Uranoid – Diabarha

9/14/20232 min read

Instead of debating whether this is a song or not, let's first look at what the original purpose of making this kind of 'noise music' (no derogatory term) was. Obviously, this kind of music might be something you'd enjoy and find enjoyable, extreme, bungee jumping like (like me [dog head]), but they generally want melodic melodies that don't matter at all, chords that don't matter, and rhythms that don't matter. Well this can be there, but we all believe that the writer's original intention in composing such a tune was clearly not 'he thought it was the most beautiful' or 'he thought you'd think it was the most beautiful', but more of an unprecedented attempt. It's a process of mankind daring to broaden his artistic ceiling, and at the same time a constant challenge, a starting point for experimentation. Maybe, one day this music will also reach its peak? Therefore, I think it would be more appropriate to collectively call this so-called 'alternative', 'strange' and 'weird' music 'experimental music'. I think it would be more appropriate to call this so-called 'alternative', 'weird', 'quirky' music 'experimental music'.

Until one minute and twenty-four seconds in, it's an unadorned lead track that repeats a melody over and over again, as if it were an alarm, beeping and declaiming over and over again. The drums are compounded and fast-slowed over and over again, random but inexplicably sensual and leg-shaking. Then comes the fun part, the drums with a BPM of 2,560, or 2,560 beats per minute. The siren-like vocals still loom large underneath all the drums, but they don't sound out of place at all. Music with a BPM of 1000+ we collectively call experimental because it's so powerful, but at the same time, looking through most websites, we find that there doesn't seem to be an agreed-upon, demarcated line between them. Whether it's Extratone, Hypertone, or WhiteNoise, all we can find is that they're basically referred to as experimental music, and we only know which one is faster than the other, but the line between the two can be very confusing. This song is in that awkward position, some say it's Extratone, some say it's WhiteNoise, but whatever it is, we can see that this song is the best of experimental music, encompassing all the characteristics, and even if you think it's good or it's the upstairs that's being renovated, you've got to admit it's made its contribution.

The composer of this song, Diabarha, is also one of the more famous of the experimental musicians. I can't say anything about his style, the album is full of horror, electronic and so on, but the unifying factor is that they are all more extreme.

Lastly, I would like to say that if people can accept performance art and music that uses strange objects as instruments, then why not also accept this kind of experimental music? Whether it's John Cage's 'longest music', 'most silent music', or 'white noise music' above the BPM of this song, this is unique and distinctive. It's a unique and distinctive style that is loved by certain people.