V/A - Capturing The Wind, a Japanese Noise Compilation

A 14-track compilation CD featuring an impressive array of active Japanese noise artists, including: Kazumoto Endo, Government Alpha, K2, Hiroyuki Chiba, scum, Kazuma Kubota, Thirdorgan, Astro, NP, Spore Spawn, P.O.V., KAZUYA ISHIGAMI, Kazumoto Endo & Kaori Komura, and MO*TE. Sparse in presentation, enormous in sound. As it should be. Vital Weekly Review (1393) The full title of this collection is "Capturing The Wind, A Japanese Noise Compilation", and is released by the label DaDa Drumming from Fort Worth, Texas, which I had never heard before. The label, that is, not Fort Worth or Texas. Because Texas is, of course, home ground to some of the harshest noise we know (Richard Ramirez, TEF, Taint, to name but a few), and it is of no surprise that in the back catalogue of DaDa Drumming, we see a few of those names come up too. And it's a small step from Texan Harsh to the Japanese variant, so it is also no surprise to see many of the names featured on "Capturing The Wind" also being