discussion of currently genre-tag-less "free" "noise" "music" that is frequently identified with "new zealand," though free discussion of anything relevant is encouraged. a brief listing of artists you might see discussed: shadow ring, birchville cat motel, kjetil brandsdal, sandoz lab technicians, surface of the earth, neil campbell, sunroof!/total, a handful of dust, r!+s!, no neck blues band, and attendant side projects. labels such as american tapes, siltbreeze, swill radio, celebrate psi phenomenon, last visible dog, corpus hermeticum, metonymic, fusetron, giardia, betley welcomes careful drivers, freedom from, etc. traffic level ranges from very light to autistic. unmoderated discussion, membership must be approved by moderator due to massive spam 'issues.'