Saturday, May 27, 2017

Inbreeder - Errorland (Porcelain Editions, 2013)

One of my favorite projects out there in a noise part of the world, one of those i was really proud to collaborate with is Inbreeder. It's a project of a Joel Walter, a guy who not only make fine noise but great collage art as well (hopefully one day i will fulfill my dream of making a collage zine with his art). Inbreeder is a strange project - very minimal in sound - no powerful loud sound, just a lot of buzzes, hisses and synth type sounds but delivered in such a fine way that it is both noisy and musical. First side here is exactly that - lots of hiss and buzz and various sounds going all around you - while all that is followed with repeating bass synth tone in a very slow rhythm. Very dark track - in a way it reminds me of some dark church ritual, probably because of synth that repeats in a way as church bell when announcing a mass. Side B also continue this dark mass with same "bell" just now slightly more distorted and more sucked into background. Just now its not a call anymore - ritual has started - under all noises we have repetitive snare drum beating. All of that creates great suspense and leave you tense and sort of paranoid about what will happen next.
Only downside to this album is that its fairly short - total is 10 minutes, and i could listen this for hours probably (and this comes from a guy whose attention is crazy short - and get bored with anything longer than few minutes - so now you can imagine how good this one is...).
Its a pretty old release from 2013 on now defunct Porcelain Editions label , but thanks to this digital world we live in you can get your digital copy on bandcamp.
Go there and buy one INBREEDER - Errorland

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Raven - Violence Begins With a Fork (Craneal Fracture Records,2016)

Here is our old friend Djordje with another brutal sound massacre. Like we are already used to, albums from this anarcho vegan harsh noise project always stand up against consumerism, capitalism, animal rights. This time titla and cover photo tells us all - very depressing photo of a pig ready for slaughter, in blood red color and sides are titled  a:Violence Begins With a Fork and b:Unleash the Cages. Raven is 99% of time loudest project out there (probably many will have different opinions, but i am not joking here guys, just take any project you think its loud and put it side by side with any Raven album and you will see what i am talking about...), and like always he stays firm in his loud aggressive position but with a twist. This album is loud and aggressive  but also depressive as hell. You have brutal layers of noise but also some deep muddy sounds in background. I can even recognize what it is - it could be screaming voices or animals suffering or anything, but you have really big feel of unease while listening to this one. Don't need much to describe here, Raven's noise is always on very high level, always real, no artsy shit... Only thing that bothers me is that Djordje slowed down his output a bit, after first few years with 100+ releases in total (and crazy long split series with almost every name from the scene on Shit Noise Records), now we have last few years with a bit less releases probably due to the fact that many noise labels started going more for aforementioned artsy noise stuff. So if any of you label owners read this - call Djordje and make some new albums (i will have to empty one more shelf to fit new wave of Raven's albums but who needs that much clothing anyway...)
So check Raven's stuff at http://www.ravennoise.co.nr/
This album at Raven - Violence Begins With a Fork
And this fine label you surely have to check - plenty of nice things there! Craneal Fracture Records

Friday, May 12, 2017

Gods Wil - De Ene Nachtmerrie Na De Andere (self-released ?, 2016)

Guy begind this project i knew and also met in person much before i heard his sounds-he is a host of very good noise radio show on Radio Patapoe. Every Tuesday i try to be home so i can tune in and find out about some new noise-you should stay home too - fuck social life! Also show before this one is by Peter Zincken from Stront label-so Tuesday evening can be very pleasant for a noishead or person with no friends... Oh wait - it is the same person!

So first track here is labeled intro and it is more in HNW style that slowly turns itself, through little bleeps and crashes, into something that i am much more into-harsh noise.. Probably first Nachtmerrie started (all tracks are labeled Nachtmerrie except Intro and Uittro). Probably nachtmerrie means nightmare - if not please dutch guys correct me... And its really deep sounding noise with piercing sounds. Not only nightmare feeling but ears have their nightmare too now. Since we move into very aggressive sound now-probably we are into next nightmare already (you see i use this nightmare word like i am 100% sure its a correct translation...) Since i am a great fan of Gods Wil sound i would just wrute superlatives - which would bore you to death so i will stop writing and listen to these in peace. Some nice contact mic banging is happening while i write this. Fucking perfect! 
his website: GODS WIL