The Summer Of Merzbox:

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Disc 18: Have we made it?  I think we made it.  Heavy industrial noise, and I like it!  I can't help but feel that we are missing out as listeners by not having some rough approximation of the original Pornoise packaging, though.

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Yes, a day missed... (I was on jury duty...)

But onwards to discs 19 and 20!

I am really tired today, so I guess this is probably more of a "me problem" than anything---but the loops just don't do much for me.  I liked the first disc the best so far.  In other news, I looked up the original packaging finally, and the pictures on Discogs don't live up to the image I had in my head!  I expected more literal trash...

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Disc 21: Back on track!  We are once again in the territory of industrial Merzbow.  At times almost like a harsher Throbbing Gristle.

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Disc 22: The Sadomasochismo side of this is among the best of the Merzbox that I have gone through thus far.  Dark, haunting, and atmospheric!  Here the oft-complained about sound collage elements take on a more expressive and content-communicating role.  It bears some similarities to the Music for Bondage Performance albums beyond just themes (which I now need to revisit again).  The second half of this disc was not as gripping, though I did like the bird samples on the last track.