Different perspectives. Sounds like a... - plane crashing for over an hour - world being born This is why music is magical. The right combinations of sound and audience equals magic ❤️

mad props for delving into more niche music and the talented artists who create it-- this is why I love Sound Field!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you soooo much this means a lot to us.

@obesemomkod7018

2 жыл бұрын

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@goodmorningu.s.a3595

2 жыл бұрын

From pet sounds no less

Japanoise isn't a genre, and the artists have frequently have mentioned their distaste for the title. Merzbow, Hanatarash, Incapacitants, Hijokaidan, and The Gerogerigegege are so different in ideals and sound

@occams_chainsaw

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, Japan definitely is an important place for noise though

@tonybechillin1026

2 жыл бұрын

The Gerogerigegege are my favorite noise band, although Masonna and Merzbow are right up there as well!

@deemtown7668

9 ай бұрын

yamataka eye and boredoms, cool artists. its more a show of the creative outlet these people have rather than a music show

When I was researching all types of music I came across noise music. I was inspired to compose my own music. I became an artist. Now I compose music for movies, and television. I admire everyone of these artists, because they are all my inspiration. Thank you.

@meltingcolorsthatdontblend1982

5 ай бұрын

This is exactly why noise and the Avant-garde music is so amazing. Just being able to make what ever you want is just the most free experience possible

Keep doing great things and pushing the boundaries, Sound Field! Rooting you guys on 🧡

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Love you Nahre!!!!!

@MisterAppleEsq

3 жыл бұрын

You haven't quit SF forever, right? Be great to see Nahre, LA, and Linda all in one ep.

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MisterAppleEsq yes!!!!! we need to make that happen.

@jazzgal5631

3 жыл бұрын

Missing Nahre, hope she'll be back.

@obesemomkod7018

2 жыл бұрын

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Back in the 80's, I was in a lot or regular metal bands, and punk bands. But they just.. weren't "punk" enough for me. All of them just had the same damn elements, a drummer, a guitar player, a bassist, a singer. It was... BORING. That's what drove me to start experimenting with tapes. I started out using cassette tapes, a stereo, a couple of boom boxes, and a cheap Radio Shack tape recorder for recording. I didn't even have a mixer. I would just make these tapes, and cut tape loops together, stack the speakers in different formations on top of the microphone, and just blast the stereo and other tape players into that microphone at the same time. It created this.. wall of noise and strange distorted rythms, and I was literally the only person I knew who enjoyed it. Even the punks were like, "What the hell is this crap?". It was too extreme for even them. I didn't know it at the time, but I was creating what they called, "Industrial Music", back then. I had no name for it. I called it, "Sound Collage". I did this for years until I got my first PC in the early 90's, and on a dial-up BBS, I discovered this sound recorder/editor called "Blaster Master", and a tracker program called ModEdit. This opened up a WHOLE NEW door for making noise and industrial tunes for me. One thing that I used to do all the time was take random computer files, and rename the extention at the end to .VOC, or .WAV. Those files, when the audio edior thought that they were audio files produced so many amazing happy accidents (and sadly, you can't do that any more. Computers are just too smart now. You can re-name that file extention, but good luck getting a sound editor to load the thing without saying, "This isn't an audio file.". They somehow detect a difference between audio files and regular files now, no matter how you re-name that extension. Then I discovered Circuit Bending, and that added to my sonic insanity. And the latest thing that REALLY is a godsend to any noise/crazy sound artist is this free progam called VCV Rack, which is pretty much a virtual, massive Eurorack simulator. I can get that thing spewing out craziness that would give Merzbow a run for his money.

@TooNDeMentIa

3 жыл бұрын

In Audacity you can use *File -> Import -> Raw data* to convert any file to audio. Might be similar functionality in other software too. 👍

@sione_etc

3 жыл бұрын

that's so cool. do u have any of your music up online?

@Dwhifwhidwhiqdn12

3 жыл бұрын

You should look up an artist named Isochronic Miner. He is an industrial rapper who makes his own beats and their amazing.

@jman3122

3 жыл бұрын

I used VCV Rack lmao.

@normapadro420

Жыл бұрын

That sounds exciting. I love changing sounds around too. When you add sound effects they sound so beautiful. I love composing music.

Dreamcrusher's EP "Incinerator" is absolutely incredible and everyone should listen to it

I just want to say thanks to Dreamcrusher for doing this with us. It was amazing and they are an amazing person. Check out their music on bandcamp! dreamcrusher.bandcamp.com/ Also don't forget to hit subscribe and if you'd like more footage go to our patreon

I never heard of this type of genre before and it's always great to explore the depths of how far music has gone.

@obesemomkod7018

2 жыл бұрын

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was hoping Sound Field would cover experimental styles

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

we got you!

The work you guys are doing --not only as musicians but also as musicologists-- is amazing. *Applause*

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for recognizing us holographer. We appreciate you

@Kalisis07

3 жыл бұрын

This is big facts!

@obesemomkod7018

2 жыл бұрын

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i'm stunned by the clips of dreamcrusher's performance. i can't say i like the sound of the music, but attending one of their shows must be electrifying - the lights, the sounds, their dancing... like a whole new dimension.

Jean Michel Basquiat in his band "Gray". is always overlooked in noise music.

YES! I love Noise and Experimental music. They get a bad rap from people who aren't used to them, but there's genius at work. I also needed to know more about the LGBTQ+ and black noise scenes, so thanks!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting Christian! Hope you'll dive even further

@thecosmicblueautie

3 жыл бұрын

For further exploration of both in the avantgarde scene, check out Plack Blague, Backxwash, Venus Selenite, (jazz), Lotic, etc. You probably know Arca.

What about Metal Machine Music? Lou Reed was lgbt and was doing noise music back then, and even put it in the mainstream for a sec.

really opened up a rabbit hole for me this is great

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss this is exactly what we want!

@sh-bp4iw

3 жыл бұрын

yes! i have like 7 new tabs open and a handful of playlists and albums to listen to cause of this

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

@@sh-bp4iw That's so perfect, I really hope our episodes inspire y'all to dig deeper

It's always nice to see Dreamcrusher and this type of music get some shine. He's been killing it for a while. Good lookin', Sound Field

@averydelacruz5267

3 жыл бұрын

*They’ve been killing it… Dreamcrusher is non-binary.

@ThaddeusBigsby

3 жыл бұрын

@@averydelacruz5267 You're right. My apologies 🙏🏿

@averydelacruz5267

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThaddeusBigsby 👍🏼💯

I am so glad you took a moment to look into Noise.I know it’s not for everybody but you might want to check in from time to time because there are a variety of people doing a variety of things. Noise can be your friend.

daaang i requested this all the way back in January! I'm so glad to see that others also wanted to see this come to fruition!! this was great thank u

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss thank you! We really read every comment and love every suggestion

Dreamcrusher is iconic. So happy they got this opportunity!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Dreamcrusher is the future!

Mimaroglu is the BOMB!!! Haven't ever heard him mentioned outside of my old composition seminar. Let's look at class as well as identity. There's a wealth of interesting and crucial shit to get into looking at the 20th century avant garde through a class lens. Mimaroglu understood this deeply and founded his own recording company under Atlantic to distribute music outside of the hegemonic academic avant garde of the time with labels to like CRI et al. If people are down, his record 'Sing Me a Song of Songmy' with Freddie Hubbard is the most politically explosive and musically hypnotic record that I know of

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Wow this is fascinating Campbell Umbers thanks for sharing!

@alaspooryorick9946

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoundFieldPBS pleasure! This is an interesting book looking at civil rights struggle and improvisatory music. That record is spoken about specifically. Thanks for the great work as ever! books.google.com.au/books?id=Ijq2AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA269&ots=x95ctDXEqV&dq=mimaroglu%20fierce%20urgency%20of%20now%20improvisation%20social%20practice&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q=Mimaroglu&f=false

@SnottyCock

2 жыл бұрын

Very glad to see ‘Sing Me a Song...’ mentioned! I was flicking through the comments to see if it had come up yet. I think it’s a vision of what music could be - politically and in its sonic exploration - and yet I find so little that parallels its scope. String section, choir, organ, jazz ensemble, spoken word and musique concrete tape manipulation - plus words that capture the horrors of the time so incisively. I’m constantly hunting for more music that can match that!

Dreamcrusher is so awesome! Never heard of them before this video and now I have mad respect for their process in making music and their impact on the noise genre!

Was blessed to see Dreamcrusher open for clipping, I didn’t know who they were before hand, they performed in the crowd the whole time, and now I’m a fan for life what can I say

@doovendeer

2 жыл бұрын

WHAT that sounds like an insane show, wish I was there

Thank you for highlighting these artists and covering so much ground in this video. I'm sure some will be unhappy with this and say you missed things or explained things wrong, but for people who are not so interested in this area of music, this will introduce them to a lot of the core movements and some interesting underrepresented figures.

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Conor Ellis! Not paying attention to the haters today, just spreading love and positivity.

Love this episode! Thank you for pushing our music boundaries

I really enjoyed this piece, as a lover of this kind of music, but I have my criticism. I don't think the authors of the piece excluded these points out of malice, but they are overlooked points which would have added to the richness of this story. There's a token mention of Psychic TV, but then no delving into frontperson, Genesis P-Orridge, who was a queer person. Nor is there mention of h/er previous project, the seminal Throbbing Gristle, which also included Peter Christopherson, who was also queer (gay) and one half of another experimental band, Coil (with his partner Jhonn Balance). Psychic TV gets thrown in as "another white noise band", but diggging a little deeper and talking about Throbbing Gristle and Coil would have told of the deep queer roots of experimental and noise genres, even if they were white people. Then there's how dub was left out of this piece, and is a huge part of the black roots of experimental music (cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy and Download fame has attested to this), especially when talking about the development of techniques in using the studio space as an instrument. Just something to consider.

GREAT video! Thank you guys so much for covering this!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Ruxinator!

Thanks soundfield for researching all the things you do it helps as a young musician to help my own research

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

hell yea we do

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

lol you edited your comment and now my response doesn't make sensee! but you're welcome! much love

@JLMSC309

3 жыл бұрын

Sound Field I mean y’all do the research so it kinda does lol

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

@@JLMSC309 haha you're right. Thanks for watching!

Dreamcrusher deserves the WORLD

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

I didn't ask for noise music video, but I'm so glad some people did

Dreamcrusher and PBS in the same video is the weirdest combo I've ever seen

YES! This episode lives up to the potential this series always had to correct who is remembered in music history. Thankyou!

@Sound Field Thank you for this amazing episode. Watching this has made Dreamcrusher become the most inspirational and influential Artists to me within minutes!!! In fact, they have helped me shape my sound and has push me to further represent myself as an Experimental Queer Black Artist and I will have an EP or LP out in the near future. Hope y'all show more episodes like this and hopefully y'all will be talking with me! Blessings, Y'all!!!

this is so sick im really glad i found this channel and artist Dreamcrusher !! ty

this was so cool thank you for covering music like this!!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

hell yeah thank you for watching

Loving everything I see on Sound Field. So dope!

Long live Sound Field! Hope we get to see more of the experimental side of styles, it is a good way to get to know international artists in our favourite genres. From my side of the Equator, I'd invite y'all to check the work of Brazil's Tom Zé and the late Sivuca. Cheers from São Paulo ✊

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these recommendations this is great! Also thanks for watching :)

I need more hands and brains to take all these references. Your videos are really inspiring. Amazing work :)

Another wonderful video - and another genre that I had never heard of nor listened to before! A fascinating set of ideas - I will be thinking hard about this music for a long while!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Sonja Johnson thank you! I always look forward to hearing from you after each upload.

@Beryllahawk

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoundFieldPBS ahhh I am blushing!

It's cool to see a video like this from PBS. I saw Dreamcrusher open for KTL (an experimental/drone project) at Le Poisson Rouge in 2019: at first there were some chopped-and-screwed vocal samples and I didn't know what to expect, but then it got SUPER intense, like being blasted by an unrelenting, unpredictably-morphing flood of sound. I've seen other noise acts like Melt-Banana and Wolf Eyes live, but Dreamcrusher was the most mind-blowing experience by far.

I'm a huge fan of noise. Merzbow and The Gerogerigegege are some of my favorite artists of all time. Thank you for making a video on this extremely important art form!

Nice to see this. I've been doing noise and experimental music since the early 90's as well as punk stuff. Currently working in Eurorack modular synths and have many videos on my channel. Also just did a set for Norcal Noisefest a couple of weeks ago as well as in previous years live. Cheers fellow POC explorers of the avant garde! keep it going!

Been hoping for the noise video for awhile, so cool to do it through this lens.

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Pat G really appreciate you watching!

YEAA MERZBOW and MELT BANANA!! Japanoise and japanese indie was an oft-explored niche in the online message boards of the 2000s/2010s e.g. rym, last.fm, etc. and the actual irl scenes that existed deeper in the genre. Love that Dreamcrusher was on here to draw that lineage out and expand it for the next gen - there has never been more noise than in todays era!

This episode is so good!

I’ve been making noise for over a year and didn’t realize there was this much to it. Pretty cool

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome that you've been making noise. thanks for checking this out

DREAMCRUSHER FOR LIFE! Dreamcrusher has helped me through some really tough times, one day I hope to see them live! Thank you x

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you can see them live too. Filming this episode was incredible and seeing them perform was really special. My whole body was vibrating for a week it was so loud. It's definitely life changing to exist in a dark foggy room while listening to the sounds of a planet being born.

You were a world builder and just like a sweet projection of love

Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw DREAMCRUSHER in the title, they are so blissful 💝

12 years!?!? How old is this spectacular artist?

Excellent documentary! Great introduction to Noise Music and to an incredible artist.

Dreamcrusher are the absolute best, love seeing them getting props

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

They deserve it. Their art is genius

so happy this got made! I posted the recommendation when you guys did the poll awhile back :) its an awesome thing you are doing here

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

We owe you a lot of thanks!

I saw dreamcrusher back in September maybe, in Manchester UK. They were amazing.

I have been missing you. Did not disappoint!

super, SUPER cool to see dreamcrusher on here!!!

I’ve never heard of this genre before, thanks Soundfield

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

That's what we are here for! thanks for watching Joseph?

Amazing channel, thank you so much. Keep it up!

Every damn Sound Field episode, without exception, becomes a favorite re-watchable journey. There is no other YT channel where I gain more with each and every viewing. Some episodes immediately become old friends, such as the Vogue (Ballroom) episode, which shares more joy and expressiveness than I had thought possible for any YT video. I love knowing such a community exists, and has such great people and music to celebrate. I also love what it did inside my head, forcing me to reconceptualize that Madonna song, something I previously would have thought impossible. Other episodes help me learn more about my own musical tastes and preferences, by making connections that help bridge my internal contrasts. I still don't know why I love all the music I do, but I now know that it knits together, where the opposite edges of my fabric may have very different colors, patterns and textures, yet are solidly connected by a web of fascinating history, collaborations, influences and culture. For example, Nahre's episode on the role of improvisation in classical music totally blew me away. Sound Field is especially relevant and important to me during 2020: Every episode feels like I'm sharing music with friends. While I can't presently do this in IRL, Sound Field truly is the kind of musical conversation I enjoy most. You, the Sound Field cast, crew, staff and especially guests, are the kinds of folks I'd like to share a concert with, then spend the rest of the night talking about it. Thanks!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

You could make me cry BobC. This is why we make this show. It feels good to know that even though some people might not get what we are trying to do, there are those out there that it's resonating with. Thank you for sharing this message with us.

“Kids are a lot more vocal in Philly.” Thank you for putting over the Philly noise scene

YO THIS IS CRAZY I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

I love that this is here and will hold my tongue about the corrections I want to offer because the positives overwhelm everything

This is very cool I'm big fan of Sun Ra and other avante garde musicians. Also Linda Diaz is very cool looking forward to her doing more shows.

I highly suggest to anyone to go to a noise show. I wasn't a fan of it until I went live. Being in a space that forces you to feel music in places in your body you shouldn't feel music is exhilarating.

That's wild! Thanks for the introduction : D

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Mark Davis I hope this is a kicking off point for more exploration

I love this! Especially since the historical context is provided. Bravi tutti!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssss thank you for watching!

Great stuff. I would love to see something covered on powerviolence by you guys!

Y'all really caught me in the middle of breakfast, but whatever I'm here for the noise~

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Snack and watch! what a great opportunity

Sound field is one of the best internet shows and shows every. They expose me to artist I have never heard of but I found this dream guy and it’s amazing Thank you sound field

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Shrimpy_! We really appreciate you. I just want to share that Dreamcrusher is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Keep making music and keep memeing :)

I love yoy guys for covering noise music

I notice yall didn't do the "we make a ___ song" segment on this one 😂😭

loving this! shouts to Dreamcrusher and Geng

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

What's up! Thanks for checking it out

Boredoms is another important noise band. Great stuff.

@anaelhonings8683

3 жыл бұрын

Boredoms is probably my favourite band! Some of their tracks are so goofy that they made me burst laughing and their thirst for weird structures and sound research was incredible. Besides I'm a HUGE fan of anything Yamatsuka Eye does (music, DJ, artwork...)

I found this very interesting since I had no idea that this was out there. While it will probably not become my favorite any time soon, it will influence how I think about music.

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome Susan and such a great perspective

I'm curious how artists like Dreamcrusher feel about styles like Grindcore that on one hand reject the traditional notion of what music is while, on the other, being based on very usual instruments and arrangements

I just love this artist, they have been a huge inspiration for how i make and listen to music Thx for making a video about them :)

Distortion is my favorite audio effect

Yessss!!! Lu changed my life the first time I saw them perform. What a legend

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Lu is an amazing artist and one of the kindest people. So glad they changed your life

@glebvic

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoundFieldPBS yes! great video btw :)

Yo I have Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach album on my wall; found at a Goodwill, picked it up because I loved that cover, discovered a genre because of it. 👌 Also thank you for boosting Dreamcrusher and this whole genre 🤘

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

That's incredible. a truly well curated wall

@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget her synth-based A Clockwork Orange soundtrack, that was arguably "out there" for the time.

This is bonkers. Keep it up lad!

I didn't really know about noise music but it's cool as.

This rules. I didn’t know about dreamcrusher, I love their stuff now, love at first listen. Awesome to hear people talking about Julius Eastman too, underappreciated avant-minimalist genius

Ayyyy I love Dreamcrusher!!

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

WE LOVE DREAMCRUSHER

This is awesome, and cool to see Melt Banana get some noise on here, an awesome group just as groundbreaking as Sonic Youth

@Dipsoid

3 жыл бұрын

Also, I'd be curious about the splinter between more the traditional noise rock of Sonic Youth, Melt Banana, early Blonde Redhead, etc and the much more avantegarde harsh noise artists like Merzbow.

@frrascon

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I don't know why they say most noise has been focused on white dudes. When I think noise, the first thing that comes to mind is Japan.

amazing, thank u

to wear a mazzy star shirt and be performing like that is a fuckin mood. Almost every topic on this vid is a whole rabbit hole to dive down, which is insane!

That first sound of the door opening at 0:00 needs to be sampled! Shits dope!

Great video!

I totally did the same shit with the trial version of FL lol if i wanted to work on it again id just export all the stems

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

Lad seems like the nicest person

L. A. You’re such an inspirational teacher!!

@ArthurLABuckner

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elijah!

pretty interesting video, oscilloscope music should be explored again some day

He reminds me of this artist named Isochronic Miner who is an industrial rap artist who makes his own beats that are amazing 🤩

This is amazing 💙

@SoundFieldPBS

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jashon!

Next episode you guys should cover 70s progressive rock and the extremely talented artists and bands such as ELP, Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull who made progressive rock in the 70s! (Loved this episode btw)

hey Linda Diaz! caught your tiny desk performance

First thought PBS was a joke but they are killing it!

wtf I was NEVER expecting to see this, love Dream Crusher.

this was amazing:)

love from Bolivia!!!!!!