stegm clocked (c20 from hospital productions)
i read somewhere that listening to noise is necessarily solitary event. i've tried to make people listen to noise and they usually act like i'm sticking shards of glass under their fingernails, and as much as i enjoy that i guess i'd have to agree, noise is something probably best experienced alone. clocked, however, brings out the nasty streak in me. i want to put headphones on my grandmother and make her listen to this right up close and personal. when it does have a quieter moment it's shattered to pieces just after you've had enough time to get used to it with a blast of loud feedback. kind of a noise cliche i know, but nice nonetheless. on the second side what sounds sort of like meandering AM radio noise is torn into bits by nice chunky feedback like machinery eating itself. harsh stuff that loses nothing in the transition to tape, with either good editing or excellent improvisation, especially on the second side. very nice relatively simple red and black packaging as well.