Necrosalad - live in kolyma [antisocial#008]

"The Kolyma region is located in the far northeastern area of the Russian Federation. Under Joseph Stalin's rule, it became the most notorious region of the GULAG (the Russian acronym for the Main Administration of the Corrective Labor Camps).
It was Kolyma's fearsome reputation that caused Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to characterize it as the "pole of cold and cruelty" in the GULAG system.
Welcome in the country of white death."

Live in Kolyma is "a noise album. Almost made with an old mic and various items which make funny sounds". This Necrosalad's release is published by antisocial netlabel. Here will you find 5 tracks full of distortion, screaming, feedback... NOISE.

Stream this release here.

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Umisetsu & Martin Dot - Flowers EP [rain005]

Here's another soundscape release. This EP was published by rain netlabel: "The second collaboration by Martin Dot and Umisetsu. This music is full of etereal, lush chords and subtle piano drops."
Flowers EP is a 25 minutes long track entitled Greenwater. This is not really the kind of soniclandscapes I enjoy best, this is quite monotonous (for me), it's really really ambient musci, so this is one of those you play when you really really want to relax.

Stream this release here.

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Ze- - Electronics Anonymous [HR042]

"Industrial sounscapes around themes of water/computers/warehouse space. As ZE- put it, and I quote, "been done before but not as dark as this".
This is the first release for Hazard Records from ZE-, otherwise responsible for some interesting projects, like the London-based Entr'acte label, Electronics Anonymous or the Soundtexture project."

I must say that I have really enjoyed electronics anonymous. Great soundscape work, you will notice when it's ending, until then Ze submerges you in sound. What I don't really think is that this is a so dark recording, I agree with the "done before" thing, but that's not a problem at all.
Do you like soundscapes? You'll like electronic anonymous then.

Stream this release here.
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Radical Poland - VA

"Hard to believe, but some of you are expecting the worst from today. The signifiant date of June 6th, 2006 (6.6.06 for those who haven't noticed yet) brings apocalyptic and purely infernal visions to some people's minds.

Well, we don't really trust the numerology and we don't expect the end of the world today... But, with whole respect, we have prepared something special for those who will feel a bit disappointed at the end of the day.

From Tomasz Twardawa's structured and industrial-like untitled piece to Mantichora's wall of sound, from Palsecam's yelling and howling to Scordatura's harsh noise, from XV Parowek's scary and frightful "Wild Dwarves" to Noisense's chaos and destruction - we've got everything you might need to celebrate a day like today.

The mighty powers of six most radical Polish noise artists came to meet in one place, the Radical Poland Compilation is here waiting for you.

Download and listen.

Face the music at your own risk."

This is the way audioTONG netlabel presents this release. Well, Radical Poland is a very interesting compilation of noise creators from Poland. For those who enjoy the more harsh noise kind of experimental (de)constructions.

Stream this release here.

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Tüsüri - Queriac [mhrk039]

This recording, published by Mahorka, is a very interesting experimental piece by Tüsüri (Oier Iruretagoiena). Oier comes from Basque land and, as I understand, he's been active as Tüsüri at least for 3 years now. Queriac is 19 minutes long (4 tracks), not long, but enough to catch you, it's quiet ambient but complex in composition. In this recording appears Gorka Matxinbarrena playing drums on track 2.
In my opinion, this one's a "must listen", I'm sure you'll get your Queriac copy.

I'd like to mention the great cover artwok by Ibai Edward Harris.

Stream this release here.
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Nole Plastique - Sourire En Souriant [ns48]

Nole Plastique is a "Electro-acoustic project of Roman Kutnov / Kazan' / Russia". Sourie en Souriant is a great experimental ambient released by nexsound. Almost an hour (12 tracks) of ambient textures created from processed acoustic instrumenst, as nexsound says: "Nole Plastique creates warm, rich textured landscapes by mixing and sculpting the noises of computer processed acoustic instruments. Melodies and jumping cracked sounds make beautifully humming and gather round the listener a digital mist".
I really enjoyed the "second" part of the album best, that means from track number 8. Anyway, if you enjoy with the more ambiental kind of noise music, I think you'll like this one. Worth checking out.

Stream this release here.
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Gyorgy Ligeti, Central-European Composer of Bleakness and Humor, Dies at 83

Gyorgy Ligeti, Central-European Composer of Bleakness and Humor, Dies at 83 - New York Times: "Gyorgy Ligeti, Central-European Composer of Bleakness and Humor, Dies at 83.

Gyorgy Ligeti, the Central European composer whose music was among the most innovative of the last half of the 20th century — sometimes eerie, sometimes humorous usually fantastical and always polished — died yesterday in Vienna. He was 83."

via New York Times, read all the article here.

This post is not directly related with free experimental music, but this man has been a direct influence for a lot of experimental musicians.

experisikk's playlist

OK, it's time for the first playlist!
In this playlist I've made a selection from the open source audio @ archive.org
For more info follow the links below and get lost in the seas of open source soounds!

What is in this playlist?

• occultata by Leonard taken from four experimental pieces 1998-99
• can't someone else do it A
• sycorax
• standing stone by Rumored High Speed Rail Hub
• fdnql by Martin Brinkmann from f
• woods part 1 by moralix
• a sunny day afternoon by Pacta Sunt Servanda from The sputnik
  

Here it is, the playlist:
-->ex os pl 001

Homemade Alien Music podcast

Let me recommend you this podcast. There's a lot of great experimental music from the 80s and the 90s hosted by Hal McGee. This podcast is a "must listen" for all those who like experimental music (in all its forms) and homemade recordings.
Homemade Alien Music is in its episode #8, so if you haven't heard it before, you have a lot of new music to hear, that's for sure.

"Homemade Alien Music is an hour-long program hosted by Hal McGee, in which he plays selections from his personal collection of classic homemade music cassette tape releases of experimental, electronic, industrial and pop/rock music from the 1980s and 1990s."

Check it!

Índios electrónicos - Songs for fishes and butterflies [MERZ0013]

"Songs for fishes and butterflies, 5th ͍ndios Electrónicos'’s release, explores an aesthetic domniated by guitar drones and other noises creating a dense, absorving and hipnotic atmosphere. Mixing ancient rituals with emergent and vanguardist languages that invites the listner to enter in a xamanic and free world, a mind travel through esoteric landscapes. An invitation to discover the complete discography of this brasilian band -– the first non-portuguese merzbau'’s release."
Let me see... they did not mention that this is a beatyful one. This is one of those which lets you sail the soundscapes, not really new in concept, but really well performed with great sound sensibility. You better find yourself 35 minutes to listen to this 4 tracks piece.
This release is quite new (April 23, 2006), but I'm sure you will enjoy it for a looong time ;-)

Stream this release here.
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Legless Cripple - ........... ep [tzp09]

This is a recording published by Tanzprocesz netlabel. This is, as they say at the archive.org netlabel's page, a "singing bass fuzz scratching violin screeching voX sick banjos \\ noizy folk weird folky noize".
Legless Cripple is catalogued as Fucked Up; Noise/Experimental Rock; Free Psych-Folk band. With so many ways to qualify their music I thought ok, it's better to take it as a "joke". Well, I don't know if that was their intention or not, but I think it's more complex than a joke, music with great sense of humor without losing musicality.
If you're a kind of a serious person who listens carefully and try to find out influences and this and that, and forget the joy of music itself, then I recommend you to try another more conventional recording. But, come on, your not going to lose your time by giving them a listen, this will only take 10 minutes. Yes, ........... ep is 10 minutes long divided in 6 tracks.

Stream this release here.

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Experisikk

Well, this is the first post in this blog, so I think I should explain what's it all about...
Experisikk is a blog about netlabels, yes, another one... but only going to publish about experimental music, I'm not going to post about those release all the others write about at the same time, not even to focus always on the same netlabels. I do it because I like experimental music, and, you know, there's always more to listen, so I try to find music by myself, not because others write about it. I'm not going to post only about the recent releases, there are a lot of releases and, I think you'll agree with this, music is not better when it's new!!
OK, I think you get it. A personal blog about experimental music, the rest are you going to see by yourself.

I hope this will be usefull to some, if it's not, well, then I have my own map of free experimental music ;-)

enjoy!