Continuing into the chasm of 'cool'...
Serge Gainsbourg: Poet, musician, actor, director, Gainsbourg has influenced countless musicians and been sampled by producers countless time worldwide. He was married to Jane Birkin, once burned a 500 Franc note as a protest against taxation and announced live on television that he wanted to 'fuck' Whitney Houston, while she was in the studio. Its hard for him not to be cool.
Keiji Haino [灰野 敬二] defines the word 'experimental' and is a self proclaimed 'musical master'. His noise experiments range from psyched out rock dirges to looping drones to his on stage movement performances. He's cool, but you know that already.
Ulver: hard to single out one of them, the trio have been pioneers of the Norwegian music scene for nearly two decades. From their early black metal 'trilogie' to their more experimental, current form, Ulver have constantly lived to smash all preconceptions of them and their music. As the band themselves noted; 'If this discourages you in any way, please have the courtesy to refrain from voicing superficial remarks regarding our music and/or personae. We are as unknown to you as we always were.
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Masami Akita of Merzbow: Noise merchant, frequency beast and animal activist. Has been filmed staging a musical 'performance' at an ancient temple in Korea, much to the displeasure of visiting tourists. Anyone who happily sits down to listen to one of his albums [that isn't Merzbuddha] from start to vision is deaf or demented or both.
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth: It's hard to leave any of Sonic Youth out of such a list for reasons that don't need explaining, but I'll begin with Mr Moore. And where to begin? 51 years of age, a member of one of the most pioneering and influential rock bands of our time and still going strong, releasing albums and performing. He does everything from pop to noise, how can you not like him?
Glenn Branca: Described by Kyle Gann as being of the school of 'totalist post minimalism' he's about as punk-rock as classical music can get. Certainly 'no wave' and certainly inspirational Branca coughs cool.
Serge Gainsbourg: Poet, musician, actor, director, Gainsbourg has influenced countless musicians and been sampled by producers countless time worldwide. He was married to Jane Birkin, once burned a 500 Franc note as a protest against taxation and announced live on television that he wanted to 'fuck' Whitney Houston, while she was in the studio. Its hard for him not to be cool.
Keiji Haino [灰野 敬二] defines the word 'experimental' and is a self proclaimed 'musical master'. His noise experiments range from psyched out rock dirges to looping drones to his on stage movement performances. He's cool, but you know that already.
Ulver: hard to single out one of them, the trio have been pioneers of the Norwegian music scene for nearly two decades. From their early black metal 'trilogie' to their more experimental, current form, Ulver have constantly lived to smash all preconceptions of them and their music. As the band themselves noted; 'If this discourages you in any way, please have the courtesy to refrain from voicing superficial remarks regarding our music and/or personae. We are as unknown to you as we always were.'
Masami Akita of Merzbow: Noise merchant, frequency beast and animal activist. Has been filmed staging a musical 'performance' at an ancient temple in Korea, much to the displeasure of visiting tourists. Anyone who happily sits down to listen to one of his albums [that isn't Merzbuddha] from start to vision is deaf or demented or both.
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth: It's hard to leave any of Sonic Youth out of such a list for reasons that don't need explaining, but I'll begin with Mr Moore. And where to begin? 51 years of age, a member of one of the most pioneering and influential rock bands of our time and still going strong, releasing albums and performing. He does everything from pop to noise, how can you not like him?
Glenn Branca: Described by Kyle Gann as being of the school of 'totalist post minimalism' he's about as punk-rock as classical music can get. Certainly 'no wave' and certainly inspirational Branca coughs cool.
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