'Just Noise: The barbarian thrill of noise in music' republished in Litro magazine #181: Subcultures edition

"Where to escape to, when silence is disappearing? Perhaps noise music highlights how people are too accepting of the damage and social alienation that the daily exposure to noise is producing. Are we all barbarians for living with noise that would have driven our forbears crazy?"

Originally published in Litro #151, my article on the connections between noise in music and our wider environment has been republished (and cover featured) in the latest issue.

It was quite a surprise to see it, and a pleasant reminder, as I hadn't looked back at it in a long time.

I created the below playlist of noise music from 1605 to 2017 for when it was originally published (although I imagine many of the links are now broken):

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1. Tobias Hume - Harke, Harke (1605)
2. Heinrich Ignaz von Biber - Battalia (1673)
3. Joseph Haydn/Leopold Mozart/Edmund Angerer - Toy Symphony (17--)
4. Jean-Féry Rebel - Le Cahos (1737)
5. Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins - Battle of Manassas (1861)
6. César Franck - Les Djinns(1884)
7. Camille Saint-Saëns - Le carnaval des animaux (1886)
8. Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1 (1887)
9. Alexander Scriabin - Poème Tragique (1903)
10. Arnold Schoenberg - Du lehnest wider eine silberweide (1908/09)
11. Ferruccio Busoni - Berceuse élégiaque op. 42 (1909)
12. Charles Ives - Sonata No. 2 "Concord": The Alcotts (1911)
13. Marcel Duchamp- La Mariee Mise a ni par ses Celibataires (1913)
14. Arseny Avraamov - Symphony Of Factory Sirens (1922)
15. Henry Cowell - The Banshee (1925)
16. Ruth Crawford Seeger - Music For Small Orchestra (1926)
17. Béla Bartók - Out of Doors (1926)
18. Walter Ruttmann – Wochende (1930) 
19. Ernst Toch - Geographical Fugue (1930)
20. Edgard Varèse - Ionisation (1931)
21. Olivier Messiaen - Fête des belles eaux (1937)
22. Johanna M. Beyer - Music Of The Spheres (1938)
23. Halim El-Dabh - Wire Recorder Piece (1944)
24. Pierre Schaeffer - 5 Etudes de Bruits; Violette (1948)
25. Conlon Nancarrow - Study for Player Piano No. 3a (1948/49)
26. Arnold Schoenberg - Fantasy for Violin and Piano (1949)
27. Lennie Tristano - Descent into the Maelstrom (1953)
28. Cecil Taylor - Bemsha Swing (1956)
29. Henri Pousseur - Scambi (1957)
30. Else Marie Pade - Syv Cirkler (1958)
31. Iannis Xenakis - Concret PH (1958)
32. Raymond Scott - Cindy Electronium (1959) 
33. John Cage - Cartridge Music (1960)
34. Gordon Mumma - Megaton For Wm. Burroughs (1963)
35. Hasil Adkins - She Said (1964)
36. Angus Maclise - Chumlum (1964)
37. The Velvet Underground/John Cale - Loop (1964)
38. The Monks - Complication (1965)
39. The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (1966)
40. David Behrman - Wave Train (1966)
41. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (1966)
42. Albert Ayler - Angels (Live in Greenwich Village) (1967)
43. Pink Floyd & John Latham - Version 1 (1967)
44. Erkki Kurenniemi - Antropoidien Tanssi (1968)
45. Jimi Hendrix - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (1968)
46. Silver Apples - I Have Known Love (1969)
47. Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting In A Room (1969)
48. George Crumb - Black Angels (1970)
49. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Theme De Yoyo (1970)
50. Gil Melle - Desert Trip (1971)
51. The Stooges - Search and Destroy (1973)
52. Fred Frith - No Birds (1974)
53. Henry Cow - War (1975)
54. Octavian Nemescu & Fernando Grillo - Cumpana Portii (1975)
55. Suicide - Frankie Teardrop (1977)
56. Mars - Helen Forsdale (1978)
57. Aksak Maboul - Modern Lesson (1979)
58. Throbbing Gristle - Convincing People (1979)
59. Roland Young - Crystal Motions (1980)
60. Anne Cessna & Essendon Airport - Lost In Madagascar (1980)
61. Observers Observing Observables - Watch Out for the Other Guy (1980)
62. Merzbow - Remblandt Assemblage (1981)
63. Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
64. Crash Course in Science - Cardboard Lamb (1981)
65. Severed Heads - A Million Angels  (1983)
66. Bourbonese Qualk - Return to Order (1986)
67. Controlled Bleeding - Sloth (1986)
68. Big Black - Passing Complexion (1986)
69. Naked City - Bonehead (1990)
70. Joseph Nechvatal - Endless Entertainment (1990)
71. Whitehouse - Torture Chamber (1992)
72. The Gerogerigegege - Yellow Trash Bazooka (1993)
73. Aube - Low Spin Drift (1993)
74. Melt-Banana - Picnic With Panic (1994)
75. U.S. Maple - The State Is Bad (1995)
76. Brainiac - Indian Poker (Pts. 3 & 2) (1996)
77. Bodychoke - Control (1998)
78. Dälek - Praise Be The Man (1998)
79. Nobukazu Takemura - Icefall (1999)
80. Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun - How The Shadow Is Clear (1999) 
81. Datach'i - We Are Always Well Thank You (2000)
82. Merzbow - Inside Looking Out Pt. 1 (2002)
83. Xiu Xiu - Dr. Troll (2002)
84. El-P - T.O.J (2002)
85. Deathpile - Shrine (2003)
86. Wolf Eyes - Stabbed in the Face (2004)
87. Food for Animals - Scavengers (2004)
88. Chevron - Power Of Eternia (2005)
89. The Rita - Cadborosaurus (2005)
90. Daughters - Recorded Inside A Pyramid (2006)
91. The Goslings - Sanibel (2006)
92. Zs - Nobody Wants To Be Had (2007)
93. Times New Viking - My Head (2008)
94. Bill Orcutt - My Reckless Parts (2009)
95. Ben Frost - Killshot (2009)
96. Nine Inch Nails - Tetsuo: The Bullet Man Theme (2009)
97. Cut Hands - Welcome to the Feast of Trumpets (2011)
98. I Am a Lake of Burning Orchids - I Hereby Promise... (2011)
99. clipping. - Killer (2013)
100. Dads - Invisible Blouse (2013)
101. Roomful Of Teeth - Ansa Ya (2013)
102. Ian William Craig - Either Or (2014) 
103. ENDON - Mama (2014)
104. Phyllomedusa - Suburban Pest (2015)
105. American - Necklacing (2017)

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