Xiu Xiu Makes the Most Horrendous Synth Sounds Humanly Possible

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Toting an extensive range of sonic machines, experimental group Xiu Xiu’s driving members Angela Seo and Jamie Stewart recently paid a visit to our studio to give us a lesson on intentionally crafting “the most disgusting sounds” possible. With their eclectic assortment of test equipment oscillators, a towering Eurorack modular system, effects pedals, and more, prepare your eardrums to be blessed (or barraged, depending on your inclination for harsh electronic sounds) by the pummeling frequencies contained in this video.
With some of our favorite pieces like the Make Noise DPO, Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, and the aptly named Total Sonic Annihilation from Death by Audio, Angela and Jamie show off a few setups for building up immensely destructive audio. Their valuable insight into curating feedback and noise with intention offers plenty of valuable tips and considerations for prospective explorers of the unpredictable and harsher worlds of sound design.
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Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Pedal Feedback Loop
02:46 - Jam
03:47 - Trogotronic Valkyrie w/ Test Oscillators
05:19 - Eurorack Patches
09:14 - Outro
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Пікірлер: 616

@PolyvinylRecords 3 жыл бұрын

mom and dad

@scronch_ 3 жыл бұрын

hi polyvinyl

@SlyHikari03 3 жыл бұрын

Ayy

@billkormas3460 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@soaribb32 Жыл бұрын

UwU

@zaki6146 Жыл бұрын

so true Polyvinyl Records

@eliasmsv3156 5 ай бұрын

I love how self aware they seem. It keeps their music from beeing percieved as pretentious. They have genuine passion for this shit and can have fun with making stuff

@thomashoffend4299 3 жыл бұрын

"I just loop everything around and it makes horrible sounds which is great." :)

@onlinestonedogii 3 жыл бұрын

my man is running around with a synth that could literally explode whenever. legend.

@SponchHour 3 жыл бұрын

Met Jamie at a Swans show...I was not aware he was about to open with a 30min or so noise set. What a maddening experience in the best way possible. Also Jamie is a real nice dude too

@zacharymcgowan6924 3 жыл бұрын

I saw him on that same tour. 26 yo me would have loved it but 19 yo me was mostly confused and only slightly terrified. Still, great show!

@PaulAlabama 3 жыл бұрын

Met him and Chris Pravdica after the Xiu Xiu show 2 yrs ago. They were super friendly and positive

@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 2 жыл бұрын

S•W•A•N•S

@CannibalSodom Жыл бұрын

@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 PUBLIC CASTRATION IS A GOOD IDEA

@scotlandmc1724 4 ай бұрын

Absolute dream concert

$@cliffracer1100$

@cliffracer1100 3 жыл бұрын

Richard D. James uses these sounds to fall asleep at night

@machinegunhippy 3 жыл бұрын

I was gunna make a Richard comment and here you are lol cheers !!!

@BroodXindustrial 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/praFgZWAsLPKkXU.html

@DavyRitter 3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense since he sleeps like 2 hours per night

@JH-fb3mp 3 жыл бұрын

Merzbow tho

@skriptico 3 жыл бұрын

Its relaxing indeed. And im not joking. Do i have to worry?

@TheSoundYouDontNeed 3 жыл бұрын

Jamie is little sweaty that´s how I like him

@animalbancho1726 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell how hella bright the studio lights are, those things feel like giant ovens in your face

@OhMyGodHeAdmitIt 3 жыл бұрын

Jamie is about 20 percent vaseline by weight

@_wetwillyinc 3 жыл бұрын

This comment is hilarious omfg

@davidskaggs4232 3 жыл бұрын

he’s just worried about the oscillator catching fire

@animal5602 3 жыл бұрын

you guys are killing me

@Glixity 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine handing your friend the aux and he start playing this

@_wetwillyinc 3 жыл бұрын

This is the video that made me understand noise as a genre It's not disgusting... It's EXCITING

@amb600cd0 3 жыл бұрын

I think they would disagree It's both

@deadccc 3 жыл бұрын

yep

@VesterDude 3 жыл бұрын

It's even better enjoyed live!

@sleepdeath9001 3 жыл бұрын

@@VesterDude I’ve only been to one noise show, but it’s spoiled a large portion of recorded noise music for me. The performance art aspect was something I didn’t really expect, but it adds to the experience in away you can’t get from just sitting down and listening

@sarcofaygo6218 3 жыл бұрын

Duhhh

@ryebread532 3 жыл бұрын

Awful, truly disgusting, horrendous. Excellent video, very much enjoyed.

@fellowshitposter1856 3 жыл бұрын

This is the polar opposite of the “very good, unsubscribed” meme.

@bobafat1830 3 жыл бұрын

they look so greasy. I love them

@jeffjohnson419 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what they smell like

@TheTacticalMess 3 жыл бұрын

ope

@shimmipenguin1764 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffjohnson419 they probably smell completely scentless. Like neutral soap

@Goldenbaba430 2 жыл бұрын

Lookin like a whole coconut oil

@blakkneit9779 3 жыл бұрын

"what music do you like?" "It's complicated..."

@rayliam80 3 жыл бұрын

Story of my life...

@1267nights 3 жыл бұрын

They're in for a rude awakening when they're at the pearly gates and find out god is casio synth

@Veshawn 3 жыл бұрын

This made me crack up

@augusts1 Жыл бұрын

Jokes on you, there is no god . . . .

@dfkdb6249 7 ай бұрын

@@augusts1bro you really got him!!!

@spawel1 3 ай бұрын

@@dfkdb6249Athiest hitman fr

@bluelagoon2275 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing can beat dentist's dental drill sound

@dirtysploof5890 Жыл бұрын

As a noise fan, it was embarrassing when I started vibing to the sound of them drilling my teeth lmao

@meesterrain 3 жыл бұрын

It probably already exists somewhere but I’d like to see a “noise-off” battle. -Excellent sounds!

@PerfectCircuit 3 жыл бұрын

That would be great!

@thekanehall 3 жыл бұрын

Here is my entry: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8iXoppp38y6nWw.html

@adrianlikins1314 3 жыл бұрын

A color commentator and play-by-play explaining what the heck is going at "bunch of gear on a folding table" noise show would be amazing. This is about as close as I've seen which is awesome.

@sawtooth808 3 жыл бұрын

Bring Speedy J in for a session with these 2 (remember Speedy J’s Public Energy #1? This guy does)

@jyjjy7 3 жыл бұрын

@@sawtooth808 I haven't thought of Speedy J in 15 years or something. Thanks.

@salvatorecausa684 3 жыл бұрын

my dog was surprisingly fascinated during all the video

@Hellion421 3 жыл бұрын

Dog's got taste

@antoniog2854 3 жыл бұрын

yeah, synths...nice.... noises....rad... all very cool, but what i want to know is what's their facial skincare routine ..??

@publicaccessmuzk 3 жыл бұрын

Being a vegan will give you the that Todd Ingram glow

@dragon-id5uj 3 жыл бұрын

looks like a tub of vaseline should do the trick

@joshcraft197 3 жыл бұрын

yo check out the AMA they did the other day; they literally both drop their respective routines

@AphexTwinPeaks 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshcraft197 I was about to say this and you beat me by 20 seconds

@ryebread532 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure this is the skin care routine. Disgusting noise actually has many revitalizing features that affect the skin

@billylancaster851 3 жыл бұрын

I love going watching any kind of weird music on KZfaq, because half the comments are 'this is the WORST things, noone likes thi s u all lieeeeing' and the other half is 'pffff, I listened to this when I was a foetus it's so boring is not even Avant Garde'. Perfect balance

@danielconnor8516 3 жыл бұрын

Especially punk bands lmao. Its either "this band SUCKS its all just whining and screaming!!!!1!1" or "their recent albums are so bad it does not define their music at all, just listen to their first album >:(

@adrienbrody6778 Жыл бұрын

I like the thumbnail because it implies that Jamie and Angela have the ability to shoot lasers out of their eyes and make people go deaf

@e_10 3 жыл бұрын

when jamie blinks it looks like it’s in reverse

@tokumei99 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly handsome band

@brandonburroughs7128 3 жыл бұрын

This was amazing, hope their next LP has some harsh noise stuff on it. Yes I’ve heard the Merzbow collab

@lashtal 3 жыл бұрын

Okay, but have you heard the Chelsea Wolfe collab where they covered The Cure?

@Andor. 3 жыл бұрын

He said hes working on a harsh noise collab album rigth now! so ur probs gonna get wat u want

@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 3 жыл бұрын

@@Andor. While we're waiting we have Jamie's solo album Aggressive Chainsmoking Alcoholic for some solid dark ambient harsh noise 👍

@TheRalouch 3 жыл бұрын

100 gecs collab when

@zacharyzane9275 3 жыл бұрын

Their subscription stuff (xiuxiu69 on Bandcamp) has lots and lots of noise stuff

@_oe_o_e_ 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq algorithm: you’d like this. Me: .... i love it.

@morsberger 3 жыл бұрын

🌝🌚

@cosmeticfood3139 3 жыл бұрын

Basically me when I do anything in Harmor in FL Studio

@PnPModular 3 жыл бұрын

What I have learned from this video is just take what you think is noise and never ever stop

@flowoodpiano717 3 жыл бұрын

This is what my brain sounds like most of the time.

@morsberger 3 жыл бұрын

🫂🖖🫂

@hahhahahahha 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should go get some help...

@greatwavefan397 3 жыл бұрын

2:14 This is an XBOX starting up.

@jaredenglish4864 3 жыл бұрын

Me too unless it's happening outside my head lol. If I turn on venetian snares or listen to machine sounds my brain goes silent but normally it's just constantly changing sounds that don't seem to have a particular rhythm or reason. When I'm really stressed it gets worse til the point it can get hard to hear my myself think.

@EightyFourThousands84000s 3 жыл бұрын

Mood

@MISSCHAMPAGNE 3 жыл бұрын

"i have never played a synthesizer it makes me nervous" ( unintelligible hand motions ) they are perfect

@MISSCHAMPAGNE 3 жыл бұрын

also the googly eyes on the dpo module

@T_E_music_playlists 3 жыл бұрын

He didn't say that he's never played a synthesizer before. He meant he's never played one that made him nervous because it could possibly catch on fire and also because if you opened it you could get electrocuted to death. He was talking about the Trogotron Valkyrie synthesizer (with test oscillator) here 👉 03:47 👈

@LunaticTheCat 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes creating chaos. A couple months ago I bought a guitar with a sustainer pickup, and ever since then all I've done is create out there sounds with my assortment of pedals. I basically play my pedals instead of playing the guitar since the sustainer pickup does all the work. It's really opening up so many new possibilities that wouldn't be possible on a guitar without the pickup.

@NobodyCaresALot 3 жыл бұрын

This is probably a really cliche suggestion, but have you ever listened to the first Grinderman album? Warren Ellis really channels some terrible sounds into actual notes. He does it on a violin too, much of the time, in his other band 'The Dirty Three'.

@dewdop 3 жыл бұрын

You could use a compressor sustainer to the same effect, no?

@Grasses0n 5 ай бұрын

Are you a fan of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, by chance?

@Dgrimble8 3 жыл бұрын

this gave me a newfound respect for the awful noises that albums have sometimes that break my ears

@missmabelbasset4077 3 жыл бұрын

4:59 *throws phone in fear of explosion*

@BAgodmode 3 жыл бұрын

Her pedal board is actually kinda pro guitar. Sweet octave fuzz, you got good reverb delay, trem, vibrato, eq.

@SleepofEons 3 жыл бұрын

Yo so dope to have Xiu Xiu on and share some noise techniques! Awesome demo with a killer artists!

@Sadsoft 3 жыл бұрын

I love the forehead sweat and squinting. Xui xui rules

@manytinyboxes 8 ай бұрын

i absolutely love this video, it got me into noise and i keep coming back to it

@gangsterdelbosco Ай бұрын

Hii big fan of yours

@wemakingmoves 3 жыл бұрын

they're like a happy version of prurient

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible audio experience. Fantastic Xiu Xiu, true sonic experimenters. 🪐

@Stoneeeeemo 3 жыл бұрын

4:56 ayo im on my phone speaker in my bathroom and idk if its the room reverb or what but goddamn that shit was weirdly satisfying

@hunterangstadt450 3 жыл бұрын

“Hey babe, you mind if I put on some white noise to fall asleep to?”

@DRRNNDGL 3 жыл бұрын

sad we didn't get to hear how that streichfett contributed to this beautiful collage of despair

@fen4554 3 жыл бұрын

My headphones really like your dangerous oscillators.

@notseenontv4819 3 жыл бұрын

WAIT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MADE GIRL WITH A BASKET OF FRUIT HOW DID I NOT MAKE THE CONNECTION LOL

@orchestratedpassage9468 3 жыл бұрын

Call Angela's store "It's a Wonderful Life" or Xiu Xiu's Pedals

@Alex-iu7dl 3 жыл бұрын

3:28 I guess the teapot is ready

@claesvanoldenphatt9972 3 жыл бұрын

This video takes me back to the origins of my own nosiemaking when I was a teen, influenced by classic electronic music I heard on records. I had a wonderful boom box with lots of RCA jacks on the back. I plugged my guitar into one phono preamp input and the made a feedback loop with y-patch cables. This was before I knew about guitar effects pedals. I also had a Sony open reel tape deck with tune preamp and power amp I used for a fuzz box into a guitar amp with spring reverb set to 19 , to get Fripp tones. Then I took a risk and routed the auxiliary speaker output through a wahwah pedal back into one of the instrument inputs. Nothing broke but the amp made barking noises.

@youtubeisevil 7 ай бұрын

How ending of Ian Curtis Wishlist sounds to Xiu Xiu beginners 🤣🤣

@RealMrBoy 3 жыл бұрын

Stuff like this got me into Eurorack. Doing Feedback looping with a mixer is so much fun.

@joelkulesha8284 3 жыл бұрын

I got an old junky mixer. What do I do to mess with that without hurting my speakers or hearing? Lol

@xnflg3074 3 жыл бұрын

@@joelkulesha8284 FX send output on mixer into pedals, chained together, then instead of returning them to FX/aux return, the output of the last pedal goes into one of the mixer ins. Careful with levels and watch out for overheating though

@sinane.y 3 жыл бұрын

@@joelkulesha8284 limiter on the master channel

@AnalogueDad 3 жыл бұрын

They need to score a horror film

@SyncdAlien 3 жыл бұрын

Very pretty sounds! Delightful!

@loopbasedzero 3 жыл бұрын

hi there Alien!

@SyncdAlien 3 жыл бұрын

@@loopbasedzero 👽

@MichaalHell 3 жыл бұрын

Not into Noise music, but This was rad as Hell!

@emptyboxesandrooms 3 жыл бұрын

So you are then...

@MichaalHell 3 жыл бұрын

@@emptyboxesandrooms lol, i guess 😆

@MrGrizzzlik 9 ай бұрын

Tbh noise music is insanely captivating as a performance art. Or being part of actual song (Swans, Xiu Xiu). But having Merzbow albums it's really... boring to actually listen to it. But live shows are really cool.

@poptones9619 3 жыл бұрын

Loving the AK Press-hoodie!

@oscargarcia8204 Жыл бұрын

if you see the first 24 secs without knowing them you would think "Oh! what a goofy pair! I bet they sound really funny"

@user82938 3 жыл бұрын

DO YOU LOVE ME, JAMIE STEWART?

@bennie.379 3 жыл бұрын

this was sick, love these guys. this is how I started (and still mainly do) make music, just horrid awful sounds w pedals and synths

@PhyrigianFlame 3 жыл бұрын

6:41 they WOULD put googly eyes on their osc knobs 😂

@christianratajczak3884 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a pest repellent set which sounds exactly the same as this just in the frequency domain above human hearing range. I captured the sounds from it snd shifted the whole thing into human hearing range. It sounds so much alike. No more mice, rats or anything in the my wood workshop which was a barn some time go.

@zachawav Жыл бұрын

In my brain Jamie Stewart and Sufjan Stevens occupy the place in my brain. Despite their music sounding very different, I see many parallels between them.

@ryanwalter5675 2 жыл бұрын

As long as I live I will never get over "by Garfield"

@shimmipenguin1764 2 жыл бұрын

Now they should make the most beautiful sound possible

@delivrance3961 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely great tones!!! well done guys!

@CRLFNKL 3 жыл бұрын

I was not prepared for that out of phase part at 8:25. That was horrendous and legit painful. Well done. The rest of it was very exciting. Loved these people

@amphitheatre 2 жыл бұрын

check out "tunnel of goats"

@agecicco1 3 жыл бұрын

"horrendous chaos" was said so nonchalantly. Love it!!

@sunilsajwani5707 3 жыл бұрын

5:30 me trying to pick up KXLU’s signal

@R-H-B Жыл бұрын

Damn now I really want to listen to Xiu Xiu

@soaribb32 Жыл бұрын

Now that's a video to play out loud on the TV

@XanderEwald 3 жыл бұрын

Inspirational and fun, thanks for sharing!

@ModulatedDrummer 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best!!! Thanks for making this!

@nbritoc88 3 жыл бұрын

Cool. Just what I needed for relaxing at home

@shaneharrington3655 3 жыл бұрын

Listening on iPhone speakers for extra method acting

@orvilleredenpiller338 3 жыл бұрын

The opening of this video gives my brain a massage. 😊

@dragon-id5uj 3 жыл бұрын

pretty neat to see xiu xiu going off lately as i was just recently getting back into them (liars too, that collab was unexpected)

@seawardhorse Жыл бұрын

Would love to pop a squat in my favorite lawn chair, throw on my 3D movie glasses and enjoy some of these nice little dittys

@MorbidManoeuvres 3 жыл бұрын

wow you make these incredible sounds, and i check the most recent release and it was basically the opposite! i basically wanted to here this noises in the tracks ! :)

@wids 3 жыл бұрын

Every album is its own world

@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 Жыл бұрын

What you're looking for is Jamie's solo album An Aggressive Chain Smoking Alcoholic :)

@schautamatic 5 ай бұрын

At around 9:09 that sound felt like my head was turning inside-out! 😄😄

@lainalien 3 жыл бұрын

I caught a solo xiu xui show opening for swans at St Andrews Hall in detroit a few years back. My first live noise experience, it was great. My first synth modules are arriving in the mail today, can't wait to fuck shit up lol

@leomonteiro4612 3 жыл бұрын

Send me the noises you make please

@ssofttouch 3 жыл бұрын

I almost went to that show. Had a panic attack before hand, probably a good thing I decided not to it sounds like.

@hantyumi7759 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I needed this.

@syntheffects 3 жыл бұрын

The pedal feedback is cool, should do a video on it.

@Protolamna 3 жыл бұрын

I think the modified Hewlett-Packard sine wave test equipment was my favorite.

@billybutcher4995 3 жыл бұрын

These guys are my musical inspirations.

@SlyHikari03 3 жыл бұрын

This is how I mainly use modular synth. It’s fun. 0:29 is my favorite, sounds like something from Metroid prime. Also, the pedal thing at the beginning kinda reminds me of the intro to “Pistola” and “megalomaniac” by incubus.

@peach_total 3 жыл бұрын

this has been the final nail for convincing me to get my General Radio 1310-A test oscillator worked into my setup

@frankenjstein9371 Жыл бұрын

I must be from a different planet because these sounds are beautiful. Reminds me of the Throbbing Gristle, Severed Heads, Chris and Cozy days. Also listening to this first thing in the morning while drinking Coffee.

@umrasangus 3 жыл бұрын

I had to stop the video when he dropped the brain surgery analogy, I just felt true awe at a horror I can't imagine completely.

@edoardob3416 3 жыл бұрын

Props to Angela for that AK Press sweatshirt

@johnstanson3479 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!! Love it a lot

@BottleBass1977 3 жыл бұрын

Oh dear God, my face just melted off :O fantastically over-the-top sonic mayhem. I like it!

@superdigital 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@jimbeaux4988 3 жыл бұрын

Getting close to my favorite noise...scanning am stations late at night. The ones without a station.

@scottplaysguitar 3 жыл бұрын

Please make that pedal store happen!

@RIDEFASTDRINKCOFFEE 3 жыл бұрын

love this! thanks!

@DocBolus 3 жыл бұрын

Best part was the feedback on the guitar pedals. Now that was inspiring. More GAS, now for a modular pedal synth!!!

@metaslaytera 3 жыл бұрын

not only amazing sounds, but also love the ak press hoodie!

@Blakemickens 3 жыл бұрын

These are indeed words

@eazydance 3 жыл бұрын

whew ok glad im not the only one whos totally lost on all this music geek language

@piedynasty 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see them live.

@witherton8340 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a person trapped in the sewers sending morse code to his friends while a disgusting sludge monster chases him

@EulogyfortheAngels 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason this reminds me of the repetitive noise they find in the movie Contact. Actually bugged me out as a kid. 😆

@mikemorrisonmusic 3 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail! 😂😂😂😂😂

@rskityaev 3 жыл бұрын

So far, the best video i watched today.

@nonamedrogado2819 Жыл бұрын

I love this video so much!!!

@MrJdsenior 3 жыл бұрын

This is hilarious. Early electronic game makers would have loved to know you two. If you could develop a filter that would give you 1 over, would your sounds then be beautiful? It's worth contemplating (it's really not).