1986-1993 What?Noise

first line-up (1986-1990)

(Tim Harris, Julia Adamson and Chris Nagle)

What?Noise were sound engineers working at Strawberry and Yellow Two Studios in Stockport in the late 1980s.
Also experienced record producers working with many local indie groups.

They played various instruments from stylaphone, guitars and whirly sound hose to programming drums and sequencers using C Lab software (now Logic Pro) on Atari computers, producing finished masters for record companies.

Playing a U.K support tour with Fishbone during 1989 and touring Universities tour with label mates Finitribe in 1990 when promoting their new album 'Fat'. They also performed concerts in Manchester with local groups including Dubsex and Flatback Four.

What?Noise releases:

4 Track  Vein EP  (IG0001) released on Cut Deep Records in 1989 and was available on 12" vinyl only.

Re-issued on Invisiblegirl Records on September 14 2006 and is currently available from the following links

    or  on CD.

Sleeve detail by Paul Khera
(appears by kind permission of Cut Deep Records)

Song titles and details:

 Vein
 S***
 Word
 Slapdash

Video by Factory Icon for title track Vein made in 1989

The Vein EP has also been made available as part of a double EP on CD available by mail order, see our products page for more details.

Fat Album  (IG0007) originally released on vinyl and CD on One Little Indian Records in 1990.

Re-issued on Invisiblegirl Records on 21 December 2008 and is currently available on the following links

     or  on CD.

Sleeve detail by Paul Khera
(appears by kind permission of One Little Indian Records)

More about the re-issue here, including  press reviews from the original release in  1990.

A video of Change from Fat album can be seen here

Song titles and details:

 Change
 Obliv
     Zombic
 Wobble
 Core
 Eventually
 Strange Times
     nob
 Vanilla
     P.O.W.
     Whip
 Anybody
 Crash
     Taste

Various compilation tracks were also released at the time; including a couple of cover versions and some remixes on Scam Records, Imaginary Records, One Little Indian and Sheer Joy Records.

 

Second line-up
What?Noise (1990-1993)

Employing a new vocalist (after Tim left to live in the South) more material was recorded.

The group performed a few concerts locally, including one at Stockport Town Hall with The Fall where the following stills were taken.

Mark Hoyle on Vocals

Julia Nagle/Adamson on Guitar/Programming

Four track EP Lose and Win (IG0002) is previously unheard mixes from this line up of What?Noise released on  September 14 2006.

Lose And Win is available on the following links

  or  on CD.

Sleeve details: photo by Wotti

Song titles and details:

  Fish
  New Plant
  Okey Cokey  
  Joeson

Video of 'New Plant'

Chris Nagle on Guitar/Programming

Jay Taylor on Bass

second line-up ..continued

This line-up was a studio band essentially as most of the time was spent writing and recording in dead time at the recording studios where they worked.

The four track EP The Childraising (IG0004) released on February 5 2007 is  unreleased mixes and songs recorded with this second line-up of What?Noise. Available from the following links

   or  on CD.

Sleeve details: sketch by Peter Shear

Song titles and details
 Thaw
  Mickey Mouse Ears
 A Hippy Hit Me  
 Hover And Brood

Some photos from the time..

vocalist, Mark Hoyle

Chris (guitar) with son Baz

(L-R) Mark Hoyle (vocals) and Jay Taylor (bass)

Julia soundchecking

(Basil, Ellis and Gabriella)

 

Another third and final release of unheard songs on the winter solstice in December 2010. Nuance  (IG0028)
More details here. 

Track Listing

1 Paintin  
2 Hoover  
3 Plasticine  
4 Dizzy  

Available from    or on CD  also on mp3 and other formats here

 
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