Kohei Onishi's noise project: metallic, horror-film-inflected industrial harsh noise that reached beyond the noise circuit, including a release on Planet Mu.
Guilty Connector is the noise project of Kohei Onishi, sometimes known as Dr. Kohei, and the Bureau files it at Tier ∅ as a strong example of the industrial, horror-inflected wing of contemporary Japanese noise. The project has been active across the international noise underground since the late 1990s.
The sound is industrial-leaning harsh noise: metallic clunks, screeches and a dirty, crunching grime. It is often described as resembling the soundtrack of a Japanese exploitation-horror film, the frightening, body-horror quality coming from the music itself rather than any image, and that cinematic darkness is the project's signature.
Guilty Connector reached unusually far for a pure noise act, with releases across many noise labels and a record for the UK electronic label Planet Mu, a rare crossing of Japanese harsh noise onto labels well outside the noise world. The project has collaborated frequently across the scene, including a release with Contagious Orgasm.
The Bureau files Guilty Connector at Artists · Tier ∅ as contemporary industrial Japanese noise of documentary interest: the horror-film aesthetic rendered in crunch and metal, and one of the acts that carried the form to listeners outside the noise circuit.