Korm Plastics Noise Archive Set

Three Korm Plastics Publications on Underground Noise and Cassette Culture

The Korm Plastics Noise Archive Set brings together three softcover publications from Korm Plastics, each documenting a distinct chapter in the history of underground noise, harsh noise, and cassette culture. All three volumes share the same format — softcover, 17 × 24 cm — and are drawn from the Music Books & Sound Culture catalogue.

America's Greatest Noise

Written by Frans de Waard, this book documents Ron Lessard and RRRecords — the Massachusetts-based label and distribution operation that shaped the circulation of underground noise and anti-records across the cassette network. The text covers the wider history of noise and cassette culture that RRRecords inhabited and helped sustain, with black-and-white images throughout and an introduction by Dominick Fernow. This is the second edition, issued without the flexi disc included in the first. Softcover, 144 pages, 17 × 24 cm. Published by Korm Plastics.

We Know How To Hate – the Opus Dei Society Story

Also by Frans de Waard, this compact volume reconstructs the history of the Opus Dei Society harsh noise cassette label through label notes, interviews, and reprinted texts. The label issued twenty-three cassettes; the book traces that catalogue and the network of people and practices that surrounded it. Softcover, 88 pages, 17 × 24 cm. Published by Korm Plastics.

Even When It Makes No Sense – the Broken Flag Story

Written by Steve Underwood, this 2024 Korm Plastics publication covers the English noise and power electronics label Broken Flag. The text expands an earlier version published in As Loud As Possible into a fuller account of the label's output, its place within cassette culture, and the fanzines and underground print networks that surrounded it. Softcover, 144 pages, 17 × 24 cm. Published 12 November 2024.

All three titles are part of Korm Plastics' ongoing documentation of underground sound culture. Further titles by Frans de Waard and other Korm Plastics authors are available in the shop.