DEAD BODY LOVE "Prayers for the sick" tape
Slaughter
Mostly noise, but one long track gloomy "dark ambient". Kind of distant rusty sounds echoing. Not REALLY ambient.
B-side track relies a lot in this one less than second long loop. Just hammers on and on and on like drum machine beat. On top of that, I would dare to throw guess that some Merzbow noise is being sampled? Of course DBL could have just have some similar gear, but some of sounds are SO Masami trademark tricks, it feel like maybe some borrowed uncredited sounds here...? Of course not bad thing really. It's like Macronympha or Emil Beaulieau or such, where you will spot fragments of other peoples noise being brutalized into something new.
ALTER OF FLIES "Black Tunnel" tape + 5" lathe
Cipher
There's been several Cipher things on playlist, but as playlist tends to be so massive, most reports appear on the night time. There was very neat new-ish things from 2022.. but now listening this older thing. It's been haunting me just about every time I see it.
Keep forgetting what it is, and always this "why there is some trash in my tape shelves!!" and as soon as I pull it out, it is actually special edition of Altar of Flies, haha... 5" lather and tape. Good stuff. 5" goes fast, and tape is probably better material anyways, but can't see myself selling away anything by AoF.
Not long ago I got email from guy who asked help to identify noise tape. I looked on picture and it was clear it -had been- Ochu tape on cipher. Anyone that has that special edition of moist, dirty canvas with some eathly substance, may have now some sort of evolutionary version of tape. Fungus or mold based version of the cover. I did dry my copy of it. Not sure if it is now ruined or... preserved!
DMDN "DMDNMIX NO 56 / Dronemix" CDR
Some may know DMDN from PURE/RRR disc. Some may know he did sequel for that disc by himself. Some know him from "Agonistes" tape of GROSS, that was reissued as LP and CD. Curiously, that release is actually collaboration with Thirdorgan. GROSS had policy of being just one release per artist (except for Aube), so since Thirdorgan had already release on GROSS, that tape was just titled as DMDN and liner notes credits Thirdorgan for source sounds.
That all may be common knownledge in noise scene, but later days DMDN has probably bigger discography than the 80's or 90's. This type of "pro-CDR's" with no covers, just sticker on disc label saying what it is. I guess I have 5-6 different ones, but I'd assume plenty exists. Man is DJ and in techno/DJ store and that type of thing, so slightly another realm from early days power electronics / harsh noise, but for example this 74 minute drone set is really good stuff.
HEX MINORA vs DAVIS G CD
MDP
Hex Minora, name you don't hear that often. She was running BV tapes too in the 90's. Have been holding some BV tapes in my hand lately, but didn't put on deck... This collab with italian guy is good. Not phenomenal, but good. Electronic, sexy, noisy...
Then pile of... well, probably not sexy noise tapes! Just pulled bunch of totally random tapes, with no relation to eachother, other than most of them MIGHT be in category "who cares".
NO XIVIC / SOMNIVORE "Getsemane" tape
New old sentinel
Like No Xivic/Somnivore. Tape titled Getsemane, which has very unique meaning in Finland. Anyone who visited the finnish Getsemane, knows what I am talking about. Two bands that are good, but never mentioned if Finnish experimental sound / noise is talked of.
Mentioned to friend I can't think of anyone consciously thinking its time for "Moke Grotton/Ufo as Bacteria split tape". No offense to artists, but that's how I see it. I also must acknowledge both are really good in this tape, so maybe there are fans for both out there?
INHALANT "Clinical" tape
Propulsive Audio
Inhalant, they do have even LP out, this tape from 2005 feels better than my impression about Inhalant from 2005'ish. Hard electronics noise, almost PE type of stuff.
ENDZEITGENERATION "Aufzeichnung Eines Momentanen Zustandes" tape
Neuzeitliche Tonkonstruktionen – NT 24
Endzeitgeneration tape. From 1993, somewhere between heavy electronics and odd experimental stuff, perhaps leaning to latter. I like it, despite all the odd wonky weirdness they do with synths and efx. These are probably reasons why nobody cares and discogs stats shows last time tape was sold, someone scored it for less than 2 euro! Not bad. If I did not have it, I'd grab it anytime for such price. Long ago I did "SI podcast" about obscure german noise/pe stuff, and this is the kind of stuff that could have been included too.
NIGHT SHADE "casual encounters" tape
Castle Bravo
Absolutely no idea who sent me, or how I got the Nightshade tape, but it must have been on my table for years. Always watching "what the hell is this?!". Cover says nothing, and eventually listened the tape, probably years after getting it and while appreciating good noise on this short tape, went to discogs to check out some info based on sticker on tape saying its project called Nightshade. Neat.
AMPH/SSRI split tape
Untergeschoss
Amph / SSRI split tape, another tape that had been long in pile of "what the hell is this", and when finally opening the wire mesh, again tape that I must have got 5-7 years ago? Good stuff. Amph you know is good, SSRI has variation, but this is among the very good ones.
Wertham / Origimi Replica -tape.
90's stuff from mr. Deplano from Italia and Norwegian stuff. Wertham playing as I write this, and I like the analogue "heavy electronics" approach here. O.R. will have to be listened tomorrow...
Linekraft "Howling" CD
New Approach
I had been listening from bandcamp, but listened CD as soon as it arrived. Some vocals feel a bit too efx overloaded, but really good CD nevertheless. Linekraft has become in few years the best Japanese industrial-noise, right there on lineage of Grim, S*core, Dissecting Table, and so on.. You can't even complain about many releases, as they all have been great, and different!
Arktau Eos "Dormiveglia" CD
Aural Hypnox
2023 release, just came out. Listened few times and can appreciate a lot this ghostly and eerie, yet surprisingly musical ritual "ambient" music. It has so many musical elements like simple piano fragments, air organ melancholic tones, but also hiss, analogue synths, bells, multiple short tracks in 40 min duration. Excellent!
White Gold "3" CD
Troniks/Helicopter
this was only Troniks CD in 2022. Very good one. Especially first track is such a blast of harsh noise, with that nicely electric smashing metallic sound. At times it becomes total flamethrower HWN, but a best it is when it is the pure power contemporary harsh noise in the positive meaning of word. Nothing is hidden under mud or hiss, but just all on ten, sharp clarity, mad skills harsh blast... I actually was listening this couple of times and returning one master CDR of upcoming Freak Animal release, and had to write artist that your CD needs mastering. It is great, but when comparing to stuff I've been listening, it needs more punch. That was done, and partial thanks to Phil & John setting standard, improvements are happening.. haha
RLW "Fall sliger geister" CD
Black Rose Recordings
Ripped this out of shinkwrap, straight outta "to be listened" shelves at home, and really brilliant RLW cd, experimental sound in best tradition of unpretentious sound lover who knows what he is doing... and then watching the information.... This came 10 years ago! 10! Fuck... Time goes so fast that one is bound to have masterpieces in shrinkwrap for decade. But, liking it now, so probably timeless experimental recordings.
THE HATERS "Nikumu 2007" CD
Kubitsuri tapes
My favorite The Haters must be Ordinarily Nowhere. It would be in top 10 noise of all times, simple based on amount I have listened to it.
This cd is much newer works, but really good one! Kubitsuri also has personal importance for me as early contacts in japan. He put out 90's Grunt both tape and vinyl. Plus pretty much everything on label is good!
After The Haters CD (previous post here), decided to listen this old Merzbow/The Haters CD. It might be thanks to Wiese mastering - or just the quality of artists, but it sounds fresh and punchy. Really good CD. It is odd to think how one may have to describe this old noise innovative noise, while a lot of contemporary noise is great... but it doesn't have the same quality of sonic innovations.
