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harshnoise blog

A review and info blog by Jason Soddy et al. for fans of harshnoise music.

NoiseMP3.com - MP3 files by harshnoise artists

NoiseMP3.com is the home of the Harshnoise music label and also serves as a digital archive of noise music in MP3 format by some of the world's finest noise artists.

harshnoise.com - effect pedals and music equipment for noise

harshnoise.com contains information, pictures and reviews of musical equipment especially pedal effects that might appeal to the noise musician, or noisician.

BostonNoise FAQ

Noise FAQ courtesy of Bostonnoise.org.

Noiseweb.com

More noise on the noiseweb...

Noise: NZ/JAPAN

What follows is some kind of guide to psychedelic/noise music from Japan and New Zealand, basically focusing on material from the 1990s up to the early years of the new Millennium.

Japanese Noise

Merzbow Official Site

The original Japanese noise master.

Incapacitants home page

Improvised Music from Japan Incapacitants Toshiji Mikawa: electronics, voice Fumio Kosakai: electronics, voice

Hijokaidan (discogs.com)

Jojo Hiroshige & Junko Hiroshige are Hijokaidan

MSBR - Koji Tano (R.I.P.)

MSBR (R.I.P.)

Koji Tano tribute

Koji Tano MSBR

GOVERNMENT ALPHA / XERXES

Government Alpha (noise maker) / Xerxes (the label)

AUBE

Interview with AUBE

ASTRO/Reiko.A/S.S.D./A.T.U. etc...

Astro official site (?) -

Solmania (wikipedia)

Solmania (%u30BD%u30EB%u30DE%u30CB%u30A2) is the popular Osaka-based noise music project of Masahiko 'Masaki' Ohno (sometimes written as "Ono") (%u5927%u91CE %u660C%u8F1D), who runs the Works Fatagaga noise record label.

CCCC (discogs.com)

Japanoise, power electronic act fronted by S&M pornstar Mayuko Hino and husband Hiroshi Hasegawa (also in YBO2 and Astro). CCCC (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center) is no longer active. Mayuko feels strongly about noise being an emotional outlet rather than an intellectual outlet. She has also pointed out that those artists who approach noise in this way end up with a very distinctive sound - a listener should be able to learn about the artist's personality from hearing their noise.

K2

K2 is the personal noise project by Kimihide Kusafuka since 1983.

One of Kusaufka's aims is the connection among the collective subconsciousness of listners through his personal harsh and loud noise wall. If we are able to get such effects, we can have the common collective subconsciousness. So, we can awake in the loudest noise! Viva, loud noise! Viva, K2!

(The complete text of the above available at:
http://kinkymus.ojiji.net/intro.htm)

Third Organ

There is only one Third Organ...

American Noise

More links to come...

stimbox

STIMBOX, harsh noise, noise, experimental music

http://www.myspace.com/stimbox

Xome - Harsh Noise and Ramen

Xome spits out some harsh noise, so look out!

Daniel Menche

Daniel Menche has established himself as a musician with a sense of focus and determination uncharacteristic in a genre known for its randomness and chaotic structure. Rather than creating "noise," he strives for order and cohesiveness. His presentation of sonic structures is similar to the way a writer depicts a story, an allegory seems to arise, which uses confusion as a symbol for the imaginative process of total sound purity; aural intensity is not a representation of confusion or the chaotic, but a concerted effort to provoke and stimulate the listeners imagination by generating intensely powerful sounds and music.

http://www.myspace.com/danielmenche

Borbeto Web Page

B O R B E T O M A G U S... balls on the
line improvisation with enough energy to flatten buildings. Byron Coley, FORCED EXPOSURE Magazine
Don DIETRICH & Jim SAUTER saxophones, Donald MILLER guitarSince 1980 Borbetomagus has released over a dozen albums and appeared
on numerous compilations.

Wolf Eyes

Burned Mind: Ann Arbor, MI's Wolf Eyes are at the forefront of a quickly expanding American noise scene. The trio of Nate Young, Aaron Dilloway and John Olson are the epitome of the self-sufficient musical entity.

http://www.myspace.com/3801568

Macronympha (discogs.com)

"More like a mirror we reflect society, some things you might not ordinarily look at. A dark and perversely twisted photo-journalism. Freaks and other like-minded individuals aren't the only people who can look past "-isms" and "-ologies" to find a relevant voice. NOISE is as old as millions of years of volcanic eruption and mountain erosion. The modern industry of metal and machines added more to this mix. All we do is use everything at our disposal to record the true power that had been filling the airwaves since the beginning of time." -- Joseph Roemer

Canadian Noise

More links to come...

KNURL

Knurl is Canada's best-known noise artist, working in the style of the Japanese noise masters, and often referred to as "Canada's King of Noise". He is known for his imaginative performances where sculptures, machinery, household appliances and even people are used as the primary sound source

Tropism

Canadian noise blasters since 1994.

VROMB.com

VROMB.com - offical website for the electronic music project Vromb (from Quebec)

http://www.myspace.com/vromb

VOSQQ

VOSQQ formed (some would say congealed) in 2003 to explore new dimensions of abrasive tones and environments.

Offensive Orange

Harsh noise from Hamilton, Ontario.

MILITANT WALLS: Home of THE RITA and BT. HN.

MILITANT WALLS: Home of THE RITA and BT. HN. from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Fossils

Fossils, Hamilton, Ontario, CA, Beautifully confused shovel of electric threat

Rocket Pony!

Fossils, Hamilton, Ontario, CA - Rocket Pony!

Harsh Noise Labels

More to come...

alchemy

Jojo Hiroshige's (of Hijokaidan) runs Alchemy Records, Japan

Malignant - Phase 4.0 - Death of the Scene

A record label, mail order distributor, and online record store featuring extreme, electronic, experimental, dark ambient, noise, hard-to-find imports, and limited editions.

The Ceiling

Canadian experimental and noise label.

RRRecords, Lowell, MA, USA

RR Records...

troniks & pacrec // NEWS

troniks & pacrec label based in California.

More Noise Links

Unsorted for the moment...

Charnel Music

Record label that releases noise, rhythmic and psychedelic music. Artists include Crash Worship, Mainliner, Trance, Gravitar and others.

Mandragora Records

DIY/non-profit label specializing in psychedelic noise and experimental music. Home to projects including Paradise Camp 23, Crackhouse, Interferents, Bull Anus, Voodoo Mechanics, and RezaNate.

V2 Organization

An audio/visual/print project including a noise record label.

Malignant Records

A record label, mail order distributor, and online record store featuring extreme, electronic, experimental, dark ambient, noise, hard-to-find imports, and limited editions.

Megahertz

A noise, industrial, and electro label from Germany with releases by Klangstabil and Goran Besov. Site includes RealAudio sound clips.

Cross Fade Enter Tainment

Specializing in hardcore and extreme electronics music from artists such as Somatic Responses, Christoph de Babalon, N1tro, Pure, Zbigniew Karkowski, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Paul Snowden, Unit Moebius, and Schmerzlabor.

LlamaStar Records

An independent avant-garde, folk, and noise record label currently based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dedicated to eclectic music of the midwest, including artists Origamitron, Kurt Told the Truth, Jarbaby, Pressedon, G.Lind, and Matthew Warne.

Swinging Axe

Label with releases from Randy Greif, Dan Burke, Static Effect, and various Artists.

Menschenfeind Productions

Includes Noise Terrorism, Eugenic Council and other productions.

Monotremata Records

The home of DeadAngel noise e-zine and album releases like : Mason Jones, Autodidact, Gravitar, Angel in Heavy Syrup and DR:OP:FR:AM+E.

Broke Bunnie Recordings

A non-profit record label specializing in experimental, noise, ambient, and industrial released solely in MP3 format.

Double Indemnity Records

Noise-inspired hardcore, "tronnish," and punk-prog. Projects include Malachi Constant, Secretariat, and Fonogginate.

Self Abuse Records

Noise record label and mail-order outlet for their own and other labels.

Maritime Fist Glee Club

CDR releases including works by Gavagai, Spagirus, and Dreamt of by Armadillos. News, catalog, press, contact information, history, links, and MP3s.

Legion Sudan

An independent label specializing in "harsh experimental computer noise pop".

Authorised Version

UK-based electronic noise/improvisation label. With background, release listing and sound samples.

Soultheft Records

Concepts in noise and experimental music. Home of artists such as Soultheft and Death Hop. Catalog, news, and contact information.

Hands Productions

German label that is home to Sina, Winterkalte and Mono No Aware. Introduction and links.

Daft Records

Noise, experimental, and dark industrial label.

Electronic Musik

UK-based CD-R/minidisk label for Experimental Electronics and Noise artists. Also home of LDT the UK Noise Collective.

Mechanoise Labs

Extreme electronics, noise and harshbeat. Home to Beton Barrage, Seda e Marg, Abattoir, Aidan Baker, Asphalt Leash, Magwheels, Noxious Nub, and Sedaye Marg.

Tropism: The Official Site

The official site for Tropism, the harsh noise specialists.

Silber Records

Organic ambient, Acousic low-fi and Post-angst music label. Home to Remora, Vlor, Aarktica, Small Life Form, Clang Quartet, Origami Arktika, and My Glass Beside Yours.