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quoted 3 lines i've become more interested in pure noise in the past

> i've become more interested in pure noise in the past > week or two and don't have much to go on... >

Pure noise? Well.. the hiss you get between FM stations is quite good if you're into that kind of thang, but I much prefer the sound of short-wave radio being twiddled. Interference on my stereo from minicab drivers passing my house is ok sometimes too. The fridge switching on and off at my parents house through my stereo there is quite good.

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, WARD Giles wrote:

quoted 4 lines i've become more interested in pure noise in the past

> > i've become more interested in pure noise in the past > > week or two and don't have much to go on... > > > Pure noise? Well.. the hiss you get between FM stations is quite good.

Nah, that's just hiss. Nothing beats driving through the desert in the middle of the night and listening to 3 AM radio stations phase in and out on the same frequency. The 'thump' of jackrabbits going under the wheels provides the kick drum. If you're not getting enough hiss, then crack a window.

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, WARD Giles wrote:

quoted 8 lines i've become more interested in pure noise in the past

> > i've become more interested in pure noise in the past > > week or two and don't have much to go on... > > > Pure noise? Well.. the hiss you get between FM stations is quite good > if you're into that kind of thang, but I much prefer the sound of > short-wave radio being twiddled. Interference on my stereo from minicab > drivers passing my house is ok sometimes too. The fridge switching on > and off at my parents house through my stereo there is quite good.

...I've heard that album, and it is really good! That is the last Bernard Gunter Cd on Table of the Elements label, right? ;-) ;-) Anyone interested in investigating noise-music should keep in mind that something like Farmer's Manual is on the rather "synthetic/digital" end of the scale. There is minimal sonic noise that is also more anonymous in its' sources, that is to say that the sources may or may not be made with electronics and/or hi-tech manipulation such as computer editting. Farmers Manual is sort of making a stand by the default fact that they leave some rough edges about their digital editting. B Gunter, for instance, does heavy digital editting (ASR-10 and ProTools last I talked to him), but his sounds end up feeling more anonymous in terms of their organic or synthetic origins. An example of organic-type noise might be late 80's Zoviet-France or DDAA or David Tudor maybe. Other digital-noise might be Ryoji Ikeda (1000 Fragments) or PBK or recent Asmus Tietchens, often loopy or cutup type stuff. Solenoid solenoid@europa.com <------+

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, eric ong wrote:

quoted 6 lines ...I've heard that album, and it is really good! That is the last Bernard

> > ...I've heard that album, and it is really good! That is the last Bernard > > Gunter Cd on Table of the Elements label, right? ;-) ;-) > > are u referring to "un peu de neige salie" (w/ the Feldman-comparison > liner notes), or does BG have something more recent on TOTE? > "associational listening" is discouraged...

I think so, that is probably why I can't remember the title of that one: I can never remember what it means...

quoted 4 lines Ryoji Ikeda (1000 Fragments) or PBK or recent Asmus Tietchens, often loopy

> > Ryoji Ikeda (1000 Fragments) or PBK or recent Asmus Tietchens, often loopy > > or cutup type stuff. > > Ikeda has something new out last time i checked - how is it?

I got the Silence box, and, yeah, there is something newer, but I am being very conservative buying cds and noise lately so I'm a bit outta touch... solenoid@europa.com <------+