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Thursday, 27 August 2020

Knurl - Periodic Nephromucilaginocity

Driving, intelligently crafted noise from Canadian Alan Bloor. As usual, recorded live with analogue equipment and without overdubs. Released as a CD on Canadian experimental label Total Zero in 1999.
 
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Carl Smith - There Stands the Glass


Another release featuring a great rendition of the song that Webb Pierce made famous in the early 1950s. The majority of these songs were popularised by Pierce, making this the kind of musical tribute that is common in the country music industry. They are performed and reimagined excellently by Smith. Released on Columbia in 1964.
 
1. Slowly
2. Wondering
3. Love, Love, Love
4. Back Street Affair
5. So Used To Lovin' You
6. I'm Tired
7. There Stands The Glass
8. More And More
9. How Do You Talk To A Baby
10. Yes I Know Why
11. That Heart Belongs To Me
12. I Don't Care
 

Skin Crime - Parasite

Goliath CD release from Americans Skin Crime on Japanese noise label Xerxes in 2001. Raw sound recorded from 1996 to 1998, then digested into this release over the proceeding three years. An excellent exposition of Skin Crime's harsh noise abilities in their prime. 
 
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2. Anoplocephalia Perfoliata
3. Thysanosoma Actinioides
4. Rhipicephalus Sanguineus
5. Cochliomyia Hominovorax

Deterge - Prince of Palo Alto

 
Released on quality Rhode Island noise label Bacteria Field in 2018. Now sold out, but see their store here. Jim Haras executes his signature style of atmospheric, foreboding and disturbing power electronics. Themes appear to surround sex, intelligence and learning disabilities.
 
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Conway Twitty - Look into My Teardrops

The great country singer lends his voice to several excellent songs (with very pleasing arrangements and musicianship). In particular his renditions of 'Fraulein' and 'There Stands the Glass' are rewarding over and over again. Released on Decca in 1966. 
 
1. Don't You Believe Her
2. Almost Persuaded
3. I Don't Want To Be With Me
4. I Made Her That Way
5. The Wild Side Of Life
6. There Stands The Glass
7. Look Into My Teardrops
8. If You Were Mine To Lose
9. Fraulein
10. Take Me
11. Another Man's Woman
12. Before I'll Set Her Free

Tom T. Hall - Ballad of Forty Dollars and His Other Great Songs

Collection from 1969 including many classic songs and displaying Hall's remarkable talent for cast iron American songcraft and inimitable storytelling: most notably 'That's How I Got to Memphis', which is surely one of the best original love ballads ever put on record.

1. That's How I Got To Memphis
2. Cloudy Day
3. Shame On The Rain
4. Highways
5. Forbidden Flowers
6. Ain't Got The Time
7. Ballad Of Forty Dollars
8. I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew
9. A Picture Of Your Mother
10. The World The Way I Want It
11. Over And Over Again
12. Beauty Is A Fading Flower
 

Aaron Dilloway & John Wiese - Sniper Counter Sniper

Collection of harsh noise material recorded between 2007 and 2019 by the two veteran American sound artists. Ranges from meaty, high intensity assaults to sparse reverberations and intoxicating loops. Old school, high satisfying harsh noise. Released on Dilloway's Hanson records as a CD in 2019. Also included a special edition release featuring a collectible coin (see here, doesn't appear to be available as a digital download through Hanson). 
 
1. Dumbells
2. Zero Loss
3. Windage
4. Scrambler
5. Junk Food
6. Sling Pressure
7. Putty & Plastic Water

Knurl - Floritura Deuteranopia

Intense and varied live analogue noise from Canadian Alan Bloor. Artwork is by Patrick O'Neil (Skin Crime). Released on O'Neil's Self Abuse sub-label Solipsism as a CD in 1998. Edition of 100.

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LHD - Opaque


"Harsh city crust" from "double flamethrowers" Phil Blankenship and John Wiese. Both are on excellent form here throughout this intense display of sonic pyrotechnics. Released on Ron Lessard's Pure label in 2005. 
 
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Webb Pierce - The Wondering Boy

Fantastic collection of early material from 1950s superstar honky-tonker Webb Pierce. This is an extended LP-length disc based on an earlier 1954 10" containing some of the same songs (see here). 'There Stands the Glass' has been covered often (Conway Twitty and Carl Smith deserve mentions) but never sung quite so sensationally as Pierce does here. 'Love, Love, Love' and 'Slowly' are also particular standouts, but the overall quality is very high throughout.
 
1. Wondering
2. There Stands The Glass
3. That's Me Without You
4. Don't Throw Your Life Away
5. Love, Love, Love
6. If You Were Me
7. Back Street Affair
8. It's Been So Long
9. Slowly
10. That Heart Belongs To Me
11. Yes I Know Why
12. I'm Gonna Fall Out Of Love With You

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Luzzasco Luzzaschi - Quinto Libro de' Madrigali


"The Ferrarese Luzzasco Luzzaschi, a pupil of Cipriano de Rore and teacher in turn of Girolamo Frescobaldi, much admired and praised by the self-same Gesualdo da Venosa, has passed into history as the principal musical inspiration for the 'Concerto delle Dame', that vocal trio with instrumental accompaniment (for which Glossa has very recently produced a new recording). Luzzaschi’s 'Quinto Libro de Madrigali' from 1595, fully in keeping with the seconda prattica, which stressed the fundamental role of the text both at the point of composing and performing, and which was a new aesthetic which the ensemble La Venexiana led by Claudio Cavina have been responsible for reviving over the last twenty years with a superlative and refined commitment. With this disc from 1999 – their third such for Glossa – the group was definitively recognized as leading modern-day interpreters of madrigals." (From the Glossa website. See here.)

Performers: La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina

1. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Aura, Ch'errando Intorno
2. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Itene A Volo
3. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Lungi Da Te Cor Mio
4. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Se La Mia Vita Sete
5. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Aura Ch'errando Intorno
6. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: O Miracol D'amore!
7. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Ecco, O Dolce, O Gradita
8. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Ahi Cruda Sorte Mia
9. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Se Parti I'moro
10. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Tu Godi O Bell'amante
11. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Io Vissi Anima Mia
12. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Ecco, O Dolce, O Gradita
13. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Cinto Di Neve Homai
14. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: A L'hor Fia Lieto Il Core
15. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Credete A Me
16. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Vivo Da Voi Lontana
17. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Parte Il Corpo Da Voi
18. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Moro Ardendo
19. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: A L'hor Fia Lieto Il Core
20. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Come Viva Il Mio Core
21. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Godete Anima Bella
22. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Può Ben Fortuna Far
23. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Non Guardar, Che Se Guardi
24. Sesto Libro De' Madrigali: Itene Mie Querele
25. Quinto Libro De' Madrigali: Credete A Me
26. Sesto Libro De' Madrigali: Core Mio, Benchè Lontana
27. Settimo Libro De' Madrigali: Gioite Voi Col Canto

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg


"'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' is Wagner's only comedy, albeit a far cry from traditional opera bouffe; not only long and heavily orchestrated, it sometimes turns a bit nasty. Its ruthless satire on Wagner's critical nemesis, Eduard Hanslick, is illustrated by the character of Beckmesser, whom the composer originally intended to call Hans Lick. Regardless of one's reaction to the humor, not to mention the unremitting chauvinism that climaxes in the final chorus praising German art above all others, there is no denying the power, complexity and skillful construction of this elaborate opera, as well as the unforgettable beauty of many of its melodies.

"The story is Wagner's invention, based on his considerable research into the medieval traditions of the Minnesinger, German equivalents of the French troubadours. He first sketched out a scenario in 1845, but waited 17 years before starting to compose the music, which then occupied him off and on for another six years, during which time he was also working on 'Tristan and Isolde' and 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'. The first performance in Munich on June 21, 1868, conducted by Hans von Billow, was a resounding success, and the opera has been acknowledged continuously ever since as one of Wagner's finest scores." (Bill Parker. From the liner notes.)

Performers: Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Jaro Prohaska, Josef Greindl, Max Lorenz, Maria Müller

1.1. Vorspiel
1.2. Aufzug I: 'Da Zu Dir Der Heiland Kam'
1.3. Aufzug I: 'Mein Herr! Der Singer Meister Schlag'
1.4. Aufzug I: 'Der Meister Tön' Und Weisen'
1.5. Aufzug I: 'Damit, Herr Ritter, Ist's So Bewandt!'
1.6. Aufzug I: 'Aller End' Ist Doch David Der Allergescheit'st'!'
1.7. Aufzug I: 'Seid Meiner Treue Wohl Versehen'
1.8. Aufzug I: 'Gott Grüß Euch, Meister!'
1.9. Aufzug I: 'Das Schöne Fest, Johannistag'
1.10. Aufzug I: 'Vielleicht Schon Ginger Ihr Zu Weit'
1.11. Aufzug I: 'Dacht' Ich Mir's Doch!'
1.12. Aufzug I: 'Am Stillen Herd In Winterzeit'
1.13. Aufzug I: 'Nun, Meister, Wenn's Gefällt'
1.14. Aufzug I: 'Fanget An!'
1.15. Aufzug I: 'Seid Ihr Nun Fertig?'
1.16. Aufzug I: 'Halt! Mesiter! Nicht So Geeilt!'

2.1. Aufzug II: 'Johannistag! Johannistag!'
2.2. Aufzug II: 'Laß Seh'n, Ob Meister Sachs Zu Haus?'
2.3. Aufzug II: 'Zeig Her! - 'S Ist Gut'
2.4. Aufzug II: 'Was Duftet Doch Der Flieder'
2.5. Aufzug II: 'Gut'n Abend, Meister!'
2.6. Aufzug II: 'Hilf Gott! Wo Bliebst Du Nur So Spät?'
2.7. Aufzug II: 'Da Ist Er!'
2.8. Aufzug II: 'Geliebter, Spare Den Zorn!'
2.9. Aufzug II: 'Üble Dinge, Die Ich Da Merk''
2.10. Aufzug II: 'Tu's Nicht! Doch Horch!'
2.11. Aufzug II: 'Jerum! Jerum!'
2.12. Aufzug II: 'Das Fenster Geht Auf'
2.13. Aufzug II: 'Den Tag Seh' Ich Erscheinen'

3.1. Aufzug III: Vorspiel
3.2. Aufzug III: 'Gleich Meister! Hier!'
3.3. Aufzug III: 'Am Jordan Sankt Johannes Stand'
3.4. Aufzug III: 'Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn!'
3.5. Aufzug III: 'Grüß Gott, Mein Junker!'
3.6. Aufzug III: 'Mein Freund! In Holder Jügendreit'
3.7. Aufzug III: 'Morgendlich Leuchtend In Rosigem Schein'
3.8. Aufzug III: 'Ein Webelied! Von Sachs? - Ist's Wahr?'

4.1. Aufzug III: 'Das Gedicht? Hier Ließ Ich's'
4.2. Aufzug III: 'Sieh, Evchen!'
4.3. Aufzug III: 'Hat Man Mit Dem Schuhwerk Nicht Seine Not!'
4.4. Aufzug III: 'Sankt Crispin, Lobet Ihn!'
4.5. Aufzug III: 'Ihr Tanzt? Was Werden Die Meister Sagen?'
4.6. Aufzug III: 'Silentium! Silentium!... Wach Auf, Es Nahet Gen Den Tag'
4.7. Aufzug III: 'Euch Macht Ihr's Leicht, Mir Macht Ihr's Schwer'
4.8. Aufzug III: 'Nun Denn, Wenn's Meistern Und Volk Believt'
4.9. Aufzug III: 'Morgen Ich Leuchte In Rosigem Schein'
4.10. Aufzug III: 'Das Lied, Fürwahr, Ist Nicht Von Mir'
4.11. Aufzug III: 'Morgendlich Leuchtend Im Rosigen Schein'
4.12. Aufzug III: 'Verachtet Mir Die Meister Nicht'

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Contagious Orgasm & Guilty Connector - Guilorga


Collaborative effort from the two Japanese noise/industrial projects, released as a CD in 2000 on Utsu Tapes, which is owned by Kohei Nakagawa (Guilty Connector). A strange and captivating blend of harsh noise, samples and melodic EBM-type beats.

1. Connect
2. Searching Sentence Slave Masochist

Black Leather Jesus / MSBR - Sonic Destruction


Split between Richard Ramirez's Black Leather Jesus moniker and the late great Koji Tano's 'Molten Salt Breeder Reactor' (MSBR). Both sides are fanatically intense, with Ramirez making more use of screeching sounds with high variation and Tano favouring a driving, building momentum of noise and atmosphere. Released on Ramirez's Deadline Recordings label in 1995 in an edition of three hundreds LPs.

A1. Black Leather Jesus - 1,000 Days
A2. Black Leather Jesus - Mock Injury Test
B1. MSBR - 14 Minutes Over Nagoya
B2. MSBR - Metaphysical Murder

Vomir - Coma


Cassette on Deathbed Tapes from Romain Perrot. Comes in a camouflage cloth pouch with meteorite fragments and various badges. Released in 2019, the special edition was limited to twenty copies. Audio is Perrot's customary relentless wall noise for 110 minutes over two sides.

A. Coma 1
B. Coma 2

Pain Jerk & John Wiese - Terrazzo


Collaboration between 'japanoise' giant Kōhei Gomi (Pain Jerk) and American west coast veteran John Wiese. Crisp and intense full-frontal noise, recorded via mail collaboration during 2005 following a 'chance meeting' in Japan and released as an issue of one thousand CDs on UK label Harbinger Sound in 2007.

1. Triangle Sky
2. Japan
3. Palms
4. Absolute Hell

Valkoinen Kohina


Murky, dark power electronics from Finland released on the Italian Urashima label in 2015, re-issued on Filth and Violence two years after. Features two Pekka Perä-Takala projects (Snuff, Sick Seed) as well as contributions from Unclean, Chloroform Rapist (probably Mikko Aspa), Silence of Vacuum and Edge of Decay.

A1. Chloroform Rapist - Untitled
A2. Edge Of Decay - Kidutettujen Mieli
A3. Silence Of Vacuum - Under Three Layers 1
A4. Silence Of Vacuum - Under Three Layers 2
B1. Sick Seed - Meidän Herramme
B2. Snuff - Anonymous
B3. Unclean - Filth Pig

Pelt - Max Meadows


Early release from American psych-drone collective Pelt, recorded between 1995 and 1996 and released the following year. Features a customary blend of droning guitar feedback, with more of an intense distorted "rock" sound than later more roots-influenced material. The musicians here are very talented at created their rich, psychoactive carpet of chaotic sound and it is on full display here in a rougher, rawer form than we might be accustomed to.

1. Outside, Listening
2. Sun Is Standing
3. Sunken
4. Abcdelancey (Gimme That Dickel)
5. Samsara
6. Hippy War Machine
7. Dismal Falls

The New Blockaders - Nonchalant Acts of Artistic Nihilism


Two live German performances from 2012 (Berlin) and Dresden (2014). Both feature excellent and diverse noise performances with a very spirited crowd. Released as an edition of 300 CDs in 2015 on Austrian label Klanggalerie.

1. NK (Berlin 2012)
2. Club Puschkin (Dresden 2014)

The New Blockaders - Eine Kleine Nichstmusick


Self-released CD from English noise veterans The New Blockaders (as 'TNB Orchestra'), released in 2013 in an edition of 50 copies. This is a very dense, very intricate noise assault. The sounds are often layered and reward close listening. The cover features unique burnt fragments of sheet music, with some copies having the CD booklet partially burnt also.

1. Eine Kleine Nichtsmusik (Part 1)
2. Eine Kleine Nichtsmusik (Part 2)

Forced Womanhood


Noise compilation from defunct American label 23 Productions, features contributions centering on themes of sadomasochism and gender dysphoria. If the repugnance of the subject matter (and often vile samples) can be penetrated, there are lot of very, very good tracks here from lesser known noise artists as well as the likes of Dominick Fernow (as Prurient) and Richard Ramirez (as Black Leather Jesus). Not for listening during meal times.

A1. Cleanse - Angel's Trumpet
A2. Clew Of Thesus - Cut Me
A3. Prurient - Tailor
A4. Prosexist - Girl Power
A5. Karlheinz - What You Want
A6. Ga-Ne-Tli-Yv-S-Di - Penal Exile
B1. Immaculate Grotesque
B2. Eugene's Council - Taint (Needledick Mix)
B3. Eugene's Council - Taint
B4. Black Leather Jesus - Issues
B5. V.D. - No Love For A Bottom
B6. Loop Retard - Untitled
B7. Survival Unit - Let Me Die A Woman

C1. Raquel de Grimstone & Prosexist - Paint You Up
C2. Moribund - Cut It Off
C3. Moribund - My Salvation
C4. The Viodre - Phalcam Mancunt
D1. Panicsville - Slut Torture
D2. Karmanjakan Intonarumori - Locked For Humiliation/Tied Down For The Transformation
D3. Human Is Filth - Penectomic Scisson Venesection
D4. Concrete Violin - Castration Anxiety Overcome
D5. Mansfield Deathtrap - Bitch Me In

Strict & Pain Jerk - Collaboration



Transatlantic collaboration between japanese noise giant Kōhei Gomi (Pain Jerk) and American Jeremy Kart (Strict), released on German label Art Konkret in 1997. The resulting session of classic, high intensity noise is on par with any Pain Jerk work from around this time.

A1. Cock Tracks
A2. Queer
B. Folliclabia

Tourette - Cendrier du Voyage


Release from French noise artist Benjamin Clement. The noise here is very lo-fi and fuzzy, morphing through the ears with a calm intensity. Originally released on 'Foyer Second' in 2013 (according to Discogs, the first and only release on this label), then re-issued on Italian label Archivio Diafònico in 2015. The title is taken from the title of a book of poetry by Jacques Dupin.

A1. Untitled
A2. Untitled
B1. Untitled
B2. Untitled

Fecalove - X3



Early release from Italian Nicola Vinciguerra's Fecalove project, on short lived web label Dead Birds Records. The sounds here are high fidelity and sound as if they were made digitally. Varies from fragile twisting sounds to high intensity ear assaults and Italian movie samples.

1. Malocclusione Iniziale
2. Diagnosi
3. Il Profilo E L'assetto Facciale
4. Espansione Ortodontica
5. Odontoiatria Canina
6. Con Eventuali Estrazioni
7. Rapporti Sagittali
8. A Una Valutazione Più Critica
9. Dentale
10. No
11. Agenesia Degli Incisivi
12. Esigenze Estetiche

Emil Beaulieau - Kill the All-Noise Japanese Artists



More tongue-in-cheek noise blasting from Emil Beaulieau. The premise here is the use of 'japanoise' artists as source material for Beaulieau's own work. This is a fine and bountiful premise and the results are reflective of both the quality and intensity of the sources and Beaulieau's own audio skill. The punk samples and quasi-ironic vocal wailing are present here but less so than other Beaulieau Pure releases posted recently (see here and here).

1. Merz Bow-Wow-Wow
2. Violins O.G.
3. Hi-Fi K. Dan
4. Madonna
5. NSBR
6. Nerd
7. Nell
8. Aude
9. Incapacitated
10. Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring