Death of Ego In Music

I keep thinking about Shava's post about the rituals revolving around the death of the ego. In particular I keep coming back to music, specifically movements like noise, no wave, and similiar experimental artists.

There is an idea that I came across somewhere, I think while reading up on the old no wave scene, that describes this style of music as the destruction of preconceived notions about music for the purpose of taking music to a new level. My interpretation of what I read was that the artists are trying to force themselves to take things to a new level, and to accomplish this are purposefully avoiding the standard cliches of structure in their music. Forcing themselves into a free fall where things work or don't, but chances are always taken. This is similiar to some of the ideas behind free jazz, which probably should have been mentioned in the genres above.

One of the things I keep coming back to is the violence that is inherent in this style of music. When I say violence, I do not neccisarily mean lyrically or in an image sense, though this is common. But, instead I refer to the approach. The music that is created, by it's very nature, appears violent. As if the very idea of stripping the cliches from the music is a violent act in and of itself.

Probably the best example of this is earlier Boredoms. Unfortunetly, I don't have any at work. I do have Super AE with me though. And perhaps this is the example that I'm looking for. Super AE is refered to as the begining of the Boredoms "sun worshipping" phase. And elements of the album reflect this. This is not a violent album in image. Yet, the style, with thier trade mark neck brake changes and tape manipulation, seems violent and celebratory at the same time. As if it is the music's ego that we are watching die in front of us.

I'm probably completly missing the point that Shava was trying to make, but this is where my thoughts keep going.