The Noise Floor with [soillodge]

As you may recall, I consume great amounts of music weekly. I am always hunting for "that", sound and I'm not happy unless I am listening to something new and intriguing. Let my pain be your gain as I sift through the wreckage of the post-modern music industry landscape. Picking up where I left off on the other Industrial forums. Here is what I have found.



Exe Eye is a sort collaborative effort of musicians that I found because I was exploring the work of Colin Stetson. I found Stetson through Ben Frost. Frost did some engineering and production on Stetsons "New History Warfare", albums. You may have also heard Stetson on various film soundtracks. Hereditary, Colour Out of Space.

Anyhow, this group sort of explores classical music through modern means and employs a great deal of drone and dissonance that I love.

https://exeyeband.bandcamp.com/album/ex-eye

Well I'm having a tough time trying to figure out what this music is. Sounds like very good musicians simply jamming noise with a guy on sax.
They definitely have a sound going for them but why do I think theirs more and better as this band matures? Help me understand this band and this music better.

Next up is Oneirogen.



I found this while exploring the roster at Denovali Records. They have everything from Black Metal to Modern Classical. Ambient, noise, drone. A really amazing label.

Oneirogen is classical music through a post apocalyptic lens. Gritty, pummeling, but full of melody and great transitions, traditional industrial yelling vocals through fx. It's amazing live, the emotional strain is palpable. I'm not sure Diaz de Leon is doing the project anymore. He has a metal side project and also does some very interesting but more traditional compositions under his actual name. You can find them through Denovali.

https://oneirogenvoid.bandcamp.com

Next up is Oneirogen.

I found this while exploring the roster at Denovali Records. They have everything from Black Metal to Modern Classical. Ambient, noise, drone. A really amazing label.

Oneirogen is classical music through a post apocalyptic lens. Gritty, pummeling, but full of melody and great transitions, traditional industrial yelling vocals through fx. It's amazing live, the emotional strain is palpable. I'm not sure Diaz de Leon is doing the project anymore. He has a metal side project and also does some very interesting but more traditional compositions under his actual name. You can find them through Denovali.

https://oneirogenvoid.bandcamp.com

Okay, this is definitely not my type of thing. But I still think it would be cool to catch this as a live gig or show. I think the electric guitar is an amazing instrument as heard here but not my favorite for electronic-based music unless it's pushed into the mix.

Yeah, I am not sure how to explain it. But this is industrial music and how I identify with it

It's a bit like Chris [C'Tan] and how he doesn't like traditional humanoid creatures and wants to see more asymmetrical Non-carbon-based lifeforms. I enjoy music that wouldn't necessarily be called music and doesn't fit snugly into a genre box for proper marketing and distribution. But I know there are still people out there asking, what happened to bands like Illusion of Safety, Thobbing Gristle, and SPK? That stuff is still out there, but you have to dig for it.

One more, then I will take a break for a few days.

This one originally showed up on my Band Camp feed and the title alone decimated me: The Body Full of Hell - Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light.



Now, this was before I knew that The Body and, Full of Hell were two separate music projects. I have since delved into their discographies and I still enjoy these collaborative efforts most of all. Great textures of noise, rhythms, screaming, synths and drum machines through fx units. File under EXTREME MUSIC. These bands have long standing histories in metal and experimentation. Both these bands also do collabs with other projects. Merzbow, Thou, Uniform. But honestly I feel this set up in particular is the most effective and these artists work off each other so effortlessly.



Check out more at their BC pages.
https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/album/ascending-a-mountain-of-heavy-light
https://neurotrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/one-day-you-will-ache-like-i-ache

https://thebody.bandcamp.com
https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/music

Thank for sharing. I'm enjoying Ex Eye.

Cheers

Next on the list is a killer musician with a popular sound in the UK club scene but I rarely hear him mentioned in the States. Throwing Snow.



"London based migrant Ross Tones makes music under the ever so pertinent moniker Throwing Snow. Drawing influences from a vast array of genres encompassing dubstep, UK funky, house and post-rock, his productions have a consistent comforting warmth and glistening coldness." (Resident Advisor)

I found Throwing Snow back in 2013 during my exploration of UK dub step and garage.  A dub artist I was following called King Cannibal did a project called House of Black Lanterns on the then-fledgling Houndtooth label that is a subset of Fabric Records. That year they also released Akkord and Snow Ghosts (I will talk about them next time).



New album coming in June, but dig through his backcatalogue. Some brilliant and inspired electronic production here.

https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/dragons


https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/embers


https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/axioms



UPDATE: New thread = Snow Ghosts & Throwing Snow

thanks for sharing since I'm enjoying Throwing Snow.  That first video was very ambient and psychedelic and the second one had some nice dubstep tones. Going to definitely check out those bandcamps.

Yeah, I am not sure how to explain it. But this is industrial music and how I identify with it

It's a bit like Chris [C'Tan] and how he doesn't like traditional humanoid creatures and wants to see more asymmetrical Non-carbon-based lifeforms. I enjoy music that wouldn't necessarily be called music and doesn't fit snugly into a genre box for proper marketing and distribution. But I know there are still people out there asking, what happened to bands like Illusion of Safety, Thobbing Gristle, and SPK? That stuff is still out there, but you have to dig for it.

I wanted to start a thread about those bands but I'm not a very good source of information on them since I have not spent enough time listening to them. I've always been fascinated by the early industrial projects like SPK and Throbbing Gristle and how this music mostly started with these people.

Next on the list is a killer musician with a popular sound in the UK club scene but I rarely hear him mentioned in the States. Throwing Snow.

"London based migrant Ross Tones makes music under the ever so pertinent moniker Throwing Snow. Drawing influences from a vast array of genres encompassing dubstep, UK funky, house and post-rock, his productions have a consistent comforting warmth and glistening coldness." (Resident Advisor)

I found Throwing Snow back in 2013 during my exploration of UK dub step and garage.  A dub artist I was following called King Cannibal did a project called House of Black Lanterns on the then-fledgling Houndtooth label that is a subset of Fabric Records. That year they also released Akkord and Snow Ghosts (I will talk about them next time).

New album coming in June, but dig through his backcatalogue. Some brilliant and inspired electronic production here.

https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/dragons
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/embers
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/axioms

Found these both nice and relaxing

As you may recall, I consume great amounts of music weekly. I am always hunting for "that", sound and I'm not happy unless I am listening to something new and intriguing. Let my pain be your gain as I sift through the wreckage of the post-modern music industry landscape. Picking up where I left off on the other Industrial forums. Here is what I have found.

Exe Eye is a sort collaborative effort of musicians that I found because I was exploring the work of Colin Stetson. I found Stetson through Ben Frost. Frost did some engineering and production on Stetsons "New History Warfare", albums. You may have also heard Stetson on various film soundtracks. Hereditary, Colour Out of Space.

Anyhow, this group sort of explores classical music through modern means and employs a great deal of drone and dissonance that I love.

https://exeyeband.bandcamp.com/album/ex-eye

Really interesting! And yes, I am familiar with those films. This also kind of has a "driving" soundtrack freel to it.

Next up is Oneirogen.

I found this while exploring the roster at Denovali Records. They have everything from Black Metal to Modern Classical. Ambient, noise, drone. A really amazing label.

Oneirogen is classical music through a post apocalyptic lens. Gritty, pummeling, but full of melody and great transitions, traditional industrial yelling vocals through fx. It's amazing live, the emotional strain is palpable. I'm not sure Diaz de Leon is doing the project anymore. He has a metal side project and also does some very interesting but more traditional compositions under his actual name. You can find them through Denovali.

https://oneirogenvoid.bandcamp.com

This one reminds me of these "industrial improv" sessions i attended before covid. (I added bongo drums to the noise)
This stuff is always fun live

One more, then I will take a break for a few days.

This one originally showed up on my Band Camp feed and the title alone decimated me: The Body Full of Hell - Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light.

Now, this was before I knew that The Body and, Full of Hell were two separate music projects. I have since delved into their discographies and I still enjoy these collaborative efforts most of all. Great textures of noise, rhythms, screaming, synths and drum machines through fx units. File under EXTREME MUSIC. These bands have long standing histories in metal and experimentation. Both these bands also do collabs with other projects. Merzbow, Thou, Uniform. But honestly I feel this set up in particular is the most effective and these artists work off each other so effortlessly.

Nice video!