+DOG+ "O” C10 (Love Earth Music)

Is this the mellowest Harsh Noise possibly concocted? At what point is the line drawn betwixt calming-but-dying-box-fan and juuuuust too much variation for sleep to be (as?) likely? Is this grey noise? The free App on my PhartSmone says there isn’t a single instance in the recording where the main frequency climbs above 250Hz, and it peaks out at 6KHz, max. AKA this is a serious sub-woofer jammer, and would probably be a solid gold hit amongst weirdos in the deaf community if played through the right speakers, and/or anyone who wants to listen to a distorted three second thunder-clap stretched out to 200x its natural length.

Sounds maybe like a thousand contact mics surrounding a Laundromat, each one run through a different heavy distortion pedal, and/or perhaps laying down in the back of a pickup truck that’s whipping down the interstate, your head surrounded by paint buckets that are barely weighted down with loose nuts & bolts, and/or it’s just the iphone recording you took from your pocket while moshing right next to the bass amp at a grind fest, all the blown-out 10 minute sets cut & pasted over top of each other with no mixing whatsoever. Possibly all three? Do not listen to while operating heavy machinery; you won’t notice a thing.

https://dognoise.bandcamp.com/
and/or
http://www.loveearthmusic.com/love-earth-music----dog-.html

 --Jacob An Kittenplan

BLUE "Kepler 20-F Suite" C30 (Love Earth Music)

With this album title, it’s easy to assign these seemingly untranslatable-to-human fluctuations in soundwaves as possible cosmic echoes off of distant planets and/or maybe, liek, signs from Extraterrestrial Intelligence orsomething. To the layperson, it all could easily sound like someone just jerking around with a theremin and distortion pedal. I suggest it’s somewhere in between. Make no mistake about it, though, that if you put enough effort into listening to this stuff while sitting still, with decent headphones, the psychoacoustic headfuckery achieved is very, very real; it leaves me thinking that this multi-channeled recording is, in fact, careful and deliberate…but I’m on summer vacation and in the mood for weird shit, so maybe it’s just me?

On a semi-related note, Love Earth Music puts out some pretty decent stuff…and sporadically some stuff I’d personally deem as unlistenably formulaic (this release is very much the former), but I’d pick up just about anything they’d put out if I found it in a used bin, and, if you, too, love the weird shit, I suggest you do the same. Otherwise, with their bare-bones (read: “not helpful”) website, you’ll never know the outsider glory that is their oh-so-mysterious-d-i-y shtick.

http://www.loveearthmusic.com/

-- Jacob An Kittenplan

HOGRA / HEXTERIA "Split" C10 (Love Earth Music)

Five minutes in hell with two minimalist, darker noise artists.

Hogra side:
Robot exorcisms and the casual stroll of Cthulu off in the distance, mumbling plaintively to hirself. Hey, now, wouldn’t you know it; the engine just won’t turn over…

Hexteria side:
What it likely sounds like, were satanic aliens to test out their burgeoning abduction skills on a few hogs at the old factory farm, just before daybreak.

www.loveearthmusic.com

-- Jacob An Kittenplan

HOGRA / OXYCODONE “Split” C10 (Love Earth Music)

 Ever wonder what it would sound like to get a transmission from inside a black hole? Of course you’ve seen Interstellar, and haters gonna hate, but I loved that flick. You know, though, I’m inclined to side with those who disagree with the science of what actually goes on in one of those things. Because Hogra and Oxycodone, on this hellscape of a cassette, each contribute the soundtrack to the eternal torment of your molecules being separated. Slowly. From inside of a black hole. And then the results are somehow piped out into the cosmos, readily accessible to those of us equipped to capture and decode radio waves. (Radio waves can get out of black holes, right?)

So, the question shouldn’t exactly ask what any old transmission from inside of a black hole would sound like. Rather, it should posit, “Ever wonder what it would sound like to get a transmission of Satan vomiting souls without end or mercy from inside a black hole?” Note the specificity added. It’s the key to the release. Hogra’s got side A, a little ditty called “After the Burning” (eternal torment, seared flesh, you get the idea), and it’s a wasteland of sonic peril, with the aforementioned Satan-barfing incident taking up all of its time. (This is not to be confused with The Spaghetti Incident, which is a different sort of barfing incident altogether.) Do you like the sound of that? Great! You’ll also love the sound of side B.

Oxycodone does Hogra one better, in that there’s less harsh demonic nasticity and more harsh playing-Merzbow-at-the-wrong-speed-and-mashing-it-up-with-The-Soronprfbs-but-without-rhythm. Get me? No? Get back inside that black hole, then! You need another go-round, son, and this time I’m going to turn up this split even louder! Ten more minutes of this equals 1.75 years on the outside! This is your life now!

loveearthmusic.com

--Ryan Masteller

MULCH "Mulch 2" C30 (Love Earth Music)

Bobbleheaded basement jams of an aleatory nature. Served with static-haired bombast using the customary utensils of rock purveyance, sans vocals, and featuring occasional interjections by a spazzy got-out-of-jail-free harmonica. Veers wantonly over filemot turf between puddly realms of Zornian cacophony and menacing thickets of prunefaced Dick Tracy mold-jazz; the smudged surface craquelured with loosey-goosey, for-the-love-of-the-game esprit. Favorite track names include "Wasted Cowboy", "Victory Gas", and "Smelly & Redundant".

www.loveearthmusic.com

-Francis Carr Jr.

ACTUARY / ADERLATING "Curses and Conspiracies" c20 (Love Earth Music)

Funny cover. This is a really brutal tape that completely took me by surprise. I'm not aware of either of these artists, but I'd sure like to know more. First off, it appears that each artist plays percussion on the other one's side...cool idea. The Actuary portion is a tangled mess of screams and noise that is very well edited. It's a complete sonic onslaught that had me riveted the whole time through. It's great to hear noise music that really speaks to me. A lot is done with the human voice here. The Aderlating side is even better. These guys take more of a noise meets death metal meets free jazz approach and it works wonders. This is some of the best music of its kind that I've ever heard. If you haven't checked out either of these bands, please do so now. This is sure to appeal to the metal heads and true noise fans, but it's dynamic and innovative enough to grab the shirt collars of all fans of "out" music. Great!

I think the guy who does this label is in the band +DOG+, you should check out +DOG+. Website. Actuary site. Aderlating site.