Incapacitants

The Profile

Started as Mikawa's project in the early 1980s; Kosakai later joined to form a stable duo. Considered one of the important acts in the global noise scene.

Use of guitars, looped effects, homemade circuits, feedback and voice to create saturated, near-white-noise walls of sound. Compared in reviews to Merzbow and Hijokaidan; described as not tied to ideology and focused on pure sound.

The available review praises Incapacitants as a central act in the global noise scene, originally Mikawa's project later joined by Kosakai. Their sound is described as a saturated, near-white-noise wall produced with guitars, loops, circuits, feedback and voice. Quietus is discussed as an example of their undifferentiated, physical sound.