Ny Støj
| Ny Støj | |
|---|---|
| Other names | New Noise, Post-Regnhavn Scene, New Wave |
| Stylistic origins | Punk, Hard bop, Avant-garde music, Art rock, Dub music, Noise rock, Funk, Rhythm and Blues |
| Cultural origins | Late 70's Lyngaard |
| Derivative forms | New Dance, Bølge, Alt-Punk, Art Punk, funk rock, Twee Rock, Indie Rock, Power Pop, Synthpop. |
| Local scenes | |
| Regnhavn Fyrhøgh Tjehåtjen | |
Ny Støj is a term used to describe a style that evolved at the end of the Punk Rock scene in Regnhavn and Fyrhøgh in the late 70's and early 80's. In the aftermathon the Lyngaardian Punk Scene, typically placed at the Klubgade Riots muscians saught to find new sounds, departing from punks anti-beauty and raw simplicty. Adopted Avant-Gard sensabilites that helped to evolve their musicianship. Many Arch-punks like Kurt Meldahl of Nærstrid, and Hans Søren Jolicoeur of Lægerne would form Kunst i Bevægelse, which introduced elements of Dub, and Jazz while maintaining the short and sweet song writing and confrontational nature of punk music. Becoming the start of the Ny Støj movement. Other bands would draw from other inspirations, Ekkomog would incorperate influence from Rhythm and Blues music. Børnesoldater would take the incindiary politics of punk and meld them with funk inclunced rythem sections.
Ny Støj would be known for its willingness to incorperate and experiament. Musicians employing affected guitars, newly aviable synthasizers, Drum Machines, and new studio technics to create new layered music that build upon the tendencies established by punks in the 60's and 70's. It would also expand on the cultural comentaary of punk. Tackling subjects like Politics, Post-Modernism, and more to create a pastiche that reflected the socio-political climate of the era. Ny Støj artists would also continue the DIY tradition, establishing Independent Record Labels, Open Venues, and numerous art colectives. Influencing music abroad in places like Arcadia, The Libertines, and Donnan.
Important early Ny Støj groups include Kunst i Bevægelse, Krigsbrud, Ekkomog, Kvindes Kranium, Spænding, Offentligt Billede, Børnesoldater, Mit livs Spøgelse, and Ødelagte Varer. The movement was cloesly connected to other developing scenes like New Romantic, Industrial Music, and New Pop. By the late 80's the movement had disperced, but it helped to spur on the careers of other artists and laid the groound work for a slew of new genres to come out of the era. Giving way to the massive Independent music scene of the 90's and 00's and continueing to influence popular music today.
Definition and Characteristics
Ny Støj is not so much a specific genre but a broad definition to describe bands and music that came out of the Punk Rock milieu of the 70's. Artists who occupied this space wished to break away from the youthful angst and sneering immaturity of Punk in order and create something more refined. It taakes a more opaque poetic approach to lyricism, utilizes Funk, R&B, and Dub/Reggae beats and rhythms and couples them with affected guitars that either cut through the fat of the rythm section or build upon it depending on the musicians. It rejects Punk's dogmatic ideals in favor of introspection and more mature socio-political naratives. Ny Støj was also notable for it's embrace of new instraments and sounds, incorperating new Synthesizers, Sticks, Drum machine's, and Analog sequencer's
Early Development
Even early in the of the Lyngaardian punk scene we saw attempts at fusion and progression. in the aftermath of the Second Lyngaardian Civil War and the following Industrial Revolution led to a series of immigration waves. Notably from places like The Libertines, Guaimaria, Vailleux, and Cyrenia. Bringing along their musical traditions. In the 50's a musical revolution was occuring as recording and pressing records became cheaper and more practical. This led to the devlopment of R&B, Reggae, and Blues which developed seperate from but always influnced and connected to its origins in The Libertines and Arcadia. Jazz was also coming into its own between the 40's and 50's with Lyngaardian artists specializing in a more abbrassive and angular approach that pulled extensively from other musical traditions. Anders Colucci would pull extensively from his Mauro-Tramontino roots, playing with drummer Hans Gersch they would release Rent Vand in 1958 becoming a early international hit.
Immigrant youth, born and raised in Lyngaard would soon move away from the traditional sounds of their parents homelands. This noted the transition of Reggae into Dub. with artists like Erin Evers and Hans Anders Wheatly expanding on Reggae's foundations and bringing in more musical veriaty from influnces present at the time. Producers like Erik Linnet, and Kristoff Nøhr would be instramental in forming the new Dub Sound, and would later be key in helping to form the sounds of many Ny Støj bands. Funk Artists like Stary Jones, Micky Maurdount, Lev Averbuch, and Alesso Trebbi would also be extremely influencial. Especially Lev Averbuch's melodic playing and Stary Jones's percussiveness informed many bassists to come.
The venues who would host Punk shows were also some of the only places where formative Dub, Funk, and Blues bands could preform regularly. They also were popular stops for Arcadian prog rock and Hard rock. This musical milieu saw the first fusions as early as 1974 when Punk Band Fortøjet recruited drummer Mads Fredrick after their original drummer Oli Hinkle died of an overdose earler that year. Fredrick's frenetic drumming, using croppy snare kick patterns would inform D-Beat and Funk Rock. However the Punks had a tendency towards puritanicalism, not including those on the political right who opposed cultural mingling and openly meligned the presence of immigrant musicians as a whole.
in 1973 Punk bands Nærstrid, and Lægerne would play a series of shows at Lydhave Musikklub. Nærstrid guitarist Kurt Meldahl, and Lægerne vocalist Hans Søren Jolicoeur would strike up a friendship. along with them would be Dub band Påske who would play alternating nights at Lydhave. Thier Bassist James Taylor would meet Meldahl and Jolicoeur. the crew became friends and requested to play joint shows on Thursdays. by early 1974 Nærstrid, and Lægerne would disolve over increasing artistic disagreements amongst the members. Maldahl and Jolicoeur would meet up, they would ask James Taylor to join their new project, which he agreed to. two months later they would recruit drummer Therkel Schønfeld from the Punk Band Slagge, forming Kunst i Bevægelse. The band would be the first to formally take on the fusing sounds of the punk scene and make it their own, Taylor's melodic bass playing would cut through the Maldahl's chord heavy guitar. Jolicoeur would often be described as a "Crooner" and a vocal style more influnced by Blue's and Rock contemporarties, Jolicoeur would sight Jazz Vocalist Lau Hansen and Blues singer Leon Alderson as key inspirations for his transition from a yelpy punk screamer. Kunst i Bevægelse would be seen as the first dirivitive of punk that could be consitered Ny Støj, as opposed to punk bands doing one off experiaments.
Regnhavn
Fyrhøgh
1978-1984
Post-1984
