Lou Reed Hearts Local Noise
News posted Monday, May 17 2010 at 10:00 AM.
Related: ZOND, Rice Corpse, Oren Ambarchi, Night Terrors.
For noise acts, getting the tick of approval from Lou Reed is like getting a peck on the cheek from God. It was Reed himself who popularised noise with 1975’s Metal Machine Music, a 64-minute double album of “ear-wrecking electronic sludge” (Rolling Stone’s words, not ours).
Back in town for Vivid Live at the Sydney Opera House – a festival of music, theatre and visual art, which he’s curated with wife Laurie Anderson – Reed has handpicked four local acts for a noise showcase on May 31.
Oren Ambarchi (pictured), The Night Terrors, Zond and Rice Corpse will join internationals Boris, Bardo Pond, and Melt Banana, for Noise Night, an “epic two-hour-plus onslaught of noise and sonic experimentation” at the Opera House’s Opera Theatre.
For Rice Corpse’s Lucas Abela being selected by Reed himself is an exciting opportunity. “I believe Lou had heard the track ‘Mountain’ from the Mrs Rice Chinese-version album and chose us based on that,” he told M+N. “I am excited about it in general, my parents are coming to see me play for the very first time.”
Tickets for Noise Night are now available from $35. For more information click here.
NOISE NIGHT
Monday, May 31
Opera Theatre, Sydney, NSW
w/Oren Ambarchi + The Night Terrors + Zond + Rice Corpse + Boris + Bardo Pond + Melt Banana
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What? Who is that?
I've never seen him in Zond
Oren Ambarchi (pictured)
(Photo of Zond by Pete Hyde)
its oren
in other news.
WOOHOO!
Nice work noisemeisters.
Stealth editing there
Yeah, rubbish.
Jones...where is my money?
choose
Jealous I'm not going to this.
Poor Mr and Mrs Abela. I think they better have an extra paramedic on hand just in case.
Melbournes A Wallace and Tom Hall should be doing this. Just because
such good news!
well done night terrors!
I can think of hundreds of local noise acts that i'd rather see than Oren, but so it goes. Looking forward to it muchly.
No serious noise musician i personally know (and I know-fuck loads of serious noise musicians from around the world) would feel this way.
To serious noise musicians, Lou Reed's noise stuff is a joke.
Noise didn't start with Metal Machine Music, it started with Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori over 60 years earlier.
m+n, ruining feel good stories since twothousandandwhenever
Well said Bucketfinger. 'L'Arte dei Rumori' is recommended futurist fun times.
Aren't all futurist times fun times?
Fuck Oath!
More overground than Overground.
I want a sign that says FUTURIST so I can just hold it in the air in large crowds for no apparent reason.
I'd prefer one that states RAYONIST, but each to their own.
I love this pic.
I can think of hundreds of local acts that I'd rather see than another noise dude.
It is a wonderful pic Francois.
Noise dudes don't tend to bore me as much as another cumpot with a guitar, several chords, tunings and a few time signatures.
Toss out the DL-4 and the Macbook, learn a couple of power chords and write a real song losers!
There's an excellent page about Russolo's Intonarumori here.
Hahaha, I couldn't agree more. Though I've personally never used a computer or delay pedal in anything and tend to be put off by those who do.
i thought it was a picture of Buster Bluth
zond fucking rule.
MOTHER!!!!!!
you coming mr. animals?
Over my cancelled credit card, I'm afraid.
Does anyone remember Lou Reed doing the Invisible Jukebox in WIRE? They played him some Oren, he blanked, but said something like ''Oh this is great, hey secretary, write this name down for me.''
Great that ZOND are playing.
PS: does Cage ever give Russolo more than a one line prop? Seems to be some pretty major parallels going on there ...
oh, you mean this?
Thanks to ___v for giving me the heads up on this and nony for his superior interwebz skills.
binggo
how about questions two?
I never paid attention to Lou Reed hey, but I always associated it with ''essentials'' like Horses by Patti Smith and ignored it.
''Toss out the DL-4 and the Macbook, learn a couple of power chords and write a real song losers!''
i reckon you might see more power chords in this line up than any of the above items
anyway buy rice corpse album
http://dualplover.com/ricecorpse.php