Noise Fest
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"I didn't think of [ Noise Fest ] as an epochal event ... [but] 'mutant disco' was a potent formula: anything at all plus disco bottom. Much of the Noise Fest stuff, by contrast, seemed arid and theoretical and unsexy."--Luc Sante, Village Voice, 2000, cited in Rip It Up and Start Again (2006) |
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Noise Fest was an influential festival of no wave noise music performances curated by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth at the New York City art space White Columns in June 1981. Sonic Youth made their first live appearances at this show.
In mid 1981 Kim Gordon and Josh Baer convinced Thurston Moore to organize this nine-day noise festival to accommodate underemployed experimental performers in the downtown scene. The festival was held in the White Columns gallery, which had a capacity of 60 people. Each night three to five acts performed, including Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Jeffrey Lohn, Built on Guilt, Rudolph Grey, the Avant Squares, Off Beach, Mofungo, Red Decade, NNB, Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day, Ad Hoc Rock, Smoking Section, Chinese Puzzle, Avoidance Behaviour, and Sonic Youth.
Discography
- Noise Festival Tape (1982) TSoWC White Columns
- Noise Fest (1981) cassette tape, ZG Music
- Speed Trials (1984) Homestead Records HMS-011
See also
References
- Marc Masters, (2007) "No Wave", Black Dog Publishing, London
- Paul Hegarty, Noise/Music: A History (2007) Continuum International Publishing Group
- RoseLee Goldberg, Performance: Live Art Since 1960 (1998) Harry N. Abrams, NY NY
- Thurston Moore, Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture (2004) Universe
