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why I live in Seattle
I can tell you, it was glorious. Rain unending for days in a row and deep indigo skies…
“According to the climate blog of University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Professor Cliff Mass, Dec. 20, 2019 was the darkest day ever recorded in the 20 years since the school has been recorded solar radiation on the roof one of the atmospheric sciences building.
Mass said they measured just .37 million Joules of solar radiation over a square meter surface on Dec. 20. The previous record low was .39 million Joules in December of 2006. For comparison, the university recorded 27 million Joules in July.
“Everything had to be perfect to achieve this depressing record,” Mass explains in the blog. Not only are the days incredibly short because of the almost-solstice, but there have been intense storms around Seattle for days.” more HERE
SATARAY: live at Litha Cascadia 2019 – full video now up from BLUE HERON VIDEO
The stunning 3am ritual performance by Sataray and Anima Nocturna was captured in sound and vision by BLUE HERON VIDEO and is now available to see HERE
CONCRETE VITALIST – end of the year list at TOILET OV HELL 2019
“An incredible soundscape with plenty of noise and musique concrete elements, this four-movement piece features a mix of field recordings and prepared/string piano with synth noise and drones. It’s the sound of urban living, urban decay. At times haunting, and at others downright menacing.”
Noisepoetnobody’s CONCRETE VITALIST appears at #6 in this interesting EOTY list at the illustrious Toilet Ov Hell
Noisepoetnobody: CONCRETE VITALIST – album review by The Progressive Aspect
“To my mind, this experimental music thrives on one person’s audience participation. Your imagination is a vital instrument that you must employ to derive any kind of reward from such music. Concrete Vitalist shows this perfectly.” – read the entire review HERE
NOISEPOETNOBODY: Cvlt Nation Streams Concrete Vitalist From Experimental Sound Architect; Record To See Release Friday Via Scry Recordings
Cvlt Nation is currently streaming Concrete Vitalist, the latest full-length from experimental sound architect Casey Chittenden Jones, otherwise known as NOISEPOETNOBODY, in its curious entirety.
Set for release Friday, November 22nd via Scry Recordings, Concrete Vitalist was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jones with layout by Zach Wise. The audio collected for Concrete Vitalist’s four movements includes performances on city sculptures and utility structures with a contact mic, destruction of major road over passes, hummingbirds in violent confrontation, and an old decaying piano harp with e-bows pressed towards strings and rusty nails thrown into it. Angular minimalist synthesizer textures interact with sounds from other times and places. Reconstructed reality for imaginational dreamscape soundtracks.
Write Cvlt Nation of the release, “NOISEPOETNOBODY makes end of times music. But it’s unlike most music we describe as ‘apocalyptic’… This is the sound of post-apocalypse; a quiet shuddering of what remains of human civilization. It’s the creak of useless metal and the static hum of wasted land. It’s the slow crawling of nature as it swallows the framework of our creation and buries it in ancient history… Concrete Vitalist may not be something you throw on to jam out to, but it’s something that will captivate your imagination and take you to a world we’re fast approaching…”
Stream NOISEPOETNOBODY’s Concrete Vitalist, exclusively at Cvlt Nation, at THIS LOCATION.
Concrete Vitalist will see release on CD and digital formats November 22nd. For preorders, visit the NOISEPOETNOBODY Bandcamp page at THIS LOCATION.
For well over fifteen years, Jones has been soundtracking the collapse of civilization under the moniker NOISEPOETNOBODY utilizing homemade instruments, synthesizers, field recordings, and modular equipment to create haunting, discordant, and broken sounds to express the need for creativity in a dying ecosystem.
Performing in underground venues, bars, art galleries, abandon buildings, and illegal DIY spaces and forever seeking to promote mental deprogramming through anti-commercial sonic immersion, each NOISEPOETNOBODY set is a one-of-a-kind exchange of energy employing analog electronics and improvised inspirations via speaker cones. NOISEPOETNOBODY has collaborated frequently with Butoh dance artists and released a 12” (The River) with choreography instructions composed by Vanessa Skantze.
Most commonly associated with the genres experimental, minimalism, noise, industrial, drone, his solo works and collaborations have been released by Scry Recordings (Drone Box, 2019), Lens Records, and Public Eyesore, among others. NOISEPOETNOBODY has participated in numerous festivals and series including NorCal Noise Fest, Perpetual Dune, Eugene Noise Fest, Olympia Experimental Music Festival, and Modular On The Spot. Jones also originated the Driftwood Orchestra, Seattle Dismal Fest and currently joins Peter Keller in the duo Dosenöffner.
“With masterful construction, something as benign as two hummingbirds having a slight confrontation becomes menacing and unsettling, and the sounds of urban living and urban destruction wind around it. This is soundscaping at its finest.” — Toilet Ov Hell
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NOISEPOETNOBODY: Toilet Ov Hell Streams New Track From Experimental Sound Alchemist; Concrete Vitalist Nears Release Via Scry Recordings
NOISEPOETNOBODY: Toilet Ov Hell Streams New Track From Experimental Sound Alchemist; Concrete Vitalist Nears Release Via Scry Recordings
“With masterful construction, something as benign as two hummingbirds having a slight confrontation becomes menacing and unsettling, and the sounds of urban living and urban destruction wind around it. This is soundscaping at its finest.” — Toilet Ov Hell
Stream / Share NOISEPOETNOBODY’s “Concrete Vitalist Part 2” At THIS LOCATION
Toilet Ov Hell is currently streaming “Concrete Vitalist Part 2” from experimental sound alchemist Casey Chittenden Jones, otherwise known as NOISEPOETNOBODY. The track serves as the second movement of NOISEPOETNOBODY’s forthcoming full-length, Concrete Vitalist, slated for release next week via Scry Recordings.
For well over fifteen years, Jones has been soundtracking the collapse of civilization under the moniker NOISEPOETNOBODY
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jones with layout by Zach Wise, the audio collected for Concrete Vitalist’s four movements includes performances on city sculptures and utility structures with a contact mic, destruction of major road over passes, hummingbirds in violent confrontation, and an old decaying piano harp with e-bows pressed towards strings and rusty nails thrown into it. Angular minimalist synthesizer textures interact with sounds from other times and places. Reconstructed reality for imaginational dreamscape soundtracks.
Writes Toiley Ov Hell of the latest track, “With masterful construction, something as benign as two hummingbirds having a slight confrontation becomes menacing and unsettling, and the sounds of urban living and urban destruction wind around it. This is soundscaping at its finest.”
Stream “Concrete Vitalist Part 2,” only at Toilet Ov Hell, at THIS LOCATION.
Concrete Vitalist will see release on CD and digital formats November 22nd. For preorders and to sample opening track, “Concrete Vitalist Part 1,” visit the NOISEPOETNOBODY Bandcamp page at THIS LOCATION.
Performing in underground venues, bars, art galleries, abandon buildings, and illegal DIY spaces and forever seeking to promote mental deprogramming through anti-commercial sonic immersion, each NOISEPOETNOBODY set is a one-of-a-kind exchange of energy employing analog electronics and improvised inspirations via speaker cones. NOISEPOETNOBODY has collaborated frequently with Butoh dance artists and released a 12” (The River) with choreography instructions composed by Vanessa Skantze.
Most commonly associated with the genres experimental, minimalism, noise, industrial, drone, his solo works and collaborations have been released by Scry Recordings (Drone Box, 2019), Lens Records, and Public Eyesore, among others. NOISEPOETNOBODY has participated in numerous festivals and series including NorCal Noise Fest, Perpetual Dune, Eugene Noise Fest, Olympia Experimental Music Festival, and Modular On The Spot. Jones also originated the Driftwood Orchestra, Seattle Dismal Fest and currently joins Peter Keller in the duo Dosenöffner.
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Entrail: Fall Tour Dates Announced
Entrail TOUR DATES:
9/4 Portland, OR @ Azoth
9/5 Eugene, OR @ Wandering Goat
9/6 Arcata, CA @ Outer Space
9/7 Oakland, CA @ The Sanctuary
9/8 Nevada City, CA @ Un-Church
9/9 Chico, CA @ Blackbird Coffee & Bookstore
9/10 Cave Junction, OR @ Creative Self Collective
9/12 Seattle, WA @ Lo-Fi w/ Wickt, Joy Von Spain
9/13 Olympia, WA @ Cryptatropa w/ Vouna
9/14 Port Townsend, WA w/ Vouna
ENTRAIL: Cascadian Experimental Drone Project To Release Eater Of Starlight / New Track Streaming + Live Dates Draw Near
Cascadian experimental drone project ENTRAIL will release Eater Of Starlight via Scry Recordings 9/4 (digital) & 10/1 (cassette).
ENTRAIL emerges from the gloom-shrouded Pacific Northwest with vocal drone and ethereal soundscapes that haunt and challenge. Combining violin, voice, bass and synth, ENTRAIL’s sound is as broad as its musical history. playing in crust bands, booking DIY spaces, and attending music school for violin and composition, ENTRAIL graduated to this moody, dynamic solo project of present. Over the last five years, ENTRAIL has shared stages with the likes of Neurosis’ Scott Kelly, The Body, Dispririt, Yob’s Mike Scheidt, and Aerial Ruin.
Eater Of Starlight broods, simmers, and explodes in short bursts of emotive vocals (“Rain”) and brash, inventive strings (“Craving”) punctuated with throbbing synthesizers. Dwelling in spiritual residence with Slint, Jarboe, and Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, on this third release, ENTRAIL feels like an outpouring of the artist’s soul for listener resonance.
Notes ENTRAIL, “This album for me was a falling-upward into an offworld headspace. I felt ungrounded and found myself conveying the terror of that journey. My intention, when I started writing this music, was to offer some kind of healing after my last album, which was focused on themes of impending ecological collapse. What came out though was more catharsis, more darkness. I cannot offer resolved healing through this music because I am not there yet myself — I still have to work with these demonic sensations; I still have to find my way back to Earth after dissociating from it so hard.”
Eater Of Starlight was captured b by Ethan Camp and mastered by M.S. Waldron with art by ENTRAIL and Adam St. John. The record will be released digitally via Scry Recordings September 4th with a limited cassette edition to follow.
For preorders and to stream first single, “The Cup,” go to THIS LOCATION.
Eater Of Starlight Track Listing:
1. Dark Moon
2. Cathartidae
3. Rain
4. The Cup
5. Craving
6. Dust Of Dreamers