REVIEWS [v]

Triple pack of Voltagestress*r CD-Rs inc. Filthy Turd, Romance, Feast of Ishtar, The Rita, Ancient Rite.

I make no claim to be familiar with this genre so cannot compare it with anything. Great. What I mean by genre is this particularly full-on, relentless nasty, dirty thick prison walls of noise that has no mercy whatsoever for you, the inmate. Merzbow having a breakdown? Needless to say I am a more than willing captive and the words 'harder! harder!' come to mind. "No overdubs or studio hoodoo just harsh psych & no-fi canibalism" are their own website words to accompany the stuff I've on the cans now, this jolly Monday morning and I love it. Also the 'Romance' live gig lulled me to sleep the other night, obliterating the pre-sleep monologue that has become so prevalent in our time... There's something about this rotten racket from hell which epitomises the reason for Freenoise being born at all. eg. I see harshnoise as all the shite sounds of the planet (especially that masquerading as 'music' and 'tv') processed randomly all together then played through the old Baghdad stadium PA at full volume to an audience of all the guilty parties; play their screams back to them through numerous distortion units, and there you have it. Well, my version anyway, use your own! Speaking of which, Voltagesress*r sent me these as they'll be invading Sheff next Feb and I asked for demos, but if you get over to http://homepage.ntlworld.com/voltagestressr you can git your own too. £2 each - inc post! Ommmmmmmm...........
Moodi