Recommendations



Beaches and Canyons (2002)
Speaking of Black Dice, their debut album Beaches and Canyons is my favorite album from them. Kind of glad that they discovered Japanese noise music scene, and was like "you know what we should make this." From opening track Seabird sounds like an actual one being synthesized, to Big Drop where they keep stacking their Noise Mayhem until the track ends. Truly a wonderful trip. Also great album cover.
(i know this album is called beaches and canyons but i'm not sure if it's necessary to put 6 minutes of beach field recording at the end of endless happniess tho lol)

Natty Light (2019)
This compilation by Black Dice consists some of their early noisecore EPs before their music transition into more Electronic territory, I'm not well-versed about the noisecore stuff, but it's very interesting to hear them used to sounds like this back in their early days, Even though they probably will never return to what they were doing on this compilation, I think it's still worth listening if you're a hardcore Black Dice fan or you want to listen to some noisy hardcore stuff.

Psycho African Beat (2010)
Originally released in 1970 on Polydor (with 2 Ls in their name) as an EP, this compilation consists all of their released tracks on Polydor. They really pour lots of Fun inside the Funk on this one, absolute stellar stuff from this obscure Ghana band. (btw the mixing on this is very well done)
(fav: Blofonyobi Wo Atale)

Ruins (1986)
First release of the legendary japanese duo Ruins. Although the runtime is short, but quite brutal and powerful. Must listen for fans of Lightning Bolt or Hella.
(fav: Epigonen & Outburn)