The Noise

by Hijokaidan

The Noise cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 June 2009
  • Label: Alchemy
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 2:41:37
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiling shockingly violent, early live performances from 1979 to 1981, this archival release documents the very birth of the Japanese noise scene. The notoriously destructive shows, often featuring the destruction of venues and instruments, provide a terrifying sonic equivalent to their physical chaos through sheer walls of relentless feedback.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, avant-garde, dissonant, improvisation, atonal, experimental, distorted, live

Tracklist

  1. Angel Dust (8:42)
  2. Bad Character, but Great Sound (edit) (15:25)
  3. Before the Heat (12:58)
  4. Basic Policy (4:49)
  5. Live at Bears 20020420 (24:33)
  6. In the Wake of Nao, Queen of Beer (11:55)
  7. Live at Shinjuku Loft, August 29, 1981 (21:44)
  8. Live at Doshisha University, November 27, 1981 (18:55)
  9. Live at Shibuya La Mama, November 3, 1987 (15:43)
  10. Live at Akihabara Goodman, December 21, 2003 (26:50)

Credits

  • Hijokaidan - Member
  • Jojo Hiroshige - Member
  • Alchemy Records - Member
  • Junko - Member
  • Toshiji Mikawa - Member
  • Statchill Philipp - Member
  • Akira Sakata - Member
  • alto saxophone - Member
  • producer - Member
  • 沼田順 - Member
  • Okano Futoshi - Member
  • Fumio Kosakai - Member
  • JOJO広重 - Member
  • Masami Akita - Member

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