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SUMMARY:The Art of Noise: Merzbow + Liturgy + Sightings
LOCATION:AB Club - staand (Anspachlaan 110\, 1000 Brussel)
DESCRIPTION:In 1913 Italian Luigi Russolo wrote his futuristic manifest\nThe Art of Noise (L’Arte Dei Rumori). Russolo was also a\nmaker of musical instruments\, including the Russolophone\nand 'intonarumori' or ‘noise machines’. If he\nhadn't died in ’47 then on this evening in '11 he\nwould surely shamelessly sate himself on noise\, black metal\nand keen electronica (that even have more in common than you\nthink).8:00 pm - Sightings (us)“With a deep reach beyond\nthe spirit of their influence from greats like Birthday\nParty\, Dead C and Jesus Lizard\, ‘City of Straw’ finds\nSightings working at the peak of their creative powers.”\n(Time Out)“Like Wolf Eyes trying to cover Joy Division.”\n(Pitchfork)Sightings guarantees scorching sensational (at\ntimes abstract) noise with punk-rock and industrial\ninfluences. Think: Throbbing Gristle\, SPK\, Wolf Eyes and\nalso Oneida. By the way\, it is in Oneida’s Ocropolis’ -\ntheir arty multi-disciplinary studio/performance space in\nBrooklyn – that Sightings recorded their seventh album and\nhigh-flyer ‘City Of Straw’. So it was no accident that\nthis album was released on Brah Records\, Oneida's\nlabel. The trio also lives in Brooklyn\, has been around now\nfor more than 10 years and can count Andrew WK and Thurston\nMoore as fans. 9:00 pm - Liturgy (us)Even more fine folk\nfrom Brooklyn: Liturgy. A quartet that deals in pedigree\nblack metal\, without the outward characteristics however.\nTheir debut ‘Renihilation’ was released in ’09 and was\npraised by both Pitchfork and The New York Times. They cite\nboth minimalist La Monte Young as well as composer Glenn\nBranca and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as influences but you can\nonly recognize that in the small interludes between the\ndirty chunks of black metal. Frontman Hunter Hunt-Hendrix\n(what a name!) screams about the apocalypse and his lyrics\nare nihilistic but it sounds in its entirety like a mature\ngarage band or a noise-artist at his peak\, one who\nstretches the boundaries of black metal by means of\nexperimental inspiration. Successor ‘Aesthethica’ will\nbe released early his year via Thrill Jockey. If you have a\ncertain affection for the marriage of Burzum and Lightning\nBolt: this is your thing!10:00 pm - Merzbow (Jap.)Kneel\nrespectfully. Because Masami Akita aka Merzbow\, the Great\nJapanese Noise God\, has the honour of heralding the last\nnotes of Domino # 15. Merzbow – the name is derived from\nMerzbau\, a construction by dadaist Kurt Schwitter – has\nbeen active since '79 and has produced a stream of\nreleases. Nobody really who knows how many exactly. And if\nyou do know\, then we reckon you're insane. 252 studio\nalbums was what we read somewhere. The counter for\nlive-albums sits at about 60. In ’00 Atika released a 50\nCD box-set (‘Merzbox’)\, an overview of his early period\nuntil around the end of the 90's. Last year he released\nthe 12 CD box ‘Merzbient’ with ‘calmer’ material. We\nhonour his album ‘1930’ (on John Zorn’s Tzadik label)\nand also ‘Satanstornade’ (on Warp\, with the catalogue\nnumber 666!)\, a collaboration by Masami Akita with Russell\nHaswell. Aside from that\, Akita is\, as vegan\, a fierce\ndefender – just like Paul McCartney – of PETA (People\nfor the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Let the discussion\,\nas to whether his analogue or his digital period is the\nbest\, re-commence…    SOUNDTRACK BY... DENNIS TYFUS @ AB\nClub►►► DOMINO FACTS…Noise\, thunderous electronica\nor drones have never been strange to previous Domino\neditions\, no\, they've been more of an underlying\nconstant. Highlight was of course inspirer\, legend and (as\nwas apparent that evening) exceptionally amiable man LOU\nREED\, who came to play in the same vein as his much\nmaligned album ‘Metal Machine Music’ from ’75 (which\nin 2010 sounded more accessible and rhythmic than ever).But\nit could be more radical. In '06 WOLF EYES gave a huge\nuppercut to a sold-out MOGWAI audience. Equally radical was\nnoise fetishist RUSSELL HASWELL who\, as warm-up to AUTECHRE\nin ’10\, shattered the glaze on many dentures with his\ndestructive and abstract noise. JOHN WIESE (’05)\,\nVienna's RADIAN (’03) and Switzerland's STEAMBOAT\nSWITZERLAND (’01) also paid all due respect to the word\nradical.It was all more rhythmic with BLACK DICE\, who have\nappeared twice (in ’04 and in ’06). Fuck Buttons\n(’10)\, favourites of Portishead\, knew how to almost sell\ntheir noise as pop too and HEALTH (’09) injected their\nnoise with exquisite rhythm.SUNN O))) triumphed twice. The\nfirst time in the ABclub in ’05\, later also in ’06.\nStephen O’ Malley also exhibited (with Seldon Hunt) and\npresented a ‘moog ceremony’ especially for Domino\, with\nas unannounced special guest JULIAN COPE.Further honourable\nmentions go to: MAGIK MARKERS in ’06\, the impressive set\nby A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (’09)\, Japan's BORIS\n(’06) and also THE RUINS (in ’99)\, years before Mike\nPatton embraced this Japanese duo on his Ipecac label or\nyears before Matt Groening (The Simpsons) invited them to\nthe edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties that he curated in\n‘10.A fine closer: the last gig ever from SOMNABULA (in\n’04 as opener for Peaches)\, the satanic side-project of\nnone less than Mauro Pawlowski (who was also the 'most\npresent' Domino Belgian in projects/appearances like The\nLove Substitutes\, MONGUITO and Mitsoobishy Jacson).        \n                                                            \n
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