Yeah, I don't have examples to give really. Just looking for a good place to start with this genre. I'd prefer dark/ambient, but any recomendations are appreciated.
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Houses Ov Mercury
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Dark ambient isn't "noise" by definition; in contrast to actual noise, dark ambient and drone ambient are extremely sonorous. Noise music deals in sounds that in other contexts might be distracting, disturbing or even moderately harmful (high frequencies, loud industrial sounds, et al). I am a harsh noise artist with moderate hometown success with releases on international labels with somewhat of a crossover appeal to metal fans (I tend to use "death metal"-esque concepts and stuff and as you can imply it is influential to me in more non-obvious ways).
As for the "light" noise/dark ambient/experimental, I'd be inclined to recommend these:
Troum & Yen Pox - Mnemonic Induction
Lustmord - The Place Where The Black Stars Hang
Atrax Morgue - Sickness Report (Relapse's noise division released this)
Raison d'être - Requiem For Abandoned Souls
Atrium Carceri - Cellblock
Brighter Death Now - Necrose Evangelicum
Navicon Torture Technologies - The Church Of Dead Girls
etc.etc.
Dark ambient isn't "noise" by definition; in contrast to actual noise, dark ambient and drone ambient are extremely sonorous. Noise music deals in sounds that in other contexts might be distracting, disturbing or even moderately harmful (high frequencies, loud industrial sounds, et al). I am a harsh noise artist with moderate hometown success with releases on international labels with somewhat of a crossover appeal to metal fans (I tend to use "death metal"-esque concepts and stuff and as you can imply it is influential to me in more non-obvious ways).
As for the "light" noise/dark ambient/experimental, I'd be inclined to recommend these:
Troum & Yen Pox - Mnemonic Induction
Lustmord - The Place Where The Black Stars Hang
Atrax Morgue - Sickness Report (Relapse's noise division released this)
Raison d'être - Requiem For Abandoned Souls
Atrium Carceri - Cellblock
Brighter Death Now - Necrose Evangelicum
Navicon Torture Technologies - The Church Of Dead Girls
etc.etc.
Well regarding dark ambient (which mainly what I listen to, I'm not hugely into pure noise) I second all these listed by V5:
Yen Pox,
Lustmord (pretty much the dark ambient artist, if you get anything then get something by him)
Raison d'être
Atrium Carceri
The closest I get to noise would be Navicon Torture Technologies (pretty sure I picked that up from a V5 recc. a long time ago), Gruntsplatter and Merzbow (and I am not even that much of a fan of Merzbow really, he certainly has released a fuckload of boring/non-essential stuff).
Some more dark ambient recs:
Herbst9
Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (he has various projects, most of which include the name Nordvargr in some form)
Kammarheit
Desiderii Marginis
Yen Pox,
Lustmord (pretty much the dark ambient artist, if you get anything then get something by him)
Raison d'être
Atrium Carceri
The closest I get to noise would be Navicon Torture Technologies (pretty sure I picked that up from a V5 recc. a long time ago), Gruntsplatter and Merzbow (and I am not even that much of a fan of Merzbow really, he certainly has released a fuckload of boring/non-essential stuff).
Some more dark ambient recs:
Herbst9
Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (he has various projects, most of which include the name Nordvargr in some form)
Kammarheit
Desiderii Marginis
mutantllama
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Houses Ov Mercury
NTT is considered dark ambient/power electronics for the most part. PE is usually defined as more structurally based noise utilizing looped samples, etc. as well as vocals and a darker atmosphere than merely "chaos" used in most harsher noise stuff. Gruntsplatter is considered to be one of the best death industrial artists, and is also highly recommended. DI is sort of like dark ambient crossed with industrial noise but it can be hard to tell apart from the quieter industrial dark ambient stuff...thankfully I rarely have to make the distinction. The best Merzbow stuff is on Relapse (Tauromachine, Venereology and Pulse Demon) though he has some GREAT stuff on other labels...a few more ESSENTIAL Merzbow releases would include Rainbow Electronics (kudos Alter!), Batztoutai With Material Gadgets and Noisembryo.
Cool, I'll add some of that Merzbow stuff to my check-out list. His discography is such a monstrosity it is difficult to know where to start. I downloaded some of what seemed to be his more popular things on RYM and had mixed feelings about them. None of it has trickled through to my main music collection so far. I still need to give that stuff a proper listen sometime.
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Houses Ov Mercury
It is certainly more extreme than probably anything on your current playlist, but I find a regular listen to Tauromachine to be borderline catchy sometimes. Ah, glorious perspective.
Vilden
From the holy kingdom of Harmonia
Desiderii Marginis is the best dark ambient projekt out there. I also agree on the Raison d'Etre, Kammarheit and Lustmord recs.
For other great stuff:
Gustaf Hildebrand
Gruntsplatter
15 Degrees Below Zero
Olhon
Tor Lundvall (borderline dark)
Blood Box
Djinn
Dark Water Memories
Svartsinn
For accual noise:
NON
The Grey Wolves
Dissecting Table
Nothing (also goes under dark ambient depending on the album)
For other great stuff:
Gustaf Hildebrand
Gruntsplatter
15 Degrees Below Zero
Olhon
Tor Lundvall (borderline dark)
Blood Box
Djinn
Dark Water Memories
Svartsinn
For accual noise:
NON
The Grey Wolves
Dissecting Table
Nothing (also goes under dark ambient depending on the album)
swizzlenuts
i'm sciencing as fast as i can
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Houses Ov Mercury
I. Corax rules. There is an interview with Mikko where he mentions them and it sounds like "Ichorous." I remember going "why the fuck did Mikko just mention me?!"
If you like I.C I'd recommend similar stuff on the same label (Aural Hypnox, which is related to guys from Wormphlegm, Hail, Legacies Unchain, etc. I believe), namely bands like Zoät·Aon, Halo Manash and Aeoga.
If you like I.C I'd recommend similar stuff on the same label (Aural Hypnox, which is related to guys from Wormphlegm, Hail, Legacies Unchain, etc. I believe), namely bands like Zoät·Aon, Halo Manash and Aeoga.
Killbot
A Killer Robot
You want Dark Ambient, not noise right? here's some recs anyway:
I'll second Raison D'etre, Lustmord and Northaunt. These are essential.
other good ones:
Kammarheit
Convalscent
UMOS (in fact they're part of a group of mostly dark ambient artists called 'Death Eclipse Circle' - there's an incomplete list of the bands and links to their myspaces on UMOS' myspace - http://www.myspace.com/umos)
Beyond The Black Ocean
If you want more good dark ambient bands, just go to one of the mentioned bands myspaces and click on a few of their friends or people who have commented, they usually have sort sort of community.
I'll second Raison D'etre, Lustmord and Northaunt. These are essential.
other good ones:
Kammarheit
Convalscent
UMOS (in fact they're part of a group of mostly dark ambient artists called 'Death Eclipse Circle' - there's an incomplete list of the bands and links to their myspaces on UMOS' myspace - http://www.myspace.com/umos)
Beyond The Black Ocean
If you want more good dark ambient bands, just go to one of the mentioned bands myspaces and click on a few of their friends or people who have commented, they usually have sort sort of community.
Sorry about all the confusion. I guess I should have said I wanted dark ambient and noise instead of saying dark ambient noise (it seems everyone adjusted to my mistake quite well) Anyways, all the recommendations are appreciated. It's going to take me a while to sort through most of this, but at least I have a place to start on whatever the hell it is I want.
Rainbow Electronics is a totally interesting record. Very interesting and worth a listen.
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Houses Ov Mercury
Yes it is. I actually kind of like it better as one whole track (the original) than the broken up version (Rainbow Electronics II). I don't think of the sections as different tracks, it just seems like that was done for people with ADD who can't sit through 60 straight minutes of one track of harsh noise...so arbitrary haha.
In other news, my new CD is out so people should buy it. Lemme know if you want to know about it.
In other news, my new CD is out so people should buy it. Lemme know if you want to know about it.
Catastrophic
Pokemon Master
Yes it is. I actually kind of like it better as one whole track (the original) than the broken up version (Rainbow Electronics II). I don't think of the sections as different tracks, it just seems like that was done for people with ADD who can't sit through 60 straight minutes of one track of harsh noise...so arbitrary haha.
In other news, my new CD is out so people should buy it. Lemme know if you want to know about it.
Yeah, I really like the idea of one single noise track. I really dont find it that harsh though compared to your stuff or other harsh as fuck shit.
Noise rock gods!
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Houses Ov Mercury
For a few reasons, it's not as ear-blastingly, brain-bleedingly harsh as some more modern stuff (perhaps including mine):
-It's from like 16/17 years ago so the equipment sounds pretty dated; you can sure as fuck bet that it sounded like hell when it first came out!
-It seems like a lot of the source was recorded live and was not composed/edited...one of the reasons my stuff sounds really harsh is because I marginally utilize some compositional elements. Early Merzbow is very experimental stuff; he usually played live and recorded it, editing or cutting it down to size later but probably not mixing or mastering it for "harshness."
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Didn't think anyone on this forum even knew about them. I made a post about them some while back and never got any response (not suprising though). Really interesting stuff but most of the time, I find it pretty unlistenable. I love all of Colin Marston's other bands though.
I don't know too many dark ambient artists but here are a few I would recommend:
Pulsefear (two of the guys from The Axis of Perdition)
Sephiroth
Byla's album Viscera (though a couple of the songs aren't dark ambient at all)
Spektr (more black ambient but it may appeal to you)
