Merzbow Top Hits

[no_progress]

A related aside, been going through all my Japanese CDs to figure out which I'm missing the Obi strips for, because I have no life, and wonder if anyone knows if Psychorazer was supposed to have an Obi?  Mine has tray card, booklet, and that insert with text in japanese, but no obi. 

My copy has no OBI and I got it new.   Kubitsuri Tapes don't seem to bother with them

[audiodissection]

A related aside, been going through all my Japanese CDs to figure out which I'm missing the Obi strips for, because I have no life, and wonder if anyone knows if Psychorazer was supposed to have an Obi?  Mine has tray card, booklet, and that insert with text in japanese, but no obi.  Also, does that Enema Syringe (Japan) CD that has Incapacitants, Masonna, Pain jerk and Merzbow on it come with an obi?  I can't remember if I got it new or used, I get a feeling most Japanese grind label level things besides HG fact, weren't really issued with obis usually.

I purchased both new and none of them comes with OBI.

[THE SKIN]

Venerology
Pornoise box

and collaboration with Karkowski : Mazk

[R.B]

Shora and Senmaida are both pretty good albums. The only thing is he has had so many releases it is a tough call to pick favourites. Though I personally am not a fan of Merzdub.

[ironfistofthesun]

http://www.factmag.com/2012/07/27/japanese-noise-legend-merzbows-huge-merzbient-box-set-to-to-get-vinyl-reissue/

[Bloated Slutbag]

MERZBOW "Ecobondage" CD
Haven't listened this for years.... FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simply so good stuff. Blending his Batz Tou Tai era type of sound collage with upcoming hints of harshness, 66 minutes of pure bliss. You can make references to TNB type metal junk noise which ain't as much loud as they are just earsplittingly disturbing and Z'EV vibe rhythmic metal percussions on objects what have not only crushing noise junk sound, but do I dare to say ritual music type of tonality. Material goes beyond words. It ain't only noise, it ain't only free music/sound collage, just blends in diverse type of sounds. When you listen for example track 2 with LOUD volume and decent quality speakers - it operates on so many levels it makes me wonder where would be contemporary equivalents of this type of noise?! If they even exists?

Oh,I traded the MERZBOW "Ecobondage cd around ten years ago,against a good trade (But anyway it was huge mistake of course) but I remember I really like this recording, it was something special. A lot of metalplates etc and junk sounds, but i was not as intense as Haters mid 90s material. And not as intense as the analogue datrecording cds in the mid 90s . And not as lofi with Loops as the Pornoise tapeboxet. Hopefully I can buy it back in the future,( I Ecobondage mean)  I think I really need to do that.

You certainly do. I think fans of this style would do well to give Music For Bondage another listen. I'm pretty sure I detect a lot of the same raw materials in both... where Ecobondage is the more raw sister to the fleshed out, "ambient", expansiveness of Music for Bondage. (Note that Ecobondage was originally issued on ZSF back in '87; and the MfBondage recordings date back to the late 80's at least.) Both these would also serve as fitting companions to Grav, the Merzbow/Tiechens/PGR 3-way whose Merzelements were apparently recorded in "the fall of 1987".

[P-K]

"merzbow kapotte muziek" 3xcd box with material 1987-1993 ......only listened to disc3 which holds the Continuum lp....never heard this one before, awesome imho.

[impulse manslaughter]

Hmm, i don't have Ecobondage.. Going to try and find a copy!

[Bloated Slutbag]

Just made it through my first round of the Merzphysics 10cd box and my auditory passages are. fucking. shot. I like to imagine this as a joke very consciously played on all the merzpervs - ten. fucking. discs from the Merzpeak, principally 1994.

And on to the 10disc follow-up, Merzmorphosis, '95 - '97....

Once I get over the fact that I've been suckered again, this makes for fascinating stuff. Much roomier than the 'physics, spaced out with big blobs of synth noodle, smelling at times like the effluence of a simple mind behind a very complex machine. Not at all impenetrable nor all-consuming. Merzproper it ain't. There are moments. The lengthy second track on disc 5 progresses in farts and starts through quite the stunning and varied array. Scattered intervals of genuine ingenuity abound. Heavy waterlogged wave action breaks away, acoustic sources shine sharp and incisive. Pacing willful and unhurried. Merzbow for retards and/or the mildly soused. My kind of thing.

And honestly, talking "private recordings" (personal obsessions never meant for public consumption?), between 'morphosis and 'physics I really feel I now have the means to generate endless variations on my own private Noisembryo. Btw, fuck you all. (Erm, sorry for that. Been reading too many McIntosh posts.)

[Zeno Marx]

Merzphysics is proving to be A LOT more satisfying than Merzbient.  I'm still unsure what Merzbient was intended to be, because it is pretty much dull.  Merzphysics is a searing example of his greatness; a greatness too easily forgotten because of his name notoriety.

[collapsedhole]

ahh i'm with the nostalgia camp, this thread makes me break out a few merzbow albums lately... typical as it sounds, merzbow probably was one of the very first pure harsh noise artists i heard back when i was 15... obsessed with noise ever since...

favorites....

venereology
oersted
metalvelodrome
artificial invagination
mercurated
noisembryo
hybrid noisebloom
1930
green wheels
tint
hole
aqua necromancer
new tamagahara
tauromachine
electric salad
spiral honey
noizhead
psychorazer
ecobondage
batztoutai with material gadgets
great american nude / crash for hi-fi
door open at 8am
split 7" w/ msbr
rectal anarchy collab w/ gore beyond necropsy
live in chicago collab lp w/ emil beaulieau
merzbow loves emil beaulieau

[Purple Blossoms]

I don't think I can add much that hasn't already been said, but golden age Merzbow is indeed fantastic.
I was listening to Noisembryo again recently, what a treat.
I also like Psychorazer a lot, Kubitsuri Tapes is a badass label :].

[Henrik III]

Had to dig out some stuff from CD boxes and took also a random pile of Pure CD's for listening. One of them is

merzbow loves emil beaulieau

Fucking great! It is really long time since the previous listen, and didn't even remember it was this good. Very junk-electronic-y, active and powerful, noise as I remember it. Even if it uses EB sources I would say it has more Merzbow feel to it. Great!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Should give a listen to this... and perhaps dig up the PURE series topic for additions...  I remember reading review (was it ABSURD newsletter greece) where was expressed disappointment that one could hear Merzbow used stuff from particular known EB releases (vinyl & tapes) but mutilate it so far from rugged Emil sound to Merzbow... but I didn't find that problem at all.  Should also check out soon the Chop Shop plays Emil Beaulieau. Just playing EB stuff via those custom made speakers of Chop Shop transforming sound to something very different.

[Zeno Marx]

anyone care to give a cursory review of the Lowest Music & Arts 1980-1983 box?