Released in 2020 as a download, then rereleased in 2021 on three cassettes and now available on CD, this is Slit Throats. Slit Throats is Roman J Leyva, and he has a few other projects too. For his militant vegan straight-edge power electronics, he uses Strangled Cop, his main project is Plague Mother, and here we have Slit Throats. I haven’t heard anything from him, but this might be his harsh noise project. No vocals, no recurrent patterns, just harsh noise closing in on HNW.
“Joshi Noise Worship: Kana Bathed In Cobalt” has six tracks of just under 15 minutes, and it’s all about Roman’s ‘obsessive exploration of the pageantry in Japanese women’s wrestling (joshi puroresu)’ (promo). I didn’t know there was such a thing, so learning something new is fun. Learn something new each day, and you’ll never be bored, they say, so may this be the fact of today for all the thousands of VW readers.
The inspiration for this recording was one of Roman’s favourite matches Kana vs Meiko Satomura. The actual match can be found on YouTube (youtu.be/v0aC-dRO0Ek) and has over 1 million views. I watched the game while listening to this album, and even when I couldn’t really find a link – except for the sounds used in “Gravure Girl” and “2.25.2014” – it was fun to combine this. The video takes 20 minutes while the album plays for 90, but that’s ok. Hit replay for the best result.
Meiko Satomura is set to retire on April 29, 2025, at the Sendai Girls event “Satomura The Final”, and because of her retirement, Input Error thought this was a perfect moment to reissue this album. This time remastered by the always amazing Grant Richardson with new artwork. The one thing that hasn’t changed in all its formats is the beautiful cobalt blue lights, which give the whole setting a cold vibe. The harshness of the noise warmens the whole atmosphere again, though.
“Dedicated to the spectacle of violent beauty”, the band camp page states, and well, yes. It’s an acquired taste, but I can imagine this very well. My favourite track is probably “Gravure Girl” because of its extremities. Though I must admit hangs head in shame that I skipped some of the feedback part. It’s just bloody painful 🙂
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