Sunday, February 10, 2013

Power Noise mix

OK I've uploaded a mix of Power Noise / Rhythmic Noise at Mixcloud, as the next in my series of "pure" mixes of industrial styles. I had a lot of fun and I think it really works as a mix. If you haven't heard it yet, check it out:
http://www.mixcloud.com/leontranter/pure-power-noise-industrial-dance-mix/
Here are some notes about what tracks I chose and why.

Synapscape: Thirsteater. Synapscape are a great band with many good releases under their belt (and they're still going strong after many years in the business). This is off an older album of theirs, Positive Pop, and it's a killer.
ESA: Absolute Fury (in its very fabric). I'm really impressed by ESA and the variety of sounds he produces. This is a solid track with some nice vocals (which you don't often get in power noise) off the Sea and the Silence album, released on the always excellent Tympanik Audio.
Manufactura: Killing You. This is a really nice, strong, aggressive track from controversial artist Manufactura. It's packed full of great samples from the movie "Pi", has crazy heavy beats, and just kicks the crap out of anything. Freaky trivia: this track is from the first Manufactura album Regression, which was released by Auricle Media, a label started by Scott Sturgis aka Converter!
PAL: Bang your box. PAL is one of the legends of the Ant-Zen power noise movement and is hard not to include, even if I find a lot of his albums to be inconsistent in quality. This is a classic track however, with a great rolling momentum.
Asche: Distorted DJ Part 2. I love the album this track comes from (Distorted DJ), but it was hard to pick a track from it, because the whole thing flows together, from beginning to end. This is probably the best track though, and it fits pretty well here in the mix.
Scrap.edx: Bleeder Current. Scrap.Edx are great and their first album, Non-Linear Interfacing (released on the sadly defunct DTA Records), is one of the most underrated noise albums ever. This track is one of many wonderful tracks on that album (more recent works are solid but not quite as good).
Punch Inc: You My God. This is a bad-arse rhythmic noise track from bad-arse German rhythmic noise band Punch Inc, from their first album, Rush Hour. Great stuff. Bonus points to anyone who knows where the sample ("You think you can fight god") is from and can tell me!
5F-X: i=i1+i2+i3+i4+...iN. This track is just mental, and that's fitting since it is from the completely crazy German band 5F-X (a split-off from the even crazier German band 5F_55, whose track names are in hexadecimal code). One of my all time favourites.
Xotox: Degeneration. This track doesn't have a huge amount of depth or complexity to it, but it has a really nice sense of anticipation and momentum that I really like. I feel it works well as a build-up to the next three tracks, which is where things really go nuts. These final three artists are the greatest in all of power noise.
Iszoloscope: Le Demoninateur Common. Iszoloscope is the best power noise artist currently active, for my money. All of his music is amazing, but this track is from his best album, the 2003 masterpiece Au Seuil du Neant. Just amazing.
Imminent Starvation: Tentack one. Probably the best power noise track ever made; this is a musical juggernaut that destroys everything in its path. Listening this track changed my life.
Converter: Stand Beside Him (power). Converter is really the god of this genre; he's quit making music under this name sadly, and many of my favourite tracks of his are actually the more ambient or down-tempo ones. But this is a good noisy stompy example of Scott Sturgis' genius.

Coming up next: Dark Ambient mix! Holy crap, I better learn how to keymix, quick!!

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