Skjálfti – “They Are Bad People, They Deserve To Suffer” (2025); Ófreskja – “Íviðjulykkja” (2025)

RÓF is a new Reykjavik-based label “specialising in limited, hand assembled releases of noise and other post-industrial forms of art”. Its first two physical releases are CDrs by the artists Skjálfti (“Trembling” in English) and Ófreskja (“Unfresh”). Both are packaged in folded over A4 paper sleeves insert into plastic bags – about as DIY as […]

Amnesia Agenda – “Blood/Glass Osmosis” (2022)

When it comes to noise subgenres, I claim no expertise whatsoever. I don’t think I can clearly differentiate harsh noise (or even more specifically, harsh noise wall) from power electronics. And maybe it doesn’t matter, given how artists often feel about genre labels. Iceland’s Amnesia Agenda tag their 2022 release Blood/Glass Osmosis using both of […]