Like that Michigan box, I was just going though Portland 3xLP set. Daniel Menche, always good, always keeps going on. BDONG... seems like this box (according to discogs) was last release that came out? His work here is very nice, massive and gloomy industrial-noise. Lots of screeching metals, droning bass heavy reverb drenched echo mass. Listened his side couple time yesterday and today, just like Menche's noise clatter.
Nkondi is harsh pedal noise. Not quite as heavy and brutal as the best of genre, but does it's job. It has perhaps same "flaws" as some Thirdorgan. Lots of texture, hectic changes, but little bit flat? And it seems pretty odd that so much stuff of usa noise appears to have stopped just around 2008. What happened?
Okha side is long, quite minimal high pitched electronic oscillations. Not bad, but nothing that special. After this comp he seems to have focused just putting out files online?! Barely any proper "releases"?
Pulse Emitter is pretty shitty after decent sides of compilation. Crappy electronics. According to discogs he does "on hyper-melodic cosmic synthesizer music", but perhaps its his later direction? At least this almost 10 year old recording is nothing like that.
Smegma is one the the legends that have done shitloads of stuff, hit & miss. This belongs among better material I have come across. Free form total improvised racket, goofy playful collages, general weirdness. It is good moment to end LP with little uplifting feel as about half of material has been generic.
That said, what is happening in Portland now? I recall someone mentioned about People who Make Noise document, that many of people involved in scene at the time had already dropped out before document even came out? I'm quite curious to hear any comments of people, especially from Portland, what is happening now? What bands active etc?
