From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Thu, Jul 30th 1998, 19:51
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Thu, Jul 30th 1998, 19:51
>yesterday or so someone posted a short list of CDs to check out (in >signal/noise order, as it were) so as to properly appreciate noise like >"farmer's manual" ... and being the foresighted individual that i am i >deleted the post. could someone forward it, or list a few albums they'd >suggest listening to? i've become more interested in pure noise in the >past week or two and don't have much to go on... While I don't remember the specifics of the post, I do remember agreeing with it for the most part. Some things worth looking into off the top of my head (vaguely in order from least noisy to most): Oval - 94diskont (thrill jockey) - you've heard the hype; well this record will make you believe it. alt.noise comp (Switch) - has a really silly looking cover, but is actually one of the best compilations I've heard in a long time - has both quite accessible "noisy" things and balls out power noise and everything in between. dissolve compilation (Fused Coil) - a reissue of a comp. originally called Melt (do NOT buy the comp called melt on Fused Coil, or anything else on that label - mostly just terrible shit) that was on Works in Progress. a couple of bad tracks but for the most part just beautiful low key noise. :zoviet*france: and Beequeen are on it if that gives you any idea (both of whom are well worth looking into by themselves - Beequeen's "the surrough gate" 10" being the most recent thing I can think of; quite wonderful - Rapoon's "Just say the faith" is quite good as well but in a slightly different area). Decay compilation (Touch) - from rhythmic noise to unadulterated field recordings. A quality CD for that kind of thing but not mindblowing. Merzbow - Scumtron (Blast First) - the only Merzbow CD worth owning. The one with original merzbow tracks and the autechre, panasonic, etc. remixes. Autechre and Panasonic are by _far_ the most "normal" things on here though... but it's mostly pretty good. Shiroseasons comp. - on Daniel Menche's label. Aube, Menche himself, Small Cruel Party and some other guy each do 15 minutes of ambient noise - unbelievably awesome. Each track is a true head trip, often constructed with very minimal sounds. Nurse with Wound - Homotopy to Marie, to the Quiet Men... (United Dairies) These are several steps beyond Farmers Manual on the music/noise ratio - things rattle, bizarre fragments of conversation, bricks fall, etc. Uncompromising to say the least but I love it. Soliloquoy for Lilith is much more accessible and utterly brilliant, but the aesthetic has more in common with Lamonte Young than any noise artists. There are many, many more... If you like aggressive, distorted, noisy idm, there's always Panacea and Techno Animal (whose Phobic 12" I just picked up and it is currently destroying the foundations of my house)... Panasonic is good, as is the empty set (dunno how you get that symbol)... wierdos from texas and new zealand releasing impossibly limited edition 12"s of nothing but windup toys and static are always fun if you can find them cheaply. In short, there's too much stuff for me to even try to touch all the bases, but happy hunting. --- the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto