The Summer Of Merzbox:

[Minus1]

The almighty Merzbox turns 25 on Jun 16, 2025. We Noiseheads should celebrate this momentous occasion with a (re)listening schedule. I propose 10x Mon to Fri as follows:

Mon Jun 16- 1
Tue Jun 17- 2
Wed Jun 18- 3
Thu Jun 19- 4
Fri Jun 20- 5
Mon Jun 23- 6
Tue Jun 24- 7
Wed Jun 25- 8
Thu Jun 26- 9
Fri Jun 27- 10
Mon Jun 30- 11
Tue Jul 1- 12
Wed Jul 2- 13
Thu Jul 3- 14
Fri Jul 4- 15
Mon Jul 7- 16
Tue Jul 8- 17
Wed Jul 9- 18
Thu Jul 10- 19
Fri Jul 11- 20
Mon Jul 14- 21
Tue Jul 15- 22
Wed Jul 16- 23
Thu Jul 17- 24
Fri Jul 18- 25
Mon Jul 21- 26
Tue Jul 22- 27
Wed Jul 23- 28
Thu Jul 24- 29
Fri Jul 25- 30
Mon Jul 28- 31
Tue Jul 29- 32
Wed Jul 30- 33
Thu Jul 31- 34
Fri Aug 1- 35
Mon Aug 4- 36
Tue Aug 5- 37
Wed Aug 6- 38
Thu Aug 7- 39
Fri Aug 8- 40
Mon Aug 11- 41
Tue Aug 12- 42
Wed Aug 13- 43
Thu Aug 14- 44
Fri Aug 15- 45
Mon Aug 18- 46
Tue Aug 19- 47
Wed Aug 20- 48
Thu Aug 21- 49
Fri Aug 22- 50

Play along if you want. Post comments / reactions / reviews if you want.

Hail The Merbox!!!

[impulse manslaughter]

I do not have a box but haven't listened to his albums for a while. Will play some of the classics in the upcoming weeks!

[Minus1]

I do not have a box but haven't listened to his albums for a while. Will play some of the classics in the upcoming weeks!

Cool.

I want to add that SS1535 inspired this idea. I just ran with it. 😂

[Minus1]

I ordered this in 2000. I recall a few emails between myself and Roger Richards - the mastermind / driving force behind this project.

I'd love for him to know that (hopefully / maybe) a few of us are celebrating 25 years of this Epic Thing.

Can anyone shed light on what Roger is up to today?

[moozz]

How can you listen to just one disc per day? Such self-control! I've listened through the box a few times and it's always been 5-10 discs per day.

[Minus1]

How can you listen to just one disc per day? Such self-control! I've listened through the box a few times and it's always been 5-10 discs per day.

Yikes! 😂

Well, if you play, you can be "That Student" who gets it all done early!

I'm a 2-disc per day Noisehead myself. AM/PM. Maybe I'm a lightweight.

[k.p.g]

Hah - FUCK THAT.

In reality, I cannot join because I cannot drop $500 on a Merzbox right now.  Sad times we live in!
That being said, I do think Merzbow is perfect summer music, and I will be blasting him aplenty as the heat begins to turn up in the city.

[Minus1]

Hah - FUCK THAT.

In reality, I cannot join because I cannot drop $500 on a Merzbox right now.  Sad times we live in!
That being said, I do think Merzbow is perfect summer music, and I will be blasting him aplenty as the heat begins to turn up in the city.

😂

I believe that there are free / online options for Merzbox, but I'm no expert so perhaps someone else can specify.

[Balor/SS1535]

Hah - FUCK THAT.

In reality, I cannot join because I cannot drop $500 on a Merzbox right now.  Sad times we live in!
That being said, I do think Merzbow is perfect summer music, and I will be blasting him aplenty as the heat begins to turn up in the city.

😂

I believe that there are free / online options for Merzbox, but I'm no expert so perhaps someone else can specify.

This looks like it might have everything?  https://archive.org/details/merzbow_merzbox_2000

[Minus1]

I ordered this in 2000. I recall a few emails between myself and Roger Richards - the mastermind / driving force behind this project.

I'd love for him to know that (hopefully / maybe) a few of us are celebrating 25 years of this Epic Thing.

Can anyone shed light on what Roger is up to today?

I got a quick email from Roger. He is still involved at Extreme. Maybe he'll check out our little celebration. 😍

[Minus1]

Well, perhaps some of you have dusted off your Merzbox, or found an online version, and we'll celebrate 25 years on Monday (and beyond).

Have a great weekend! 😂

[groesk]

this sounds like an interesting idea
don't have the box and honestly hours and hours of harsh noise normally does not seem appealing. but i'm willing to try out new things.

searched it up and i found that someone uploaded it to internet archive, and i can play it in browser. seems like the full thing but you would know better than I do. one disk per day seems like a bit much, since i'm already listening to music for another website i'm on. i just need to know how much takes up one disk.
https://archive.org/details/merzbow_merzbox_2000

[Balor/SS1535]

this sounds like an interesting idea
don't have the box and honestly hours and hours of harsh noise normally does not seem appealing. but i'm willing to try out new things.

searched it up and i found that someone uploaded it to internet archive, and i can play it in browser. seems like the full thing but you would know better than I do. one disk per day seems like a bit much, since i'm already listening to music for another website i'm on. i just need to know how much takes up one disk.
https://archive.org/details/merzbow_merzbox_2000

From what I remember, individual discs run between 45 and 75ish minutes.

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I'm thinking that when this kicks off on Monday, I will make a few (brief) diversions through the course of the event.  I want to make sure to compare the Collection discs with the reissue as well as do a bit to follow where Kiyoshi Mizutani ends up after leaving the group.  Maybe even follow up on Reiko?

I won't allow this to derail the schedule, though...

[Minus1]

I don't want this to be like homework!!! 😂

[Balor/SS1535]

I don't want this to be like homework!!! 😂

This is not homework, this is my life!