I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Josh Doughty, the man behind Funeral Parlor and Female Pedophile and one-half of Dumpster Noise Records. 

1. If you could start by telling us your name and a little bit about yourself and your musical projects?

My name is is Josh Doughty and I am behind Funeral Parlor, Female Pedophile, and co-run our label called Dumpster Noise Records out of east Texas.

2. Why the name Female Pedophile? It's certainly powerful and attention grabbing. Is it indicative of the themes of the music, or is it just a name?

I wanted to start a HNW (harsh noise wall) project and since the sub-genre can be hard to differentiate between others, I felt that an eye-opening name would help. The music is going to have women sex offender/rapists themes basically showing that men aren't the only creeps out there.

3. You co-run Dumpster Noise Records with Thomas from Garbage Mask. How did this come about? Any tips for running a label?

I've known Thomas since the second grade. I became a roommate at his house for the last year and things started rolling when we moved in together. It wasn't anything too serious until we started to receive a lot of great feedback from our peers whom we believe to be an influence on why we kept going with it. The best tip on running a label I can think of is having the drive to go with it. There's a lot of time involved and it's not for everyone. I would recommend trying though!

4. What do you think of the term anti-music in reference to experimental sound?

I think about this often. I believe the term anti-music in regards to experimental sound is an oxymoron. Many can disagree with this, but if there is a method/calculation to the chaos and sounds one makes then I believe this is considered music. Even in noise, there is normally (based on what I've observed) a premeditated "game plan" live or when recording. Anti-music is also a statement and I am cool with that too.

5. Do you have a special attachment to cassette tapes or are they just the cheapest method of communication?

I can't afford vinyl and I don't like CD's, long story short. I've always liked the artwork and packaging involved with tapes. The durability as well. We plan on doing some CDR's in the future, as we know not everyone has a tape deck.

6. Do you feel that noise needs a certain kind of visual aesthetic?

I know I enjoy the visual aesthetic! It's definitely not necessary though. I've found some live acts boring until I close my eyes and let the walls of sound make me feel something in regards to the music. I believe the same goes for this as live music, but the visual aesthetic is more important especially if you are looking at hundreds of different releases on a merch table.

7. Do you feel that noise will one day reach mainstream acceptance like Punk, Metal, Synthpop?

I feel like many acts are tampering with noise in their music, but I doubt it will ever go as far as punk, metal, new wave, or synthpop. With limited releases and the most abrasive sounds going into your ears, probably not. Who knows though.

8. Do you feel that noise is still a challenging form of art. 

I believe noise and art go hand in hand. Why? Because both can be interpreted as such. Whether its a portrait or shit smeared on a wall, it can be considered art. Whether its the sound of the tread of your tires hitting the asphalt or a Guilty Connector record, it's noise. To answer your question, yes.

9. What attracted you to noise?

I've always been attracted to extreme music. I've always been around trains and construction sites so noise in general is not a new thing to me, but by actively listening to it, I guess the uncomfortable, uncompromising feeling I got when first listening to it. If that makes sense.

10. The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?

Black Sabbath.

11. Pink Floyd or King Crimson?

Marvin Gaye.

12. Are there any bands, noise or otherwise, that you like a lot and would be willing to recommend?

I listen to a lot of music, man. For contemporary noise/industrial anything on Depravity Label and Posh Isolation is amazing. Aside from that, Sade, Whitehouse, and Asylum Party are always on in my room.

13.  Cue us in on any of your upcoming projects/ label releases?

Garbage Mask just released his new album "Trashlake" today and it's his best shit yet. He's always onto something so check that out.

I'm in the middle of dubbing our "Dumpster City Vol. 1" compilation which has a huge lineup on two 60 minute tapes. This will introduce a lot of the Dumpster Noise roster such as Pen Knife, Great Tiger, The Hague, Garbage Mask, Funeral Parlor, and Female Pedophile along with acts who asked to join and even some we asked (won't spoil that surprise). It's not just noise either! Anything experimental.

Female Pedophile "False Security" will be out as soon as I can afford to by some tapes and I am pretty excited for this release.

Last, but not least, The Hague's debut release "Luxollid" will be put on a CDR and is for fans of lofi synth stuff and has some Tangerine Dream/Suicide leanings. We have been working with David Cox on this for a while now and I am personally excited to be getting this release out.

Other than that, there are some splits/collabs ideas being thrown around, but nothing solid.

14. Final Words?

Thanks for your time for the interview and thanks for all the support everyone! More garbage to you soon and possibly some live action as well!!!