Articles by Bryon Hayes

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  Zbigniew Karkowski & Atsuko Nojiri

  Continuity

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Poland-bred and Tokyo-based sound manipulator Zbigniew Karkowski has studied with some of the more prominent masters of the avant-garde: Xe...

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  Antoine Berthiaume and Elliott Sharp

  Base

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Expect the unexpected from this dynamic duo. Avant guitarists Berthiaume and Sharp have unloaded 11 shots of improvisational gold. Far from...

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  Otomo Yoshihide

  Monochrome Otomo

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Monochrome Otomo is the audio-only portion of The Multiple Otomo Project, a CD/DVD set that spans the entire range of the enigmatic turntab...

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  Gratkowski / Brown / Winant

  Wake

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Multi-reedist Frank Gratkowski admits in the liner notes to Wake that it was pianist and electronics wizard Chris Brown's idea to add percu...

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  LSD March

  Under Milk Wood

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Japan's LSD March are named after a song by Krautrock legends Guru Guru, and the influence certainly shows. This duo's sound ranges from fu...

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  Merzbow

  Dolphin Sonar

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2008

  It is generally assumed that animals do not experience dread, or the crippling fear of impending death. Japanese animal activist and noise...

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  Women in Tragedy

  Dark Passenger

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2008

  Are noise artists chronic workaholics or do they simply record and release every mundane bleep that leaves their mixers? The consistently m...

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  Dan Friel

  Ghost Town

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  An utterly cosmic collision of crafty melodies, frantic beats and frazzled noise, Ghost Town, the debut full-length from Parts & Labor fron...