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Biography:
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'Music that should be played on the radio......a stunning, stunning piece of work'
Good Noise Bad Noise are a loose collective of improvising musicians, sound artists and video artists based in the North of the UK. They play a mixture of electroacoustic music and drone based free improvisation mixing processed field recordings and found sound with live instruments and live visuals.
The group was started by Shaun Blezard & John Hall as a laptop duo as a break from their respective solo projects (Shaun with Clutter & John with The Cardboard Lung after they had toured Cumbrian village halls as a duo in 2006. The village halls tour was part of FRED an arts invasion of Cumbria and involved the duo live processing sounds of the halls and their environs into electroacoustic improvisations.
The band have now grown into a multi-media collective and have played many festivals in the UK as well as just returning from their first tour of the US, where they co-headlined a tour with Atlanta based Duet For Theremin & Lap Steel
GNBN have released or have releases planned on Dokuro Records (Italy), Earth Monkey Productions (UK) & Electronic Musik (UK).
To find out about Good Noise Bad Noises US tour in March 2008 go here
Good Noise Bad Noise membership
Shaun Blezard - Laptop :: Fx, Dan Gibson - Visuals, John Hall - Laptop :: Fx, Keith Jafrate - Sax, Neil Woodall - Violin :: Fx
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Releases:
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Odd Rooks Recur - Ltd Ed of 70 3" CDr - Dokuro Records - SOLD OUT
Recorded at Warrington Pyramid Arts Centre in 2007. Edited in Barrow in 2007
Tracklisting:
- Arcade Martyr Reports Twinning
- Worrying Sectarian Tramp Trend
Good Noise Bad Noise will further explore desolate wintry soundscapes with Worrying Sectarian Tramp Trend. the mood of this piece is wonderfully bleak. while it's not big on dynamics, throwing subtle changes in every so often, the imagery and sound of it is fantastic.- Smooth Assialing
This release has now sold out but is available to listen at Last.fm & Myspace
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50:50 An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation (emp050)
Earth Monkey’s 50th release (with a few specials along the way) comes in the form of 50:50 a compilation featuring some of your favourite EMP artists and a couple of new faces that will have releases coming up. Classic Monkey fair - If you liked ::FALLING:: our last comp you’ll love 50:50
Good Noise Bad Noise contributed the track In Search Of The 3 Minute Single Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi
50:50 @ The Internet Archive
50:50 @ Last.fm
50:50 also features tracks from 4th Alternative, Clutter, Dansette Curtsey, Cousin Silas, Pandacetamol, Adrian Carter, Des Slow And The Stop Pills, Radio Scotvoid, Fonik, ry-om, Susan Matthews, Andrew Deakin, The Cardboard Lung & Halal Kebab Hut
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Joist Hounds - Ltd Ed of 80 3" CDr - Earth Monkey Productions (Collectors Series) (emc001)
Featuring tracks recorded for The Download Show on Oldham Community Radio. Recorded at Barrow Island Primary School - Edited in Barrow and Sheffield 2008
Tracklisting:
- Donated Howl Show
- Hooded Shawl Town
- Hothead Slowdown
- Old Thaw’s Hoedown
- Dial Lone Owl
Preview Joist Hounds @ Last.fm
'Music that should be played on the radio......a stunning, stunning piece of work' - Jeff Grainger, The Download Show
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Good Noise Bad Noise vs Duet For Theremin And Lap Steel - Live Manatees (emp056)
Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art
Tracklisting:
Live Manatees @ The Internet Archive
Live Manatees @ Last.fm
Two recordings of Good Noise Bad Noise performing with Duet For Theremin & Lap Steel during their joint US tour in March 2008.
Tress With Knees - recorded on an RV in Manatee National Park, Florida
Under The Porcelain - recorded at The Belmont Arts Center, Pensacola, Florida (also featuring Joseph Jones)
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COMING SOON
Semiotic Clunker - CDr - Electronic Musik
Recorded at Resonator Festival and Barrow Island 2007. Edited in Barrow in 2007
Tracklisting:
- Anal Rib Sword
- Arias Soften Revolt
- Arid Snarl Row
- Feral Toast Version
- Inroad Brawls
- Traversal Sine Foot
'There will always be those albums, the ones you just love but when someone asks you what is it about the album in particular that you enjoy, you can't put it into words, even though you think it's on the tip of your tongue. Semiotic Clunker had this very effect on me, just one of those great albums that I would just have to make you listen to to understand where I'm coming from. Good Noise Bad Noise are sensational at surrounding the listener with all these various odds and ends, ranging from Pandora's Box chaos to an entrancing industrial sonance.' - EXP/AM Review
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Electronic Musik Compilation 3 - CDr - Electronic Musik
Rich Wrack Hush Cull will be featured on the new EM comp alongside Wolf Eyes, Astral Social Club, Fonik & others
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Split with Duet For Theremin & Lapsteel - Ltd Ed of 200 CD - Label TBC
Featuring recordings from the '08 US tour
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Reviews:
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'Music that should be played on the radio......a stunning, stunning piece of work' - Jeff Grainger, The Download Show on a Good Noise Bad Noise session for the show
'Bring on the light show' - Wire magazine
‘Good Noise Bad Noise will further explore desolate wintry soundscapes with Worrying Sectarian Tramp Trend. the mood of this piece is wonderfully bleak. while it's not big on dynamics, throwing subtle changes in every so often, the imagery and sound of it is fantastic’ - Smooth Assialing on Odd Rooks Recur
'Marvelous performance in Warrington with a set that contained more than its fair share of truely wonderful moments both sonically and visually' - Fonik
'There will always be those albums, the ones you just love but when someone asks you what is it about the album in particular that you enjoy, you can't put it into words, even though you think it's on the tip of your tongue. Semiotic Clunker had this very effect on me, just one of those great albums that I would just have to make you listen to to understand where I'm coming from. Good Noise Bad Noise are sensational at surrounding the listener with all these various odds and ends, ranging from Pandora's Box chaos to an entrancing industrial sonance' - EXP/Am Review on Semiotic Clunker
'I love the eerie mood to everything, very intriguing, I feel like I am lost in the woods while listening to your sounds, you sound brilliant. It sounds like squeaking doors and the hum of a carpet cleaner, at least the "Shareware" song does, yes I really admire you for this wonderful sound, all of it. I like the wind chimes, and everything is layered together wonderfully' - The Ms.
'yeah, great ambience you got going there. put the mother-in-law on edge for a bit, but hey, i think her cat likes it. i'm really enjoying it, cheers, stuart' - Antisocial Services
'Best thing I've seen since Samuel Beckett's "Paint Drying Time" in 1977' - YouTube comment on Arias Soften Revolt
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Contact:
Good Noise Bad Noise @ Myspace
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