N10 Noise

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Three bits of music that have annoyed my neighbours. But you'd do the same when you hear the only thing on their musical rotation is Radiohead's 'OK Computer'. On a loop. Forever.

Gerritt: Space Level Blaze (Misanthropic Agenda) - CD
Superior nihilist noise from Gerritt - from basement recorded screams to precision-timed static to laptop-interfering frequency riots. Liberal uses of delay and echo on 'Untitled 4' make this the stand-out moment. No real narrative here, but there doesn't have to be. Just a sense of uncomplicated, noisy fun from the six tracks. Manageable too, especially with its considered 21-minute running time.

Giuseppe Ielasi & Howard Stelzer: Night Life (Brombron) - CD
Enter at the right angle and you'll find yourself being led through a forest of beguiling soundscapes. Initially soothing guitar picking and found sound on 'Ruin 1' is just a sonic ploy before 'Ruin 2' pummels you with shears of dispersive metallic noise.

'Ruin 3's fluttering drone is unsettling but preps you nicely for the parting lull of 'Losing our taste for the nightlife'. Where detuned guitar and disrupted tape loops struggle to keep up with each other. Exploratory, experimental, excellent.

Joe Colley & Jason Lascallet: Annhiliate this week (Brombron) - CD
Awesome collaboration of industrial drone and rasterised disturbance that moves through differing environments. Opener 'Prayer' sounds like the audio off a documentary about power stations. 'Nervous Laughter' is a jittery and violent walk through prohibitive woodland. But it's the screw-turning tension of 'Hazards peculiar to the night' that reigns majestic. Supremely fucked / fucking supreme.

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