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Your opinion on "noise" music

#41
To me, there's music and there's soundscapes and there's fusions of the two in varying degrees. I can appreciate what they're both going for, but I think it's important to keep in mind that they do have different goals and you can't judge one by the yardsticks of the other.

Noise would fall under the soundscape of the latter.
 
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Nic. said:
To me, there's music and there's soundscapes and there's fusions of the two in varying degrees. I can appreciate what they're both going for, but I think it's important to keep in mind that they do have different goals and you can't judge one by the yardsticks of the other.

Noise would fall under the soundscape of the latter.
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I've always liked the word "soundscape", even if it has become a bit cliché. It's a very descriptive word for something that's hard to describe.

There is a women in the DC area who plays a cello as part of her electronic noise act. I got a free vinyl record at one of these shows and she's on it, and I really liked it, as opposed to some of the other stuff on the record. I have yet to catch her live. I'll see if I can find her name.
 
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I lived in a fashionably cruddy neighborhood in Chicago in the early-late 90's and there was almost always a performance like that going on in one bombed-out warehouse or another. Sometimes it could raise my consciousness, sometimes it was just boring. I spent the 80's and 90's probing the edges of musical sanity, and while I keep an open mind about abrasive music, nowadays, I want to hear riffs, licks, hooks, and a deep pocket.
 
#46
Spectrum said:
The stuff you're thinking of I think is probably more "noise rock" than "noise". Stuff like Sonic Youth, where they used a lot of noisy guitars but it was still obviously music.

This is an example of the kind of stuff I see around my area:



It doesn't do anything for me, but there are always people at these shows. Some kind of subculture maybe.

There is also a documentary out there from a few years ago, which is kind of interesting if for no other reason than it explains where some of these guys are coming from idea wise.

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I love the kids in the background bopping their heads to some beat.
 
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#48
Wow, been away for a grip.

Cats, eh? Dafuq?

Anyway... I put this into the same bucket as the "Yes" or "No" poll.

I like sounds. I like hearing crickets, but I still try and catch one and put it out if it is singing in my room. There is a time and place for everything, imo.
 
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JimmyM said:
Noise? Old hat
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Indeed. This is a release from the Beatles spin-off label, 1968. Buncha noise.

George rather ungenerously painted over the name of his collaborator (read: the guy who made the tape) on his front cover painting
after a falling out between them, and released the record without giving due credit, although you can see a bit of the second name through the grey paint atop it...

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catcauphonic said:
Definitely a small subculture for it here in Seattle. I've seen only a few, mainly because it was a friend's band and I like to try new things. In a live context it CAN BE interesting/entertaining, but I can't see myself ever purchasing a recording of it to listen to at home or in the car
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This type of music for sure is better live. The volume can really distort and cause weird effects in the room as well as the body. I do have some recordings but it's not the run in themill enough to throw in my offices CD player. It is great for long drives and background music when I'm doing things.
 
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#54
I listened to a lot of this sort of thing 20 years ago, now I don't quite understand what the appeal was other than being more avant garde than the next guy.. There are some exceptions, though, I still dig what Throbbing Gristle or Einstuerzende Neubauten do, or did as the case may be.
 
#56
Experimental's one thing, flat out noise with no underlying theme is quite another. I'll take the first over the second if I'm in the right mood. Pretty sure some mind-altering substances were at work in that first video- even the DJ was downing shots.

And then, someone mentioned Boris? I wouldn't call them noise at all; heck, even my six-year old son likes them when I play them in the car. Some of their stuff is more experimental, but you can definately hear the underlying rhythm and theme.
 
#57
TB thread on ambient/ textural, definitely sometimes noise. Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
The Sonic Circuits scene in DC is great, i've gotten to perform at Pyramid Atlantic many times (only 1 more show until they get run out by development) but I consider it a workshop- usually the same crowd of people perform as well as attend. It's a scene, and people try stuff that ends up ranging from enlightening to failed experiments.
There's always been provocative sub genre in music and art, as always, it's up to the listener. I do get sick of the formulas of pop culture in the US, it's nice to know i'm not the only one.
 
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I used to have this program on my old Mac called SoundEdit. I had version 16, I believe. It was a super-simple program. I'm sure it could easily fit on any phone now, but I had loads of fun with it, making some pretty wild noise, sort of in the vein of Autechre, although I hadn't heard them at the time. I still have a bunch of the tapes I made. The sounds that thing could churn out were absolutely wicked. Its best feature was its bender, which I believe made it possible to put unlimited points in wave to bend it with. It was noise, I suppose, but it was still structured sound, and I liked to hear it, so that was good enough for me.
Anyhow, the point is that, call it music, call it noise, call it sound pollution, I don't care. If I like to listen to it, I like to listen to it. To me, it's all just where you find it. A rose by any other name and all that.
 
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D.A.R.K. said:
Pyramid Atlantic many times (only 1 more show until they get run out by development)
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Really? Hadn't heard that, that sucks. I've been there once or twice.


There's always been provocative sub genre in music and art, as always, it's up to the listener. I do get sick of the formulas of pop culture in the US, it's nice to know i'm not the only one.
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That's why I am always looking for something new, why this thread exists.
 
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