In actuality, the material was probably all created by EYE and band-mate Shinro Otake, with each track given a different artist's name including MC5 Or 6, Ganja Farmers, Ha Ha Ha, and Wipe Out Shock Shoppers. The first various Bore-related artists compilation was arguably produced by EYE's noisy found-sound Puzzle Punks project on the album “Pipeline” in '95, subtitled “24 Smash Hits by 24 Puzzle Punk Bands”. Boredoms stood out from this scene by applying the experimental production techniques to actual song-form productions and skilled instrument playing, retaining the chaos and sonic extremity of noise but bridging the gap to avant-garde, post-rock and even ambient experimental music.
This collage style is more in line with the traditional Japanese noise scene from the '80s on, a world of hand-made cassette releases, weird found-sounds and essentially unlistenable shrieking distortion. As you have probably already figured out, Boredoms members like to make new band names for every little project they do, particularly front-man Yamatsuka EYE, who is also an accomplished, if totally insane, visual collage artist, and has even released his own art books, “ Ongaloo” and “ OK FRED x Death by Basel”. To wrap up my week-o'-Boredoms reviews, I thought I would address the other aspect of Boredoms releases that I find particularly fascinating: the freak-out collage compilation.