Well here's my soul, now go and tear a hole, for you to climb on through, now what to do?
Why don't you stay for awhile...

Charles East is a South African musician known for his distinctive fusion of classical piano training with elements of doom metal, post-punk, gothic rock, and experimental soundscapes.

Emerging from Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, he has carved a niche in the underground music scene with his emotionally intense compositions and evocative performances.

*Full discography on Bandcamp*
Palestine, Jordan, Turkey, China, United States + other collaborators in East Asia, Europe and The Middle East.

Ethereal Wave / Electro-Acoustic Collective from Cape Town, South Africa.



In a profoundly unsilent world, noise stands in for silence. Amplified to a roar, stretched, compressed and filtered, it becomes a thundering black backdrop to how small experience becomes by having to filter out essential detail.

On the other hand, black noise is a space – the negative roar left behind after the sudden ending of any continuous sound field or experience. It's not unlike the state sought in the practice of meditation, but more immanent and beyond one's control – and commonly only of short duration.

hashtag_blacknoise is a performative investigation into these unsilent silences

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