Power noise
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| Other names | Rhythmic noise, rhythm 'n' noise |
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| Cultural origins | Mid-1990s; Germany, Belgium and United Kingdom |
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Power noise (also known as rhythmic noise, rhythm 'n' noise, and occasionally as distorted beat music) is a form of
History
1990s
Power noise takes inspiration from Spanish
The first power noise artists were mostly German. In addition to Noisex, these included
2000s-2010s
Notable power noise artists who emerged in the 21st century include Iszoloscope, Antigen Shift, Prospero, Drillbit, Tarmvred, Converter, Terrorfakt, Alter Der Ruine, Panzer Division, C/A/T, Dreamcrusher, Death Spells, and Xotox.
Characteristics
Typically, power noise is instrumental, based upon a distorted kick drum from a drum machine such as a
Some groups, such as
There has often been very similar sounds coming from the techno scene which at times has been embraced by those into rhythmic noise such as the late 1990s/2000 era Speedy J, or releases on labels like Uncivilized World.
In the current decade, there has been a resurgence of the harder, harsher and more experimental sounds in techno which crosses over a lot with the sounds of rhythmic noise although this is usually just known as industrial techno, instead of rhythmic noise or power noise, because these two scenes are often unaware of each other. For example, the artist Ancient Methods (one of the artists responsible for the resurgence of industrial techno), sampled P·A·L's track Gelöbnis on one of his first releases and has also later released music on Hands Productions which is one of the first labels that started pushing the rhythmic noise style back in the 90s.
There has also been and continues to be crossover within other sounds and scenes such as the breakcore and IDM scenes.
References
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- ^ Nancy Kilpatrick, The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined, New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004, chapter 5, "Music of the Macabre," p. 87.
- ^ Noisex, Over and Out, Discogs
- ^ Vlad McNeally (29 November 2007). "Review of Noisex". ReGen Magazine.
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- ^ Metropolis Records, Combichrist Bio
- ^ Mark Teppo, interview with Tarmvred, Ear Pollution. [2] Access date: 8 August 2008.
- ^ http://www.endif.org