DNA - DNA on DNA

Arto Lindsay of DNA was originally invited to join Mars when they formed, but refused as he wanted to have 'his own band'. After a year or so, DNA was formed. Lindsay recruited performance-artist Robin Crutchfield on bass, and Japanese Ikue Mori on drums. Mori was originally just on vacation, but she became a full-time member. Like her peers, she was a non-musician; but she also couldn't speak english. Within weeks of their formation, they played their first show. DNA was featured on Eno's No New York. Sometime after that, Crutchfield left the band and was replaced by formed Pere Ubu-bassist Tim Wright.

DNA's style is unique. Arto Lindsay's metallic guitar crosses his hysterical squeals and Mori's unstructured drumming. It often sounds chaotic and improvised, but DNA practised their music to perfection, like many other no wave-artists. There's a lot of noise, but beneath that is absolutely genius compositions, complex and clever. It's like experimental pop-songs drenched with metallic noise.

DNA on DNA was released in 2004, compiled with, I think, help from John Zorn. It features their complete released material of 15 songs, as well as 17 songs, some new, some alt-versions, all in one hour.

DNA on DNA

My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988), You Made Me Realise (1988)

My Bloody Valentine started out as a post-punk sort of band, but when they'd got to their debut Isn't Anything, their Jesus and the Mary Chain-influences were becoming more prominent. They started experimenting with noise, partially copying JAMC, but differing in many ways; their noise was harsher, and they used vocals as an instrument. The pop element was kept. More importantly, their noise was more distorting and wrapping-you-in than JAMC's background white noise, a sound that would heavily influence the Shoegaze-genre it kickstarted. (allmusic describes it as a 'droning haze'). (NME dubbed the genre Shoegaze due to many of the bands' static stage-performances, looking down, as if they were 'gazing their shoes'. Rather, they were concentrating on pedals, but some did it for image, and the vocalist of Moose taped songtexts to the floor for a while).

You Made Me Realise (picture) was released some months before Isn't Anything, and is their first to clearly illustrate the JAMC-influence.

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PS: Flytende Bølge is once again wounded, though much worse this time. His right hand is smashed up, due to some silly not-really-an-accident. So focus your energy and heal him with your spiritual power and whatnot.