va - Portland

 

Triple LP box from RRRecords, released in 2006. One side each by Smegma, Daniel Menche, Nkondi, Okha, Bdong and Pulse Emitter.

noiselandia

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va - New England

 

A 5xLP set from RRRecords in 2004, this hefty box collected one side each by artists from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. At the time this album was made, many of the artists were relatively unknown. Several of them still are. You get one LP side apiece from Prurient, Can't (Jessica Rylan), The Brutum Fulmen, Sickness, Human Is Filth, Skin Crime, Immaculate :Grotesque, Diagram:A, Karlheinz, and Mr. Brinkman (Meerk Puffy). All the covers were unique, hand-made by the artists. 

massholes

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va - Colorado

 

This LP was RRReleased in 1988 with artists from (no points for correct guesses) Colorado. Features tracks by Architects Office, Joshua Stevens, Doll Parts (featuring some members of Architects Office), Chaffed Chunk (also from AO), Rick Corrigan (also also from AO), Human Head Transplant, City of Worms and Little Fyodor.

mile high club

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va - Michigan

 

A 6xLP boxset compiled by Aaron Dilloway and Greh Holger, released cooperatively by RRRecords, Chondritic Sound and Hanson Records in 2009. One side each by Wolf Eyes, Hive Mind, Redrot, Princess Dragon-Mom, Mammal, Raven Strain (who was so good, but so underrated!), Cotton Museum, Tovah D-Day and Charlie Draheim. 

jesus chrysler drives a dodge

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va - Texas

 

A 2006 triple-LP boxset from RRRecords with noise from, you guessed it, Texas. One LP side each from A Fail Association, Steel Hook Prostheses, Goat, Inhalant, TEF and Concrete Violin.

beers & steers

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va - California

 

2006: The Year Noise Broke. RRRecords, Troniks and Ground Fault teamed up to release this landmark 10xLP geographic-themed boxset of many flavors of noise from California, with one entire LP side each by The Cherry Point, Randy Yau, Solid Eye, Tralphaz, Xome,  Moth Drakula, Rubber O Cement, Amps For Christ, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Yellow Swans, Control, SIXES, The Skaters, Open City. Oscillating Innards, John Wiese, Damion Romero, Spastic Colon, John Weise, Gerritt, Joe Colley. 

crazy from the heat

ten-way tie for last

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tac - Out of Context

 

One of the very best albums to come out on RRR's Pure series of budget-priced, minimal-art CDs. tac is Tom A. Cox from Tennessee, who was (apparently) only active in the 1990's and early 00's.

tac - Out of Context

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