/mu/ - Music (Temp full images)

>>51970313
>what's your favorite album so far?

https://soundcloud.com/mephisto_waltz

>>51970313
Definitely Walk With Me by Jason Crumer, with Knees and Bones in 2nd, and Thousands of Dead Gods in third.

For anyone who's listening to exclusively noise this month, how are you holding up so far?

>>51970313
Currently listening to Sutcliffe Jugend's Blue Rabbit, but so far, I think my favourite album I've listened to this month might have to be Secret Abuse's The Immeasurable Gift. It's just such a pretty noise album.

>>51970572
Holding up pretty good so far. I've been breaking up my harsh noise with a mix of drone, soft noise and field recordings so I'm not easily tired out.

Finally gave Burned Mind a shot. Really enjoyed it.
A lot of people seem to dislike Wolf Eyes, though. Why? Is it because they're rather accessible by noise standards?

>>51970666
They're one of those cases where a group has soooooooo much released music that it's only natural that a good majority of it ends up being just ok, or even bad.
It's the same case with Prurient, I feel anyway, most of his stuff is not worth ploughing through unless you really (and I mean REALLY) adore the guy.

That said, I do love Wolf Eyes, maybe it's something about their rock n roll/slobish personality they bring to the table I really enjoy.
They're like the Andrew WK of noise acts.

I love Nate Young's vocals too, I could listen to that shit all day.

>>51970729
>They're like the Andrew WK of noise acts.
well, y'know

>>51970752
yeah, hence the comparison

>>51970729
Speaking of Prurient, where would recommend someone start with him?

>>51970836
The History of AIDS

>>51970572
It feels like I've been on some sort of holiday so far, it's weird, but not that far removed from what I listen to anyway

I've been away recently, so it's time to pick up some slack

NBND #42

>>51970870
Giving it a listen now, thanks!

just caught up with genocide organ, listening to c.c.c.c. now. what's another good g.o. release besides leichenlinie? i have their discog downloaded and i really liked that one.

>>51970888
best hanatarash. best japanoise really.

>>51970946
In Konflikt
Under Kontrakt
That one with the Japanese title, pic related

new captcha holy shit

>>51971040
Yeah, I had noticed. I had to refresh because it kept telling me I was forgetting to type the captcha, then I did and I saw the uglier new one holy shit why. It also takes a lot longer.

Einleitungszeit - all of their early catalog

>>51970946
What do you think of C.C.C.C.? I think they're okay but not much more than that. Their sound is pretty thick and dense though but I was never really 100% won over by them.

>>51970870
that album is so different from his newer material. I love his melodic stuff, but the absolute bleakness and horror that record brings makes it one of my favorites

>>51970946
What did you think of Crowhurst's Snuff? I think I saw your chart in an earlier thread. I was curious by the cover, checked it out and was disappointed. What did you think of it though?

>>51969193 btw have an album share, also holy fuck this new captcha is dicks.
>>51970642
yeah that's what i've been doing but with power noise, it helps break the grind.
>>51970888
checked also it's the best holiday.

I'm doing one noise album a day, but so far my favourite is a tie between John Wiese - Soft Punk and Kevin Drumm - Land of Lurches.

>>51971083
i'm not OP, but I hated it. It is was really blatant in it's use of snuff film samples, and the actual textures and sounds were incredibly repetitive.

>>51971122
Yeah I agree with that. Felt like tacky shock value. I guess the impression was meant to be distasteful and offensive but honestly I wasn't even shocked, I just expected better.

>>51971113
Oooh thanks for the share, man, I saw you had posted this in an earlier noise general a few days ago and didn't see it in the archive

>>51971119

#6
John Wiese - Soft Punk (2007)
John Wiese, the man behind Sissy Spacek, puts together a collection of his favourite sounds. A sound collage. Samples that don't go together are put together by Wiese on this album in a very interesting way. The different noises keep you intrigued to the end. Although not purely noise, it does have noise influence and noise samples. Even though not too noisey, it's an album for noise and non-noise fans alike. Definitely an album to listen to with headphones.
***/***

#7
Balazs Pandi, Merzbow, and Mats Gustaffsson - Cuts (2013)
Merzbow, the harsh noise guru, teams up with his live drummer, Hungarian-born Balazs Pandi, and 50-year-old saxophone player Mats Gustaffsson, the Swede known for his intense improvisation. Merzbow softens up to allow everyone to be heard. Pandi's drumming on this album is unreal, at times tribalesque and at others just pure testosterone filled drumming. Gustaffsson lives up to his reputation. Listening to him playing, I can only imagine the sweat dripping down his face onto his saxophone, a live performance I would love to see. Although this is not my first Merzbow album, I was still surprised by him. This was, however, my introductory album to both Pandi and Gustaffsson, and from what I heard I will definitely need to explore them.
***/***

#8
Kevin Drumm - Land of Lurches (2003)
First impressions mean a lot, and my first impression of Kevin Drumm makes me want to be his friend. I know very little about Drumm, but I want to know more. Through out this album I felt like I was really in a land of lurches, being shoved unexpectantly by the noise. This harsh noise/drone journey made me want more. It was too short. This was the first "Noise a Day December" album, that I listened to twice in a row. While listening to it the first time I felt like I heard a lot, but at the same time, I felt like I missed so much. This album will hopefully be the first of many Kevin Drumm albums I will enjoyed.
***/***

>>51971200
> dat description of Cuts

It makes me wish I was there in the studio to see them playing. Sounds like it'd be a real jam session. I still need to hear this album sometime. Merzbow is one of my favourite artists and Balazs Pandi has worked with Venetian Snares a few times so I know he's one hell of a drummer.

>>51970973
thanks friend. come to think of it i've seen in konflikt around.

>>51971066
it's not the best i've heard this month and it's a bit long-winded but i like it. not really engaging but nice to just have on ya know?

>>51971083
>>51971122
>>51971168
yeah i didn't want to buy into the hate but it was obnoxious. oh well.

fuck captcha

>>51971168
I really hate it when pointless shock value is shamelessly tacked on with samples of murder, pornography and shit like that
if you have to do something like that to get listeners then you're probably not worth listening to
not saying that artists that do that are always bad, though

>>51971269
Yeah, I understand what you're getting at. Like, don't get me wrong, the exploration of taboo themes is fascinating (Merzbow's Music For Bondage Performance for example is a great album as it's restrains itself from being overtly shock and is a fairly atmospheric yet detailed release). But Snuff was just samples overlayed with some weak feedback and fuzz. I would assume he made the album in a couple of days. I guess fair enough if others enjoy it though. It seems like people donated to him for the album on Bandcamp so fair enough i guess.

>>51971269
I probably mentioned it in an earlier thread, but his recent collab with Auditor is pretty good although it's more in the dark ambient-corner.

Been listening to the Merzbox recently. Who here has listened to it fully? Which was your favourite disc/album in the set? Which are the highlights?

I'm starting from the beginning and listening to each disc in order (obviously taking breaks too so it doesn't all become tiring for me) and I was just wondering what were /noise/'s favourites from the Merzbox?

NBND #43

>>51971921
Anyone else feel some strong Witch House vibes on IAALOBO releases?

>>51971122
>>51971168
Yeah, I totally agree. It just seems like he wanted to be really next-level provocative or whatever, but in the meantime he forgot to make a good album.
>>51971347
>I would assume he made the album in a couple of days
I wouldn't be surprised if he made it in one or two.

>"dedicated to all victims of violence" in the bandcamp description
C'mon bruh

NBND #44

>>51972134
He clearly added it into his Bandcamp description just in case if he gets any criticism of the releasing being in bad taste, he can refer to his disclaimer and description and just react like "nu-uh, dude"

Oh well, at least we listened to it to form an opinion and it's not like it didn't fit with the theme of the month. I just wish I had listened to something better.

>>51971789
OM Electrique is p cool. that fuzzy thick bass drone is so cool on the first track. i love how easy his early works are to listen to. it's still chaotic and spontaneous but it feels much more stripped back, minimalist and i guess you could say easily accessible.

NBND #45

>>51973014
Seen people mention this a few times before. How is it?

>>51973045
seems like the perfect balance between his two styles

it's like soft noise power electronics, pretty colourful stuff so far
dunno if I'm sold on it yet though

>>51971223
I personally wasnt the biggest fan of cuts. The few extended high pitch moments really ruined the whole experience for me. I'm a fan of gustaffsson too, and there were definitely moments to be loved on the album, but overall, I thought it a bust

>>51970423
Fuckin hell yes I loved that album. Too good.

I gave Bird Seed a second listen today. It's incredible. I even listened through all of Sotos' track

While I was listening to the album I was cycling and I think I may have weirded out some people on the road because it was involuntarily giving me this sour angry british guy face

NBND #45

>>51973476
This is pretty fucking insane, thank you to brer who shared it last week

>>51973045
>>51973101
Valediction is his better album though

>>51973852
sry, I meant Innocence

>>51973852
>>51973875
I've already listened to Innoncence this month and dug it.
DLed Valediction, will get on it soon.

NBND #46

p crazy to think this is Heatsick and Helm

NBND #47

>>51974507
Nice choice. I really dig Torturing Nurse, they're fierce but a lot of fun too.

>>51970572
NBND is going good, finding a lot of new music. A month of noise doesnt seem that hard right now but ask me again next week

Also big thanks to whoever posted The New Blockaders in one of the previous threads. They're one of my favorite noise artists now.

What does /noise/ think of Ethnic Acid?

Been meaning to check him out. I heard he was a 14 year old kid in the 70s making power electronics. How the fuck does that even happen at that age?

who here make noise?

post some setups, tips and tricks.

>>51974935
Here's a really out-of-date picture of my setup.
>Tips
Pure feedback isn't the best thing in the world.
>Tricks
Radios tuned to static are the secret tech!

>>51974935
>tfw you uploaded your first noise album to bandcamp today and no one has downloaded it even though it's free and most people seem to hate it because they skip most of it and as a result you feel like a failure in making something as seemingly easy to make as HNW.

Also, fuck this captcha shit I need my 4chanX.

NBND #48

>>51975130
> radios tuned to static are the secret tech!

I remember reading an interview someone posted in a /noise/ general previously with Vomir and he had said something similar to that. Something like how if you can appreciate the sound of static between radio stations, you can appreciate noise music. Not really related to noise set-ups I guess it's just your post reminded me of it heh

http://thequietus.com/articles/16050-romain-perrot-vomir-interview-harsh-noise-wall

It's a pretty bloody fascinating interview imo.

>>51975153
What's your album? I probably won't hate it.
If you're posting it in BC threads and stuff, they're kindof a crapshoot anyway, since most people seem to just post their stuff and then never listen to anybody else's. I think I've gotten maybe fifteen listens from there, total, over several months.

>>51975153
Got a link to it? You're better off posting your noise projects in here than the Bandcamp threads.

>>51970313
Superior harsh noise release coming. Make sure you download pic related to enjoy your noise dicember bullshit or something.

>>51975606
eric

>>51975606
LOL

I have the slpit this guy did with IAMSEAMONSTER.

Classic shit.

Holy. Shit.

>>51975606
you do any work with Dromez?

NBND #49

>>51971200
Merzbow has another album with Balazs Pandi, Katowice. Check it out.

>>51970423
I usually don't like rhythmic noise but this shit is the bomb, reminds me of Roly Porter

How many people are still taking part in NBND? When the month started these threads were excessively active and now that activity has really slowed down. I'm assuming people have stopped with the noise themed month already? Who's still in it?

>>51975130
Funny you should say that, one of my noise machines (Audible Disease's IN-3) has a tendency to pick up radio stations at times. I was playing around with it, running it through a pitch shifter and occasionally knocking the joystick around for some blasts of noise. Reminded me of a shittier Kazumoto Endo.

>>51976985
me
>>51976776
check the rest of their discography, it's all insanely solid imo

>>51976985
I'm still in it, but I am just listening to at least one new album a day, not nothing but noise.

Today I've actually only listened to repeats. I'll listen to whatever I am told to in response to this post because I am a sub.

>>51976985
me. currently listening to this

>>51976985
I am. Currently listening to Wraiths' Dust In Their Mouths.

>>51977096
also considering I mainly listen to noise music its really not that hard for me to participate

>>51976985
I guess these threads are more active during certain times of the day, plus, the hype of December has probably died down for some too. There's definitely still people doing the themed december thing though.

>>51976985
A lot of people, I'm imagining, are too busy with finals and such to post so much. I think we may see a resurgence in posting towards the end of the month.

>>51977329
yeah I got finals and whatknot. as soon as break starts Ima be a full blown NEET and listen to more noise

What's the best Bastard Noise album?

What do you guys think about White Suns? I think Totem is one of the best albums of the year.
Also, is noise rock discussion okay on /noise/ or is that a nono?

>>51977655
I think white suns, ramleh or skullflower esque noise rock is still noisy enaugh for /noise/
also sinews is GOAT

>>51977510
Can't go wrong with Bastard Noise no matter what you start with(at least as long as you don't end up picking one of their recent powerviolence albums while expecting a noise album). Throne Is Melting is a personal favorite, and The Analysis Of Self-Destruction seems to be the most popular choice.

Speaking of BN, I read an interview with Eric Wood from a while back in which he was talking about working on a new Bastard Noise/Bizarre Uproar 7" which really took me by surprise considering that Wood and Markkula probably couldn't be further apart from each other as far as their general interests and beliefs go anymore. I know they were friends and collaborators back in the 90s but at this point it seems unbelievable that they'd even be willing to contact each other, much less work on something together.

>>51977915
thanks

>>51977068
>sub
Nice. Listen to pic related.

>>51977886
Never thought of Ramleh as noise rock but a more atmospheric power electronics

why are they so cute bros?

>>51973764
Oh hey that was me - not a problem, glad you enjoyed it!

Updates:

While You Were Out didn't QUITE live up to the hype for me, but it is still one of the better noise albums I've heard - crazy stuff, and the destroyed pop samples really lightened the atmosphere of the whole thing and made it feel more fun crazy

I listened to a tiny bit of High Tones before and didn't remember enjoying it all that much, but I liked it a lot more this time - I'm still pretty much clueless as to what EAI is, but I'm finding myself really enjoying the slow-moving noise that takes time to evolve and build on itself. I liked the quieter vibe from it, too, gave the assorted textures and sampling more room to breathe

Ottoman Black is still one of my favorites (if not my favorite) noise album, so I'm looking forward to finally hearing more from him

>>51977655
Totem is definitely my AOTY, I love how they manage to bring in elements of actual noise to noise rock, the unsettling ambiance they have in some of their tracks really works well for the overall impact

>>51978407
nate is a legit qt tbh
shame I can never get into his solo albums

>>51978450
Are these all new to you, cause you got some pretty good choices in there

>>51978507
Yeah, I'd downloaded a bunch of stuff over time but I'm awful about actually getting around to listening to things, heh. Figured I'd take advantage of this to finally dig into the genre and clear out my backlog

>>51978450
Is Time's Arrow your first exposure to Prurient?

>>51978450
Controlled Bleeding's album is fucking great, anon, good choice, although a little far off from it I guess. It's really quite an inventive release as they use drills, scrap metal and cement mixers to contribute to their chaotic noise collage, but there's also surprising moments of ambience too and even a segment where one of the band members' daughter comes in to complain about the racket they're making and how she can't study.

Also TG Third Annual Report is fucking great too. Eerie as fuck, especially the legendary Hamburger Lady. I always felt uncomfortable about that album artwork though. I have the album on CD and it has that kid on the cover in suggestive poses throughout the album artwork. I have no fucking idea how they got away with that, that's too much for me.

>>51978260
>Nice. Listen to pic related.

Sure, what is it?

>>51978641
I've heard a few of his albums before - History of AIDs, Black Vase, and Cocaine Death. I actually bought Time's Arrow on tape from a store recently, so I figured I'd use this as an excuse to listen to it, heh. I know it and Bermuda Drain are both more on the synthy side of things, so I'll probably listen to both of them that day

>>51978739
Fernow said that Time's Arrow is meant as a companion piece to Bermuda Drain so that's a pretty good idea.

>>51976985
I still am, just put on pic related. I haven't been very active tho because of finals.

also in celebration of noise December I started reading Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, so far it has been quite interesting although I only started reading today.

>>51978722
http://www.discogs.com/Joe-Panzner-Greg-Stuart-Dystonia-Duos/release/4490977

NBND #50

>>51978873
Good fucking album, anon.

>>51978945
Yeah, from the moment Keiji made his voice present I knew I was in for some good shit.

Being a big fan of Oren Ambarchi's collaborations with him like Nazoranai and Imikuzushi, I'm surprised it took me this long to hear his solo work.

>>51978873

Where do you nerds even find this stuff

I wanna download and listen to noise but besides the archive/the pastebin im lost

>>51979053
http://4chanmusic.wikia.com/wiki/Noise

>>51979053
I buy my stuff physically usually. I think most stuff is available on Soulseek though so I guess you could try that

>>51979053
Soulseek+Discogs+discovering and exploring labels and artists on your own.
If there's one cool thing about this whole NBNN/NBND thing it's the fact that people seem to have finally gotten inspired to explore noise themselves without just relying on /mu/ to spoonfeed them.

>>51974871
it's amazing
not ironically good or "great for a kid", but legit fantastic

>>51978873
If Yoshimitsu made an album, it would be this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV77owpNVcg

>>51974871
Anyone got a link to some Ethnic Acid? I can't find it on the Archive

>>51978867
Ok, starting it now.

>>51974871
>I heard he was a 14 year old kid in the 70s making power electronics.

Tons of noise artists started making shit while they were still kids.
Philip Best was like 14 when he joined Whitehouse.

What're some noise albums that you can find on spotify?

>>51974871
>>51979259
FSH was 15 when he released Surface

>>51979259
>>51979259
Shit, I never knew that. That's fucking crazy, I wouldn't have thought about doing that sorta shit at 14

>>51979186
i'll upload it for you, gimme a sec

>>51976985
I am, like others I'm in the middle of finals but I just finished up pic related. last.fm only scrobbled 11 of the 75 tracks in the album because the rest were <30 seconds. I'm on Vomr - la glas at the moment, and so far the first track is underwhelming. I tend to enjoy a lot of upper end crunch backed by thick bass on my HNW but this has a lot of midrange fuzz that doesn't really trip my trigger.

NBND #51

Anyone else get into noise through this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7p_C9OlN40

The passion and energy this guy puts into his live performances is honestly unrivalled

>>51979186
>>51979442

Ethnic Acid - Power-Works 1986-1988
>noise, drone, power electronics
https://mega.co.nz/#!kB4jlbKQ!G3haA0cepCsvV2vNTlHqNKKaLi7dVLT7MM0ETdkIMaY

>>51978344
they have albums like Grudge For Life which are clearly more noise rock than PE, so it kinda counts

>>51980058
Thanks! Here's a humorous image in return.

>>51979966
>those intense pelvic thrusts
I love videos of hanatarash

I love their music too, they're one of the most versatile and energetic noise acts ever

>>51970536

https://soundcloud.com/crucible-3

>>51980058
Thanks for the share anon. What bitrate, & i'll add it to the pastebin.

>>51979798
that was fucking 10/10

bump

Okay, so here was today's album. Listened to it this morning before work so I didn't have the chance to post my thoughts on it.

I've heard before, I imagine everyone has. I wrote it off as unmemorable and honestly, it is. It doesn't stick to me like a lot of noise does, including other Merz releases. But that doesn't make it not-enjoyable. Tokyo Times Ten was honestly really amazing and refreshing to hear after so long.

Hope N&TD went well for y'all on day 8.

>>51982679
oh don't worry about not liking it, I think it's as well one of the most overrated albums of merzbow. Many people know it probably because it was easier to get than his other releases.

so I went to sleep at around 10:30 pm est and I had a nightmare and just woke up. The dreams went sort of like this
>in a small room with metal walls
>theres a pile of books in the corner and one of them appears to be floating
>nothing feels scary just a "calm" dream
>Then I hear a whispering voice say "Live to see an other day"
>i quickly jump up and run up a stare way (which came out of no where
>wake up frightened
any body else in ndnd having nightmares (probably just me). Im going the full thing and been listening nothing but noise

This must have fucking ruled.

Best Christmas Noise Album, Name a better one!

>>51983739
I'm not listening to nothing but noise, but I am listening to more than I usually would. I have had a few nightmares recently though. In each one there is this dark figure that approaches me, though I wake up just as try to fight the thing off.

Got a few more tracks in the works, and I'm working on a compilation album with some other /mu/tants atm

https://soundcloud.com/s27e152/tracks

i'm enjoying this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab4ybbh02oE

Could somebody please please please share anything by I am a Lake of Burning Orchids? I've been looking everywhere but the only release I could find was Innocence and it's beautiful

>>51986894
Summer in my veins is definitely in the archive, check that one out.

>>51980058
oh shit, thanks anon

>>51982969
Plus, Pitchfork gave it an 8.8 or something like that, so it was probably many people's first noise album.

I enjoy it but you guys are right, in comparison to his other releases it is rather forgettable.

>>51983739
I had a dream about Vomir the other night. It was strange, he was performing in my living room, but he took off his plastic bag mid-show, asked me for the nearest bathroom and just quickly went to the toilet while his show continued. It was an odd dream. Nothing unsettling, just odd heh

Is there any good books or documentaries on noise music?

>>51978873

Listening to this at the moment too. I fucking love it and I wish more noise musicians used spacing as well as Keiji does on this album. It's a very atmospheric and restrained album. Don't get me wrong, I love thick, fuzzy sounds of noise and feedback in my albums, but it's great when you hear an artist showing versatility like on this album, where the spacing has been used to give the album atmosphere and allows the improvisation to breathe.

>>51988702
from the pastebin

Immersion Into Noise Paperback by Joseph Nechvatal
https://mega.co.nz/#!ts0TTYDa!DEMTFXaT3s5hSW7ChEnk5CXbYtdvN1xEzpQ_56ibb6A

Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation by David Novak
https://mega.co.nz/#!UoUUmCIY!dVMpVGEocHGVvhsWTWT6mfVnwxoYwclvQYkbnksBJf4

Noise In and As Music by Aaron Cassidy & Aaron Einbond
https://mega.co.nz/#!h0d0WYhS!xqb1B8wDbwr3bBVXcfq3Qe9ekJgaFHIWy6SJjqItuwo

>>51988785
OH SHIT, thanks, I'll check these out

>>51988068
>>51983739
I once had a dream that I was at, like, a funeral, but then at the reception or whatever Gero 30 came out with a hoover vacuum, having a good time, and nobody seemed to notice.

Here's day 9's album, excited for the whole thing. The Russolo's track was already pretty nice so expecting great things throughout.

>tfw found motherload of Hive Mind 320 CBR on slsk
Sand Beasts and Eldritch Breath are fucking great, btw.

>>51988841
Man, I'm glad it's not just me who has been having weird noise-related dreams.

NBND #52

this is, huh... wow!!

>>51987476
Are you sure? I can't find anything? :(

why's it so good bros?

>>51989828
I love it, but hardly noise

>>51989828
Stapleton is fucking hilarious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw1OFOJcZ4g

>>51989828
Been meaning to get some Nurse With Wound CDs recently. This album always seems to get tonnes of praise so I'll probably try picking it up first.

>>51989936
It's on a couple of essential noise charts though

>>51990006
it is, but don't ask me why...

currently listening to pic related

Why the dislike, I find it pretty entertaining and it's also a somewhat minimalistic approach with sporadic outbursts. It's like PE going Pop, I dig it.

>>51975213
actually radio static is amazing during thunderstorms. I once had the radio in my car tuned so that I could barely hear a station, enough that it was unrecognizable, and a thunderstorm hit. with each lightning strike you could hear a pulse of radio static.

>>51989958
this is so fucking cool. i'd love to see more intimate documentaries like this focusing on niche performers.

>>51990411
That entire series of videos is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr-ITxu6eVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk4hgrUZVqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAJasa8ZJcU

>>51988702
check out "Noise Music: A History"

these new captchas…

now all i have to do is tick a box?

hey guys it's me, whatwinterleftbehind. just going to post my new soundcloud link because I changed my name:

https://soundcloud.com/myneighborsatan1

>>51979179
downloading because of this comment

>>51988068
>>51988841
Reminds me of a dream I had not too long ago. Basically, it turns out that Dead Body Collection was living in my house all along, or maybe he did at one point but then moved, but we almost certainly lived together at one point. But what's weird is that I didn't know for a long time, only just found out. That'd be kinda neat, though.

>>51988841

That would be cool if it really happened. Whatever happened to that new juntaro album BTW?

Humans are just beasts. This is the ideology I get from Pharamakon's Bestial Burden. The popular goddess of Power Electronics, Margaret Chardiet, lightens it up a bit on Bestial Burden. Unlike her 2013 realease under the Moniker Pharamkon, Abandon, Bestial Burden is less about the screams more about the sounds. Now that in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, the "sounds" on this album are not nearly as well done as on Abandon. Now I'm not trying compare Pharmakon's albums, saying the Bestial Burden that is not as good as Abandon, but even separately, Bestial Burden is lacking in a lot of ways.

It's an entirely boring album. The screams don't have any emotion in them, they sound just like another electronic instrument, non-human and definitely not like a beast. The instrumentals on the album, more Industrial then Power Electronics to be honest, are seriously uninteresting. Nothing unique separates this album from any other cheesy "Poser Electronics" album.

The only saving point on this album is the bonus track, her cover of Cher's Bang Bang. The cover really shows Chardiet talent, and her potential. Unfortunately, this album didn't show that and is my first disappointment in "Noise a Day December."

>>51992347

I always thought it was just referring to sex. Is that a review or something you wrote BTW?

>>51992347
>>51992980

The album is about your body failing on you. She got very sick last year

This has definitely been my favorite so far.

What other noise (noisey/noise influenced) albums are as moving and beautiful as this?

>>51992240
We haven't gotten any new information since we first heard about it. For all we know, it's already come out, and nobody knows it.

>>51993030
That actually makes sense, but that was just what I got out of the album, that being human isn't unique, we still have the same problems as beasts, our own body.
>>51992980
I wrote it. I started writing a blog yesterday.

>>51992347
> The screams don't have any emotion in them, they sound just like another electronic instrument, non-human and definitely not like a beast.
I consider that a strong point of the album.

> The instrumentals on the album, more Industrial then Power Electronics to be honest.
True identification, but why that's uninteresting is purely subjective.

> Nothing unique separates this album from any other cheesy "Poser Electronics" album.
I have yet to encounter an artist who does this very restrained and methodic approach to PE like Pharmakon. I'm curious to which "other cheesy" albums you refer, because I see where she draws her inspiration from, but I strongly disagree that she sounds common.

> The only saving point on this album is the bonus track, her cover of Cher's Bang Bang.
For me a rather uninteresting track. Though I love her singing voice, the instrumental wasn't that harsh and kinda unaltered musically compared to the original. I saw the reason, why it's only a bonus track and not some kind of closer.

>I consider that a strong point of the album.
I didn't.

>True identification, but why that's uninteresting is purely subjective.
I wasn't saying the fact that it was more industrial was what made in uninteresting.


>I have yet to encounter an artist who does this very restrained and methodic approach to PE like Pharmakon. I'm curious to which "other cheesy" albums you refer, because I see where she draws her inspiration from, but I strongly disagree that she sounds common.
I loved Abandon, it was so unique in my opinion, and maybe that's why I was dissapointed, because this album wasn't as unique. I think I was a little harsh there

>For me a rather uninteresting track. Though I love her singing voice, the instrumental wasn't that harsh and kinda unaltered musically compared to the original. I saw the reason, why it's only a bonus track and not some kind of closer.
Maybe I was being a little harsh saying that's the only thing I like, but I really like her cover. I guess I just really liked Abandon.

>>51993821
Yeah, I just felt your review seemed too one-sided so I wanted to give another perspective. If you hadn't used subjective reflections as clear statements I probably wouldn't have stepped in because otherwise I'm totally fine with you not liking BB as much as Abandon.

>>51993913
Thanks for giving me your opinion. And I wrote that review when I was in a bad mood, so that probably reflected on it. I'm new to writing reviews, so any critism is good critism.

Abandon had more breathing space, the tracks were arranged in a way that made the constantly building tension pack more of a punch.
BB's too compact for its own good, it should have been longer and more fleshed out.
In any case she better change up her game on the next album, as far as her actual methods go BB is exploring the exact same territory as Abandon and a 3rd album of the same shit would get very stale.

>>51970536
>>51980368
>>51985383
>>51991558

>>51989958
the aesthetic of his place really matches his music, also I'd love to have a look through his record collection.

bump

bump

>>51993331
>yfw the album is out but Juntaro used a different name and he only pressed one copy and gave it homeless man he met on the bus on his way way to the tokyo gay center

bump

>>51996595

Classic juntaro

>>51996595

>>51989842
>>/mu/thread/S51929452#p51930041

what do you guys think about Sonic Youth on noise? imo they did some pretty decent feedback stuff and were highly influential on the upcoming wave of noise rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_pY1K0sMNc

>>51997366
thanks man

Also, Laurel Noose is a project by the same guy. These links are all on his last.fm page, I recommend them all especially Europa Signal which is lovely:

Laurel Noose - Europa Signal
>http://www.mediafire.com/download/szc2jzlb675p06v/Laurel+Noose+-+Europa+Signal.rar

Anyone have Merzbow & Oren Ambarchi - Cat's Squirrel? Archive link is dead...
Thank you, kind anons

>>51997636

Laurel Noose - Dog Grave
>http://www.mediafire.com/download/59z28xiiq5aeukr/Laurel+Noose+-+Dog+Grave.rar

>>51997663

Laurel Noose - University District
>http://www.mediafire.com/download/m32rt93ugpnqmeq/Laurel+Noose+-+University+District.rar

>>51997688

Laurel Noose - Chirality
>http://www.mediafire.com/download/7z9nxao12i64njx/Laurel+Noose+-+Chirality.rar

>>51979966
Gotta love Hanatarash.

Also is that Yamantaka? I can barely recognize him without the dreads.

>>51998638
Yeah, it's him. He had some different hairstyles before he settled into this one.
Here's the best Hanatarash video, if you've never seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPuf2adIwZ8

Bird Seed is the only album that has really stuck with me. I tried New Britain and some stuff from Genocide Organ but those didn't do it. Any P.E. like Bird Seed?

>>51998879
some consumer electronics stuff is similar, I haven't listened to it in a while but iirc teenage Nuremberg is a good album. If your OK with racism as a lyrical theme con-dom's color of a man's skin is also really good PE with clear vocals.

>>51998879
Cruise and Asceticists 2006 are the same shit as Bird Seed.
You might like what Bennett's been doing as Cut Hands as well, though that's got almost nothing to do with PE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vXShxrBxoY

Hey guize,
this is my noise and my label.
If you'd like to be on it, send me a message on facebook.
https://burnwardrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lp-1

>>51998755
great vid

>>51991558
good shit man thanks for sharing

Are there any other albums that blend noise with hardcore/powerviolence? This is a pretty good album but the really noisey tracks like "Raise Thee, Great Wall, Bloody And Terrible" are phenomenal.

>>51970313

>>51975213
Thanks for sharing this! It was a super interesting read.

In the middle of listening to pic related, I listened to Birdseed first and decided to check out his other stuff.
So far it's very different, not as harsh or violent, but I'm still enjoying it a lot. Whitehouse's use of textures is really interesting and slightly horrifying.

>>52005264
i dont like how separated this album felt
listen to white suns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wARjfnThpk8

>>52005569
Yeah I agree it really doesn't sound like a collaboration, it's more like a feature. Already a fan of White Suns really enjoyed that album and their previous, good rec.

>>51998755

This video is so true

Dude if you YouTube "nirvana destruction" you get some badass shit http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1_JpqpaqDDc

>>51978450
Hey friends I'm here again - man these threads last

Walk With Me was just as good as I expected, as usual I could use another listen or two for it to sink in but Crumer's buildups and atmosphere as a whole are fantastic, can't really comment on the noise itself but I enjoyed the hell out of it.

Sheer Hellish Miasma was great and I've been meaning to hear more of Drumm's non-drone work (it's nice for working and all that but it's just too glacial for me), a few minutes into the first track and this is already great stuff, intense buildups and crispy textures ohoho yes

Power Electronics aside from that there Whitehouse?

>>52005264
second disc is where it's at

>>52005569
Wow this is better than what I remembered, thanks !

>>52008138

Does anyone here have Live at Morden Tower by The New Blockaders? The rips on slsk are pretty bad, but I'll take them if I can't find anything better.

>>52010052
Great album, listening to it right now.

I was wondering what genres you guys like beside noise?

>>52010861
I listen to a lot of onkyo. Besides that, the usual stuff.

>>52010861
Drone, ambient, stoner metal, rap. Why?

>>52010861
ambient, death/black metal, industrial, drone, j/art pop

Bumping.

>>52010861
Prog rock, drone/drone doom, ambient/downtempo
I like hip hop but mainly when it is instrumental or industrial

Do noise generals include

>The request "Jason Crumer - Disqualifier" has been filled
It's a good day.
>>51980058
>>51997636
>>51997663
>>51997688
All added to the bin, thanks for sharing.
>>52013319
yes.

>>51970946
>Hole in the Heart
Probably the best album ever. Yu'll love it

>>51996595
I lovr noise humor

best noise documentary?

N&TD Album 10

I'm only two tracks in but some good descriptors for this comp so far are "INTENSE GOOD ASS SHIT".

>>52016035
Isn't this an Endo side project?

NBND #53

>>52016049
that's right.
>This release is a joint project of Ninth Circle (Chris Goudreau aka Sickness' label) and Troniks (Phil Blankenship aka The Cherry Point etc.'s label) and is a collection of old Killer Bug works from very long out-of-print tapes.

>mfw someone says the new DG is almost like power electronics

Sorry about bringing that meme rap in here but it was pretty funny

>>52016133
>elitism in a /noise/ thread
nope
take it outside

>>52016153
Man I like DG it's just that you clearly don't know shit if you're comparing them to PE

:)

Recollection GRM is releasing some brilliant stuff

>>51985383
>>51991558
Both lovely
Highly recommended!

maybe not your regular noise but an awesome record nonetheless.

>>52016081
Are Sissy Spacek still doing the full-on noisecore/grindcore thing they've been doing on the EPs from earlier this year?
I liked those EPs well enough and everything but I'd prefer it if they returned to noise soon. Wreck was easily the harsh noise AOTY of 2013.

>>52016794
Awesome stuff. It's like two schizoid sisters having fun with a My First Sony cassette recorder in a good way.

>>52016651
Damn straight.
Editions Mego is probably the best label on the planet.

>>52016991
it's a dude and a chick with some guests i think

bump

>>51975991
Never heard this before and listening for the first time starting right now.

NBND #54

NBND #55

>>52016651
>>52017037
which releases in particular would you rec

>>52020806
this is some good shit

so where can I find a link for this?
slsk only has select tracks

>>52016194
Especially this new track, its not even close to PE.

I watched pic related recently and I fucking loved it. Performances that filled me with warm inspiration in these cold, dark days that have been finding their way into our world in the past weeks. I found a download to the soundtrack as well, which offers quite a different experience compared to the movie, though the performances are ordered the same.

>>52020806
strong A U R O R A vibes on this album

NBND #56

>>52021746
>A U R O R A
i didn't get the hype on that one. it seemed kind of like babby noise to me, and if i remember right it pretty much just recreated yellow swans' aesthetic.

>>52021805
Definitely one of my favorite noise album covers of all time. It's just so damn unassuming.

>>52021824
>if i remember right it pretty much just recreated yellow swans' aesthetic
yeah you remembered wrong

>>52010052

>>52021977
Would I be going too far by saying Folk Music is one of the best noise releases of the mid-eighties? So fucking good.

>>52021805
Is this the best Incapacitants release?

I love recent Autechre. What noise would you guys recommend?

>>52022461
emptyset

>>52021824
calling AURORA "babby noise" is like calling Post-Rock "faggy metal"

>>52022496
thanks, gonna check it out

>>52021824
Its primarily industrial techno so i don't get how everyone thinks its noise.

>>52022673
>industrial techno
oh wow you're dumber than the other guy

>>52022673
Though I reject the term "industrial techno" as well, Ben Frost is indeed no noise artist after all and everyone who thinks otherwise doesn't belong here.

>>52022788
Good god this genre wankery is fucking stupid. Noise is noise.

>>52022788
Frost's last two LPs are firmly in the genre of noise, whether you wanna place them under soft noise or whatever, they are noise.
Noise =/= loud noises

>>52022868
He incorporates noise-elements into his electronic soundscapes. The same thing Full of Hell did with Merzbow for their Powerviolence/Grindcore album. That doesn't make Full of Hell a noise group...

>>52022868
This
The only bad thing about /noise/ is the arguing about whether something's noise or not

>>52022906
luigi russolo would be disappointed in you

>>52022906
stop talking

>>52022945
Ben Frost is a drone/ambient artist who uses noise as one of his influences, why don't you get that? By your definition Tim Hecker's last album would be a noise album as well...

>>52022906
>That doesn't make Full of Hell a noise group...

FOH has several releases of pure noise, actually.
Profound Lore put out a compilation of their noise material just last month.

http://www.discogs.com/Full-Of-Hell-FOH-Noise-Vol-1-4/release/6322586

>>52022043
you wouldn't be going too far saying it was one of the best noise releases of all time

>>52022973
It's really a subjective thing but I believe ambient and drone fall under noise just as much as harsh noise. I don't define noise by just literally a bunch of frequencies but rather as sounds based on primarily sound rather than primarily structure or melody.

>>52022973
>By your definition Tim Hecker's last album would be a noise album as well...
hmm well what do you know..
fun fact: genres can mix and cross over

>>52023005
fair enough

>>52022906
>>52022973
>muh purist kvlt noise

>>52023015
>>52023053
Are you the same guy? If so:
>I believe ambient and drone fall under noise

what the fuck

>>52023015
Ambient drone and noise have loads of overlap and can blend seamlessly in some music but they are just not the same and that's not really an opinion

>>52023089
no

>>52023112
>Not really an opinion

Ok, whatever you say.

>>52023112
>Ambient drone and noise have loads of overlap and can blend seamlessly in some music
guess what ben frost does pal
just guess

>>52022911
We have those arguments because no one wants to get some guy coming in saying "boy, how about that Lightning Bolt"

I'm all for not being elitist about noise, but I don't want inclusion of any thing with the smallest amount of "noise".

>>52023164
Not that guy but yeah, he mixes genres. Why would that make him exclusively noise-related?

>>52023186
Lightning Bolt is Noise Rock and we already have our exclusion of that
Ben Frost is not the "smallest" amount of "noise" for fuck sake, I don't see how people can get this obtuse over this.

>>52023236
This, seriously. Can we drop this? Do you guys remember the last time we got into a "hurr ambient isn't noise hurr" argument? Fucks sake.

>>52023164
Nigga I'm on the Ben Frost is noise side
It's just soft

>>52023186
That's understandable
Noise rock/pop should obviously be left out of here but it's not like you have to have a long series of posts about them to convince somebody that it doesn't belong in /noise/
Ben Frost, however, should obviously be considered noise enough for /noise/. People who try to say he's not noise are just like black metal purists

hey guys cmon shut up

NBND #57

Isn't Frost already discussed in the /bleep/-threads?

>>52023346
no

starting to get pretty shocked at people's conceptions right now

>>52023293
Does Merzby B play the drums on this?

Where is the pastebin whyd you remove it ;-;

>>52023458
http://pastebin.com/PhhV6eSx

>mfw they sell Whitehouse mags at my work
>mfw I get it now

You guys confused me with your boring discussion about Frost, but if he fits, does Ryoji Ikeda fit too? I know it's considered as glitch music, but I Frost's outbursts of noise sometimes sound similar to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S_2r0J7bHo

>>52023285
The way i see it, if enough people are arguing that it's noise, let em. We don't need another "muh /harsh noise/ general" starting up over this shit again.

If you don't agree, just don't reply to the posts about it. There are a lot of things in here to discuss.

>>52023646
I think there's a difference between "what people see as noise" and "what people want to allow to be discussed in /noise/" because we still talk about noise rock and even Nurse With Wound, which I'm fine with but I would never classify them primarily as noise

>>52023598
Yeah, it's that, and this lady, Mary Whitehouse, who used to crusade against all kinds of stupid shit.

>>52023724
>we still talk about noise rock
no we don't

>>51977655
>>52023746
well, some still do

>>52023598
wriggle like a fucking eel is my ringtone. i literally wake up to that song every morning.

>>52023792
holy shit I've only just seen this video and laughed my ass off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fob1WXnRQrs

>>52023984
i've never understood that video. i love the song, though. nothing else really compares when i'm feeling angry and misanthropic. the closest i've found to bird seed's level of madness is filth.

>>52024080
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLrldtZtRA

New thread
>>52024133

>>52024080
>the closest i've found to bird seed's level of madness is filth
as in the swans album or?

>>52024152
yeah, the swans album. obviously nowhere near whitehouse, but it's the closest i could find. i know there is far noisier more aurally brutal shit out there, but most of it just doesn't have the absolute hatred behind it that i need to get me through those moments.