Re: [microsound] noise?

[Tone0010@xxxxxxx]

okay, nice discussion on how to define noise... now let me interject some 
less abstract talk about what sort of noise gets listened to at the music shoppe 
these days for our virgin friend.
Alright, it seems to me that on the market there are two different styles of 
noise - recording noise and party noise. Both are great in their own seperate 
ways, and don't have as much in common as you'd think.
Recording noise is the sort of noise that you'd want a recording of but don't 
really care too much to see performed live because it turns out to be some 
guy poking solemly at a laptop. However, it's great on cd to listen to. This 
stuff tends towards the more formalist side of things, and each artist has 
different formal things about them that make them great: Fennesz because every sound 
reacts every other sound in a song, forming a biological sort of set of 
relationships between each melody and noise, hecker because it's like moving 
sculpture, etc. 
Party noise is the type you'd love to see at a concert but would never really 
buy a cd of. It's the absolute opposite of recording noise, it's post-modern, 
not modern. It's way more theatrical and fun. It's analog, a lot of it tries 
to be scary, cute, or witty, and it often has  a lot to do with the 
resurrection of cultural and literal trash through music. Examples: Princess Dragonmom, 
Mammal, Emil Beaulieau, Hair Police, Forcefield.
Of course, some musicians cross this boundary, like Kevin Drumm, who records 
for both recording noise label Mego and party noise label Hanson Records. This 
is a bit rare though.
So remember, noise doesn't have to mean just one thing.
bc

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