avant-noise

OVO is a name shared by the italian noise group led by singer Stefania Pedretti and multi-instrumentalist Bruno Dorella, a portuguese indie-pop group, an electronic/experimental group from California, and polish rock band. The latter puts at least as much effort into the packaging of their albums as in the music itself, which is very detailed and precise. The Italian Ovo is released in Europe by Bruno Dorella's Bar La Muerte label. The following text taken from the myspace for both label and band, http://www.myspace.com/ovobarlamuerte

Forest Creature are a duo from Sheffield. They produce something which sounds a little like there are colossal swathes of pulsing static and toneless fuzz, with the clicks, bleeps and clatters of Black Dice along with the droning euphoria of ben moon.

William Basinski (Houston, 1958), a New York-based classically-trained clarinetist and saxophonist, specializes in compositions for loops and drones. He began experimenting with compositions for piano and tape that created a melancholy ambience via looped and overdubbed melodies with Variations - A Movement in Chrome Primitive (1980), released on Variations - A Movement in Chrome Primitive (Durtro, 2002 - Die Stadt, 2004), and A Red Score in Tile (1979), released on A Red Score in Tile (3 Poplars, 2003).

Pain Jerk (Japanese; ????????) is a noise music unit run by Japanese musician Kohei Gomi. Pain Jerk was one of the more prolific and influential noise artists of the 1990s, and is one of the leading figures in the "dynamic" style of Japanese noise, alongside acts such as Merzbow and Kazumoto Endo. Gomi is also the owner of the noise label AMP, and a member, along with T. Mikawa and F. Kosakai of Incapacitants, of the noise supergroup Gomikawa Fumio.