We've had the noise artist poll, but I figured we may as well have a thread dealing with specific albums...so what's your favorite? If you could only one one piece of electronic noise music, which would it be?

Right now I'm leaning towards Merzbow's "Bastard Noise", but this could change at any moment...I'll see how I feel later on.

THOMAS DIMUZIO CDs I LIKE:
Mono-Poly
Headlock
Quake (w/ Chris Cutler)

I'll think about it tomorrow.

here are some that i like :
Aube : Cardiac Strain
Control : Algalonia

maybe more to come

Tell me if i am wrong, but i thought that was a split release with Bastard Noise, and not the name of the actual cd.

Shit, you're right...I've only owned a copy that someone gave me, so I guess they mislabeled the disk...in any case, it's a great album!

Now that I'm actually listening for it, I can hear the differences in their sound...

Thanks for tip...

it's a common mistake. On the cover, it has Merzbow's name down the left hand side, and then you see "bastard noise" down the right hand side, so with it being a noise album, you just assume that's the name of it...

...unless you look at the back and see they are not all Merzbow.

Merzbow - ''Akasha Gulva''
The first noise album I listened to.

There is alot of noise I still have to listen to, but so far it is
Merzbow - Tauromachine

yay! someone else who knows/likes Dimuzio!

I wonder if anyone else would even categorize his stuff as "noise"...? is there anyone out there who's even familiar with Tom Dimuzio? I'd say he's definitely not a Masami Akita derivative or wannabe... (which is what most people think of first when you say "noise"... it's always Merzbow Merzbow Merzbow...)

As for my favorite... well, if you know me then you know I have a hard time committing to these things, favorites and labels and such... Without having to label a "favorite" I would commit to saying that I really rather like id battery (Brandon Labelle & Loren Chase.) Brandon puts me to sleep and/or sometimes makes me laugh when he starts *talking* about his music and what it supposedly does and means... ("...this piece explores the inter-connecting unchangeability of the space-time continuum and all of its relevant counterparts with respect to enchiladas of the demilitarized zone in blah blah blah BLAH..." comeon, Brandon! It's a bunch of clicks and whirs and hums... or a contact microphone taped to your shoe! yeesh! ) That rant aside, I really ENJOY clicks and hums and whirs immensely!... I like to just listen for the aural-sensual experience... the purest of reasons to listen to any music... IMHO...




there are some others I like in the non-Merzbow vein ... John Hudak, Steve Roden, Harry Bertoia, (not really noise... more uhhhh, ambient sculpture...?...) Brutum Fulmen is a little harder and harsher but still different enough than Merzboy...

anyhow, different from Masami is a good thing... some of you should maybe try it...

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