Christian Noise or Experimental music

[Alice the Sister]

I really like a lot of noise bands and quite a few experimental bands; however, many of these noise bands have pretty gruesome themes.


Basically a Christian version of Masonna, Merzbow, Zeni Geva, Acid Mothers Temple, or anything like that.

Or something along the lines of John Cage?

 

[superduperblake]

Um, I hate metal genres, because there are so many so closely related. But check out Vomitorial Corpulence, a Christian Grindcore band.

 

[Alice the Sister]

I said experimental and/or noise. Not metal, though .

 

[swingnscream]

I could be crazy, and that's ok, but I've never heard of a band being labeled as "noise" ...except from someone over 50 hearing anything they didn't understand or know. got any links? or should I just look up some of what you've got listed?

 

[Alice the Sister]

http://www.bostonnoise.org/noisefaq.htm

And at the bottom they hand out some links to some fundamentals of those styles of 'music'

http://mothersagainstnoise.com/ <-- is a good site for getting free samples of some noise bands.

Btw, don't blame me if you hate this kind of music. I make no such claim. However, many people do like it, and I for one find it enjoyable to zone out to (certain kinds, at least)

 

[swingnscream]

Ok, I have to laugh when music comes with a disclaimer, but other than that...
Alright, I went to a music festival [Cornerstone] a few years back and saw a band that would probably fit, but I'm not sure if it was: Reels of White Softly Flow or Mercury Radio Theather
I'm pretty sure it was Reels of White Softly Flow. feel free to check them out.

There's also a band called the Listening ...they might not be close enough to what you like becuz they're labeled as Psychedelic/Indie instead of Experimental. I thought I'd throw their name out there, cuz they're different than most of the stuff I listen to and if you'd be into their style, I'd highly recommend them.

 

[holyrokker]

Ester Drang http://www.esterdrang.com
Starflyer 59 http://www.sf59.com
Mute Math http://www.mutemath.com
Showbread http://www.showbread.net
mewithoutyou http://www.mewithoutyou.com
The Myriad http://themyriad.net

 

[The Theory]

I have never stumbled across a noise band labeled as Christian. The closes would be "Enjoy Your Rabbit" by Sufjan Stevens, which would be more along the lines of an electronic Steve Reich.

As far as more "standard" experimental rock goes, check out this thread:

http://www.christianforums.com/t3206878-christian-experimental-music.html

It was a discussion we had on the topic several months ago.

But yeah, I'd have no qualms about listening to Merzbow-- the man is a genious.

 

[Alice the Sister]

So I guess there's no Christian equivalent to merzbow?

 

[ParaCristo]

TLF....those samples sounded like spoken word over Tribal....


AS far as Christian noise....we have a 82 yr old dude who snores through service....I could bust out my mini recorder for the main parts and then lay some beats down behind it and Email it to ya?
whatdaya think?

 

[The Theory]

dude, do it.
i'd totally take a copy.

 

[ParaCristo]

Think I'm kidding....if that stuff sells CD's...then I'm all over it!

 

[supmyman7]

there's The Chariot

go to their purevolume site and myspace and listen to their older stuff on their site like "Dialogue with a Question Mark" and "The Company, the Comfort, The Grave"

 

[ParaCristo]

Chariot is not Experimental....check out the link on the first page dude...

 

[Alice the Sister]

Which merzbow samples did YOU listen to? Hmmm... I haven't heard any that sound like spoken word over tribal. Though with his thousands of releases I don't doubt he's made an album of stuff like that.

And all of these bands most people are name-dropping are either hardcore/metalcore or perhaps a 'unique' rock band.

Still nothing remotely close to what I'm looking for.

Although Mute Math and Ester Drang are described like something similar to what I'm looking for, atm I'm not able to listen to them but i will.

 

[The Theory]

No one has mentioned anything like what you're looking for because nothing exists.

 

[supmyman7]

Chariot is not Experimental....check out the link on the first page dude...

he asked for "noise" too, didn't he?

 

[holyrokker]

I saw a band at Cornerstone a few years ago that was similar to Merzbow. I wish I could remember their name

You might also like Audio Paradox http://www.myspace.com/audioparadox

Also try Buster Kibbutznik
http://www.busker-kibbutznik.org/Studio99/

 

[The Theory]

I thought of one yesterday.
Stephen Mark Sarro was in the experimental "Christian" rock band Tantrum Of The Muse. I put Christian in "" not because the members weren't Christians (they were) but because they were fairly extreme lyrically.

Stephen Mark Sarro released a solo album last year that is fairly noise oriented, although not the great, layered sound of a Merzbow, but more of the haphazard, random noise. He has a myspace, though the one song on that is not a great representation of the album as a whole as the song is more along the lines of Scaterd Few. but that is myspace dot com slash stephenmarksarro

 

[Alice the Sister]

'noise' is not hardcore/metalcore btw. Though some consider bands like melt-banana, The Locust, and Blood Brothers to be noise even though they're more extremo or in the hardcore vein.

I tried audio paradox, and it just sounded like traditional techno. . .