Detroit’s noise art scene and the UFO Factory featured in the UK’s The Wire magazine
In the August issue of the UK-based magazine The Wire,
which dedicates itself to adventures in modern music around the world,
FilterD editor Walter Wasacz contributes a Global Ear: Detroit piece
that focuses on Eastern Market’s UFO Factory and the local noise art
and music scenes.
which dedicates itself to adventures in modern music around the world, FilterD editor Walter Wasacz contributes a Global Ear: Detroit piece
that focuses on Eastern Market’s UFO Factory and the local noise art
and music scenes.
Excerpt:
architecture and engineering innovations, (Detroit) planted the seeds
for the raw and intuitive cultural energy that has vibrated through the
city over multiple generations. Those vibrations have been the primary
tools in building one of the strangest, most varied regional sound
libraries anywhere on the planet.
ordering online from Forced Exposure.
issue of The Wire there is a feature on the Detroit-based noise artist
Heath Moerland, who performs under the name Sick Llama and runs the Fag
Tapes label.
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