On Sat, 17 Feb 1996, Jeffrey Reid wrote:
quoted 3 lines ObIDM: Can anyone recommend any good noise/dance music? Nurse With> ObIDM: Can anyone recommend any good noise/dance music? Nurse With
> Wound's Rock 'n Roll station is excellent, but I'd be more interested in
> hearing something like Merzbow meets Aphex Twin, or Whitehouse meets the KLF.
I'm working on it...
That kind of experimental/IDM crossover is something I'd like to hear too.
It's an underexplored area which I'll continue to poke around in.
You might check into the Wir/H30 12" on Touch. It sounds a little like
the beat-driven track from _One Dozen Ecomomical Stories_, but more
herky-jerky. Not the best one could hope for, but it points in an
intriguing direction.
Some of the heavily-overdriven stuff Jeff Mills has done in the past may
qualify. Good example would be one of the tracks from the X-103 _Thera_
EP on Axis. The name escapes me. Perhaps "Eruption"?
Merzbow also has a couple tracks with a kind of beat. For example the
track from the _Land of the Rising Noise_ comp, and 1st track on _Music
for Bondage Performance_. Also some other tracks have more circular
patterns, such as side 1 of _Dadarottenvator_ or the "Music from 'The Dead
Man2'" 7". I also heard about (but have not heard) a recent/upcoming
track on a 4-artist 7" which has a bit of a beat to it.
--Mark
PS re: Merzbow. He made it to the West coast a few months ago, but I'm
near Chicago. Last time he played here would probably have been before I
discovered Merzbow. And if anyone from the Chicago area can suggest a
venue for an evening of difficult music, please do.