G-PARK "Seismogramm" CDBlossoming Noise
Many of the later G-Park works don't sound so much of Schimpfluch -type. Despite everybody has their own sound, G-Park appears the most different from the rest. In this early work, re-issue of LP from 1990, there are way more similarities with the rest. Still less utter maniac sound collages and abrupt cuts, yet there are plenty of similar elements. It is also more hand made feel than some later works. Very good.
FRAGMENTED "set" CDBlue Nites Erotic Secrets
I got this projects Knowledge of War CD back in 1995. He was sending out bunch of xeroxes, odd poetry and various other things. Hearing that album back then, was both good and not so good. Good, because getting a free CD in 1995 made you pay attention. Not so good, as I was way more interested in raw noise and power electronics than how band described itself: ambient? industrial? experimental? spooky? brooding? strange. smooth/soothing to discordant and everything in-between.
Yet after thousands of listened albums of thousands of bands, I can still remember many of the tracks of Knowledge of War, and now appreciate them more than ever before. Listening Knowledge of War CD, made me check out what else is on his discography. Good thing now, that when band is not hot name in scene, you get CD's for dirt cheap prices. 3 euro for mint compy of "Set", no complaints.
Discogs info says:
Fragmented is a one-man project of prolific artist Christopher J. Falvey. He gained critical acclaim and popularity in the underground and on independent radio with his innovative album, "Set". The music is known for its dark, haunting atmospheric sound being coupled with a unique structure that separates it far from the typical industrial/ambient album. Man still runs traditional website and seems to be kind of outside of noise scene at least. Not surprice as material isn't
noise. But for fans of obscure experimental art, may be slightly unusual wibe in this. At least for me.
http://www.fragmented.org/Sophie Agnel "Solo" CDVand Oeuvre
Not as good as Sophie at her best. Year 2000, so already slightly older CD and you can hear that some of the jazz training is still strong here. Not that it would be music by regular standards. But far less innovative and personal than stuff she did some years later.
Hugues Dufourt "L'Afrique et L'Asie d'apres Tiepolo" CDKairos
Went through a lot of previews of Kairos catalogue and this CD stood out. Can't believe how much rather useless sounding contemporary music is out there. Spectral music, minimal, slow, repeating yet with tiny changes of details and tension. Very much theoretical of course, yet even without extensive booklets and theories, good stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KscCkBghJ4QHALTHAN "Live at obscurex kontti" tapeTrapdoor
I'm surprised that they actually managed to master listenable tape of this rather shitty gig. Boosting the sound with rather crude mid-frequency crunchy sound manages to dig up the music that was like 10 times lower volume than vocals. Of course in this tape, you got moments where delay effect drenched shouting basically overruns everything else, but it is... as said: surprisingly good. Think of power electronics somewhere in Grey Wolves, Survival Unit, etc. type and add the Finnish rough edge to it. As always said, Halthan keeps promising, but yet to fully deliver. This tape proves music would be rather good, if just would get the small details right.
BROWNING MUMMERY "World of shells" tapeTrapdoor
Old league of Australian industrial. Starting already back in 1983, I guess many should be familiar with Tesco reissue of their old tape? Band seems to be having long gaps in his discography, yet there are releases in 80's, 90's 00's and this tape is recording from 2014 published in 2017! By default, I tend to expect bands that did great industrial in early 80's, would most likely such now. B.M. doesn't. It's very nice tape, which is at the same time experimental in "old way" (hard to explain), yet technologically perhaps advanced from the old times. Not sure how much is gained from loudly dubbed ferric tapes, that it sounds sort of
old in tasty way? Certainly recommended also for those who don't generally pay attention to what older generations are doing now.
