There's a type of song I'm really into at the moment: the dark, extended soul-baring of an industrial artist, or an artist whose body of work is usually moody, noisy, and grim. The three main examples I'm thinking of are:
Alexander Hacke - Sanctuary...a fantastic 13-minute song of love for his girlfriend which sounds more like a last confession before apocalypse. Really dramatic, scary, monstrous, and above all catchy. A labyrinthine, unearthly opus.
Foetus - Kreibabe...from the POV of a (thankfully fictional) murderous paedophile, this IS the last confession before apocalypse, and it's earth-shaking. 13 minutes of mounting sonic terror.
Foetus - Finely Honed Machine...to be honest I have no idea what this one is about or why it exists, but it is demented. In about as profound and relentless a way as old JG could have imagined. Only needs 9 minutes but it's completely fucked.
Are there any more examples of this marvellous technique you can think of? Stuff like Neubauten's Headcleaner doesn't count because it's not specifically self which is being gutted for display.
― cockles (country matters), Monday, 17 August 2009 21:36 (sixteen years ago)
oh ... this isn't a TMI thread
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Monday, 17 August 2009 21:39 (sixteen years ago)
on topic, this thread makes me realize that most of the music I listen to either has no vocals or the lyrics are in a language I do not understand.
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Monday, 17 August 2009 21:57 (sixteen years ago)
throbbing gristle "almost a kiss"
― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Monday, 17 August 2009 22:31 (sixteen years ago)
TG's "Hamburger Lady" involves, er, exfoliation, and it's epic, but not self-related.
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Monday, 17 August 2009 22:32 (sixteen years ago)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zs9nNlwuDUI/SHxSQsGV2QI/AAAAAAAACCY/ljgHj_BLgHU/s400/Woman+applying+Exfoliate.JPG
― m0stlyClean, Monday, 17 August 2009 22:38 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/OatmealTexas/OatmealTexasSign05StephenDanesi.jpg
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Monday, 17 August 2009 22:41 (sixteen years ago)
That TG song is good but it isn't really wrought or long enough to qualify for what I'm looking for here. God more people need to hear that Hacke song.
― cockles (country matters), Monday, 17 August 2009 23:40 (sixteen years ago)
okay, I listened to it a few times ... it's interesting, but a bit too repetitive for my tastes. It did get me thinking about what I really like in music, as well as the fact that I haven't heard "In the Coliseum" by Tom Waits in a long time.
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 21:50 (sixteen years ago)
I spent a lot of time last week listening to a bunch of Godflesh reissues and I think they might be at least on the periphery of the def'n... is it essential that you can make the words out or can it be uh a feeling?
― Women Respond To Bassong (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:02 (sixteen years ago)
it can be a feeling
― You are Rebels! You are all yankees (country matters), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:02 (sixteen years ago)
OK cool cos Justin Broadrick is a bit marble mouthed at times shall we say
― Women Respond To Bassong (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:05 (sixteen years ago)
he tends to let the gauze do the talking yeah
― You are Rebels! You are all yankees (country matters), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:10 (sixteen years ago)
overmars reissue i got last week is ruling my world. just so massive and beautiful. definitely the second best album i've heard this year after the gog album. gog album continues to stun me. played it SO FUCKING LOUD for my brother the other night and i honestly felt like i was on psychedelics. and all i'd had were 3 or 4 bass ale.
overmars born again album is one 40 minute track.
gog album is just, i dunno, a religious experience. got new gog stuff in the mail today too!
overmars:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dfqicdME46Y/R1BNjcnewOI/AAAAAAAAAY8/a4XY0iYEa_k/s1600-R/overmars.jpg
gog:
http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/GOG.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:12 (sixteen years ago)
Suicide "Frankie Teardrop" and Khanate "Every God Damn Thing" and Current 93 "I Have a Special Plan For this World" all come to mind, they involve characters, not necessarily a first-person-of-vocalist thing, and they achieve the effect you're talking about from different directions.
For a super-short version of this effect, consider the Midwestern hardcore band Die Kreuzen's song "White".
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:25 (sixteen years ago)
Suicide "Frankie" ... definitely, was thinking of suggesting this yesterday, except it wasn't 1st person.
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:27 (sixteen years ago)
wow cheers guys!
― You are Rebels! You are all yankees (country matters), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:48 (sixteen years ago)
Reverend Bizarre - 'Demons Annoying Me': this is a doom metal song and not at all 'industrial' in terms of genre but it's 17 frickin minutes long and just CRAWLS along and is not really for communal listening I rather suspect
― Women Respond To Bassong (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:50 (sixteen years ago)
would still rep for "Hamburger Lady" in the industrial exfoliation category.
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:52 (sixteen years ago)
Oh, well if we're expanding the terms of engagement, then Shit And Shine - Toilet Door Tits and Kayo Dot - On Limpid Form are definitely gonna figure
listening to that Current 93 song right now
― You are Rebels! You are all yankees (country matters), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:52 (sixteen years ago)
OH WAIT I just remembered the OTHER main one I'd been thinking of
this might even be the best one
it is
Thighpaulsandra - Optical Black (feat. Jhonn Balance)
and it is
utterly crushing
Any other Coil suggestions welcomed, but you have have HAVE to hear that song, ANY of you with an interest in extreme music
― You are Rebels! You are all yankees (country matters), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:57 (sixteen years ago)