Zephyr_Nova

My gf told me about foie gras right before she became a vegetarian. Yeah... not touching that stuff ever.

My brother put on Zoolander saying it was awesome. Turns out it's the worst fucking movie. Then he fucked off after half an hour. Christmas.

I make all of my tea with evaporated milk, it's the bomb. it's not as thin as milk so it doesn't make the mix all watery. I find evaporated milk for whatever reason makes my tea taste weird but my coffee taste orgasmic. It's actually hard for me to enjoy coffee unless it has evaporated milk in it. It tastes like an entirely different product depending on what you put it in. Also, it's a weirdly good substitute for ice cream on certain desserts.

you cannot be serious. 'great white death' is the best whitehouse album. a good starting place would be the compilation 'another crack of the white whip' if you can find it. it's a pretty hard album to find but it serves as a good introduction to their oeuvre. I think I started with it because I'd heard it was one of his best, but I just found it comical. Granted I haven't really heard another album quite like it, so I'll give it some points there. I was going to say I'll give it another listen, but apparently I deleted it so that might not happen. Does Whitehouse's style progress much from there? I could imagine some of those sounds being used in an interesting way, so I could see myself enjoying a later incarnation of that... if the vocals became less of a focal point.

I gave this one a listen today. I really like it. Arrangement-wise it reminds me a bit of Merzbow's mid 90's period but sonically closer to his newer stuff. One thing that differentiates Kidsok on this album is that he never uses delay or flangey effects, giving it a much drier, rougher sound. It sounds almost like he remic'ed the recordings in a small room to give it some additional claustrophobic ambience... the acoustics were kind of similar to those of a toilet actually. I could be entirely mistaken about the room ambience thing, I just wondered because I've been doing that with my own stuff lately. Anyway, that was one thing I thought was kind of cool about it. That and it sounds big and abrasive, very full but raw sound. I'll probably listen again. Awesome, I'm digging the b-movie album art. Downloading now, will probably listen tomorrow. Great White Death is an awful, awful album. Sooo ridiculous. I could see you getting a bit of a kick out of it though... and many consider it a power electronics masterpiece. It's got lyrical gems like "I'm cumming in you aaaaaaasssssss!" repeat x 20 --mildly amusing but gets old pretty fast. He has been making music for another 20+ years since then, so maybe he's branched out a bit. I like to think he's just releasing that same album over and over again. The idea of someone making a career out of that tickles me pink.

Been out of sugar for the last week, so I've been drinking my coffee with just cream (evaporated milk, technically). For the cup I'm currently drinking I decided to try this weird sugar/cinnamon mix that my mom got me some christmases ago... but it's mostly cinnamon and tastes fucked up in my coffee. (and yeah, this is about what i expected.)

I heard something they did with Merzbow a few years ago, and it was amazing. I definitely need to hear more of their work, as they clearly had a big influence on how that release turned out. I'll respond to some of these other posts later, but felt like I needed to fly in and give New Blockaders a further word of endorsement...

Wicked, sounds nasty. Downloading now.

Funny you should mention them, as I tried unsuccessfully to download something of theirs just a couple hours ago. I've heard them mentioned quite a bit by other people as well, but haven't yet heard their music.

I've been listening to a lot of noise music this past year, and decided now would be a good time to dedicate a thread to it. By noise, I mean power electronics, harsh noise, industrial (the more experimental non-EBM variety) and more abrasive avant-garde music. But feel free to post anything in the general spirit of noise here, be it noise rock or whatever. As long as it's good and noisy post it here. I was lucky enough to pick up two Thirteen Hurts CDs at this year's Victoria Noise Fest, both of which are top notch amazing noise albums. This is a video of him recording one track off of his Chemtrails album: Unfortunately it's tough to find anything of his online as he seems to be a physical-release-only artist. But both albums are definitely worth the $10 or whatever it is. You can contact him on his facebook fan page if interested: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thirteen-Hurts-13Hz/273233096049035 --super friendly guy. Fun fact: his studio is solar powered. Another album that blew me away this year is schallbruch - WakeGaze, available for free here: http://redvenicerecords.bandcamp.com/album/wakegaze It's extremely well crafted, very dark and heavy-as-fuck. I wonder what this guy's background is, as it sounds like noise made by someone who has a long musical/studio history. Chefkirk's Harsh Digital Works Vol. 1 is a another release that really grabbed me this year. As the title suggests, it is extremely harsh, digital noise, but there's something about his tones and textures that I find quite interesting. His treatment of sound is very distinctly his own. You can stream/download it for free here: http://bitbybit.bandcamp.com/album/harsch-digital-works-vol-i Die-Burial-Rot is another texturally compelling noise artist whose track names are fantastic. Case in point, The Hideous Death Cries of a Million Investment Bankers Parts 1 + 2: https://soundcloud.com/die-burial-rot/sets/hdcmib Both he and Chefkirk have a very minimal approach that really highlights each individual sound. Another favorite for me this year was a collaboration release from John Wiese and Lasse Marhaug entitled County and Western (actual release was 2010). The tracks are like collages of jagged percussive sound bites interwoven together with blasts of feedback and static. It's effective in its use of dynamics, making the really noisy sections absolutely devastating. These guys really know their shit. Unfortunately this was the only excerpt I could find on youtube, and it's one of the less noteworthy moments on the album: -I may or may not have found the download on a pirate's blogspot... but if I did, I will definitely be purchasing the physical one day because it is excellent. And of course everyone's at least heard of Merzbow, but he releases so much stuff it can be difficult to know where to start. Of the 50+ that I've heard, 1930, Pulse Demon, Venerology and Noise Embryo and Surabhi are all standouts. His mid 90's period was his best imo. It's not music you can really appreciate on a shitty system or from a shitty youtube stream, as I think getting immersed in the sound is essential for this music. But here's a shitty youtube stream of a Pulse Demon track anyway: Actually this is still somehow hitting the spot even through my lap top speakers. But hearing it on good headphones while walking along the breakwater is a truly awe-inspiring experience. Okay, that's enough for now. Let's hear your noise recommendations!

I've got that U2 song in my head about someone acting like it's the end of the world.

Haha, that is pretty incredible. You really should have taken him up on it. It'll never happen again. FWP: I almost replied in that shooting thread, but realized I didn't want to get even more caught up in it. Yet part of me still wants to go in there and make the point. Stupid impulses, plz fuck off.

I keep reading the Conneticut Shootings thread even though every other post makes me cringe and makes my day a little bit worse. Also, worried my cat's been making himself sick from lapping up the condensation run-off that's been gathering in that little black-mould infested trough below the sliding glass door. Also realized that water's been seeping into the carpet and there's probably mould festering under there too. Don't have time to call the land lord atm cuz I gotta rush off to a session, ack!

Yes, I second that accolade.

Jeez, take it easy. Let's just be happy that we're both overjoyed by the prospect of listening to the album. Unfortunately my general joviality doesn't translate on forums, but typically when I say something like "fuck you watmm etc." it's meant in jest and not to be taken seriously (as was the case here). But i do really dislike this new quote format.

Damn, that application of the title hadn't even occurred to me before. Well done, sir Haha, cheers! I was expecting my pun to elicit more of a "fuck you Zephyr" response, so your pun appreciation is much appreciated. fuck you Zephyr Yeah, nothing personal Zephyr, but that pun is kinda jazzband by now. Fuck you watmm. Fuck you and your jazzbands all to hell.

Damn, that application of the title hadn't even occurred to me before. Well done, sir Haha, cheers! I was expecting my pun to elicit more of a "fuck you Zephyr" response, so your pun appreciation is much appreciated.

So who else is EXAIted about this?

lol, this thread is hilariously depressing. *wants to start drinking but realizes there's nothing on hand, takes a nap instead (but not really)* Good luck, all.

My cat's dick is so small neither myself nor my girlfriend can be certain it's even there. ...look, he flops over on his back alot, and after a while you can't help but wonder "where the fuck is it." This is a reasonable concern.

My cat keeps doing that too, and cats are supposed to hate eye contact.

Waiting for clients to show up. I don't mind lateness at all, I just wish I knew how much lateness there was going to be in advance so I knew how much I could accomplish beforehand. Should I work on a mix, or should I check watmm? Difficult questions with no easy answer.

You look like the first guy that ever sold me ecstacy. True story. It was damn good e too. Jesus that is a mighty beard. How long did that take you?

I used irregardless yesterday, and it didn't phase whomever I said it to. I threw on that extra syllable all for nothing. Kind of weird that people are talking about it here. (PS I appreciate the disregard for basic language rules that word has and find it appropriate. Respect for "irregardless.") FWP it's 10:45pm and my girlfriend hasn't even started her work shift yet, so I think I'll be seeing the sun before I go to sleep. On the bright side I'm going to fuck around in the studio all night until then. Time to strike through that FWP.

Someone's either mowing the lawn, weedwhacking or doing some other power-gardening thing nearby and the sound is quite annoying.