Noise Music

Playlist:
Mogwai, Rock Action
Architecture in Helsinki, Fingers Crossed
Julie Ruin, Julie Ruin


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Noise music at first its discordant noise, but after listening to it the way you judge music as music begins to change. I didn’t listen to much noise music before the project. I listened to a few noise bands and have been to a show with a noise dj. The noise DJ was like John Cage because it seemed as though it was composed/created on the spot. At first when you listen to noise music you only hear layered noises and a mixture of sounds. Then sometimes the rhythm of it comes out. Sometimes it seems that the rhythm never surfaces, but even then there is still value in the music. You can’t judge noise music by the same rubric you might use for other music.


Hawks and Sparrows, Untitled Track 2:

Intriguing how it came about, mixing different protests.
Starts with low percussion, the sort that you might hear from Fela Kuti.
Steady rhythm
0:14, a clanging bell like sound comes in with the locomotive percussive sound
0:34, more almost maraca like percussion
1:12 beats break up, become less regular
1:16 a haunting smooth sound
Would describe the way the beat is pulsating as lurching forward
1:34 the smooth sounds return for another four second bit
1:40 there is some overlap of the smooth and the lurching clanging beats
1:45 an upswell of noise and energy
lurching beat is more intense and louder
1:57 static sounds enter the mix
2:12 the absence of noise is more powerful than the clanging, the silent bits come through as much as the beat
The sound is muffled, then stops, starting again and finally muffling out completely.