In SI forum best of 2022 there was mentioned people have ignored the new Puce Mary stuff due format fetish. Yeah, probably, but maybe one day I do get the tapes, and not feeling like listening files just yet.... I just got this one missing:
Puce Mary/ Rodget Stella collaboration tape
Mutter Wild
Its 2015, and sound neat now. Far less hi-tech, more relaxed. Downside is of course less of advanced and purely PM own approach, but I like this a lot. Don't mind waiting 7 years to get something, and maybe one day the missing PM tapes will be found. This was 150sek, that's 15 euro price tag at record store in Stockholm.
And talking of Sweden, new label, new tape:
FOLKSTORM / BIRTHDEATH split tape
Birthdeath Party 001
Folkstorm of course is nothing new. His stuff here is occasionally pretty noisy, occasionally very beat driven, but hard and oppressive. Some really good vocals too. At this point, you can probably just say "for fans of Nordvargr" and no other names need to be mentioned?
Birthdeath on b-side is noisier. It sounds quite close to what you could think. Not Whitehouse birthdeath level, but genre is right there at synth/vocals/samples, bleak industrial-noise type of thing. More in your face than minimal death industrial stuff, but not all the way total harsh punishment. Will have to see further material from project to see what angle they will be taking next. Good genre noise here so far! Like transparancy inserts says True Swedish Industrial
BRUME "Emergence" 2xCD
Well, turns out this Brume ain't what Brume is best for. First disc is 70+ min track of minimal sound via modular processing. Disc two is more varied and interesting sounds processed with modular. Not bad for what they are, but after 2+ hours of someone who was amazing what he did, it makes me thing how its possible to end up doing the same generic zip zap bsbsbs zup! -things that we know from guys who first try that type of gear? Its more like test drive of gear than anything compositionally amazing. Fans of that kind of electronics sounds probably like it. I like disc 2 where sound sources are more interesting.
RUNZELSTURN & GURGELSTOCK "Morx & Kotschlag" CD
Selektion
Dogs, horns, according, silly human voices, hits, slaps, yelps, abrupt cuts, utmost sonic slapstick show, which is less fun, more bizarre ordeal. In other words, good stuff! Seems like I have overpaid when I bought it many years ago. Japanese price tag of 2800jpy. Gut feeling says not bad price for 1994 CD, special edition of Selektion. But perhaps audio is a bit too challenging for many , so you can still grab this from discogs for less than price of new cd.
HAARE "Madon Evankeliumi " CD
At war with false noise
or should I say... HAAPE! Haha... Little photoshop magick happened by label and they managed to delete one line from logo making R look like P. This copy, like all that arrived to finland, was hand modified with pen by artist... At least part of pressing was sold "as is".
Its been long since I listened it. Surprisingly compact, like 32 minutes long charming drone-noise stuff in good old Haare tradition. I am quite sure this is considered to be album, but it lists into "misc" at discogs due short length?
Jeph Jerman "Four Drivers" CD
Impulsy Stetoskopy
sounds pretty much what description says: Upright piano harp driven by four battery-powered fans. Minimal drone, starts really tinny and simply and more frequencies start to appear around pretty much single monotone tone. Half an hour later first track has developed into waving / oscillating sound. 2nd track gets more tonality, more happening, but like expected album to continues in same slow shift of relatively monotone sound. Which is good, in this case!
CLOAMA / ABFALL split tape
Noiseweb
Most of Finnish noise in the 90's was not brutally harsh. Some of the 90's Cloama was. This rare split with Abfall (usa), Cloama side is really heavy and crunchy. You may think even Dead Body Love and harsh noise The Rita level of bassy harsh noise.
Abfall volume levels are vastly lower, and also music style is kind of minimal droning noise. Somewhere of later days Knurl metal object "drones" comes to mind. It has more variation and occasionally almost borders "industrial soundscapes" sort of stuff, but still makes me think of Knurl!
Those who were in noise scene back in 90's, and had internet access, may remember noiseweb . com! I recall it was the first noise website I found from public internet access. Just basic html code, links to other noise websites and some info. Hard to remember anymore, but quite likely from there jumped into MSBR online guest book.
