noise = Whitehouse - Wriggle Like A Fucking Eel


although i think technically speaking they are considered the founders of "power electronics"

thanks Conan...i've seen Depeche Mode three times in my life and each time i burst into tears of joy when they play Everything Counts

For the Avant-Garde Drone I suggest La Monte Young (The Theatre Of Eternal Music) - Pre-Tortoise Dream Music

I put The Theatre Of Eternal Music along with La Monte Young because it was a group that consisted of La Monte Young, John Cale, Tony Conrad and others, but those compositions were later largely attributed to La Monte Young. So there's a bit of copyright confusion there.

I think Whitehouse is a better fit for power electronics as bob. said. So maybe that should go to Electronic section. But it sure is noise :)

For Noise maybe Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music or something from Merzbow. What does everybody think?

I agree with Whitehouse being in Power Electronics over noise.

i agree and withdrawal my submission

Whitehouse is a huge leap from what i think anybody would call Avant-garde

but i think that maybe Nurse With Wound over Lou Reed

especially any of the tracks from "Chance Meeting..."

like Six Buttons of Sex Appeal?

For Drone:
Candlegoat - Sunn O)))

The intro = god.

I'll definitely second Nurse With Wound for Avant-Garde.
You totally just ninja'd my Oren Ambarchi - Corkscrew suggestion! I'll survive though since Sunn O))) are a great choice.

Doom Metal
Asunder - Twilght Amaranthine

may your hair guide you through the darkness at this the worlds end

Nurse With Wound is tempting, but I think there's too much structure there for pure Noise

For Noise I suggest Merzbow - Woodpecker No 1

Trip-Hop

Emancipator - Smoke Signals