ABOUT

Since 2009, Billy Mays III has been conjuring endless layers of ethereal guitar, primal beats, pulsing drones, and electronic noise which all fervently build to form walls of auditory emotion. Rooted in visceral spontaneity, as though calling forth ancient energies and abstracting them personally for each listener, Infinite Third's live set is a deeply-realized vision of sonic and spiritual exploration; an experience that's equal parts transcendent and intimate. His unwavering commitment to improvisation has been the foundation for a unique sound which continues to evolve with each new appearance, whether that's a thunderous live performance, a long-form public ambient installation, or another collection of studio recordings to add to a prolific discography. Intense yet gentle, focused yet wandering, dreamlike yet grounded in reality, the world of Infinite Third is a mind-altering place that's never the same twice but somehow always feels familiar.

Holy Noise is an absurdly-long collection of ambient meditations that were improvised live on my Twitch streams between 2021 and 2023.

"But Billy, in a world where the recommended content length is 21-34 seconds to appease the algorithm, why release an album with 36 tracks that total almost 9 hours?"

"I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." - Forrest Gump

But seriously, my real answer to this question is that in response to the constant devaluing of art via streaming services and A.I. advancements, I want to focus more on what makes my music uniquely human.

Holy Noise is an imperfect but honest documentation of emotions I had to process during a very specific period in which I became a new father during a pandemic (whew!).

Shuffle it and see what happens or let it play from start to finish. Let the textures paint the background of your thoughts. However you choose to interact with it, just remember that it's human.

Thank you for listening and for supporting my work.

- Billy