Thirdorgan
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Thirdorgan is the noise music
project of the Japan
ese musician Akihiro Shimizu. Along with Government Alpha
and Guilty Connector, Thirdorgan is one of the more prominent acts from the "second wave" of Japanoise
acts in the middle to late 1990s. Shimizu also runs the record label Alienation Records.
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
project of the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese musician Akihiro Shimizu. Along with Government Alpha
Government alpha
Government Alpha is the name of the Japanese harsh noise project of Yasutoshi Yoshida , also known as S.Isabella, member of Barom One, Mecha-dote-chin & Monster DVD, who also operates his own record label 'Xerxes' out of Tokyo, Japan....
and Guilty Connector, Thirdorgan is one of the more prominent acts from the "second wave" of Japanoise
Japanoise
is a portmanteau of the words "Japanese" and "noise": a term applied to the diverse, prolific, and influential noise music scene of Japan. Primarily popular and active in the 1980s and 1990s but still alive today, the Japanoise scene is defined by a remarkable sense of musical freedom...
acts in the middle to late 1990s. Shimizu also runs the record label Alienation Records.