Well, I think all the biggest names have been mentioned, but I'll run
through them again in what (I think) is the most important order...
Dalek - Negro Nekro Necros (Gern Blandsten)
_exactly_ what the original poster described. They are at heart a
hiphop group, but you wouldn't know it from the ear bleeding levels of
noise. Also one of the best live shows I've ever seen.
New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap (Gee Street)
Someone mentioned Heavy Load, but this one is way way better (not that
Heavy Load isn't a good album, but you get my point). The most musically
interesting hiphop album I've ever heard maybe... produced by scotty hard
(whose solo album that others have mentioned is OK but nothing compared to
his new kingdom work) - this is what happens when a couple of black dudes
who listen to Black Sabbath, Public Enemy, Foetus, Run DMC, Grand Funk
Railroad, etc (the thank you lists on their records are really bizarre)
make a hiphop record. Tremendous levels of distortion, psychedelic noise
damage, kickass beats, almost no samples, brilliant rapping. Cannot
recommend this record enough.
Techno Animal -
well, there aren't any techno animal tracks with rapping that I know of,
but really, they can't be beat for head bludgeoning, noisy as fuck, angry
instrumentals. The Demonoid 12", any Chrome 12"s (or Radio Hades which
compiles most of them), and vs. reality are all good starts. Avoid Ghost
unless you like grindy metal.
Ice - Bad Blood (Morpheus)
Hrmm... while a lot of this record is very good, the raps are best
ignored because they're often not so good. The music is sort of like
Techno Animal, but more of a slinky groove than a crushing one.
Sensational - Loaded with Power and Corner the Market (Wordsound)
Sensational is an interesting character... his beats are so messy and
lo-fi they're often a little hard to take, and his rapping is, well let's
just say it's pretty "out." Thus on each record there are one or two
brilliant tracks ("thick marker" on loaded with power is my favorite),
about half good tracks, and half throwaway. Always interesting at least.
Spectre/Slotek/Ill St. Presents (wordsound)
all of these records (the first two are artists, the 3rd a compilation
series) are the same person... None of the records are very noisy, just
very very dark and dubby, with vox on all except the first slotek record.
My favorite is Spectre - "Second Coming" but I haven't listened to the new
Spectre yet (just got it last week).
Scorn - Logghi Barogghi, Gyral, and Ellipsis (Earache)
Scorn's come up before, but as far as dark, dubby, and seriously tweaked
hiphop goes, these records just cannot be beat. Especially Gyral and
Logghi Barogghi (the former is full and hiphoppy, the latter stripped down
and completely fucked up - if I had to pick I'd go with Logghi).
The Scotty Hard record falls in with the rest of the Wordsound crew, but
not really as good (unfortunately - had such high hopes for it) - most of
the rapping is bad except the songs by Sebastien of New Kingdom. The
first Prince Charming LP on Wordsound (Psychotropical Heatwave) is well
fucked up and may deserve your attention - although it doesn't have quite
the groove of the others, it is pretty noisy. His second album was
disappointing though... There is also the Fever album on DHR which is a
rap/noise record but unfortunately sorta sucks to my ears.
As for other really angry music, someone mentioned ant-zen/hymen. This is
where you want to be looking - buy the 2cd samplers from each label
(ant-hology and teknoir - they can be had for the low price of $12.99 each
from www.soleilmoon.com) and you will never look back... Ant-Zen is the
home of the sheer aural brutality (PAL, Imminent Starvation - the latter
of whom is fucking amazing despite the stupid name), Hymen the more "IDM"
oriented material - while still noisy and dark, it's got a lot more going
on musically so Teknoir may be the one to get first (unless you are
prepared for the glorious walls of noise in 4/4 that is the Ant-Zen
catalog). Also Panacea's first record is pretty essential (low profile
darkness)...
Also, don't be so quick to dismiss ATR and co. - well, ok, dismiss the
ATR, just don't dismiss the co. Alec Empire's "The Destroyer" puts most
other noisy dnb acts (including panacea) to shame when it comes to the
sheer amount of violence done to the music, and most of his other records
are pretty swell. I've been listening to Squeeze the Trigger a lot, and
if you like squelchy acidy noises in a distorted/angry setting, it's great
(though Techno Animal does do it a bit better on the "Demonoid" 12").
Some of the Vinyl Communication records fit the bill, though not Kid 606
and Lesser (great music, but too happy/goofy to be angry). The Bombardier
record "violence" is good, as is the omnibot/kid 606 split... still, VC's
strength is not necessarily in this area, as Bombardier could rightfully
be accused of being a bit of a DHR ripoff.
As a final mention there is the current techno obsession of my life, the
Tresor label. While not "angry" per se, many of these records (I'm
thinking Vogel, Surgeon, Chrislo, System 7, and robert hood) have a really
interesting kind of fucked up power that is unequalled anywhere else.
Pounding 4 to the floor is a beautiful thing. And as an aside, the only
record I've heard on Tresor that I didn't like was the Drexicya one - I'll
throw in a quick rec for Pacou's "No Computer Involved" LP which hasn't
left the turntable much in the past week. Beepy but lots of depth, almost
dubby in terms of the way the sounds are used if not in actual
overall sound.
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