MSBR is one of those bands who has always been good and bad. Never really been extremely focused - and perhaps this was more the later tendency. I would say from 1992 to late 90's, his work was pretty much solid. After that, perhaps little hit & miss. Especially some of the CDR's and "final harsh works" series etc.. Just like the packaging & visual power was starting to slip into regular or even cheapo packaging.
Today reminded me of two releases I consider very strong in discography. Needless to say debut LP remains total brain bomb, but this time:
"COLLAPSELAND" CD on Heel stone records 1995. Packaged in 7" size booklet. Artwork and texts, 5 tracks of length between c. 6 to 22 mins. the first long track is all what was good in MSBR of this era. Dense layering of electronics and pedal noise. It's like black hole sucking the existence in itself with fast pace, leaving just roaring audio of everything moving to oblivion. It goes forward with intense speed and massive strength. New things fade in, old things fade out, sound just goes on so seamlessly, but always with many things happening on all layers. In couple of the other tracks, MSBR even calms done into droning ambient noise. You will not have the hectic cut-ups of Merzbow or Kazumoto Endo. Less sonic violence than Pain Jerk of Government Alpha. Less fierce noise pain of Incapacitants or Hijokaidan. MSBR was easily "jap noise", yet of course different from pretty much everybody. I think the heaviness and electronic approach meant that many of these euro pe/industrial labels did carry the stuff, what maybe more free-jamming or pure fierce harsness wouldn't?
MSBR & Blazen Y Sharp "Mass For Dead Insects" CD, issues as 50 copies art edition by MSBR and regular slimcase cd on Gender-Less Kibbutz. This is very different. I can't stop praising Blazen Y Sharp in every moment I can. And perhaps thank to them, this is very different from usual MSBR if there is such. There are solo tracks from both and collaborations. If you know how these artists sound like, the mixture is perhaps quite close what you'd expect? Electronic noise meets experimental industrial / electro-acoustic sounds. Sometimes I get feeling as if I'd be still having MNEMONISTS cd on my player, what I listened while before this. Certain sounds and approaches link it closer to old "difficult music" than japanoise or usa noise. This is good choise if you want to hear different sides of project. If you aim for full on noise damage, maybe can be skipped. There seems to be one jap edition now on discogs for quite reasonable price. It's nicer looking than regular edition. I have a feeling that I may have both for years, without realizing it was actually the same release.
