Noise Music (1 Viewer)

[chutneyfarmer]

I just started listening to a few "noise" bands/artists such as Wolf Eyes and Black Dice. Does anyone else know much about this kinda stuff?? Could yiz recommend any other similar bands worth checking out???

Thanks

 

[ratmonkey]

If it's noise you want, Merzbow's the man to look for. No shortage of material either, he's got about 17,000 albums of noise.

There's a remix by him of the Discordance Axis' Inalienable Dreamless album here: http://www.studio-grey.com/da/mp3/merz_da.mp3:

 

[Rimbaud]

Theres this crowd who have some Terrestial Tones(Black Dice/Animal Collective side project), 2673/Unicorm(bastard noise project), Orthrelm and Boris records in their distro - you might want to check em out.They post here the odd time.

 

[Vinnie]

http://www.xtr.com/

That'll keep you going for a while.....

 

[mangler]

If it's noise you want, Merzbow's the man to look for. No shortage of material either, he's got about 17,000 albums of noise.

There's a remix by him of the Discordance Axis' Inalienable Dreamless album here: http://www.studio-grey.com/da/mp3/merz_da.mp3:

Everybody should get this...

 

[steveamanakick]

I just started listening to a few "noise" bands/artists such as Wolf Eyes and Black Dice. Does anyone else know much about this kinda stuff?? Could yiz recommend any other similar bands worth checking out???

Thanks

Destructo Swarmbots

 

[guy of the tiger]

saw him in limerick supporting Dalek

noisy fucker allright
have a cd too

Destructo Swarmbots

 

[MrT]

If youre into a bit of industrial theres always a bit of the oul throbbing gristle...dont know if it really stands the test of time, but its worth checking out.
Dalek are a class act of course.

 

[MrT]

PS

Check out the new mp3s on Daleks website..
www.deadverse.com

 

[BC]

Noise music. Lets see...

From Japan, and affore-mentioned, Merzbow. Alas, Mr. Akita releases so much... another month another album... Start with: "Dharma". This is possibly is finest "all-out" noise work, but it is very structured and controlled. The first track- "I'm coming to the garden, no sound, no memory"- is Merzbow at his very best. His first digital album. "1930" is also a good one, much looser sounding and relaxed in a strange way. If you want Merzbow at his most violent, abrasive and heavy, the charmingly-titled "Venereology" is the album for that.

From the USA, Boyd Rice's "NON" project is the way to go in loop based and highly hypnotic noise music. I would suggest that all stuff under his own name, and the album "Might!" be avoided, as it tends to feature alot of spoken-work drivel in his monotone voice on fairly pitiful topics such as social-darwinism and comedic neo-fascism. But dont let that put you off his serious noise work. Get "Easy Listning For Iron Youth", a collection of his best pieces from the 70s and 80s, which is at some times relaxing and other times wonderfully intense. Also, "Recieve the Flame" is possibly the best all round NON album proper, and quite a beautiful piece of noise.

From Britian, you're gonna be looking at mostly the original and post-"industrial" scene. Throbbing Gristle, for the most part, sound fairly accessible electro music these days, but that cant be said for their first album, "Second Annual Report" which still unsettles, jars and intoxicates today, a collection of lo-fi and highly dissounant recordings, that arguable hasn't been bettered. Whitehouse present laughable live-shows these days, but their records often live up to their original intention of creating the most brutal, savage and extreme music of all time. Their back-catalouge suffers from alot of albums which sound identical, and there early work especially is a little thin sounding. But their recent track, "Wriggle Like A Fucking Eel", is the best thing they have ever done. For extremely trippy, abrasive and challenging music with all kinds of organic and electronic sounds, check out "The Visitors" by Cyclobe. One of the best albums ever made, in my opinion.

Not so much Noise Music, more drone... get "Soliloquy For Lilith" by Nurse With Wound and "Time Machines" by Coil. Dont expect vocals, a melody, rhythm or songs... instead you will get huge undulating mind-altering wall and chasms of sound.

 

[billygannon]

I've been listening to Beaches and Canyons from Black Dice today. That's pretty sweet, but don't know if I'd call it noise.
The Merzbow stuff I've heard is pretty intense. I think it's a bit of a jump from Wolf Eyes and Black Dice.

 

[BC]

The Merzbow stuff I've heard is pretty intense. I think it's a bit of a jump from Wolf Eyes and Black Dice.

Merzbow takes a little time to get used to, but persist and you may be rewarded with an enveloping bath of noise

 

[chutneyfarmer]

Wow, thanks for the response. I have a few Merzbow albums already. Pretty intense stuff but it does become almost ambient after a while. I'm kinda more interested in the way Wolf Eyes, Hafler Trio, and Black Dice are going. Not noise but, i dunno what to call it is there anyone in that kind of area yiz could recommend? Tower had some gorgeous ltd Hafler Trio Cds in a few months ago. Shoud really have picked them up when i had the chance

 

[BC]

Wow, thanks for the response. I have a few Merzbow albums already. Pretty intense stuff but it does become almost ambient after a while. I'm kinda more interested in the way Wolf Eyes, Hafler Trio, and Black Dice are going. Not noise but, i dunno what to call it is there anyone in that kind of area yiz could recommend? Tower had some gorgeous ltd Hafler Trio Cds in a few months ago. Shoud really have picked them up when i had the chance

Wow, i didnt realize Tower got h3o in. The Hafler Trio is pretentious, lavish and fucking fantastic music (at times). The CDs have stunning packaging, again, h3o is one of those who has over 30 albums... like Merzbow, almost a release per month. "Masturbatorium" (composed entirely out of the sounds of female masturbation and orgasm) is brilliant, as is much of their stuff: "A small child dreams of vioding the plague", "kisses with both hands from gods little toy", "fuck" are all great.

i can only urge you to check out Nurse With Wound and Coil, if you havent already done so. much more in this vein than the pure obliteration of Merzbow, Massonna, KK Null, New Blockaders... who all go for an ambient yet abrasive wall of noise that never really goes anywhere...

-Drunken Brian

 

[billygannon]

I reckon Tumult have quite a few things - stuff like Noisegate, Leviathan, Weakling.

 

[ddmurph]

Destructo Swarmbots

his cork gig with dalek was cool. two of my mates had to move to the back of the room during his set! don't think i've heard anything about him since that gig.

 

[ddmurph]

oh yeah, there's a pretty cool merzbow cd discography here ... http://www.hut.fi/~omertalo/Merzbow.html

 

[mackle]

there was a cool piece in the wire a few months ago on noise.

you should check out throbbing gristle because they started the whole thing.

then more recently i would say check out hair police and double leopards

 

[wound]

there was a cool piece in the wire a few months ago on noise.

you should check out throbbing gristle because they started the whole thing.

then more recently i would say check out hair police and double leopards

yeah,definetly check double leopards.

 

[billygannon]

There's a bit about Weakling here. I like the track here...

http://www.epitonic.com/artists/weakling.html