FTAM Summer 2018 batch drops on 6/15

FTAM-073: ANDREA PENSADO 
“AS WITHIN SO WITHOUT” c41
Any discussion of cut up noise in the United States that does not include Andrea Pensado is a conversation that is seriously missing the point. Pensado’s work often emerges from a fully controlled amalgam of pitch perfect blasts of harsh noise that surround and embody the stereo field. On “As Within So Without,” the noise artists enacts an ethics of restraint, allowing snippits of a Wiese-esque noise pallett to intermingle with a decidedly New England approach to vocal mania (think I DM Theft Able or Crank Sturgeon) as a subdued sense of terror slowly enters the picture. Without question, this tape captures a master at work.

Andrea Pensado- On Innocence (FTAM-073)

New FTAM batch drops next Friday 

FTAM-074
BACHELORETTE PARTY- "SUBMISSION OF ARCHIVAL SONIC DOCUMENTATION: RIVERWEST, WI 2017-2018" cs

Two live recordings, both performed in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI between 2017 and 2018. Bachelorette Party is the duo of vocal/electronics improviser and composer Amanda Schoofs and harsh noise/performance artist Peter J. Woods. Together, the two artists create heavily saturated works of industrial-tinged noise that sway between textural explorations of metal object percussion to crushing walls of distortion. These discordant moments remain stitched together by Schoof’s vocal work which effortlessly transitions from highly polished operatic singing to guttural howls. It’s a dark place, one that won’t let you forget that fact.

an FTAM production
http://ftamproductions.com

Bachelorette Party- Pink House Studio // 6.30.17 (FTAM-074)

New FTAM batch drops this Friday (6/15/18)

FTAM-075
MYRRH/DINITROPHENOL/BOOTSLAVE SPLIT
"NWOMHN" c60
The acronym says it all: these three artists unquestionably represent the new wave of Milwaukee harsh noise. Separated from the highly saturated low end sound of the mid-2000’s Milwaukee scene (think Custodian, early Climax Denial, Blessed Sacrifist, or Citizen 2-13), these three relatively new performers pull from a wide range of contemporary, historic, national, and global influences. Elements of black metal, early power electronics, lofi junk noise, and recent harsh noise revivalism all play into this tape, teasing each element to create a wholly new sound. Sexual Discipline, a brand new collaboration featuring all three members, seals the deal: this is the next phase of Milwaukee’s noise history and it crushes.

an FTAM production
ftamproductions.com

Myrrh/Dinitrophenol/Bootslave Collab- Sexual Discipline (FTAM-075)

Recorded live during the Raise the Roof fundraiser for the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts in Milwaukee, WI on 11/8/18

Nick Elery, Citizen 2-13, and C Olivia Valenca also performed.

Phoned Nil Trio - The Luxurious Noise Set - Live from the Jazz Gallery, 11.8.18

Recorded live at Nausicaa on 2/27/19. Tarek Sabbar and Microgreens also performed.

Phoned Nil Trio - Fine With His Phil Collinsness (Live from Nausicaa, 2/27/19)

Brief clip of a recent practice from a brand new collaboration between Eli Smith and Peter J. Woods

Eli Smith & Peter J. Woods- Preview Recording (12/28/19)

Samples from the four upcoming digital releases on FTAM.

Milwaukee (East Capitol), 01/30/2020 - Bicep Curl Machine (160 lbs, 2 sets of 12 reps)

Normal Rituals- II

Phoned Nil Trio- A flock of pigeons in the dream... (Sample)

Bridges of Königsberg- The Tetanus Bag (Sample)

Soundcloud account for all things FTAM and Peter J Woods

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