Xome is a harsh noise project from Sacramento

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

, comprised solely of Bob Scott (also known as Bob Sato). Though formed in 1989, Xome did not perform live until 1994 in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

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Xome's music is created by improvised manipulation of sound processing equipment.

Xome has performed with artists such as Incapacitants

Incapacitants

are a Japanese noise music group formed in 1981. It consists of Toshiji Mikawa and Fumio Kosakai, whose stated aim is to produce "pure" noise, uninfluenced by musical ideas or even human intention, using primarily feedback, vocals, and various electronics...

, C.C.C.C., Killer Bug

Killer Bug

Killer Bug is the moniker used by Kazumoto Endo, off & on, for his solo Japanoise project. Abandoning it for a long while in favor of recording under his given name, Endo has recently adopted the name again for his project in 2005.-External links:***...

, Merzbow

Merzbow

is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

, Otomo Yoshihide, Seiichi Yamamoto

Seiichi Yamamoto

is a Japanese musician. While perhaps most famous for his role as guitarist for the noise rock band Boredoms, he has released multitudes of records both as a solo artist and with several other musicians and bands, in addition to composing the soundtracks to several films.- Solo projects :* Suido...

, Violent Onsen Geisha

Violent Onsen Geisha

Violent Onsen Geisha is a Japanese noise music group, distinctive among many noise acts for frequently displaying a bizarre, sarcastic, and mischievous sense of humor...

, Pain Jerk

Pain Jerk

Pain Jerk is a noise music unit run by Japanese musician Kohei Gomi . Gomi started home-recording in the 1980s as private works. PAIN JERK was one of the more prolific and influential noise artists of the 1990s, and is one of the leading figures in the "dynamic" style of Japanese noise...

, Death Squad, 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....

, TV Pow, Daniel Menche

Daniel Menche

Daniel Menche is a musician from Portland, Oregon. He has released music on labels such as Soleilmoon, Trente Oiseaux, Or Records, Alien8, Antifrost, Tesco Organisation, Blossoming Noise, f e r n s recordings Beta-lactam Ring Records, and Editions Mego...

, Kazumoto Endo, K2, Emil Beaulieau

Emil Beaulieau

Emil Beaulieau, or more fully, “Emil Beaulieau: America’s Greatest Living Noise Artist” is the stage name of Ron Lessard, a prominent noise musician who primarily records for his own label: RRRecords. He has collaborated and performed with many well-known noise artists, including Merzbow, Pain...

, Melt Banana, MSBR

MSBR

MSBR is the name of a recording project of Japanese noise musician Koji Tano that was based out of Matsuyama, then later Tokyo. MSBR was active starting in the early 1990s, releasing music on numerous labels, often in limited pressings...

, Stimbox

Stimbox

Stimbox was a noise music project run by Tim Oliveira, and was one of the most established names in the American harsh noise scene. Stimbox's work is noted for its dense, psychedelic sound, usually made with closed feedback loops run through various effects units...

, Prurient

Prurient

Prurient is the performing name of Ian Dominick Fernow. He has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as American Tapes, Hanson Records, RRRecords, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Kitty Play Records, and his own label Hospital Productions...

, Thomas Dimuzio, Cock E.S.P.

Cock E.S.P.

Cock E.S.P. is a US-American band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group draws on the most extreme, subversive and absurdist elements of both popular and experimental Twentieth century music and performance art, creating abstract high-energy entertainment. Influences include noise music, punk...

, Pedestrian Deposit, Black Leather Jesus, T.E.F., Sickness, Cerebral Roil, Pop Culture Rape Victim, Vertonen, Guilty Connector and others.

Discography

• Face 23 (1994)
• split with Stimbox (1995)
• Blind Frenchies and Pork (1995)
• split with Dyslexis Coup (1996)
• split with Cock E.S.P.
  Cock E.S.P.
  Cock E.S.P. is a US-American band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group draws on the most extreme, subversive and absurdist elements of both popular and experimental Twentieth century music and performance art, creating abstract high-energy entertainment. Influences include noise music, punk...
  
   (1996)
• Roase Chicken (1996)
• TaVe 23.4 (1996)
• Rebirth (video, 1997)
• split with Death Squad (1997)
• Harvest (1997)
• Sushi (1997)
• Glue for the Masses (1998)
• split with Merzbow
  Merzbow
  is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...
  
  (1998)
• Bolt (2000)
• Goodbye Yesterday and Hello Tomorrow (2000)
• Q thru W (2000)
• Live at Ikebukuro Cyber (2000)
• Party (2001)
• 23 Minutes (2001)
• Fur (2002)
• Itch (2002)
• Blackness (2002)
• split with DCLXVI (2002)
• Endemoniado split with Third Organ (2003)
• split with Stimbox (2004)
• Xome vs. Oscillating Innards split (2004)
• Switch (2005)
• Battle of Primordial Energy Manifesting in Matter split with EcoMorti and Tralphaz (2006)
• Deluxe Incinerator split with Sixes and Goat (2006)