va - World Record

This 1992 compilation CD on Jojo Hiroshige's seminal Alchemy label is the opposite of "lowercase". Sheer screeching glory by titans: Controlled Bleeding, Solmania, The Nihilist Spasm Band, Hijokaidan, Freudwerk (who didn't appear to record very much, but the track here is a scorcher that makes me long for more), Merzbow (a name I'm not familiar with), and one of the best bands on this or any other planet, Borbetomagus. Not a single track that doesn't level city blocks. Of the classic "harsh noise" compilations, "World Record" remains close to the top of the list.

va - World Record

3 comments:

Anonymous,  8 March 2018 at 20:53  

Wanted to hear this for years. Thank you.

Anonymous,  9 March 2018 at 12:42  

Caligari:
good post

zxcvbn 22 March 2018 at 19:50  

definitely liked the freudwerk track here, good to see more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQXBK8ziWmg