I personally prefer "Venereology" over the rest that I've heard. it was the
first Merzbow album i heard and it's totally brutal. it does the job and it
does it right. i know someone on here has already criticized this release as
being worthless but i can't disagree more. if you want some real noise then
stick with this one... also Masonna's "Inner Mind Mystique" which also came
out on Release/Relapse around the same time is similar. it is the solid,
oversaturated noise that I consider "prime Merzbow" so stick with
Venereology, Pulse Demon or maybe Tauromaschine...
for more varied Merzbow I would recommend the Scumtron remixes as they
include 2 originals (noise) alongside reconstructions by Autechre,
Panasonic, Bernhard Guenter, etc... definitely not a noise record overall.
A more recent album that I enjoyed a lot is "Amlux" on Important which has a
lot more dynamics to it. I would also recommend the Karkowski collaborative
release "mazk" which came out about 5+ years ago.... Amlux is honestly the
only thing I've picked up in years but it's worth it... I would agree that a
couple of Merzbow discs will most likely satisfy any yearning you have for
harsh noise... although the Haswell disc that was released some time last
year (solo, not the new Warp collab) is pretty damn scary and worth hearing
at least once.
Also, there was an album by Sshe Retina Stimulants (supposedly related to
Sigullum S) that came out in maybe 95-96 (can you tell this is when I was
into noise mostly?) and it's fantastic. it's called "ketsueki no eiga" and
was released on Self-Abuse records.... I believe they have had material out
on Ant-Zen in the meantime although I haven't followed it closely in any
way....
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quoted 16 lines Yeah, I've finally got mad enough to consider purchasing something from
>Yeah, I've finally got mad enough to consider purchasing something from
>Merzbow. Rather than buying 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.
>
>Naturally the album should be absolute prime Merzbow and diverse enough to
>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?
>Then
>there's the Merzbow and Russell Haswell collaboration 'Satanstornade',
>which
>has received a few pretty good reviews, would that be a good pick?
>
>I would also be interested in other noise suggestions as well, not just
>Merzbow.
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