NON (Boyd Rice): reviews and key works on DeBaser

NON

Musician

Forlisteners into industrial/noise and experimental electronics seeking candid debaser takes on non (boyd rice).
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The Profile

NON is the moniker of American artist Boyd Rice, a pioneer of noise, industrial, and power electronics since the mid-1970s. His work is marked by tape loops, turntable abuse, stark drones, and martial rhythms across influential releases such as Pagan Muzak, Blood & Flame, and God & Beast.

Debut as NON with an untitled LP (often known as The Black Album, 1977). The 1978 single Pagan Muzak is considered seminal in noise/industrial. Noted for the track Total War and collaborations with figures from the neofolk/industrial milieu.

DeBaser’s reviews portray NON (Boyd Rice) as a pioneering force in industrial/noise with tape experiments, drones, and martial pulses. God & Beast earns high praise; Blood & Flame is hailed as a defining manifesto. Might! is brutal but criticized for incompletion. Receive the Flame is viewed as a low point, while Children of the Black Sun is an atypically listenable dark-ambient turn.

Notable Quotes

❝ Music for the deaf.

❝ Do you want total war? Yes you want. Total War! Total War!

❝ Christs may come, and christs may go... but Caesar lives forever

❝ “Children of the Black Sun”, released in 2002, is an atypical episode within the NoN-branded production, perhaps because it’s the only one you can actually listen to!