At first the art of music sought purity, limpidity and sweetness of sound. Then different sounds were amalgamated, care being taken, however, to caress the ear with gentle harmonies. Today music, as it becomes continually more complicated, strives to amalgamate the most dissonant, strange and harsh sounds. In this way we come ever closer to noise-sound.
Luigi Russolo The Art of Noises (1913)
Noise music is made up of noises. There is no fixed pitch, and the vibrations of the tones are irregular. The music is made by creating a noise, and then shaping it into a desired sound. The sound can be created by any means, including electronic or natural means. It seems to me that noise music is very young in the history of music in general. Even though it has been around for almost 100 years since its origins, the system of noise music is still being explored. In fact, in the course of my research I had confused experimental music with noise music, thinking that they were the same genre. In fact, they are not. Noise music is (partly) a subset of experimental music. Music artists refer to noise in experimental music as experimental noise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aw8BrVLmrI
It was the first noise music I ever heard, because the genre was so specific that I can still remember how I felt. My first feeling was that I didn’t have a clue and my second feeling was that my ears hurt. To be honest the genre of noise music really hit home and piqued my curiosity the sounds inside were fresh. Noise music genres are often self-conscious in a way that doesn’t need to be understood by others. This can be seen in the way that noise music often relies on unusual or abstract sounds to communicate its messages, as well as the way that noise music often features lyrics that are intended to be interpreted in multiple ways. These self-conscious tendencies can make noise music difficult to enjoy for those who are not familiar with it, and can sometimes lead to the genre being seen as over- intellectualized or artificial.
This is one of the noise tracks I really like, compared to the high frequency noise of Pulse Demon this one has a hazy feel to it. It’s very much like listening to this music underwater and the frequency makes me feel very comfortable.