The Brutal World of "Noise Music"

Today, let's explore one of the loudest, most experimental styles of music to ever exist: "Noise Music" & diving into one of the scene's most legendary producers, Merzbow, and his classic "Pulse Demon" from 1996.
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#Noise #Merzbow #PulseDemon

[@PadChennington]

*Japan's Most Dangerous Band:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIqznIWNa8yaqZo

[@naqdensjam]

CHeck massona bro ! he is one of the bigones!

[@naqdensjam]

violent onsen geisha too !

[@Wearypinkle]

Im really happy i found someone on youtube who talks about music like I do. Thankyou for doing what you do. not arouhd many music connoisseur's around me right now :)

[@danielpayne500]

Pad Chennington my iconic Merzbow is 1930 for the power noise box Along side pulse I mean nurse with Wound angry electronic Finger is my industrial box as well

[@ShroudedInAntiquity]

Noise is just heavy ambient music

[@marstheleanvampirequeen696]

Harrison Phillis dark ambient is basically a mix between the two

[@jklax]

@@marstheleanvampirequeen696 And what drone music?

[@adrian292k]

I would say heavy ambient music is like Kerker by Paysage D'Hiver

[@tappajavittu]

@@adrian292k There's a funny story about how that demo got it's weird soundscape, Wintherr was on a train drunk with his friend and they were listening to the demo and accidentally recorded train sounds over it and magic happened!

[@erikasdarodalykus]

oooooo that sounds appealing

[@myguitardidyermom212]

noise music is the only genre where there's more artists than fans lol I'm the top post on r/noisemusic

[@registersoccer]

lmaoo fr

[@zelkark9793]

SoundCloud rap is one as well

[@tsunamiisurferr1794]

What came first the chicken or the egg?

[@Jashpants]

This is kind of a paradox as the artists are also fans.

[@navoid6683]

Noise rock is the best noise genre

[@willowsparks4576]

“Art is the decoration of space. Music is the decoration of silence”

[@krsmanjovanovic8607]

Whoever said that (it can even be Michelangelo!) is wrong! Art is a way of expressing complex,subtle or strong messages,statements,fellings through some form of medium (written word,music,paintings...) Again it is my opinion,am not judging!

[@krsmanjovanovic8607]

Also,nice Usagi picture :D

[@Checo43]

@@krsmanjovanovic8607 Then it is not wrong.

[@serentiy420_]

Nice prof pic bro

[@telexghoulie]

Isn't the quote that music is the decoration of time?

[@unnamedindividual8835]

When he said ẙ̷̡̫͗͂͋̆́͋̈̃̾͝͝͝h̴̦͍̬̼̩̠̝̮̳̫̪̿̉̓̂̓̓ͅc̵̢̧̛̱̠̮̯͊̾͒̍͒͌͂̆̈͒͠x̶̼͉̳̞̝͇̭̼͔̞̑͆̎͋͜d̶̨̢̡͔̼͌̏͊̈́́̋͊̓̂̚͝͠͠t̵̟̮͕̫͕̤̜̅y̷̢̲̮͚͓̔ű̴̲̟̬͉̻͉̠̿̅͑̄f̷̢̧͚͎͍̭͖̯͗̈́̌̈́́̽̄̂̊͂̑̽̕̚͝m̶̡͉̺͉̳͔̼̣̟͈̣̩͕̺̋͛̀c̷̺̰̗͖̘̲̹̰̰̪͙̥͐̾̔̓͜ͅx̸̢̳̪̗̩̞̝̭̬̯͈͓͒͛̋͑͑̿͜ͅd̶̢̢̮͙͈̮̱͇̤͔͉͒̿̓̂̅̿́͛̅̊̽̊̇̈́͠f̵̳̣̱̬̌͆̃͗̓̒͗͛͂̍̿̕͘͜͝ǵ̴͖̈́̔̔́͗̒̉̌͠ĥ̵̨̡̛͖͔̩̝̹̮͈̲̍́͌͐͊̊̚͝͝j̸̦̰͎̩̎̀̎͑͑̈͒̍́͗͑̈́͝v̴̤̈́̚m̷̢̡̱̙̰̗̳̻̳̃̿͛̓͆̒͊̃͂ṽ̶͖͈̮͇̞̰̰̺͖͈̲̳͌͌ͅc̶͈̰͎̠̬̬͔̟̆̓ I felt that

[@PadChennington]

i felt that

[@josephstallin445]

Releated to me 😭

[@vogelvogeltje]

Ermahgerd u so clever

[@obesemomkod7018]

@@josephstallin445 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4fWoJ6aqtxmaZI

[@oubliette88]

He was just saying what we were all thinking.

[@reboblican1989]

My ex's partner was in a noise band. They had placed a vibrator on the strings of the bass and set it on the floor. Amazing.

[@iwannabeawitch]

Cool

[@zangreene2454]

Aleph Null truly a masterpiece of a song

[@disturbiodosono200]

Name?

[@freindmaker4473]

You have to admit tho, it's very creative

[@FathersOfDeception]

Chip Fisher making art doesn’t have to be difficult. It’s okay to not understand art.

[@FalseStrawberry]

I once met Merzbow briefly after his concert at Cafe Oto and told him how much his show has shook me and impacted me, I thanked him over and over. He responded with “okay”. 😊

[@m.a.g.3920]

Very Merzbow-esque reply....

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

i once stayed across the hall form him in a hotel, i asked him to sign my pulse demon vinyl and he said "why" and then he gave the most philosophical response i ever heard "ive no reason to sign it, but i will"

[@cptnmochi]

just like me fr

[@kingcronecker]

My parents found Aphex Twin unpleasant. I think I would be an orphan if I listened to this in '96.

[@kryingblood]

My parents love Aphex Twin lol

[@adams.555]

How is Aphex Twin a reference to a Noise musick?

[@alexthedio]

@@adams.555 contrasting

[@adammzain]

@@adams.555 Maybe Come to Daddy or Gwarek2

[@andrei11dr]

I mean, if they were listening to "Ventolin" I wouldn't blame them for thinking that

[@Xeroism712]

Noise fans be like: If my ears don't bleed it ain't good music

[@mmaksnd5784]

In the beginning he played it and had to lower the dbs or whatever so your ears dont bleed

[@wintersfox18]

I don’t trust noise music fans

[@beankid4571]

Exactly

[@tilkomp]

as a noise music fan IVE HAD THAT THOUGH

[@gammacxytwo5626]

Listened to earrape first.

[@wmd40]

Noise fans be like: "music doesn't have to be GOOD"

[@richardgamrat1944]

:DD

[@thethiccdonut5257]

It really ain't good music tho haha

[@gryphonfl-uf6us]

@@thethiccdonut5257 but what is music?

[@marstheleanvampirequeen696]

LightSpeed GUYS OH MY GOD IT’S BEN SHAPIRO’S DAD WITH A MUSIC THEORY DEGREE TELLING EVERYONE WHAT IS AND ISNT MUSIC

[@alejandrom.4680]

@@marstheleanvampirequeen696 No shit a Boomer with a degree is telling me that Xenakis isn't music thats BS

[@switchblade7422]

I'm not into noise music I don't like it. But as a metalhead I understand the people who make and listen to this type of music. A lot of people say that metal is just noise and trash but only a metalhead can understand how great the genre is. Metal musicians are passionate about their music and it takes a lot of talent. It's very hard for some people to digest it. I think noise music artists are very passionate about their work regardless of what other people think about their music. They're doing something they love.

[@alwithadot]

Thats a good point bud

[@yokusounidreambox7597]

Woah I think you actually made me get it, as a metal head myself too I feel like I understand the fans of this genre

[@kris6456]

It's also not my taste, but I think there's a bit of draw from a tinkery, nerdy type fascination. As he mentioned, a lot of this started as more a demonstration of different sounds that could be made with advancing technology. Even if it doesn't tickle your creative side, it can get you thinking about what could've made this sound or what it reminds you of in daily life. My favorite musicians use both structured, established (good-sounding) sounds along with great use of dissonance. Psychedelic rock, Metal, and EDM are good genres for this. I wouldn't consider pop songs using a simple DGC chord progression to be much more creative than any noise music. On the same note, I would consider noise music lacking recognizable appeal to many people. You get a good Pink Floyd song that rips your brain cells in one moment, and then resolves it with some sexy tones pulling at your heart strings, now that's real music, encapsulating concepts of harshness and beauty of real life and how they interact.

[@Poofter]

Setting up a static sound to play and calling it a track can't hold a candle to the years it takes to master vocals or an instrument let alone the luck of talent.

[@squidgable6674]

Its shit

[@fredflinsten449]

I knew a guy who has a degree in music composition and he literally listened to merzbow on his 1.5hr train ride to uni like at least once a week lol

[@fry_3313]

What an interesting train ride 😭

[@vrtr1]

most sane student

[@SomePatterns]

omg me to

[@galaga8779]

prob cuz he's sick of music lol

[@SB87613]

When you said "resets your ears" I think you hit the nail on the head. I occasionally listen to this album when I hit the point where I can't any music I actually wanna hear. It's literally just noise so it kinda fades into the background quickly. I've described merzbow to others as a sort of "anti-music" because it completely rejects anything traditional music contains

[@ReaperX3ro]

Like a musical detox/tolerance break.

[@asecretchannel4135]

Sonic palette cleanser

[@Vandalgia]

You're totally right, it makes sense now, I never think of it that way until you point it out. Listening to music felt really bland a few weeks ago for me. It's really weird and frustrating because listening to music is what eases my mind everyday, it become some sort of ritual for me. I was really frustrated. But at that point, I remember I was creating a noise music playlist on Spotify, but I never actually listened to it, like I was making that playlist out of curiosity and was thinking maybe I'll listen to it later, and when I reached that point where every music felt really bland to me that it doesn't have this emotional impact like it used to, I chose to listen to them and it felt... Oddly refreshing. Listening to them feel like it exactly hit the right spot and it felt really cathartic. It's not something that you'll listen to every day but damn I'm glad I discovered this genre.

[@pepega617]

definition of music: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

[@leibert6320]

I don't like using pretentious language , but when I'm done with listening to music I go out on a walk at night in the woods , blast Magnesia nova and come back and repeat this ritual for 2 or 3 days with different noise albums , don't listen to any music for a week and boom - RESET

[@martinoland1]

I dragged a big piece of metal on a metal floor and made my own noise album

[@PadChennington]

banger city

[@thatonedude9744]

Cool

[@kharris3352]

Can I listen to it? That sounds good?

[@Theyounggiants113]

Did u use a contact mic thru death metal pedal to behringer 4 channel feedback loop to amp? Cuz if so, it’s been done before bro.

[@batteryacid1]

isnt that just industrial

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

"Ey yo broski, what's your favorite Harsh Noise band?" Me: (turns on tv to reveal static) Channel 53.

[@PadChennington]

Local58

[@smartestmoronx19]

@@PadChennington My man

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

Huh, never heard that band before. I'll give it a listen.

[@jiontmusic1905]

@@PadChennington I was going to comment Local58 but thankfully you beat me to it. Let's fight against the moon, boys. We got a long ways ahead of us.

[@basedsouljah]

I played a show with a noisecore artist called Channel 63. That's bizarre...

[@angusmcnay5449]

So you've decided to get into noise. Welcome. It'll hurt.

[@annaf6623]

Ouchie

[@masterjunky863]

I like the noisiest black metal, so I can do it

[@user-hj9xz5gr3f]

@@masterjunky863 So do I, but I do not feel ready for noise music yet. I'll probably stay in the frozen lands of Black Metal for a few more years before my taste evolves and I decide to step it up by getting into noise.

[@Ripped2shreds]

@@user-hj9xz5gr3f like Gorenoise or noisecore?

[@user-hj9xz5gr3f]

@@Ripped2shreds Yeah, I'll have to learn the different terms and sub genres later on. For now, I'm a happy man in my abandoned castle on Transylvania!

[@mfdoom1167]

>Akita puts out a lot of music >Viper : "Am I a joke to you?"

[@xcaluhbration]

I bet that coward don't even smoke crack.

[@SkratchersOtherWorseChannel]

@@xcaluhbration what's up with that?

[@robertcaron4924]

@@SkratchersOtherWorseChannel he's a mark fool

[@willowvilla9659]

THIS

[@depthsofabjection]

هل انا الله الك؟

[@ANLATCHNOON]

Should have titled this “The HARSH World of Noise Music” hhehehhehehehheheheheh.....

[@ANLATCHNOON]

Oh, and btw. Check out Clippings. They have daveed diggs of Hamilton fame, and two other experimental and noise producers making noise hip-hop. The albums are highly concept based, and accessible. They dropped a Halloween themed album back in Oct. 2019.

[@baileyadams9242]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGKuqaKilJt4sM0

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

A) it's just called Clipping B) it's far from noise music

[@ANLATCHNOON]

White Face #513 I’d consider them in the noise genre. They are still definitely in the hip-hop realm, and other genres on different tracks. But the producers certainly go into noise. They recently collaborated with The Rita, a very known harsh noise artist, on the track “la mala ordina” from their newest album. They were actually on Amoeba to talk about what they listen to. And the two producers check out experimental and noise music in their collection. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKe2l62fpZ6kprs . Also, thanks for the name correction.

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

Well I don't entirely see it considering it has a far more musical sound to it. It's still far out of the ordinary but it retains a recognizable tempo and beat in any song, as well as lyrics

[@Jacketx]

Music for those that are bored/tired of music.

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

Honestly it's interesting to me.

[@Helaw0lf]

Music for people on the autism spectrum. :)

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

@@Helaw0lf then why don't you listen to it

[@andershattne]

Trollmusic

[@paolo3794]

No it's for people who think they are too cool for real music.

[@Alexxy2000]

What I think when girls say: I only like really indie obscure music.

[@ccohen8076]

Alex Sandro but she actually listens to tame impala

[@rust44]

Who cares what people listen to, so pretentious

[@sienarodriguez8703]

then she listens to hozier

[@nightmime6314]

Lol you gotta be kidding me if indie translates to noise. It’s quite the general opposite lol, two different corners of the universe man.

[@aSmallGreenDot]

@@rust44 it's annoying when they think they're different to everyone else for having a less popular music taste and they try to get validation out of telling people. Like what you like, I mean we're on a noise music video.

[@alphadavenport]

KZbin subtitles: album called paul steven

[@PadChennington]

lmfaooooo yes

[@garrett4299]

“If you can’t handle me at my Whitehouse- mommy and daddy, then you don’t deserve me at my merzbow- pulse demon.”

[@nicktirone8290]

DUDE I FOUND U WE USED TO BE FRIENDS ON VINE

[@garrett4299]

Nick Tirone I remember you dude! Holy shit how have you been?

[@nicktirone8290]

Garrett, Take A Chill Pill! DUDE I BEEN GOOD THIS IS CRAZY LMFAO

[@garrett4299]

Nick Tirone I know I was just thinking that! So what are you doing nowadays?

[@nicktirone8290]

Garrett, Take A Chill Pill! Doing well man hmu on my insta @chief.wav

[@trixabellian]

You've heard of lemon demon Now get ready for *pulse demon*

[@certifyundeadrose1679]

*Cool*

[@PadChennington]

every villain is lemons

[@NazoCrystal]

i wasn't expecting to see any lemon demon fans here but i'm not complaining

[@rashadpreston7389]

Pulp demon

[@violetthebat8810]

YES.

[@ericsiemens9891]

Being a death metal/punk fan, I can actually get behind the idea that a harsh, screechy album can actually be really relaxing when you’re upset. I used to always listen to black metal when I was feeing down and it always worked out really well. I’ll check this album out

[@gero3015]

If you are into punk you should start with noisecore which takes inspiration from hardcore and grind genres

[@cycl0ps0297]

Listened to it once: Didn't like it. Thought the sound was chaotic, off-putting and just LOUD. Listened to it a second time (the remastered version) and I think it's starting to grow on me. As Pad said, it's more like a musical palette cleanser if anything. Yes, it makes me appreciate the music I normally listen to, but I still appreciate this because of it's unique quality and, well, sound.

[@cycl0ps0297]

With that being said, I think I prefer his later works. They're easier to listen to. The sound is still heavy, but it's not crushing.

[@alwithadot]

@@cycl0ps0297 Merzbeat might be for you, its old but its one of his more accessible work

[@jeso7606]

Seriously tho of course you can have that many albums when you button mash a bunch of garbage

[@EntityEntity]

I just listened to it for like 30 seconds and I feel cleansed.

[@PadChennington]

THE LOUDEST SOAP IN THE GAME

[@daccrowell4776]

Not too shabby, Pad...but as another commenter noted, you really should include Lou Reed's 1975 seminal masterwork "Metal Machine Music" in any discussion about the Japanese noise scene. Reason? Well...when Lou made that work, many assumed it was a big F.U. to RCA for mishandling the promo for the previous release, "Sally Can't Dance". But when he arrived in Japan not long after MMM's release while on tour, he noted that the Japanese fans were BLASTING the album at him most places he went. In short, they "got it", as did others who noted the sonic connection back thru the Velvet Underground to La Monte Young's ensemble, the Theatre of Eternal Music. That was where Lou had first encountered John Cale, in fact, and Young's fascination with long and LOUD sustained tones was also a core principle for Lou Reed's work from his pre-Velvets period all the way through to late works like "Hudson River Wind Meditations". But MMM is very much the "missing link" that connects noise and (original) industrial music's to the classical avant-garde, and opened the door for all sorts of brutal sonic investigations starting in the mid/late 1970's. Neat stuff!

[@PadChennington]

Absolutely awesome awesome awesome comment... that's so interesting lol. Lou Reed was a god dang force to be reckoned with

[@cashewmilkfan]

I think that he also should've mentioned Les Rallizes Dénudés who were embodying the spirit of noise in japan way back in the 60's

[@girlswithgames]

this sounds about as true as the claim that MMM uses beethoven as sound source

[@tinfoilmagnolia2546]

Lester Bangs did a great interview with Lou Reed regarding MMM that I believe was originally published in CREEM although it may have published elsewhere. Of course Lou and Lester are at thier acrimonious best as usual, the interview is cultural gold as Lou defends MMM and Lester and Lou go at each other verbally. IAE, the history of MMM is in that interview. It was ultimately released on the Red Seal label, a separate division of Lous' label because they didn't want thier name on it. AND- they put a disclaimer sticker on the front basically telling the buyer that they'd hate it so don't say we didn't tell you so. This interview can be found in the book Psychotic Reactions and Carburator Dung by Lester Bangs, I don't know if it is available on the Net. It's worth finding!

[@daccrowell4776]

@@girlswithgames www.last.fm/music/Lou+Reed/Metal+Machine+Music/+wiki

[@XLORDPROPL]

I actually love this genre, it's like listening to a horror but without being scared, i love these scream like sounds, this music perfectly express me...

[@petermaxley]

After I watched your video I experimented with some noise music whild I did my daily chores on a free day. After a while it really became a weird kind of pleasantness. When I showered I had a distant memory from my childhood, something that I did not like to remember. While I dried myself (and the lound noise already became like loud ambient to me) I decided to write one sentence about the memory. The noise cleared my thoughts in a unique way and I was able to get new perspectives on a problem that I thought I already dealt with. It was like there was some empty space in my head that my thoughts could use to observe themselves, not unlike in some psycedelic states. I filled the page without an effort and was surprised that I had so many hidden emotions about this event I've never dealt with. This happened about two months ago and it kick-started a new phase where I discover new things about myself and heal from these past experiences. For real, it did something for me that I've never would have expected. Anyways, are there noise artists that are more bass oriented? Lower and darker sounds that imply violence or monumental forces.. Is there something like that?

[@user-yh2se6ur7g]

I thing yellow swans - going places is something you talking about

[@petermaxley]

I checked the specific song and I have to say thank you, you answered at a perfect moment. In the next days I'll give the whole album a try.

[@user-yh2se6ur7g]

Peter Maxley hope you’ll like it)

[@petermaxley]

@Lil Condom it's always nice when someone answers old comments:) Thank you, especially the part around 27/28 minutes is very close to what I imagined

[@Hgoenge81]

What I enjoy when listening to the kind of noise that Merzbow makes is: i always listen with headphones lying with closed eyes and just let it wash over me. The absence of bass makes it easy to cope with. After 45 mins or so and the album stops, there is a silence so absolute and enveloping that its an amazing feeling.

[@mige121]

In the begining of the video I was like "wtf is this shit". After the video I tried to meditate listening pulse demon. It really amazed me how well it worked.

[@Hgoenge81]

@@mige121 exactly! 😎 "Tauromachine", "Dharma" and "Venerology" are my faves

[@jberger94]

I hear you want recommendations, so here you go: Fushitsusha - 1st (Noise Rock) Mo * Te - Life in a Peaceful New World (Harsh Noise) Keiji Haino - I Said, This Is the Son of Nihilism (Noise Rock) Vomir - Claustration (Harsh Noise Wall) Les rallizes denudes - '77 Live (Noise Rock) Shinsei Kamattechan - Tsumanne (Noise Pop) Let me know if you like some of it.

[@soportetecnicohigoversomas3451]

Also great japanese noise: Hijokaidan - The Noise which i believe is 25 hours long lmao

[@xthna]

Just to add to this already fantastic list, basically anything by Keiji Haino.

[@jberger94]

@@xthna I second this. Originally I wanted to add 'watashi dake?', but in the end it would fit better with Free Improvisation recommendations. Which now that I think about is mostly inspired by Free/Noise Jazz anyways.

[@Flowermouth]

'77 live is one of my absolutely favourites, I'll check out the rest of your recs, cheers.

[@FalseStrawberry]

#1 Akina Nakamori stan I love noise and I love Haino, but Keiji Haino himself doesn’t actually like to be considered noise however

[@bartek030963]

Although Pulse Demon is probably the most well-known album in the harsh noise genre, it is probably not a great place to start if you're totally new to this kind of music. I'd say it is good to start with some noise-ambient albums like Love is a Stream by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma or Merzbeat or Merzbuddha by Merzbow of course. And if you're into black metal and stuff like this power electronics is a good entry point, my recommendation would be Summer in my Veins by I Am a Lake of Burning Orchids.

[@Amaling]

Love is a Stream sounds like a literal romance ballad compared to Merzbow and stuff like Pharmakon it's pretty funny what perspective can do

[@daslick6085]

Love is a stream is not noise

[@KommanderHooyah]

I first heard Merzbow on a Relapse Records compilation. Deathgrind sounded so soothing and melodic afterwards.

[@PadChennington]

The Occult Genre Known As "Witch House": kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHjVXqGKgMepmsk

[@robertshaw6468]

I’ve never understood noise music. I’m absolutely the last person to judge but it always kinda confused me. This really helped me understand it a little better:)

[@PadChennington]

Im in the same boat as ya Robby hahah, it's been a trip this past week !

[@noidea7523]

i only got into noise music while listening to whitehouse and venereology. i really recommend whitehouse if you wanna get into noise because their work has a beat and lyrics. harsh lyrics, but lyrics nonetheless and its pretty catchy too lol

[@rustyjames1727]

It is best enjoyed in a live setting. When it is really loud the noise has physical effect on your body.

[@MikeHancho663]

Robert Shaw I’mo the most interesting part about it is going to a show and chatting about people’s hardware. Lots of noise musicians build their own instruments so that side of it is more the drW

[@robertshaw6468]

Julian that’s amazing! People really build their own equipment for shows and stuff? Do they use it to record sometimes?

[@sexysaurusrex548]

No cap I got anxiety attacks listening to this album, it’s not for me.

[@maxdoesnothing1834]

To quote. ‘Noise music doesn’t care about your feelings’ - This Guy in the video But I do man, I hope you’re doing ok :)

[@iwannabeawitch]

Oh my God same, i'm having them right now help

[@usopizanagi8781]

First time hearing Harsh Noise, it was Hijokaidan titled Beyond, at 0330, damn scarred for life.

[@tomwilliams8591]

That's funny, because many people who listen to noise use it as a way to get rid of their anxiety for a while.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

Tom Williams calm noise.

[@excho]

As a Pulse Demon cover t-shirt wearer, I really appreciate this video. Thank you for spreading this mature perspective on noise music. Although even this video, as conclusive and well-worded as it is, won't be enough to convince a lot of the conservative-minded folk who think of noise music and its fans as trying really hard to be as edgy as possible. And I won't be able to convince you that the latter sentence wasn't purposely made as long as it possibly could be. Every time I try to talk about my noise music experience, I get called an obnoxious tryhard or an edgelord. I'll do it again, though. I'll do it here. Here I go. Ready? In a nuttshell, as I like to say, "fight noise with noise". I fight the noise in my head with noise in my ears. Most of the time, I listen to noise music just to get rid of whatever complicated toxic shit I'm feeling and/or thinking of. As Pad said, it isolates you from everything. Which might sound awful if your life's great and you just want to be present and enjoy it. I, however, when overwhelmed with anxiety, just want to get rid of my spiralling thoughts with some spiralling noise loops. I want to take all my stressors and just push them away with a universe-wide wall of noise. Fucking delete everything but me. At least for a little while.

[@socialmedia4637]

Bee

[@excho]

@@socialmedia4637 Wasp

[@hunkyfunkyletsgetmonkey7464]

@@socialmedia4637 not liking this isn't due to a conservative mind it's due to what your taste is. I'm sorry but liking noise music dosent make you a higher being or more open it means you like different music

[@Casketkrusher_]

Edgy

[@excho]

@@hunkyfunkyletsgetmonkey7464 I think you meant to respond to me. Where did I say liking or not liking noise is about how conservative-minded you are? I said that about people who think noise fans are ONLY noise fans to appear edgy; that we're only pretending/trying to like it because it's so underground.

[@aspentree5323]

Talk about The Caretaker.

[@PadChennington]

already did ma friend :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKO2q2mNoNiabq8

[@internetgod404]

This is what dementia feels like

[@gwakon]

i just found Intrigue and Stuff vol. 2 for $10 today!

[@scronch_]

ive never cried to an album like when i heard EATEOT. American Football LP1 made me cry tho with vocals.

[@gwakon]

his latest and last project is actually thematically about dementia.

[@lopilkderlll]

Noise music is honestly one of the most genuine genres of music out there. It’s not meant to be anything but an abstract and abrasive form of self expression.

[@Saciachrid]

Lingua Ignota - Caligula Holy god, listen to this.

[@julescinema1588]

or some Xiu Xiu that shit will haunt u

[@abbaqabba3200]

caligula is TRULY a masterpiece, but it doesn't have the same effect as pulse demon has

[@ackerkartoffel8627]

Lol listen to tymon - bolt cutter

[@sienared1998]

one of the best albums ever

[@Billkeys123]

Whitehouse - Birdseed fucked me up. Never again.

[@timdrage]

"The entire premise of this album is THE LOUDEST CD EVER MASTERED WE HAD TO BRIBE THE PRESSING PLANT TO BREAK THE CD RED BOOK RULES but hey it's a meme now so if we put a hologram on the cover and release it on vinyl the vaporwave kids will buy it anyway and never listen"

[@safacollective2400]

he actually remixed and re-released it last year. it literally just clips even more

[@blauphus2]

I was fortunate enough to have seen Merzbow twice-once at (the now gone/demolished, but not forgotten) Lounge Ax in Octobre of 1996 and then again just a few years ago at the Empty Bottle. I have listened to and seen many bands in the Industrial, Noise, Experimental, Metal of all shapes and sizes and many have been quite loud or heavy...but nothing prepared me for what I faced with Merzbow. Earplugs were handed out at both shows, but I never used them. From the first tones, I was in sheer sonic BLISS-and the comments I've seen about Pulse Demon and noise music in general being like a mental eraser or psychick reset-are correct. There were no thoughts, no words....I had a huge garish grin on my face and my EYES were watering (like crying almost, in sheer joy). Then as I felt weightless, my bones and organs resonating along with the MOST INTENSE SOUNDS I'd ever experienced-I realized that I was LAUGHING like a fucking maniac! (Not that anyone could've heard me of course.) I looked around the room and others had similar reactions. A few left, with confused and terrified expressions on their faces (perhaps they were fans of the opening band, who had no idea who Masami Akita/Merzow were). Those 2 shows, along with a few others (MBV, TG, Einstürzende Neubauten, Skinny Puppy) will always be the pinnacle of my concert-going experience!!! If you you ever get the chance to see Bloodyminded live, especially in their native Chicago, don't miss it!

[@d_d88888]

So glad I found your channel, can’t wait to watch every single video!

[@PadChennington]

Happy to have ya here ! Enjoy :)

[@w1nt3r_mut3]

This album has been stuck with me for the past few weeks, I'm glad I found this vid. Keep up the good work man.

[@Chatetris]

The whole pulse demon meme "you gotta listen to this to get into noise" has been said for the past 15+ years I've been in the scene. I personally think 1930 by Merzbow on the Tzadik label is one of his best and I think a good intro to noise music as a whole.

[@PadChennington]

been hearing a lot about that one as well, will definitely check it out my friend

[@meligoose9368]

1930 is a better intro. Pulse Demon is like some next level shit for some people. Adult Swim recently produced a Noise Compilation Album online that kinda shows off the wide spectrum of noise art, especially useful for folks new to noise.

[@jamesalsworth7015]

@@meligoose9368 it also fucking sucks. theres so much better noise than pulse demon; it has no tonality or variation.

[@texmackenzie]

My fave merzbow release is venereology, like a horror film come to life

[@grandsuburbia4436]

I have awoken from my coma due to high pressure noise and have gone back to sleep god help

[@PadChennington]

WE GOT YA OUT OF THERE FOR A FEW SECONDS

[@christhomasism]

this is a really well done video. not just the research - but your comparisons are thoughtful as well.

[@PadChennington]

Thank you my friend, was a lot of fun to make!

[@celfhelp]

not sure if someone's already said it, but the Boris x Merzbow collabs are wonderful; a bit less punishing and a bit more structured, but still very very wild and very very great. worth checking out

[@TempleOfUtopia]

I love noise music, some of my favorite albums are: Merzbow - Merzbeat, Venereology and Pulse Demon. Yellow Swans - Going Places (best album to start in noise music). Masonna - Ejaculation Generater. Great video, I'm loving your new stuff about other genres beside vaporwave

[@PadChennington]

Thanks! I really have a ton of fun making them as well, they are great learning experiences for me and an opportunity to discover something new... thank you for the recommendations!

[@osuasheuatl]

Going Places is phenomenal. Great rec, my dude.

[@FabianRWhite]

Going Places is one of my favourite noise albums, much softer than a lot of stuff out there. I’d also recommend more ambient noise artists like Aube too.

[@jandoubrava3991]

Ejaculation Generater is my favourite

[@gordongray3102]

My favorite noise projects are ashen riid and climax denial, good ass bands

[@ursulascartridges]

I've seen Merzbow live once in Helsinki. It must have been the loudest gig i've ever witnessed. It was fortunate to have earplugs on, otherwise i'd have damaged my hearing permanently.

[@PadChennington]

damn I was gonna say it has to be impossible to go to one of those shows without earplugs

[@nononononononono379]

I saw him at Hospital Fest 2018 in NYC. Best concert I have ever been to, hands down.

[@charliestubbs6151]

Really? I love Merzbow but that’s surprising

[@pleggli]

While it's true that most recorded music sounds best through a large PA system some generes (noise included) are very much about the room for me. I don't listen much to Merzbow records but have been to around 10 concerts over the years. It's so much better when the sound is absolute all around you to the point that the room becomes the noise your body is fully integrated into the movements of the rumbles. If you can't feel the music with your whole body it's often something wrong.

[@downsjmmyjones101]

Is Noise supposed to be felt rather than heard? Is that just a different experience that a live performance tries to provide?

[@agony_city6047]

thank you so much for introducing me to this genre I've never heard of ! it is beautiful and def helps me in so many ways I never could've thought was possible !

[@SenpaiTheExplorer]

Awesome video really enjoyed this one as well!

[@hiromaster666]

And what i feel is a great part of the noise music history that you forgot to mention is Musique Concrète, a french avant-garde genre that started in the 1940's pioneered by Pierre Schaeffer wich was basically the continuity of Luigi Russolo 's musical work. It's mostly music made with electronic device and / or unusual use of tape recorder. Like for exemple record a voice and then playing it back by pulling the tape by hand at various speed, or degrading the tape on purpose to get different sounds. Also a bit later there was american Contemporary Music's artist like John Cage and Steve Reich taking inspiration from Music Concrete, Futurism, Traditional African Music and Musique Moderne (Satie, Gershwin, Bartók, Debussy...) to create revolutionary music blending live instrument, samples/recording and electronic devices. For exemple Steve Reich's Pendulum Music is played by swinging 4 hanged mic over amps and letting them feedback. So while Japanoise is a very prolific scene, saying nothing pivotal or influencial happened between Russolo and Merzbow is basically like saying nothing pivotal or influencial happened in rock between Chuck Berry and Nirvana, not entirely false but a bit reductive. :p

[@gameman9706]

I have recently delved deeper into noise so thank you very much for making my journey that much easier.

[@PadChennington]

cheers! thanks for watching :)

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

Also: Full Of Hell's split with Merzbow was tight af!

[@KxYxS666]

The regular album is great, but the sister fawn album is just something else all together, i love it. Even the foh noise volumes are incredibly good

[@jimjamjoo7938]

not got anything to say on ur comment but i love your pfp

[@lordquas9997]

i cannot explain how much i love this genre

[@jamieg2427]

could you elaborate, please?

[@lordquas9997]

@@jamieg2427 ‘love’ is a word used to describe and strong admiration and respect in my comment. i am saying that my admiration and respect for this genre (noise) is beyond words (metaphor)

[@marklunny]

@@lordquas9997bro u ain’t funny don’t be annoying, elaborate what’s so good about the genre and what u love about it

[@lordquas9997]

@@marklunny well for starters it’s a very interesting genre

[@insanelysquishysquidpaws]

@@marklunny lmao just watch the video it’ll probably explain pretty well 💀

[@nathanjackson4255]

Aqua Necromancer has always been one of my favorite Merzbow releases. Very different feel than something like pulse demon. Less focused on on being harsh and more interesting funky kinda Jazz samples and interesting grooves coming in and out of the noise. Definitely worth a listen.

[@PadChennington]

Interesting! Thank you for the recommendation Nathan :)

[@TheGreatDiretor]

I've been meaning to get into noise for a while. The idea of it as a palette cleanser and retreat is interesting.

[@PadChennington]

It's definitely what I got out of it, especially after putting effort towards listening to it. give it a try :)

[@Ghost19_]

Can't be more thankful enough to discover this and your other related video to this. Gave Merzbow's Pulse Demon a try too. And now I've got 2 albums (with Boredom's Pop Tatari as recommended by you) as my current sub-distraction background music while at work and I'm happy about it~

[@pestmasker]

Great video! Thank you for introducing to this genius

[@prophoem9492]

Thank you for the video Pad! I'm working in college and have a hard time working with my sad thoughts and mood swings. And your videos are always a joy to watch every week, I love noise music as well! I also find it meditative like you do

[@PadChennington]

Thanks so much for watching! I really appreciate the kind words... keep your head up and try doing something new everyday. Suffering builds character ... doubt is always removed by action. Best of luck! :)

[@KyleEckelbarger]

Kazumoto Endo’s album “While You Were Out” is fantastic. Hyper kinetic, playful harsh ‘cut-up’ noise. Check it out. John Wiese’s album “Soft Punk” is also a great album in a similar vein. Also there’s a great podcast called “Noisecast” that you’d might want to check out for good recommendations and insights to the scene and it’s history hosted by two veteran artists, Greh Holger who works under the name ‘Hivemind’ (and tons of other aliases), and Mike Connelly (also of tons of projects.)

[@michael-davidblostein9766]

Great recommendations. I always found Kazumoto's project Killer Bug, specifically the track Dragon Rocket, to really be the final word on this fast-cut pain threshold take on Japanese noise. Soft Punk to my ears is a kind of infernal ASMR - I mean this with great respect.

[@NKRevolution]

Love that album.

[@man4437]

I kind of cringed when I opened the video and he immediately went into Pulse Demon. While You Were Out is where it's at. In my top 15 favorite albums. oh yeah and MOOOOVE YOUR BOOODYYY

[@makisupadude1241]

I love these mini docs on other electronic genres! I will always come here for all things vapor related but its always fun to stray a little from the path!!

[@PadChennington]

:) new video on lowercase music tonight !

[@makisupadude1241]

Pad Chennington my heart is full

[@anthonym8205]

Listening to Merzbow is like listening to John Cage: it's ok, but more interesting when you're reading about the theory instead

[@PadChennington]

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[@SonnyBrown]

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[@sammytimgaming2947]

Spongebob squarepants = noise music kzbin.info/www/bejne/rau9fK1of86YrMU

[@chilad5966]

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[@rudy3629]

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[@PadChennington]

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[@neatproductions]

Gmail And The Restraining Orders was my introduction to noise music

[@dennyfehera]

same here noided brother

[@ianturnbow7011]

Didn’t GATRO drop last year?

[@Brian-zb3tm]

Come out and your shit is gone

[@KxYxS666]

@@Brian-zb3tm I'm in your area

[@selfreferentialname4795]

@@KxYxS666 I know the first three numbers

[@d.j.manjares9830]

Thank you for showing love for us noise musicians you rock, pad!

[@taga8849]

Thanks for shedding light on this genre! I feel that there is not enough attention given to these sounds of healing, although it doesn't seem as so on the forefront, we endure so you won't have to!

[@xBIGGIx]

Atari Teenage Riot’s Live at Brixton is pretty great

[@PadChennington]

will listen !

[@bryanphillips341]

Thank you for knowing this. It is fucking great ablum.

[@nicktheprick3033]

@@PadChennington That's a digital hardcore band.

[@Hir0-Protagonist]

Never thought I would see you covering Merzbow. This is great! 👍

[@PadChennington]

Noise Music and this album is fascinating to me, was a really fun week exploring it and creating this video. Really proud of this one :)

[@Jose-oq6kj]

thank you! after finding this video (first of yours i've seen) at 1am, I then went to spotify and listened to Pulse Demon (and then the radio based off of that album) for 4 hours, I couldn't manage 100% volume, I chilled around 60% - I lay on my bed in total darkness, I felt like I was drifting away and floating and in my current mental (1 year post full psychotic breakdown) and physical (staying in hostels, homeless, a lot of strange noises at night) place, that is invaluable! I was listening to Burzum and SunnO to try and drown out my environment and Merzbow really fits the bill with the added benefit that I can't analyse the guitar/drum work due to the instrument choice so It's really peaceful. Subbed with bell

[@ignishun]

I’m so happy to have stumbled upon this video. I enjoyed the more recent free jazzy Balasz Pandi x Keiji xMerzbow collabs but felt I was undercutting Merzbow in not listening to his actual work. I’ve just given Pulse Demon a listen with the lens you’ve just given me and I was completely shocked at how much of a slap on the face this was. I too am going through this ego-music relationship and trying to match music with my mood. Noise makes me realise I’m not to be defined by music genres and to have a “taste”, but to be in the present and realise music is meant to move me.

[@csyrup]

Yo pad, just got my first vaporwave cassette delivered to me (late night delight lmao) and I wanna say thank you for putting me back on vaporwave after years of ignoring it, much love bb, keep putting out quality content

[@PadChennington]

ayyyy that's whatsup! thanks for watching dude, enjoy the cassette! which version did you get?

[@csyrup]

@@PadChennington i ended up getting "the original handmade cassette" from illuminated paths, they included a little printed picture of a mac tonight toy in the package along with a ton of other stuff lmao, I've got the vacant places vinyl otw and the 迷夢 cassette from geometric lullaby. I'm really looking forward to start collecting.

[@MapleMilk]

Pulse Demon provides no shelter to the storm It forces you to be an active listener It commits straight musical noise GTA and drags you along for the ride

[@PadChennington]

this is a great comment

[@litvan420aka.thehazeblazin2]

I appreciate the noise scene and what they are trying to say but to MY ears most of it sounds like a distorted blow dryer from hell with things dropping in the background here and there. I can enjoy it for like 5 minutes, then it gets old.

[@mathmanmrt]

i'm a school teacher. i've been teaching for 25 years. since i first ran across this album it has been my go to piece of music to listen to after a hard, stressful day during which the children have been wild and painful to deal with. "worms plastic earthbound" is absolutely my favorite track but i deeply enjoy all of it. i've listened to other noise artists and other albums of merzbow's but i keep coming back to this one. a few years after i started listening to this i had to have an mri. they gave me headphones and played music for me but after a few minutes i asked them to turn off the music and instead savored the delicious sounds of the mri machine in action.

[@benfacts6875]

I love your knowledge everything related to these deeper sounds and music. I'll forget anticipate the day you make an official documentary

[@PadChennington]

would be awesome to make a legit vaporwave doc one day... we're still too early in the history of it all!

[@EmptyKingdoms]

I'm a noise artist from Brazil, might as well just hit you up to share some music. P.S.: and a fan of the channel! Just as you didn't get noise at first, I didn't get vaporwave, but your videos helped me and now I appreciate it.

[@ArtShimko]

This was the first video I watched on your channel, then I saw the one on Pulse Demon.... I really dig your videos so I subscribed and watched so many more of your videos. Thank you for this channel and opening up another realm of music for me to discover. I bought a couple variants of the Late Night Delight cassettes and thinking of picking up the Cat System Corp Live In Los Angeles vinyl. Appreciate you, man!!

[@LexLugor]

I can't believe I just now found this channel. This is amazing.

[@thelaizardman]

all his description was my exact impression when i "learned" to listen to drone like SUNN O)), going to give it another chance

[@user-wt2dz5bx5m]

I'm still not super into listening to this music on my own through headphones, but I got to see Sunn O))) live and HOLY SHIT is it an amazing experience. Being able to physically feel the sound vibrate your entire body, hearing the overtones through the buzz, being in a completely fogged out room full of a bunch of other people there to do the same thing. If Sunn is ever playing near you, get some earplugs and please go see them, you will not regret it.

[@thelaizardman]

@@user-wt2dz5bx5m i'm from brazil hahaha hope it does, someday....

[@olliew6642]

I saw Merzbow in London a couple of years ago. I went on my own because my friend bottled it, and as the gig went on I found myself absolutely lost in the noise, it was cathartic and relaxing and overwhelming and theraputic, unlike any other live show I've ever been to. I struggle to listen to a lost of noise/ PE etc on record, at least for an extended period of time, because it's really in the live environment that this stuff makes real sense.

[@zacekaddet6048]

this is the first video of yours I've watched, you are very open-minded and one of the coolest person I've listened to.

[@sophiegoose]

So, I am so, SO glad I found this video and gave Pulse Demon a try, I'm 20 minutes in and it is such a trip. Everything you said about this genre rings so true, even with just this little step into it. It's such a weird but oddly calming thing to relax to. I started by just trying to pick apart how each screaming, wailing, clanging and distorting sound could have been sampled or made, until my brain finally gave up several minutes and just let the noise swarm over it. It's like the album is grabbing you by the collar of your shirt, dragging you right up to its blank face and making you stare into its abyss until you finally just give up and ask "alright, what are you trying to tell me?" But there's no answer, it just IS. It's like a clamoring, clanging monstrosity of shrieking machinery and noise, a behemoth that scoops you up with skyscraper-long hands made of creaking, shrieking, crackling and warping mechanisms, dragging you deep inside of it until all you can see and hear is clamor, darkness, and noise. Such a fucking trip, honestly, thanks for the recommend, never would've expected to enjoy this genre.

[@thiagosalgoa7206]

I can't believe I was expecting something from a genre called "noise"

[@Giggleheaven]

I might have a minor case of severe brain damage because I listened to the first song in Pulse Demon and was instantly into it. At points it sounds like a cougher is screaming into a kids toy microphone. 🔥

[@Skizzaable]

you actually succeeded in waking some interest for noise music in me and I legit never listened to this style before... now I don't think itll turn into something I listen to on a daily basis but i can definitly understand how one could get lost in this distorted jungle

[@mandelbrot5]

Was just on a dive into noise and trying to find old things from the 90's and early 2000's and found this video. You've very succinctly expressed what I get out of Noise. When I was in Brooklyn in the early 2010's I would put on Frog Song and get jump on the most crowded train I could see and ride it until the train was empty, then jump on the other line and ride back and just watch humanity eb and flow. Was great.

[@deadwitchflying]

I find noise music to be calming in a way, for me. I remember discovering Pulse Demon in 2018 when I wasn't feeling too well, I was going through a lot of stuff, and the wall of harsh noise was one of the few things that actually matched the way I was feeling at the time. Still to this day, I find a lot of comfort in harsh noise that I don't find anywhere else. It is sound that is so visceral you cannot possibly be indifferent to it.

[@danielandersson7515]

To me pure harsh noise is mostly enjoyable live, in that setting I consider it kind of as a piece of performance art. However, if there´s something more to it, like some kind of rhythmic pulse or simple melodic tendencies in the background, I can very much enjoy listening to it like I would to any other kind of music. I find it to be the hardest, roughest, yet enjoyable sound known. More honestly raw and brutal than any other extreme genre. When I try to explain it to someone who doesn´t understand, I ike to compare it to other types of art. I mean, people watch brutal horror movies, and that doesn't make for an all pleasant feeling. But still there's something in there that makes people like it... Also you can make the comparison with food. Some like very spicy/hot food, and that isn't an altogether nice feeling for the mouth, yet still they keep wanting that experience. That being said, _of course_ noise music isn't for everyone. And that´s fine! Just like the hottest of the hottest curry isn't for everyone, or the most brutal horror movies imagined cant't ever be enjoyed by the vast majority either. You're not less of a music fan if you're not enjoying it. Me trying to explain it isn't an attempt of persuasion, it's just an attempt of making my personal taste more comprehensible.

[@eko9554]

I'm one of those people who isn't a fan of Noise or Experimental Music. I mostly like music that have a rhythm and a beat. I heard that when people say they don't like Noise Music is a popular opinion. When I don't see any people making threads why they don't like it. I see people saying they don't like Kpop, Rap, or Pop. I respect people who like it. But it's kind of odd I don't see anyone making threads why they don't like it. Edit: By the way, I did say that the majority of people don't like noise music. But I don't feel special that it's not my favorite genre of music. And I just ignore the music genres I don't like. I just keep on listening to the music genres I love, which keep me happy.

[@jexterdorgon]

@@eko9554I'm merzbow fan tho, but you can imagine if merzbow's harsh noise got played in the middle of street, most of people won't like it for sure, so.. yeah, people normally don't like something out of their expectation

[@eko9554]

@@jexterdorgon I respect that you noise music. I mostly like listening to old popular songs from the 50s to the 2010s.

[@danielbernas2293]

I know this is old, but I'm so happy that you made this video!

[@toddmichaeljohnson7139]

This was great! Thanks for sharing. Also I’m not expert on this genre but back in High School my friend introduced me to Bastard Noise. Good stuff!

[@somaticjet2717]

I have found myself making noise music recently and I feel like I'm breaking all the rules. I have never really listened to noise before so I've no frame of reference. It's a weird brave feeling.

[@nicholasmartins3267]

I like a guy named Atrax Morgue. Its pure horror noise music

[@jandoubrava3991]

Sounds cool, thank you.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

That is the kind of music KZbin channel I craved for

[@EdisonGrove]

Nice to have the full historical context of this music! Thanks for posting!

[@karlmay5306]

It's pronounced "venereology", I hope this has helped

[@excho]

No, it's actually "venereology". I know cuz I'm from Venus.

[@Akard517hell]

I like the name venereology because it's sounds like "vénere"-ology "Vénére" being a French slang for "énervé" wich means "mad" "angry" "upset"

[@therandomwizard188]

I thought it was "venereology"

[@RimRimTim]

Bro you jumped straight from Luigi and didn’t even mention metal machine music by Lou reed... smh

[@troloquimicoxd69]

What is smh

[@princealigorna7468]

Or early electronic music, especially stuff like "Poem Electronique" by Edgard Varese, "Kontakte" by Karlheinz Stockhausen, or "Williams Mix", "Fontana Mix", and "Rozart Mix" by John Cage

[@scottyshot]

@@troloquimicoxd69 shake my head

[@larryjohnson7429]

I really went into this as a noise fan and artist expecting this to be a horrible video scratching the historical surface and berating the music but I'm pleasantly very surprised. You really encaptured in a 15 minute video what it is that makes it so enjoyable to me personally. It straps the conventions of music away and boils it down to its very definition, recorded sound. You make your own meaning of it in your listening and it's different from everyone else's. Yes there is good and very bad noise music out there but there are some pieces, like Merzbow's Venereology and Hybrid Noisebloom, my favorites of his personally, that can really suck you out of your own head and bring you a real, primal kind of relaxation that other, more traditional kinds of music can't exactly replicate. I know I'm commenting on an old video here but this was very well done and I appreciate a video with this many views being a good and non-hateful introduction to a style that means a lot to me personally.

[@PadChennington]

Larry, thank you so much. comments like these seriously mean the world to me, thank you for the detailed response dude! much love and keep on enjoying good music. thank you for the great energy!

[@jkem0]

Thank you for introducing me to the world of noise music. Landscapes, shapes and textures of sound.. It really is something.