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Originally Posted by Phlegmscope
But do people feel that kind of stuff sounds nasty because they know it's birds eating a carcass, which might lead to connotations of other things related to, for example, violent death. Is it really abrasive, if this about the physical effect of music on people, which is often caused by the using of high volumes and/or certain frequencies etc.
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Umm... it is just a straight recording. It's disconcerting for a few reasons. The first being that David Toop, although needing a slap, is a fucking great engineer. He manages to get the scrapes and picking at bones down brilliantly. It's natural for humans to react to the sound of bones breaking. Whether it's more effective for knowing the source is kind of a moot point - I doubt anyone would get the CD unless they knew what it was.
The high volumes frequency thing of noise is often a subterfuge hiding the lack of abrasion - Part of the reason Merzbow is good is because he uses dynamics to brilliant/ devastating effect, rather than relying upon one feedback trick for 20+ years (hello Whitehouse). I think noise is pretty dull as a musical genre unless people get over the 'shock' value and treat it as a valid artform.