A View From Nihil on Bandcamp

So, Soundcloud isn't bad but a number of people have noticed that the tracks don't play back too well, furthermore its ugly as fuck with a limit on the number of tracks one can upload.

AVFN is now on Bandcamp which so far seems to be both the best looking music site and the easiest for both artists and fans to interact with. Unfortunately its not currently possible to upload any tracks longer than around thirty minutes but, on the other hand, there doesn't seem to be any limit to the number of albums or tracks one can upload. AVFN is most likely to use Bandcamp over and above Soundcloud or Last in future so keep checking back. Here are some HNW bandcamp sites:

A View From Nihil
Anarcho Freaks Production
Die Reitenden Leichen
Finality
Griz+zlor
Shah/Hash

A View From Nihil on Last FM

I've decided to upload Order of the HNW Vol. I - A View From Nihil, 'Triumph of the Broken Will' to Last FM. You can listen to the whole album there or download it for free. Tracks uploaded as .mp3 at 320 kbps. Find it here.

Music of the Magnetosphere and Space Weather

Check out these absolutely awe-inspiring recordings by a man named Stephen P McGreevy who records V(ery) L(ow) F(requency) radio signals from solar winds. The wonderful cracks, hisses & pops should arouse the interests of Harsh Noise Wallers/fans of sound static and texture. There are also beautiful tones and drones throughout that should appeal to general noise listeners. The only let down is the brevity of the tracks but at least there are plenty of them. I'm already in the process of making some walls based around these sounds. I couldn't help it, it just touches my soul to hear the mechanics of the universe at work and I think that there is a certain affinity with HNW music in that there is a tremendous sense of order balancing delicately with chaos. That is to say the sounds themselves sound very alien and abstract but they are the sound of the universe at work and hence are part of an almighty order - its just we are too small and insignificant to interpret them, all we can do is observe it in awe. Very humbling.

Here is the man's website. Which explains all.

You can also listen to his music on archive.org here, here and here.

Interview

Interview with yours truly over at musique machine.

Sound Cloud

So a couple of us lot just noticed that you can upload up to two hours of material and use wav files instead of shitey mp3s over at soundcloud.com.

Which is good cause now there's a few HNW producers up there with some exclusive or out of print tracks - unclipped and uncompressed. Have a listen:

A View From Nihil
Boar
Cannibal Ritual
Flesh Coffin
Grizzlor
Infirmary

Troubled Sleep Zine # 1

Excellent Portugeuse noise tape-label Narcolepsia has put together a zine called Troubled Sleep. Its got interviews with VOMIR / FECALOVE / BACULUM / BACHIR GEMAYEL / ORDER OF NINE ANGELS / TRASH RITUAL / MENTAL FUNERAL / TSURISAKI KIYOTAKA - which makes it of high interest to wall fanatics. Send him an email to get yourself a copy: narcolepsia.distro@gmail.com

WALL MANIACS ISSUE No. 1

Check out this blog entry entitled WALL MANIACS ISSUE No. 1. Has some reviews and looks like it might become a serial.

The "wall noise" genre is about getting away from persona in music and embracing the pure properties of sound itself. Whether these artists are coming from a militant standpoint of putting forth aesthetic terrorism or simply enjoying the properties of pure sound, the noise extreme has found an intense focus and purpose in the Harsh Noise Wall(s) style.

Sounds good to me.