IZOLAT [ē-zō-laht, Romanian for Isolated] is the Dungeon Synth project of Derek Rush [DREAM INTO DUST, UNFEELING]. For those into the more Neoclassical side of Dungeon Synth. Forsaken Hollow cassette/digital is out now. Listen and order at bit.ly/izolatfh
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Friday, COMPACTOR begins the Northern Campaign of Live Shifts presenting the latest Document, Institutionalized Genocide [ bit.ly/CPTRIG ]. Details for each stop at bit.ly/CPTRSK
TONIGHT in #philadelphia @ Pageant:Soloveev COMPACTOR compactor.bandcamp.com PROFESSOR A woodroomcollective.bandcamp.com/album/kill-y... PERPETUAL OYSTER perpetualoyster.bandcamp.com/music [venue is wheelchair accessible]
MARIE CARROLL brings her unique koto-based experimental noise to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. Marie is a koto player, improviser, and sound artist based in New England. [more]
Marie has toured across the United States and Europe. She has worked in a variety of mediums, including cello, visual art, and dance. She has released albums on Tripticks Tapes, zOaR Records, and Radical Documents. mariecarroll.org
COMPACTOR returns for the final SLABFEST May 17-18 with power electronics performance art for the people. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. A shifting array of obsolete noisy equipment is operated by a figure known as The Worker, who is always masked and in a generic uniform to emphasize dehumanization. [more]
Each Document and series of Live Shifts focuses on aspects of work, technology, and society. Active since 2011, the project has seen Documents on labels such as Phage Tapes, Annihilvs, Black Ring Rituals, Ohm Resistance, and most frequently shadowy corporation Waste MGT. compactor.bandcamp.com
FRICKER (PA) brings glitchy CD-manipulated Plunderphonics to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. Jon E. Nielsen's Philadelphia-based experimental noise project utilizes sample sequencing and wounded CDs through no-input feedback to alter your mind. fricker2.bandcamp.com
ERIC BAYLIES brings his noisy synth and theremin experiments to SLABFEST this weekend May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
BIT ROT (NY) brings over-engineered laser noise to the final SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. This Rochester NY-based experimental artist combines analog drone with a 3d-printed laser visualization system. Hear some of what they do at bit-rot.bandcamp.com [photo: Justin Szoll]
RETRIBUTION BODY (RI) returns for the final SLABFEST, this weekend May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
Although their music is best experienced in person, check out their recordings at retributionbody.bandcamp.com
RETRIBUTION BODY (RI) returns for the final SLABFEST, this weekend May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
RETRIBUTION BODY (RI) returns for the final SLABFEST, this weekend May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
CLEW OF THESEUS brings industrial noise to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. Founded in 1997, Ben Brucato's project returned to live performing last year, after a ten-year absence. [more]
Clew has released material on Cathartic Process, Chondritic Sound, Cipher Productions, Hermitage Tapes, Verlautbarung, Tape Fiend, Husk Records, Harsh Noise and Deadline Recordings. clewoftheseus.bandcamp.com
CLEW OF THESEUS brings industrial noise to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. Founded in 1997, Ben Brucato's project returned to live performing last year, after a ten-year absence. [more]
SCROTAL TEAR brings a synthesis of dark ambient, death industrial, and experimental noise to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfest.com. [more]
SCROTAL TEAR brings a synthesis of dark ambient, death industrial, and experimental noise to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfest.com. [more]
DEAD DOOR UNIT brings intense tape manipulation to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. K. Geiger's project primarily works with broken electronics to create its awkward and ethereal soundscapes. [more]
Most releases have come out in minuscule editions on Geiger’s own French Market Press label, where the emphasis on packaging and presentation is of equal importance to the noise being presented. Others have been on labels such as Fusty C*nt, Tribe Tapes, and American Tapes. deaddoor.bandcamp.com
MURDEROUS VISION (OH) brings Death Industrial to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. Stephen Petrus' project has been active for over 30 years, ranging from dark ambient to death industrial to martial industrial and neoclassical music. [more]
MV has released many full length albums and has been featured on numerous classic compilations on several labels such as Dunkelheit, Difficult Interactions, Annihilvs, Chthonic Streams, and Petrus' own Live Bait Recording Foundation. Rare East Coast US appearance! murderousvision1.bandcamp.com
MAX JULIAN EASTMAN brings his idiosyncratic harsh noise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
One of the more radical voices in collage and noise tape-manipulation, Eastman is also the founder of Tribe Tapes. He has been recording music under his own name as well as Greathumour and Tantric Death. tribetapes.bandcamp.com/album/model-...
GUERILLA THEATER brings Harsh Noise Masked Rituals to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
GUERILLA THEATER brings Harsh Noise Masked Rituals to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
AMBIGERE (MN) brings Harsh Noise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
AMBIGERE (MN) brings Harsh Noise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
Robert Moos makes depraved noise from the deprived plains. Half surveillance drone and half science fiction danger signal, Ambigere utilizes an array of menacing effects to create a monolithic din that doubles as the musical accompaniment to mankind's ruination.
THIS IS NOT OKAY brings murderhouse crunknoise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
THIS IS NOT OKAY brings murderhouse crunknoise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
KRISTINA WARREN (RI) brings gritty rhythmic synth collages to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
KRISTINA WARREN (RI) brings gritty rhythmic synth collages to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. [more]
TIMMY THE TAPEWORM (MN) brings collage-heavy glitch worship to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. TTT has been a primary project of James Allen Graham (NURSING DEATH) since 2005 with recordings and performances of musique concrète, offset tracker breaks, and cut-up plunderphonics. [more]
JAG is also one half of Shoplifting Kink; is a frequent collaborating member of Ice Climber and Boy Dirt Car; has performed with Cock E.S.P., WRONG, Chaos Combat Marching Band, Colon Pipe Krew; and was in the cast of MTN TV's show, Freaky Deeky (2009–2012). timmythetapeworm.bandcamp.com
NEVER SORRY (NY) is an American Power Electronics project by Sean Beard (Waves Crashing Piano Chords, H8-Track Stereo) that will grace SLABFEST this May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com
HARPY (RI) brings heavy industrial to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com Cult musical/performance artists Gyna Bootleg (SIRE, VOMITATRIX, TINSEL TEETH) and Pippi Zornoza (RECTRIX, BONEDUST, VVLTVRE), have been pushing at the boundaries of the underground for nearly 25 years. [cont'd]
This project lends their atmospheric sonic musings and manic vocals to a multi-layered aggression that is deeply haunted and utterly relentless. It is the shriek of this mythological creature as it rips your bowels in order to tell your fortune, the manic psychological space of becoming unhinged. 🧵
MANY BLESSINGS (CO) brings intense harsh noise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com Ethan Lee McCarthy (also PRIMITIVE MAN, VERMIN WOMB, SPIRITUAL POISON) is a multidisciplinary artist creating audio and visual art. [continued]
MANY BLESSINGS (CO) brings intense harsh noise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com Ethan Lee McCarthy (also PRIMITIVE MAN, VERMIN WOMB, SPIRITUAL POISON) is a multidisciplinary artist creating audio and visual art. [continued]
FRKSE (MA/NY) bring their raw industrial to SLABFEST May 17-18. Tix @ slabfestnh.com. Using tape loops, electronics, sampled sounds, synths and some other stress-inducing mysteries, FRKSE exists on a turbulent plane somewhere between chattering industrial clamor and automatous world meditation.
PUTRID FAUVE (FL) brings performance art noise to SLABFEST May 17-18. Day tickets, discount weekend passes or bundles with t-shirts: slabfestnh.com [more info in comments]
Influenced by harsh noise, ambient, and horror, all of which evoke vertiginous depths in imperturbable realms. Its abrasive textures and deviant array of chains and light unfold an aurally violent display. Hear fragments of the experience at putridfauve.bandcamp.com