drone/noise/ambient

[Layne]

^^ earlier in the summer i listened to aphex twin nonstop as well.

 

really wish i could find some of those ben frost collab albums.

[conqueror]

Anybody planning to go to UNSOUND?

i went to unsound here in adelaide back in march - raime were incredible.

[bill]

 

 

 

http://www.normanrecords.com/records/140495-jfk-la-bas

[bill]

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CySvOlTLWBU

[bill]

seeing tim hecker in three weeks

 

 

[Fycus]

been listening to old aphex twin, selected ambient works 1 and 2. holy shit this stuff has aged really well, such classic tunes. 

[jackg]

^^ earlier in the summer i listened to aphex twin nonstop as well.

 

really wish i could find some of those ben frost collab albums.

 

ahhh thank you Layne, I had forgotten how incredible Ben Frost is. I have had him on repeat all day. 

 

Which collab albums are you talking about??

[Layne]

ahhh thank you Layne, I had forgotten how incredible Ben Frost is. I have had him on repeat all day. 

 

Which collab albums are you talking about??

 

sorry jack, just saw this post.

 

he's got a bunch of collab albums, stuff for random plays... shit like that.  check his webpage  or wiki for the names (i can't remember &/or spell them all).

[ninetynine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbTIhC79UJ4

[rockon99]

hope this is the right thread..

 

[ColdStorage]

New THE RITA 3LP on Urashima is a landmark release for the Canadian artist. Although "wall noise" (shudder) has become a hallmark of non-quality, Sam McKinley is an absolute master and you cant throw the baby out with the bathwater.

 

http://www.urashima.it/uma060.html

 

Shipping prices from Italy will be prohibitive for other North Americans, but you can bet the usual suspects (RRR, Self Abuse, Militant Walls) will have copies for sale. I went ahead and ordered direct, since I think its nice to show support to labels doing such giant undertakings in the face of declining sales for physical releases.

Edited September 30, 2013 by ColdStorage

[RayRei]

Watching this today and its awesome. 

[Gaspardd]

Favourite chord progression in an ambient song.

[joeyod007]

 

 

This one is pretty good for you Aussies! If you like concept based albums.

[Gaspardd]

A lot of Steve Roach's work is amazing, try and seek out physical copies of his work if you can, His Quiet Music series & Structures From Silence are standouts for me.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRgdeaDl4tM

 

If you guys are fans of sweet new age/ambient music with nicely designed covers, also check out Software on the Innovative Communications label.

[haruki_murakami]

I got my hands on a physical copy of the Merzbow/Consumer Electronics collaborative effort "Horn of the Goat" recently and I'm pretty impressed. It's a really solid mix of some drone-y, slow moments and some really strong power electronics. Highly recommended.

 

A little while I also got hold of the Merzbow/Tea Culture and Merzbannon singles on vinyl and they're really good too. I'm still looking to get the two Bustmonster sevens in my collection at some point. 

 

Anyone have any favorite releases of his?

[RayRei]

Pulse Demon is legendary. As a drummer I really enjoy Aqua Necromancer. Graft is also a favorite. Damn it's really hard to narrow it down haha.

[haruki_murakami]

Pulse Demon is legendary. As a drummer I really enjoy Aqua Necromancer. Graft is also a favorite. Damn it's really hard to narrow it down haha.

Yeah, there's a lot to choose from. Dude is putting something out every month it seems. I'm a big fan of Music for Bondage Performance, Japanese Birds vol. 7, and Pulse Demon, too. I haven't heard Aqua Necromancer but I'll give it a listen soon. Thanks a lot for the suggestion, man.

[ColdStorage]

That Tea Culture split is great. I have a few Tea Culture CDrs that are pretty good. Degenerate UK noise thats harsh without being muscular. Pairs well with Smell & Quim.

 

 I got different "favorite" Merzbows for different reasons... Just on the shape of sounds, my favorite is "Cloud Cock 00 Grand" which is so dry and acoustic sounding in places. For aesthetic experience, nothing beats an original "Ecobondage" 2LP, which is just perfect to sit and gaze into while listening (and the sounds are great too). Sentimentally, my favorite is "Electric Salad" because I bought it young when I had to actually take a bus to the city to buy music, and my budget was small, and everything was so mysterious because you couldn't just sample on youtube... anyway, not trying to get into a "10 miles in the snow both ways" thing here, but I had that CD when I didnt have a lot of music and I spent time with it in a way I rarely focus on anything anymore. I bet if you played me a 10 second abstract from it I could tell you what album it is.

 

Honorable mentions of course for the pornoise set (MASSIVE!), and all the early tape work that is being reissued like the blossoming noise cassettes, the Vinyl On Demand box set, the lp Urashima did earlier this year, etc. If you havent heard his early nearly-industrial loop based stuff, before he became standard-Japan harsh, you are in for a treat.

 

*(Edit: No one needs the bustmonster eps. Grab em for $1 one day if you stumble on em but don't go out of your way. If you got your heart set on an all star line up I suggest HIJOKAIDAN "Ferocity of practical life")

Edited November 7, 2013 by ColdStorage

[haruki_murakami]

 I got different "favorite" Merzbows for different reasons... Just on the shape of sounds, my favorite is "Cloud Cock 00 Grand" which is so dry and acoustic sounding in places. For aesthetic experience, nothing beats an original "Ecobondage" 2LP, which is just perfect to sit and gaze into while listening (and the sounds are great too). Sentimentally, my favorite is "Electric Salad" because I bought it young when I had to actually take a bus to the city to buy music, and my budget was small, and everything was so mysterious because you couldn't just sample on youtube... anyway, not trying to get into a "10 miles in the snow both ways" thing here, but I had that CD when I didnt have a lot of music and I spent time with it in a way I rarely focus on anything anymore. I bet if you played me a 10 second abstract from it I could tell you what album it is.

 

Honorable mentions of course for the pornoise set (MASSIVE!), and all the early tape work that is being reissued like the blossoming noise cassettes, the Vinyl On Demand box set, the lp Urashima did earlier this year, etc. If you havent heard his early nearly-industrial loop based stuff, before he became standard-Japan harsh, you are in for a treat.

Damn, I'm looking forward to listening to these now. Thanks for the insight!

 

Has anyone listened to the Black Pus reissue on Deathbomb Arc? It's been on rotation lately for me and I'm pretty excited about it. I regret not buying the physical copy when it was on sale. 

[chris w.]

can't wait to pick up the new kerridge record on wax

[sawyer]

http://www.ellenfullman.com/Fullman_lmj.pdf'>The instrument is acoustic. Wooden box resonators are mounted on a wall and twenty to thirty strings terminate into each resonator soundboard. Performers walk between pathways of strings suspended at waist-height. The instrument is played by “bowing†with rosined fingertips while walking. A uniquely designed brass capo on each wire changes the vibrating string length much as a capo on a guitar. Tuned in just intonation, the pitch range is determined by length: A4 (440 Hz, open A string on the violin) requires eight meters in length. Every octave lower requires a doubling of length. These enormous lengths are required when strings are excited in the longitudinal mode, or played by “bowing†lengthwise.

 

the fundamentals are so low they can't be heard by human ear. when she plays the instrument you are only hearing the overtones

 

https://soundcloud.com/ellenfullman

 

[conqueror]

i saw merzbow play live a few times in tokyo but he was pretty boring, i'm sure he was a lot more exciting a few decades ago. still have a pulse demon shirt (prob two sizes too small) around somewhere...

(before anyone says 'most noise artists are boring live' - keiji, incapacitants, masonna etc are all amazing still.)

here is one of my favourite shows i've ever been to:

[khez]

[ColdStorage]

Very sad news in my inbox this morning from a friend in Japan. It seems Akifumi Nakajima (Aube / G.R.O.S.S tapes) has passed away. I think that his extreme and meticulous packaging was the pinnacle of one of the trajectories of 90s cassette noise culture, but still he was powerful enough mind to bend rules and blur lines in ways like doing a split tape with British pranksters Smell & Quim... I think this personal and idiosyncratic approach is lost in todays dogmatic genre exercises... Akifumi was a real natural beauty.

 

I'm blasting some G.R.O.S.S classics today like v/a "The Four Shrines", Allegory Chapel Ltd "Demimonde Voices", Incapacitants "El Shanbara Therminosis", as well as Aube classics like the split w/ The Haters in his honor.

 

R.I.P

 

 

https://twitter.com/neuschnee_/status/408842572572786688

 

[copknocks]

If any of yinz are into Baths, he has a side-project called Geotic that makes some great ambient stuff:  

 

www.youtube.com/embed/bQy-mYv7HYQ

 

 

other than that i pretty much listen to life is full of possibilities on repeat.

Edited December 8, 2013 by copknocks

[frasier oiseau]

 

 

 

This Caldera Lakes tape is amazing as well, definitely worth checking out.

Edited January 28, 2014 by Deux_Oiseaux

[yachtrock89]

Edited January 29, 2014 by yachtrock89

[yachtrock89]

Might technically belong in the classical thread but whatever:

 

[I told a mod to fuck off]

really recommend this "new" artist on bandcamp, his name is Alex Donley and he makes beautiful piano based ambient, and some glitch too, he became one of my favourites pretty fast.

 

 

This one is pretty crazy to listen while outside, its like being surrounded by kids, really eerie