Existence Establishment is proud to present Noise Vision!!! We have already started integrating Noise Vision’s excellent live footage and video collages into the site, as footage can be found on our Northeast Noise and Power Electronics Festival II page and our Existence Establishment Web Launch page.
Now Noise Vision is officially a part of Existence Establishment and has it’s own permanent home in our Webzine section. We’ve already kicked things off with a recent video of Brendan Murray, Perispirit, Xela – Live at the Piano Factory. Following, is a brief synopsis …

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Benjamin Nelson – Untitled C42
Semata Productions
This is the debut release from Boston’s Benjamin Nelson presenting two fluid tracks of minimalist modular synthesizer drone. The description alone is already well-treaded territory so it’s a wonder that Nelson succeeds in using this method to create these gorgeous flowing sounds. Given that Untitled is almost devoid of any threads one could grasp that could lead to a concept here it’s quite surprising that the sound is one of deep emotion and mental clarity.
The creatively titled “Live at the Piano Factory 9.23.08” lives on …

Jute Gyte – It was a Great Marvel that He was in the Father Without Knowing Him 3″CDR
Jesimoth Entertainment
Here’s a little three incher blast of noise and subversive atmosphere from the enigmatic Jute Gyte. Not sure exactly why this project seems so strange to me but there’s something about the titles, the sounds, the overall feel of his work that has depth to it. It was a Great Marvel that He was in the Father Without Knowing Him is no exception, and it’s impressive how Jute Gyte can manage to …

V/A – People Who Do Noise DVD
Cold Hands Video
People Who Do Noise is a documentary video about noise in Portland. The director has chosen to portray the current state of the Portland noise scene through interviews and staged performances with the artists involved. This decision was probably for the best because I would only imagine having some disembodied narrator attempting to set some kind tone for the film either being too serious, or too flippant to get the film’s point across. But, it’s really the lack of agenda that seems …

Sharpwaist – The Night Of and the Morning After C22
Nil By Mouth
Unnggghhh, this tape is like a fucking heavy punch to the gut. I’ve been experiencing Carl Haas’ live assaults as Sharpwaist for quite sometime now, and sometimes it stabs like a knife in the back, sometimes it’s a raw thud in the gut. But after hearing a few of his releases I’ve noticed he has some trouble capturing all the ferocity of his live performances. Apparently this is an issue no longer because with The Night Of and the …

Ginger Leigh – Merchant of Death CDR
Self Released
Here is another disc by Ginger Leigh, once again bringing the strange, Middle Eastern psych rock mixed with the rare noise outburst and distorted vocals. It’s like a sample-based Muslimgauze because this feels more like someone got their hands on a large library of old-school psych records from Cambodia (yea, Africa I know, still a similar sound) and edited the tracks ever-so-slightly adding an electronica element here, and experimental noise element there.
With 19 tracks on Merchant of Death it’s pretty surprising how consistent …

E.V.P. – The Postmortem Canticles Of Necromancy CD
Autumn Wind Productions
EVP creates music that will fall squarely into the neo-classical genre. If you don’t dig that stuff, I’d recommend you stop reading immediately because this is not your cup of tea. I tend to enjoy some of it however, so I was pleasantly surprised when I popped in The Postmortem Canticles Of Necromancy and found an excellently mixed variety of atmospheres, sounds, and compositions.
The first part of the disc focuses heavily on the neo-classical side of things. EVP likes to do …

Zerfallt – To Know The Love of Young Witches C46
Semata Productions
Zerfallt is a project I am well aquainted with having gone on the road with Mr. Tindell last year. I feel my bias might be worth mentioning, although I truly don’t think my friendship with Lee affects this review. To Know the Love of Young Witches features 4 tracks, two on each side of this 46 minute cassette tape. The design is quite well done using black and green tones with shifty text and featuring a J card which is …

Swamp Horse – Gravity C45
Husk Records
Swamp Horse is 2 man project featuring Josh Lay who records noise under his own name, and an unknown to me; Morgan Rankin. These two apparently create lo-fi drone/experimental with some folk influences. The sounds on Gravity are succinctly exemplified in the artwork which features bleak, muddy textures, a sketchy rendition of horses on one side, and a fading sepia photograph of treetops on the cover.
Gravity consists of two tracks on side A and one longer track on side B. I’m assuming they’re all untitled …