First Love (slowscan) despite it being a "poetry" record I think that this would have great appeal among those who frequent this forum. the album is composed of poetry William Levy (of the euro sex magazine 'Suck') and various collaborators on electronics or reading the poems for him. I didn't know what I was getting into when I bought this and must say it was not at all what I expected, the album is full of throbbing industrial style electronics and disturbing themes of the apocalypse, as well as some regarding sexual acts. The tracks are made up of edits of larger pieces but it still holds up well as an album and flows nicely into each other. The jacket is full of extensive information as well as urls of where the complete pieces can be found. One of my favorites of 2016. The closer of his moniker Doo-Wop ends the record in an unexpected tone that will make you want to flip the record and listen again.

[moozz]

Merzbow - Merzbox

Listened through the whole box in chronological order again. I "often" revisit some of the '90s material in this box but this was only the second time I listened to everything. It's no surprise that the earliest stuff (starting from 1979) is not pure genius but actually at times pretty bad and pointless experimentation. No one is a master in the beginning. Slowly the sounds get more harsh and/or interesting. I didn't remember that there was so little pure harsh noise in the box, first one being probably Newark Hellfire live from 1990 (disc #37). For my tastes the material gets stronger towards the end and some of the final discs I could just listen to over and over again. This box works as a great window to the beginnings of Merzbow's career even if not everything is pure gold. But I doubt there is any artist that could fill a 50 CD box with brilliant stuff if only taken from unreleased tapes and obscure small releases.