FINNISH NOISE

[Scat-O-Logy]

http://hakki.bandcamp.com

Häkki is a duo consisting of Jaakko Vanhala (Secret Apex etc) and Pentti Dassum (Umpio etc). So far there has only been few live actions but they will probably put out physical release at some point.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Not to forget that there is nice new comp tape titled "Voyeurs of modern decay". While themes and sounds maybe offer nothing absolutely new, but more stuff fitting in line of noise & pe delivered by Finnish brutes, it's good document of rising new powers! UNCLEAN, WHITESWAN mentioned in this topic, but I think EDGE OF DECAY and KRITIKAL OVERLOAD has not been mentioned?

[F_c_O]

kritikal overload is actually from britain, not from finland.

[Niko]

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[Ernpe]

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Picture of the pig was left out.

Edit: Nice feature on mainstream paper. Though I am not all sure how readers of the magazine could hear the difference between harsh noise of Vanhala and "more artistic side of noise" of Keränen.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Also about new Finnish noise related:

Antero Vipunen recordings I heard was mix of noisecore & funny noise.
Edge Of Decay live gig, 2nd one he has played, was very nice. Kind of ramirez-esque noise. Simple and to the point harsh noise.
Rotat tape I just purchased. Person said it was somewhere between Taint, Mania and Smell & Quim... lets see when I have time to listen it!
Divided Void was good feedback/drone/noise, but I guess just one short tape out?
Iron clad another assault by anonymous provocateurs.
[owt-kri] live set I saw was quite noisy, but band appear to be more into goth/ambient kind of way normally?

more? Probably. Should update the messages earlier on this topic..

[FreakAnimalFinland]

edition of 14 copies, self released in handmade packaging.
Edit, actually, project name ROTAT and it is released on Deviants Clove, but as labels blog warns, he can be slow.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Edit: Nice feature on mainstream paper. Though I am not all sure how readers of the magazine could hear the difference between harsh noise of Vanhala and "more artistic side of noise" of Keränen.

Also, I think it can be misleading all together.
What would be perhaps main difference of artists, that Keränen is noise done with smile on the face. Vanhala is noise done with grim looking face. hah. Concerning the sound itself or artwork, it's hard to say whether moomin references or word-plays of Keränen are more or perhaps LESS "artistic" than many others? But of course, it's also perhaps matter of association.

[Ernpe]

Edit: Nice feature on mainstream paper. Though I am not all sure how readers of the magazine could hear the difference between harsh noise of Vanhala and "more artistic side of noise" of Keränen.

Also, I think it can be misleading all together.
What would be perhaps main difference of artists, that Keränen is noise done with smile on the face. Vanhala is noise done with grim looking face. hah. Concerning the sound itself or artwork, it's hard to say whether moomin references or word-plays of Keränen are more or perhaps LESS "artistic" than many others? But of course, it's also perhaps matter of association.

One of my favorite noise shows was Keränen at Vapaan taiteen tila some weekday last year. He started by turning his gear from 0 to 100 without warning and then taking a sip of wine before actually starting to play. Hah! It was loud for any audience but obviously some of the "more artistic" members of the audience were not actually prepared for such mayhem...so maybe they just like the sound better when holding their ears. Not to be a tough guy, I keep earplugs by default myself but for many carrying earplugs to a noise show seemed not by so clear.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

wrote about their first LP in playlist topic. Now 2nd LP came out from Helsinki based GUNK.
Great stuff! Some people may recognize people from line-up (Janne Martinkauppi, Ilpo Heikkinen, Petri Pirtilä, Antoine Verhaverbeke), but none of "usual suspects" on filthy side of Finnish noise here. A-side of LP is, however, pure metal junk noise. It can get quict at times, but also loud and busy. Think of TNB first LP for example. Never distorted or rough. Very clear and professional recording.  B-side has both, cymbal/drone kind of meditation sonics but also distorted and more broken noises.

Those who have not yet been bored about "finns throwing scrap metal around" kind of stuff, can give it a try here:
https://soundcloud.com/gunkstructures/bird
Those who are already bored, may still check it out, so hear how it is still very different than all the releases before. LP runs at 45rpm, so basically more like 12", but I think its sold as full length. Sound is GREAT. Rarely hear so pure and so clean cut for LP that is one of modern times ltd 100 noise releases! Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin clearly knows his shit better than most generic pressingplants!

[Vermin Marvin]

edition of 14 copies, self released in handmade packaging.
Edit, actually, project name ROTAT and it is released on Deviants Clove, but as labels blog warns, he can be slow.

Yes, it is ROTAT.. hats off to 3 different direction.
First edition is gone but i release normal version as soon as i get more cassettes and there will be second release "Mob Justice" out at the same time.. hopefully before end of the year.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

ROTAT 2nd tape was very good. Better than first one! That brutal cut up noise hardly ever comes these days. Not that it would be anything to do with modern cut up noise.

FEUERTAUFE "Baptism of Fire" tape also new Finnish project. Secret line-up manages to deliver quite different sounding version of song compared to live. While live set noise was feeling louder, it was most of all ripping shouted vocals what set up different tone to atmosphere. Now vocals have such sound that it has almost more to do with Streicher type of delivery than screamy loud shouting. Noise itself is made of steady lo-fi rumble wall and some high pitched electronics here and there with vocals on top. Insertion on plenty german speeches may be recycling of the same we all heard countless times, but can you go wrong? Hardly!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

and also K.S.N.K. did release finally tape. Small run, packaged in metal J-card. 20 minutes on one side of tape. Acoustic recordings which has metal junk, but also oddities like sound of moth flying against scrap metal. Delicate small sounds and louder stuff together.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

äsh, forget to comment this one too. If yet another anynomous Finnish noiseproject doesn't seem too much, MASKHEAD: Female Mutilations tape is worth to check out! It's has nice covers, abundance of whipping & sexy sounds of tormented japanese female. Feedback/noise rumbles driven through extensive delay/echo. While one could say it has free form approach to noise instead of loops and rhythms, it still operates on narrow range of elements and stay focused on "song". Screamy vocals. Sound appears like done with multi-effect unit, which gives it quite expected sound. I'm thinking of Grunt back in 90's... heh... distortion, flanger, lots of delay.. then microphone banged against some metal rubbish...

[cr]

All those previously mentioned tapes (K.S.N.K., Rotat, Feuertaufe, Maskhead) are highly recommended! And also the  H.Ö.H. tapes.

Get them while you can!