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man, wish i'd made this neat! (tension & circumstance is on potlatch)

Need to check out all of these really, shall have to revisit and post impressions later.

Couple things that I guess go into here:

Rene Hell

His recent Mnml Ssgs mix is well worth a listen, the relationships of the individuals mixed together give it a strange mosiac-like feel

http://mnmlssg.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/ssg-special-rene-hell-presents-large.html

and he's just put out a tape under another pseudonym that demands attention

http://salonturnkey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/fusantane-mifume-buf.html

Joseph Beuys & Nam June Paik ?– Coyote III With Pianovariation 1984

Got this from volcanic tongue a while back but only really just started getting into it. Beuys performing concrete poetry/howling like a coyote and just being his usual shamanistic self over scattered piano. The record is a bootleg and a limited press so i figure a link isnt an horrendous idea

http://shalalal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/joseph-beuys-nam-june-paik-coyote-iii.html

Unit Moebius/Shitcluster

Found these by accident, various rips of old unreleased or forgotten tapes by Bunker Records stalwarts. Some of the stuff vaguely draws to mind disco, house or techno. But smeared in dirt and weirdness.

http://loslaten.bandcamp.com/
http://www.loslaten.tk/blog/1998/07/23/a-new-face-in-hell/
http://www.loslaten.tk/blog/1998/11/23/the-devil-is-in-the-detail/

Black Lodge ?– Untitled

Again, shadowy disco-y stuff from 2010, but too odd to fit in the mongrel thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7HYtWW6cvFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hOgvD2KRxmY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-HXy1KQN0uE

Raionbashi / Stefan Roigk / Daniela Fromberg ?– Blowing Up The Masters Workshop Split

http://boomkat.com/vinyl/408389-raionbashi-roigk-fromberg-split-lp
http://senufoeditions.bandcamp.com/track/daniela-fromberg-and-stefan-roigk-blowing-up-the-masters-workshop

Tlaotlon - Squirt Image Flex

Frankly batshit sound collage, picked it up on the recommendation of The Wire this month. It's psychadelic but in a way that doesn't use the same old tropes.

http://www.discogs.com/Tlaotlon-Squirt-Image-Flex/release/3334950
http://soundcloud.com/trensmat/sets/tlaotlon-squirt-image-flex-lp

Sketchlike post here really, I'l sit down properly and think of a few more things and give deeper impressions later.

Also, oneforghost, i never asked. Where did the 'Ferware' thread name come from?

in general is putting out good stuff, but I am pretty damned excited about this:

http://editionsmego.com/release/SOMA009

Omalley, haino, Ambarchi trio...there is a whole gig of theirs on YouTube, but the sound does not really do it justice (I imagine...)

Because I think it could be.

It's amazingly stirring, disturbing, neo-classical. huge step away from the dirt and grime of the last piece. It's the soundtrack that Prometheus should have had, absolutely terrifying in places, and the Johann Johannsson collaboration is incredible. For such a dissonant record it's incredibly easy to come back to.

Really really like the Suum Cuique record too. Has anyone got the new Joe Colley one?

I know little about improv but happily suggest that you check out Painkiller if you weren't aware

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFL04ObMXNA

My standard Harris-bumming of the day

http://zamzamrec.org

Here's a recording of live webradio show we did last week, records and tapes and live sets from Diatribes (improv) and Cementimental (harsh noise) http://zamzamrec.org/R%CE%94dYO.html

relevant to the interests of this thread.

http://transientconstellations.tumblr.com/

Eternal Tapestry album coming out too.

Is there anyone not signed to Thrill Jockey now adays?

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2012/06/sr-mix-133-sagat-vlek/

We've got an odd spaced out noisey mix today.

https://vimeo.com/41044239

thanks everyone for joining in! keep it up

http://noise-park.tumblr.com/

http://www.experimedia.net/on-sale-c-578.html

http://soundcloud.com/hundebiss-records/jaws-sufferers-song

Hundebiss can be kind of hit-and-miss (That sewn leather lp was awful) but I like this a lot, it sort of scatters between melody and something grainier.

Henry & Hazel Slaughter - Sideways Gas Washers [American Tapes]

http://boomkat.com/vinyl/514607-henry-hazel-slaughter-sideways-gas-washers
http://americantapes.bigcartel.com/product/am-920-henry-hazel-slaughter-sideways-gas-washers-onesided-lock-groove-lp

One of the albums I've enjoyed most this year, and one that I think has done the most with the whole 'noise-techno' niche. I've enjoyed stuff by KPLR, Container, Swanson etc. but ive generally found it to sound like pretty one dimensional techno with a cheese grater taken to it, whereas this album is just so batshit in it's sampling and source material (pot-boiling-over-whistles, dial-up chirrups and indulgent farts over drums that seem to be at a stage of constant near-collapse) that its elevated above them for me. The quick fire assault of ideas helps too, the sketch is laid out then shudders into an awkward locked groove until you flick it forward.

Jacques Jazz - Becoming Gay

http://fagtapes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/jaqcues-jazz-becoming-gay.html

Don't really know what it is, can't afford it, but 'This is funky and I don't know what the fuck is going on. Detroit freak changing into freaks' makes me want it.

The Aktion mix is typical Villalobos, so whether you love or hate him will tell you how you'll like this track, but the Sorgenkind mix is genuinly brilliant. Amazing sound design.

http://nightschoolrecords.bigcartel.com/

http://woebetiderecords.wordpress.com/artists/drachmae-lucky-strength/wb004-drachmae-lucky-strength/

also this guy's a really talented young composer aged just 21. 'if i in my north room' is the best thing, all clattery objects. think it's released somewhere as well.
http://soundcloud.com/lawrencedunn

http://shop.southern.com/haxan-cloak-the-men-parted-the-sea-to-devour-the-water-vinyl/
http://shop.southern.com/haxan-cloak-the-men-parted-the-sea-to-devour-the-water-cd/

This recording is about trying to re-interpret my own work, I think. I never want to give a straight recreation of any of my recorded material when I play live - one reason is because it is too logistically difficult, but the main reason is that I just don't think it suits me as a performer; it makes me feel uncomfortable. I like to treat performance as a composition also - a different beast. So on this Latitudes session, and when I play live generally, I think of it as me remixing my own work essentially. If my recorded music so far exists within one sphere, I'd like to try and move the live element to a completely different sphere - I don't like the notion of being stuck in one place, or pigeon-holed, I guess."

His album was one of my favourite last year, can't wait for this. The t-shirt bundle looks nice too

Is now available FOR FREE (although I'd urge you to donate) from Cronica.
http://www.cronicaelectronica.org/?p=068
One of my favourite records of the past few years; really lush, exotic vintage synth & sample stuff that I can't really describe 'cause I'm not very verbose.

http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4351109

Seems more in keeping.

Anyway, is there any sites/blogs people would recommend for keeping on top of this sort of stuff? I'm dependent on my monthly dose of Wire to find most of this out and would like something a bit more, erm, digital to help me keep up to date.

Have a Keiji Haino trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IgVGriFcFn0

new Clams Casino mixtape.

http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/06/clams-casino-drops-second-mixtap

http://soundcloud.com/tomutonttu/veli-matti-o-ij-l-anna
http://www.volcanictongue.com/tips/show/290

This is brillintly weird. One sided LP with noisey, pitch black machinery grinding away in the background whilst vocals that sound like they're from Twin Peaks' Black Lodge.

good eai
http://balloonnneedle.com/
http://www.auditionrecords.com/ar053.php (free)

kfw new'un!
http://vimeo.com/41707202

could've done w/ a d/l link but whatever
http://www.dummymag.com/mixes/2012/06/06/dummy-mix-124-snd/

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2012/06/review-mind-over-mirrors-high-upon-aguirre/

what would you recommend?... nothing too 'academic' or whatever please, prefer it silly

^this is a terrible description, basically a license to rec whatever you want

(good thread btw)

Weird creeping, bleak thing. Experimedia describes it as aural poison gas and that pretty much nails it i think

http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/moth-cock-self-titled-tusco/s-Ea8AB
http://tuscoembassy.bigcartel.com/product/t-e81-moth-cock-s-t-lp

bewildering, haunted drone/noise trip from 1995 that I have come to realise was by no other than Johnny Jewel, of all people.

http://www.fusetronsound.com/label.php?whomart=TWENTYSIX

"***Second Layer Records Highgate Shop Closing***

Saturday 23rd June will be the final day of the Highgate shop. There are a multitude of reasons why I have decided to close but in summary: 1) I have a lot of things I want to do outside of the shop and cannot justify the time spent here; 2) The majority of customers now reserve records via phone/email and simply collect, and although this is not a problem in itself, the role of running Second Layer Records as a public shop with set opening hours seems increasingly redundant to me.

I’ve been blessed with unbelievably cheap rent that has enabled me to survive but that is no reason to stay when your enthusiasm is waning. I have to be enjoying myself to do this – there is no point otherwise – so it now feels right to move on and use the time for other things.

I want to say a big thanks to everyone who has supported the shop over the years. I’ve had a lot of fun and I've met some really great people that will not be forgotten.

***PLEASE NOTE: The mail-order will be carrying on as per usual and customers will be able to collect records from a North London location by appointment only.***"

here's a tape we've put out that may well fall into this thread's remit. you may recognise joe from a certain barn owl obsessed drowned in sound column. :)

Southampton-based collective/gig-organisers Bang The Bore recently released this 6-CDr box set, listening to my copy now, hours of interesting stuff! Recommended!

Read about + order at http://www.bangthebore.org/releases/btb/missing-nothing

http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+145

New album coming out on Editions Mego and its sounding wicked.

It's loud throughout and really quite unsettling in places.

I hope they put up some mp3s soon, I can't be doing with this expensive vinyl only deal.

Went to see Ben Frost last night (trio: Frost, a drummer and a cellist) and he blew me away. I like his loud industrial rave type stuff, but when he tones it down it's amazing. They did a loose version of O God Protect Me where it actually sounded like they were playing the building. One of the most incredible things I've seen live. Roly Porter was supporting and sounded pretty great but needs to work on actually 'performing' his stuff imho.

But I think it's a bit freeform to be called dance.

Really liking this DJ Purple Image record. Library music/noise/4 on the floor and almost everything in between.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZHFSMNZMI

http://www.experimedia.net/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&products_id=5522
http://impeccablesurface.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lander-5-arrives.html

Kind of messed up House blended in with weird synthiness. Really good on my first couple of listens. He did a split tape with Pete Swanson last year thats good too.

Dariius - Dariius [Salon]

http://renehell.bandcamp.com/album/dariius

I've been pimping this a lot but it's worth it, it's 'deep house' but sounds like nothing i've ever heard under that banner before, s'by Driphouse.

Metasplice - Topographical Interference EP

http://hardwax.com/66112/metasplice/topographical-interference-ep/

Noisy, kinda gruesome shapes twisted into something like techno.

http://radioqualia.va.com.au/isol/emissions3a.html

this. 'Coordinated Universal Time' by Alastair Galbraith a piece of what is so far proving to be a compelling and beautiful piece of sound art.

stumbled across it by searching for that man on filestube or filetram out of curiosity (relax, I'm going to buy a few solo & A Handful of Dust records when I get paid).

also features pieces by others, including one by Roy Montgomery.

[ isol:
transmission03 ]
Broadcast date:
10.03.02
This programme
features a new
commissioned
sound work by
Alastair Galbraith:
[ Coordinated
Universal Time ]
The times of
various events,
particularly
astronomical and
weather
phenomena, are
often given in
"Universal Time".
In civil usage,
Universal Time
usually refers to
"Coordinated
Universal Time" -
the system by
which all the
world's clocks are
set. It is based
upon the time on
the 0 degree
longitude passing
through
Greenwich,
England, home of
the now-closed
Greenwich
Observatory .
Many radio
stations broadcast
Coordinated
Universal Time
signals, allowing
listeners to
accurately set their
clocks. The BBC
began transmitting
time signals in
1924, and since
this point a variety
of specialist time
broadcasters have
been established,
many
broadcasting in
the Shortwave
range.
Alastair
Galbraith has
utilised these
broadcasts as the
basis for his
project for i s o l.
His piece
incorporates three
half hour
Shortwave
broadcasts of
standard
Coordinated
Universal Time.
Galbraith is
fascinated by the
way in which the
broadcasts are
decontextualised
as soon as they
are recorded - the
time signals can
only be accurate
and relevant when
heard 'live'. Once
recorded and
played back out of
their live context,
the chiming ticks
can no longer be
used to set
watches and
merely become
rhythms.
Galbraith has also
noted that it
becomes obvious
during prolonged
listening, that
these minute and
hour
announcements
are prerecorded.
When they were
recorded the time
signals were false,
destined to only
become accurate
at a future point in
history. Galbraith
also ponders the
accuracy of the
time signals from a
receiving
perspective.
Questions arise as
to how long the
shortwaves take to
travel from the
transmitter to the
receiver - do the
'ticks' arrive
fractionally late in
remote locations?
Galbraith is also
investigating the
relativity of time.
[ Coordinated
Universal Time ]
muses on the
nature of the
broadcasts
intended purpose
- to coordinate
and standardise
time itself.
Galbraith has
utilised the
Coordinated
Universal Time
broadcasts as a
rhythmic backing
track, to which he
has aesthetically
intervened by
adding a droning
loop of a vocal
recording, and a
range of other
shortwave
samples.
In relation to
[ Coordinated
Universal Time ] ,
Alastair writes:
"i left it long for
hypnotic reasons
i've loved playing
with shortwave at
night out here
at taieri mouth
waiting for the
dark
when the tide of
shortwaves comes
rolling in
i love the
ephemerality of
the time
announcements
the weather
warnings
contrasted with
the endless tick
the rhythmic
atmospheric hiss
see-saws."
--------------
Note to
[ Coordinated
Universal Time ] :
Intially Alastair
Galbraith planned
to hire or buy a
very sensitive
shortwave receiver
and record non
man-made sounds
from a remote
South Island
location, such as
Kaikoura . He
planned to take
the resulting tapes
to the Physics
Department at
Otago University
to discover exactly
what caused each
sonic blip, squeal
or hum. The sun,
and even the
planets in our
solar system
create noises
across quite wide
bands of the
shortwave
spectrum. The
object of
Galbraith's
intended project
was to attempt to
uncover the
sounds which the
planets in our
solar system make.
Galbraith
discovered that
the the earth is
one of the loudest
sources of natural
radio emissions in
our solar system,
broadcasting a
tone that
coincidentally is
the same
frequency as an
un-earthed hum.
He also discovered
that what he had
been planning to
do was essentially
to use a weak
radio receiver as a
radio telescope.
Realising that a
very large array, or
some other multi-
million dollar
installation would
do a much better
job, he decided to
change tack with
his project.
Galbraith
commented: "I
read that radio
telescopes were
made to represent
radio
transmissions as
visual material. I
am left wondering
if the great radio
receiving
telescopes have
even been hooked
up for sound in
the last 50 years.
Perhaps some
astronomer will
one day release
the c.d. I would
have loved to
make."
Coincidentally, r a
d i o q u a l i a 's
project for i s o l,
Radio Astronomy ,
utilises sounds
intercepted from
our solar system
using a large radio
telescope based in
Latvia.

which has some really great and interesting pieces in it, definitely worth checking out:
http://futuresequence.bandcamp.com/releases

Big of a JAG though as one of the pieces is mine (track 18)

New project between myself and a friend. Guitar and japanese banjo + visuals. Couple of teaser videos (with some slightly ropey audio recorded on an iphone) here:

http://sunskeletons.tumblr.com/music

is a interesting switch of pace and theme, doing the 'picking up techno' thing but the results are really kaleidoscopic and interesting.

http://dvvllxns.bandcamp.com/

It was fiendishly expensive on vinyl before. Beautiful spiritual/world jams with Cherry stretching outsides the boundaries of jazz. Very free playing but deep and meditative rather than furious and atonal. Essential record.

http://secretthirteen.org/secret-thirteen-mix-027-sun-araw/

http://batheticrecords.com/sanguine_futures/

Absolutely all-consuming stuff, the artwork perfectly conveys the sound.

So who picked up the Keijo Haino 'power trios'?

The Helm record?

The Mika Vainio / Kevin Drumm / Axel Dörner / Lucio Capece collab?

Particularly interested in your thoughts on the latter two.

http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4358528

PANTHER MODERN - CONTENT NULLITY - HAL HUTCHINSON - EMIT - CEMENTIMENTAL - DJ POISON CREEPER

sorry i've neglected you guys ... super busy

i like
Reines d'Angleterre ~ Globe et Dynastie
http://soundcloud.com/el-g-2/reines-dangleterre-tazart-s-jo
Venexia is great
as is this other Vainio ~ Fe3O4 - Magnetite
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/7348
Alessandro Bosetti ~ Royals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydU-Ul1tHo

This was on this month's Wire Tapper. I really like it, lots of clattery noises and things falling, underlaid with harmonious piano fills. It plays between beauty and chaos. This is just an excerpt, I'm afraid I can't find the full thing.
http://soundcloud.com/muziekweek/extract-switched-on

http://chondriticsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49136

http://thefogsignals.com/album/the-ghosts-of-bush

I think its fair to say that this may be the very last piece of true Radiophonics that will ever be produced – Jim Jupp of Ghostbox

'‘The Ghosts Of Bush’ was created entirely using the natural acoustic sounds of Bush House, the iconic home for the past seven decades of the BBC World Service which closed its doors for the last time on July 12th 2012. All of the sounds were captured in the small hours of the morning in empty offices, corridors, stairwells and other hidden corners by a Studio Manager working overnight. These recordings were then dubbed onto quarter-inch tape in the basement studio deep in the bowels of the South-East wing using two of the surviving reel-to-reel machines.

Adjusting the playback speed of the spools and ‘bouncing’ the recordings between the two tape machines lead to the discovery of a number of interesting phrases and sound textures which were then looped, layered and fashioned into rough compositions. Over time the tape would start to degrade and alter the nature of the sounds, while occasional echo was created by recording and playing various loops simultaneously, feeding the sound back into itself. The entire album was produced using these simple methods, and no other effects or studio trickery have been used. Thanks to the sonorous quality of Bush House’s Portland stone walls and high ceilings, the natural resonance of the space was all that was needed.

These are the sounds the building makes when it thinks no-one is listening, the sounds of many sleepless nights spent isolated in a labyrinthine basement surrounding by a crepuscular soundtrack of creaks and crackles. It’s an attempted homage to the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop who crafted the most incredible of sound-worlds from the most basic of sources. But mostly it’s my way of saying goodbye to a building that I and so many people have loved.

When talking of historic structures, the old clichéd approach is to wonder what one might hear if the ‘walls could speak’. I like to think that with ‘The Ghosts Of Bush’ we come closer to hearing them sing: One last song about the passage of time and the impermanence of all things, with the ghosts of the machines joining in. The last hurrah of a bygone era, of obsolete equipment and of a studio that has since fallen silent forever.

Robin The Fog'

spotify:album:73EyD8aZzyUc0TpvwmysGR

http://www.soundandmusic.org/projects/extreme-rituals-schimpfluch-carnival

Projects:
Extreme Rituals: A Schimpfluch Carnival
Date:
30 November - 2 December 2012
Venue:
Arnolfini, Bristol
Produced by:
Sound and Music in partnership with Arnolfini, Tusk Music, Harbinger Sound, Second Layer Records and The Live Art Development Agency

A three-day series of performances, talks and more devoted to the legacy of the Swiss performance group Schimpfluch.

Founded in Zürich in 1987, Rudolf Eb.er created Schimpfluch, a platform for extreme and outsider artists and the generation of highly disturbing and irritating audio/visual works. Gradually expanding to the Schimpfluch-Gruppe art-collective, Eb.er and Joke Lanz have since channelled grotesque humour into an ongoing series of confrontational radio broadcasts, physically demanding performances, ‘abreaction plays’ and ‘psycho-physical tests and trainings’.

Rejecting any given norm and genre, tearing down mental barriers, unlocking all gates to the nether regions of the human psyche, their celebrated work aims to unlock an awareness of existence and encourages the audience to 'get off the plane of miseducated adulthood'.

The Extreme Rituals carnival is a long-overdue retrospective and a celebration of Schimpfluch. Through an extensive programme will highlight the influence Schimpfluch has had since the late 80s, with audiences treated to a selection of performances, sound-installations, films, photographs and contextualising panel discussions. Alongside core Schimpfluch acts such as Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck, Sudden Infant, G*Park and Dave Phillips this carnival weekender features rare UK appearances by international guest artists such as GX Jupitter-Larsen, Phurpa and Vagina Dentata Organ.

Extreme Rituals also features performances by:

Trevor Wishart

The New Blockaders

Junko Hiroshige (Hijokaidan)

Bryan Lewis Saunders

Vicky Langan (Wölflinge)

Alice Kemp

Daniel Löwenbrück

Ute Waldhausen

Doreen Kutzke

Michael Barthel

Joachim Montessuis

Leif Elggren

Rashad Becker

Christian Weber

M. Vänçi Stirnemann

Mike Dando

and more tbc

Tickets:
Festival Pass: £40 (limited discounted Early Bird tickets available for a short time)
Day Tickets: £15

Tickets are available though the Arnolfini website here

Currently only Early Birds are on sale, individual day tickets will be available at a later date.

Both sides of this are wonderful, pushed me back to retry and enjoy 'Merciless' too.
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/568907-pete-swanson-mike-shiflet-split-lp

Sunk Series~ Cool new tape label set up by Jimmy Billingham/Tidal, the Tuluum Shimmering collab is stellar.
http://sunkseries.blogspot.co.uk/

Mark Lord continues to make some of the best nu-wave/habadashery techno, think this one has a free download somewhere or other
http://grossdomesticproduct.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/gdp013-mark-lord-forced-out/

http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/artists/work-death.html
Got properly into his 'Dedicated to Peter O'Toole' cassette recently and these are pretty black and barnstorming too

Superstorms ~ s/t [Experimedia]
http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/superstorms-self-titled-album/s-ZoWgi

Does that fit in this thread? Just wanted to say it's amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TphOpxk4Zw

http://lowpoint.bandcamp.com/album/mallet-guitars-two-music-for-moai-hava

loving it. check it out if you like the sound of guitars being used as percussion.

Particularly looking forward to the Type LP arriving, really liked how screwy the Operation Neptune Spear bits were.
http://boomkat.com/search?fields%5B%5D=artist&q=Vatican+Shadow

in Leeds this friday! Full infos: http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4352544

Luke Younger/Helm did me a brilliant mix built of favourite 2012 LPs/future Alter records/a smattering of exclusive unreleased Helm pieces.

MXLX
NEMATODES
H
UIUTNA
CEMENTIMENTAL

Full info - http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4422537

ALSO in Bristol the day before, Fri 11th Jan:
Pete Swanson, H & Cementimental:
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4422464