Ok, so there was supposed to be this VNN Year 1 release late February / early March. Well it's May, and I fucking suck for not getting around to compiling the release. That being said, I've been sitting on some prime harsh noise that I didn't want to release until the compilation was done. Well the artists have been über patient and I promised them I'd get the release out. So yeah, we got a new release, it's a split between tomb whacker and assholemouthead; two very talented harsh noisers. Enjoy the release, and be on the look out for a late year in review soon (pinky swear!)

Coincidentally I ended up with two demos in my inbox this week from two different artists in eastern Europe (Russia and Latvia). First is Red Label Noise Factory's Last Last.fm Scrobbling. It's a maxi-single with 3 tracks, totaling only 100 seconds! Very much fitting into the grindcore aesthetic, I'm hoping to release something a bit longer from them in the future. Second up is Kakenti's Sixteen Years of Being Afraid. It's significantly longer than the former and quite different artistically. It's harsh, it's noise, it's glitchy and has some 8-bit sounds. It's what HAL 9000 should have sounded like when it went off the deep end. Enjoy the new releases and check back soon (hopefully on the 17th of February) for Very Nice Noise: Year One.

Since it's very close to the end of the year (hours away) I was thinking about doing a 2008 recap release. Seemed like a great idea until I remembered that VNN was started February of 2008 (that was the date I purchased the domain with the intent to start the netlabel, March 2008 was when our first release came about). Well coming this February will be an anniversary release titled "Very Nice Noise, Year One". It will contain a sampling of tracks from the releases put out during our first year. Any releases put out before February 17th, 2009 will be represented on the year one release. Happy New Year!

This release my (Insecticide Lobotomy's) first endeavor with recording noise to cassette. Analog warmth and a caustic sound will occupy your ears for just over 45 minutes. This release is also available in a very limited CD-R with handmade / hand numbered cover art.

Very Nice Noise caters to artists from all around the globe, but I still have my ties to the local underground. I ended up buying 813noise.com last year and didn't do much with it. Recently I set up a forum on there for the community to interact. It's a slow start, but it will get there eventually. Just FYI, the forum is open to people from all over world, and not just the 813 Noise community.