Music Noise

[Diphenhydramine]

Anyone else into noise(noise rock, noise music, noisecore, etc)? Just discovered this genre of music this year, saw a few good shows in Philly (Nautical Almanac in particular).

It's hard to describe what it sounds like. Picture ambient electronica, right? The goal of ambient music (and space rock too) is to create music landscapes using space. Emptiness. Ambience.

Well, noise is sort of the opposite. Noise is just that (noisy) if you're new or unused to it. Overdriven harsh feedback, overwhelming white noise, grating hisses, beeps, whirs, sirens. You'd think it sucks, but it's actually really cool to dissect the layers, and it's really fun to listen to on most drugs. It's rhythmless, with no real melodies.

Some noise groups or groups influenced by noise are Melted Banana, Orgy of Noise, Anal Cunt, Thunderbolt, Sonic Youth, Nautical Almanac, and many electronica groups.

Instruments consist of old electronic toys rewired with new switches ("bent toys"), things made out of old machinery, reel-to-reel, and all manner of guitar effects that are looped together and overdriven and melted. Cool stuff man, check it out.

[Loser]

man i cant stand that stuff... thats cooll u like it tho... but i like
screamo, punk, rock, emo, hardcore... music... most people here seem to
be into older stuff...

[thegod1]

Im into Rap. Never really liked the hardcore stuff.

[Nature Boy]

If it's the opposite of space rock, I probably hate it.

[Pinkavvy]

diph- you should look into a group out of new orlenes. (a close friend of mine, luckily made it to the west coast before the disaster struck.) they do experimental noise .... his name is hsuan and their group is called "phantom load"

[Diphenhydramine]

That's the thing though, because it's an entirely different form of
music, you can't really compare it to other genres you like. I
happen to really enjoy space rock (just got a Spacemen 3 album today,
actually) and ambient. And industrial, drum n bass, house,
trance, psych rock, jam rock, folk, old country, band jazz, house jazz,
acid jazz, classical, indy, alternative, ska, reggae, shoegazing,
stoner rock, metal, funk, punk, classic rock, prog rock, kraut rock,
electronica, hiphop, triphop, and rap. And that's just off the
top of my head...



Anyway, this doesn't distract me from my interest in noise. I
enjoy noise not just because of what it sounds like (you can only
listen to screeching feedback and distortion for so long), but what it
embodies. And seeing this shit live in action is completely
different than on a computer...just the emotions that these people pour
into shitty broken down electronic equipment is amazing.



Pinkavvy, got any samples of Phantom Load that I can hear?

[Pinkavvy]

I think most of their songs can be dowloaded if you search google and/or livejournal

[reptile]

OMG, Noise is mah tagger name. =D <3





But uhh..I do love hardcore shit like dillinger escape plan and terrorcore. Mostly I listen to rave tho.