New WCN podcast, with TASKMASTER, perhaps project I am slightly less familiar with. I was listening episode, thinking I must have few things, but not that many. "Swamp Lurker" 12" one-sider on Troniks is something that it is certainly more harsh noise than what later was associated as "HNW" (they talk about this in podcast), but sonically most of elements are things that wall stuff has plenty.
Pedal distortion blast. No feedback, barely "acoustics", no synths, etc, just distortion pedal characteristic sound - not in negative sense.
Listened this twice today, and it could take more spin instantly. Heavy noise. No tinny, no ripping thin razor, but heavy and hard.
Talking about great less known artists, I was doing some personal trades, and I got couple tapes that didn't ask, but both turn out to be very good.
Energy Gradient "Circulations" tape, absolutely great tape. First form artist? Maybe. It has elements of noise, industrial, field recordings, tape manipulations. You could thrown together Alfarmania, Hum of the Druid, Sewer Electrion tape works, perhaps even little bit of H.Ö.H., and so on. I guess one gets just about the territory he is operating at.
What is great here, is that it is compositionally so good. Starts with quiet loop/microsound crackle kind of thing, but you won't be listening full side of piezzo crackles kind of thing, but it soon escalates into murky and grim noise, and eventually into broken chewed tapes of field recordings and raw noise.
B-side has it all too. From strong noise moments to dirty basement clatter loops and eerie screeching machinery. Backwards tapes and other old school, but always great methods. Always lo-fi in tasty way.
Guy of E.G. is also one member in Elastic Energy Ensemble. That tape is full on harsh noise. Nothing revolutionary, but very good in what it is. Nice graphics, sounds pretty much like could be live-in-studio tracks. Not quick edits not massive multilayering. Sound is liverly and always things happening, but basic pallette is pretty much same through-out entire duration. I suppose this project may be more known, due label was probably somewhat hyped? Gracial Host. I never head any of them, as this label works out pre-order batch kind of way, and I am probably worst in placing pre-orders. Don't recall if I ever really pre-ordered any noise?! Some wholesale orders of course, but probably not retail orders.
