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No no, I was saying that LOL

I was narrating my own life

Yellow Swans 4ever

Yesyes to Yellow Swans.

I do feel some noise music/performance, have had periods in the past where I'd listen to a lot of that, and drone. If you're feeling really bad it can be good therapy. Not too much into very harsh stuff for any length of time, but always love noisy guitar/bass/voice/shrieking things/feedback, as long as it's a bit smeared and has some warmth. Tape loops. And field recordings, found sounds, because obviously the world is noise and music can harness that chaos allowing rarefied/personal views.

I should probably pause there and just acknowledge that I haven't followed the noise scene a lot ever, there are just ssooo many ultra-prolific acts/artists in that vein it seems. Will probably pick up that thread again at a later point, just order a bunch of random tapes from niche labels...

One guy I remember checking out and who blew my mind performance-wise is Justice Yeldham. The sounds he makes with glass are kinda incredible. Never seen him live, might get squeamish if I did, but here's a video without blood.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzqQek2SMU[/youtube]

http://dualplover.com/yeldham/

I was an awkward teen who listened almost exclusively to "experimental" music for a two year phase.

Some of my favorites:

Nurse With Wound
The Hafler Trio
Merzbow
Smegma
The Anti-Group
Laibach (in particular the Krst Pod Triglavom soundtrack, most of their stuff is more conventional)
SPK
H.N.A.S. (check my avatar, yo)
Legendary Pink Dots (when they aren't being a synth-psych-pop band they make a lot of noise)
Severed Heads (the early stuff)

Also love the production of 80's Foetus records, even though they are noise rock they really came from left field in a seminal sort of way that I think had a ripple effect on the industry years later.

I'm just popping in to say that "Harsh Noise Wally" is the cutest noise pun ever, and I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it.

kbit wrote:Yellow Swans 4ever

Been listening a bit to "Going places" lately. It's pretty damn great, so thanks.

Also been listening to some stuff from this instagram dude who likes the same pedals as me: https://yasuhitofujinami.bandcamp.com/ Some really cool stuff on there.

Also also, Harsh Noise Wally rules.

Going Places is my favorite album. At All Ends and Descension are other good records of their to check out that are kinda similar in sound, though At All Ends is way more dissonant/disorienting. I'd never felt more like I was on drugs because of music than I did listening to At All Ends really loud alone.

Their earlier stuff has more drum machines and chaos, as does most of Pete Swanson's post-Yellow Swans work.

Cool, will check them out. Thanks for the tip.

Currently listening to Fertile by KK Null while reading. Really good, interesting stuff. Love the way he slowly builds up his HNW ( ) and the sudden bursts of rhytmical, minimalist power electronics.

frodog wrote:
One guy I remember checking out and who blew my mind performance-wise is Justice Yeldham. The sounds he makes with glass are kinda incredible. Never seen him live, might get squeamish if I did, but here's a video without blood.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzqQek2SMU[/youtube]

http://dualplover.com/yeldham/

He's really worth seeing. Not every performance ends in him covered in his own blood and even then there's a weird disconnected to it. He's on the floor doing his thing with a big bit of glass over his face and you're standing at a remove watching it. It's kind of hard to explain but I'm squeamish about blood and self harm and I've seen him a bunch of times.

frodog wrote:Yesyes to Yellow Swans.

I do feel some noise music/performance, have had periods in the past where I'd listen to a lot of that, and drone. If you're feeling really bad it can be good therapy. Not too much into very harsh stuff for any length of time, but always love noisy guitar/bass/voice/shrieking things/feedback, as long as it's a bit smeared and has some warmth. Tape loops. And field recordings, found sounds, because obviously the world is noise and music can harness that chaos allowing rarefied/personal views.

I should probably pause there and just acknowledge that I haven't followed the noise scene a lot ever, there are just ssooo many ultra-prolific acts/artists in that vein it seems. Will probably pick up that thread again at a later point, just order a bunch of random tapes from niche labels...

One guy I remember checking out and who blew my mind performance-wise is Justice Yeldham. The sounds he makes with glass are kinda incredible. Never seen him live, might get squeamish if I did, but here's a video without blood.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzqQek2SMU[/youtube]

http://dualplover.com/yeldham/

That is sick

I saw Prurient open for Godflesh last night. Really good. First kind of noise set I've ever seen live.

I can't get into Prurient -- or at least not the new one everyone was raving about. Too song-y for me.