CHILD: When did you start doing what you're doing?
YINB: Around 1997..
CHILD: What attracted you to this form of music?
YINB: The freedom, really. The fact that I could do whatever I want, in a way.
CHILD: Did you then find that there isn't that much freedom?
YINB: Yea, that's my whole point. The fact that it isn't much different from any other music scene. But screw it, I got my stuff, I like making the noise, so I do it.
CHILD: You seem to have a fascination with science fiction...
YINB: Anything from the 1940's through the 1960's... novels, that is. Some movies, too but mostly books.
CHILD: Do you think that the noise scene has become a parody of itself?
YINB: Oh yea, I swear it's like a kindergarten class on downers or PCP. Too much mudslinging and/or moody self-pity. God, how many records could you make with a serial killer theme, anyway? And there are actually critics out there...with actual standards for what makes "good" noise. When I actually noticed this I almost shit my pants. Seriously, I almost shit my pants.
CHILD: Well, good noise is good noise. What do you think good noise is?
YINB: Gee.. I guess the APPROPRIATE answer would be Merzbow or some other Japanoise group. Or perhaps *CENSORED*, yea.. they're supposed to be pretty big here in the states. So, hmm, I dunno what I should say. Shouldn't I call Thurston Moore or something?
CHILD: You don't listen to any noise?
YINB: Sometimes I do.. but mainly just unknown people who I trade tapes with. I did buy that Japanese/American Noise Treaty cd set, though. And I'll contradict myself by saying that I enjoyed the Merzbow track on there.
CHILD: Did you like any of the American artists?
YINB: The only one that I really remember is the track by Dog. It's really good.
CHILD: I just acquired your release on Childish Tapes. It's in an Imodium box. Any reason for this?
YINB: Yea.. it was Jordan's idea.. it fit with the title of the tape.."Your ego is like my poopee".
CHILD: I notice that it's not as noisy. There's a lot of sampling and loops. Is this a start of a change for you?
YINB: For Childish I wanted to do something that wasn't full-on harsh noise. I got my friends from Apples to Carburetors to give me an excerpt from one of their tapes and I used a great portion of that. Then Steve (of Eunuch) let me use some of his records to make loops and that's that. I'll continue with harsh noise with future releases, though.
CHILD: I know I got off the subject but.... why the fascination with sci-fi?
YINB: I just love it and when I do noise I am usually fantasizing about flying off in a spaceship or being on some exotic planet all by myself.
CHILD: Will you ever stop recording noise?
YINB: Yeah..once I finish building my space ship. Shouldn't be long.
S e l e c t e d D i s c o g r a p h y:
Yin+B Null-A .................................................C-60.................. Yull-A Recordings 1997
Mind Cage.......................................................C-60...................Yull-A Recordings 1997
Scene Destroyer..............................................C-60...................Hollywood Birthdeath 1998
The Art of What..............................................C-60...................Yull-A Recordings 1998
Your Ego is like my Poopee...........................C-60...................Childish Tapes 1999
Look, Limited Edition! ..................................C-60...................Yull-A Recordings 2000
Kissing Ass in the Scene/Now I'm Great ......C-60 ..................LoudCat Products 2000
Noise Radar/Yep that's noise alright...... ......C-60 ..................LoudCat Products 2001
Noisegod, USA............................................ C-60.................. Childish Tapes 2001
