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pica disk (norway) #pica 006 cd

incapacitants “burning orange” compact disc

  • incapacitants - orange smoke (28:27)
  • fumio tommikawa - out of schnaps (26:25)
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incapacitants: burning orange

pica006. cd. released winter 2008.

incapacitants needs no introduction; the duo of fumio kosakai and t.mikawa; veterans and originators of japanese noise music; cult band number one for noise fanatics worldwide; a band whose infamous status as the best live noise act ever has continued to grow over the years because the duo almost never plays outside of japan.

in january 2007 incapacitants performed live, for the second time in europe in 25 years, at the all ears festival in oslo norway for an overly enthusiastic audience (people from all around europe had travelled to see their heroes). the band later described the two shows as highlights of their career.

burning orange documents these concerts. the cd consists of two complete sets; one incapacitants as a duo and on the second joined by finnish noise-connoisseur tommi keränen (testicle hazard) as a trio under the name of fumio tommiakawa (a take on gomikawa fumio; the trio of pain jerk and incapacitants).

the sound of incapacitants is described in the liner notes of burning orange by tommi keränen as "an inspiring, pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic storm of sound that has a power of near-religious proportions – and that alone, without any unnecessary gimmicks". that celebratory ecstasy certainly comes across on burning orange, of which keränen also handled the post-production under the supervision of mikawa.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 005 cd

hijokaidan “polar nights live” compact disc

  • hijokaidan - no oslo no harm (26:56)
  • jojo hiroshige & per gisle galåen - book of changes (26:36)
  • junko & sten ove toft - le rayon verte (25:38)
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hijokaidan: polar nights live

pica005. cd. released winter 2008.

hijokaidan has since 1979 been one of the leading voices in japanese noise music. starting out with a broad line-up of performers, eventually in the course of the 80-ies the hijokaidan sound became easily identifiable with the shredding guitar-sound of band-leader jojo hiroshige and the high-pitched piercing voice of junko. few noise acts have such an instantly recognizable (and intense) sound.

although hijokaidan's status as noise superstars they rarely perform outside japan. the pleasure was then ever greater for the all ears festival in oslo norway to present hijokaidan at their festival in january 2006. polar nights live documents these historical and astonishing performances.

jojo and junko performed as a hijokaidan two-piece on the opening night of the festival, a rarely heard line-up. their performance got such a tremendous response that they came back for an encore (otomo yoshihide, longtime hijokaidan fan who also performed at the festival, proclaimed "incredible! hijokaidan never does encores!"). the second night jojo collaborated with guitarist per gisle galåen (del, the birds), unleashing thick layers of psychedelic and distorted guitar fog, which fans of of fushitsusha, les rallizes denudes and jojo's non-hijokaidan work will appreciate. the final night saw junko hooking up with noise-nik sten ove toft (ryfylke) for a hellish meltdown of twisted electronics and the most intense voice in music.

unlike most other noise acts hijokaidan has not spoiled their fans with a huge number of releases, which makes polar nights live an even more unique statement of pure noise sound.

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pica disk (norway) #pica 004 cd

birchville cat motel “gunpowder temple of heaven” compact disc

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birchville cat motel: gunpowder temple of heaven

pica004. cd. released winter 2008.

birchville cat motel is the project of new zealander campbell kneale, who has from his base in lower hutt since the mid 90-ies established himself as the leading voice of this generation of nz sound artists. gunpowder temple of heaven is a new highlight in his extensive discography. a single 40 minute long-form piece that keeps building and unfolding; heaven for drone-noise enthustiasts.

the cd comes with a booklet with a complete birchville discography as well as liner-notes by bruce russell.

from the liner notes of bruce russell (the dead c):

"i've been listening to the music of campbell kneale for more than a decade now. recently i've been listening with a sense of increasing admiration as he stacks up monumental sound slabs in an architecture of audition - building a lofty tower of sound. always a dedicated worker at whatever he does, campbell had mastered the detailed work required to place many sounds accurately across each another. often this kind of 'more is more' strategy backfires into murky sludge, where the increasing layers merely obscure each other. on the contrary, the more bcm puts into a piece, the more you hear coming out."

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pica disk (norway) #pica 002 ep

oren ambarchi / lasse marhaug “worried friends b/w nervous enemies” seven inch single record

  • worried friends (6:40)

  • nervous enemies (6:51)
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october 2007 release; a pair of “piano music” pieces, acting as the debut collaborative single from two of contemporary experimental music’s most prolific/consistently rewarding practitioners; oren ambarchi and lasse marhaug...

those of you expecting something on par with maurizio pollini’s reading of satie’s gnossiennes might be a little shocked to find instead a fierce 12+ minute inside-piano scrape-fest, hedged with bursts of live-electronic feedback & a “hot” fidelity familiar from any number of david tudor recordings... yet at the same time not too far removed from the new blockaders’ whole gesamtnichswerk; this is anti-music at its finest...

not something for strict followers of oren’s friendly/subdued sine-guitar throb, nor lasse’s harsh wall of electronic sound; but definitely one for those whose preferences fall in the noisier end of the electro-acoustic composition/improv spectrum...
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oren ambarchi / lasse marhaug: worried friends b/w nervous enemies

pica002. 7" single. released autumn 2007.

300 copies.

piano music by ambarchi and marhaug. recorded oslo november 2006.

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