quoted 2 lines Yeah, I've finally got mad enough to consider
>Yeah, I've finally got mad enough to consider
>purchasing something from Merzbow. Rather than buyingquoted 5 lines the whole 200 cd catalogue of his, however,
>the whole 200 cd catalogue of his, however,
>I'm intending to purchase just one album of brutal
>noise terror. So, to ensure that this one cd is
>selected with care, your suggestions would be
>helpful.
Define 'prime merzbow.'
Merzbow has changed a lot over the years. I wouldn't
call myself much of an expert (i don't know who is...
his backcatalog has a lot more than 200 records in
it), but I'd say it really depends what you want out
of noise.
quoted 5 lines make an interesting listen. I've heard '1930' praised
>make an interesting listen. I've heard '1930' praised
>quite a lot, would that be a good
>purchase? 'Tauromachine', 'Music for Bondage
>Performance 2', 'Venerology' and 'Dharma' have also
>caught my eye, how decent are they?
Seeing that you are on the IDM list, i would say buy
scumtron (unless that's too obvious an answer). two
tracks of blistering power noise which you can hear on
an album of otherwise awesome (and much more
accessible) stuff, thus not wasting your money (see
below)... and the awesome stuff is pretty durn awesome
- panasonic sound heavier than ever, autechre's track
quite simply rules (too long though, but whatever),
and russell haswell's track almost isn't there (or
maybe that's rehberg and bauer's track... i forget.)
of the ones you asked about, i would pick 'music for
bondage performance (1 or 2)'. they're quite
beautiful sometimes; prolly my most listened to
merzbow records. Ambientish - just sounds, really.
venerealogy is a dumb record and you will feel dumb if
you buy it (i did). it's just loud and horrible (he
released a lot (a whole lot) of records like this, in
his 'power noise' phase in the 90s. approach with
caution and a firm grip on your wallet). it does make
a good weapon, however, being mastered many decibels
louder than anything else i've ever owned, even high
rise.
tauromachine i have heard good things about
(apparently it has rhythms?) but have not heard. 1930
is an interesting record..... heard it once, remember
liking it a lot.
i am a big fan of the earlier, 'junk music' style
merzbow... just kind of banging on instruments,
throwing concrete blocks around, etc. "deus irae"
with null is good - there are a couple out there still
available i think. your mileage may vary (intensely).
my favorite akita thing by far is the cd he did under
his own name, 'the prosperity of vice, the misfortune
of virtue'. along the lines of music for bondage
performance, but more varied, clearer sounds (lots of
world sounds). unsettling, wonderful. too bad i
don't own it and it's probably unavailable.
actually i take that back... my favorite akita release
is actually this record called grav - book of a
thousand hands or something like that, with PGR and
asmus tietchens. big slabs of sound, very still,
reminds me of stone... i haven't heard it in years but
i think i'll go listen to it right now...
unfortunately i think it was already long out of print
when i bought it from a cut out bin in high school,
but if you see it around...
quoted 3 lines Then there's the Merzbow and Russell Haswell
>Then there's the Merzbow and Russell Haswell
>collaboration 'Satanstornade', which
>has received a few pretty good reviews, would that bequoted 1 line a good pick?
>a good pick?
you used to be able to download this on fals.ch.
i was underwhelmed.
nothing kills noise deader than a laptop, even if you
are as much of a maniac as russell haswell.
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