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anoema (finland) #no 10 cd

merzbowhard lovin’ man” compact disc

  • hard lovin’ man (41:45)
  • hard lovin’ man (19:46)
never an easy merzbow to find, i’ve secured a few copies (the last in circulation, i’m told) of this mid-late 90s epic ...

really beautiful package, a screenprinted metallic cloverleaf that folds out holding a slipcase with more art & credits. hard-rockin’ fun from the master ...
anoema press release...

on his anoema recordings debut release "hard lovin' man" (nocd 010), mercurial tokyo based sound artist masami akita (aka merzbow) steps into the territory of hard rock. after several crusades into the history of popular music, this release finds merzbow digging deep into the very essence of roaring guitars and pummeling rhythms with his laptop.

on two versions of the title track akita-san dissects the deep purple classic of the same title into its basic elements, reanimating it as a thick, swarming digidrone. the colossal opening track was recorded live in helsinki at the avanto festival 2000. the live recording appears on this release in its entirety with only minimal post-production tricks applied. it evolves slowly yet firmly, becoming an unstoppable noise vehicle that is cruising towards sensory deprivation, following merzbow's tapping foot (as witnessed at the concert). the other take, that was summoned at the private bed room studio, brings forth a shorter and more swiftly moving interpretation of the same source material. while the visceral live energy is partly substituted by more subtle and determined construction, the all-encompassing flow stays intact.

in his relentless pursue to exceed the limit of 1000 (one thousand) releases in his lifetime akita-san has already left many landmarks to the history of noise. with "hard lovin' man" merzbow and anoema recordings are carving yet other groove in rock.

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banned production (usa) #bp-128 cd

merzbow / the hatersmerzbow & the haters” compact disc

  • merzbow - isomorphism (17:42)
  • the haters - jopa (13:14)
  • g.x. jupitter-larsen & masami akita - untitled collaboration (30:34)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "untitled collaboration"
september 2006 release ; cd issue of this 1987 cassette release (originally : banned production bp-20) re-mastered (by john wiese, no less) & re-launched to undoubtedly a much, much larger potential interest-base than was extant during it’s initial run ...

three pieces ; a solo by each (merzbow’s is a brutal 17 minutes of screeching high-end whine, g.x.’s sounds like massed choral singing run through a proco rat) then a duo (the pick of the litter, with some heavy channel separation making it easy to spot each party’s contributions independently) ...
banned production press release...

merzbow & the haters cd .

first released on cassette in 1987 it became a noise classic. out of print for almost 10 years it is now been resurrected to it's full digital glory by john wiese. featuring a remixed version of jopa by gx and using all the original artwork from the cassette.

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blossoming noise (usa) #bn 042 lp

merzbowmicrokosmos | volume 1” long playing record

  • a side (18:00)

  • b side (16:32)
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november 2009 release ; first title in an ongoing series between bn’s graham moore & masami akita, concerned with issuing masami’s early collage work(s) as full-bleed lp covers/backs, each housing a selection of early merzbow materials ...

while the early 80s neo-dada-esque collages are well & good, the piece of music on the lp (recorded last year) shows masami in rare form, with only an arsenal of electronics & a some borderline “funky” drumming (merzbow breaks !!! raer !!!) ... the sound is at once propulsive & a void of distortion(s) & grit ; both marks of his best work ...

for those of us die-hard merzbow fan(atic)s all but apathetic to the wave after wave of new material(s) flooding the market these days ; this series purports to be the breath of fresh air we need - esp. as merzbow vinyl (in this case a lovely multi-color swirl) is excruciatingly scarce ...
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microkosmos | volume 1

artist: merzbow
catalog#: bn042lp
label: blossoming noise
media: vinyl [12"]
released: 11-09

this is the first in a five part series of lp's. each volume will feature artwork from a collection of visual collages created by masami akita from 1982 through '83. volume 1 was recorded in 2008 with masami akita on electronics, live drums, and samples.

edition of 500 copies on marbled vinyl.

edition of 500 copies of marbled vinyl.

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blossoming noise (usa) #bn 024 cd

merzbowzophorus” compact disc

  • part.1
  • part.2
  • part.3
  • part.4
  • part.5
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "part.5"
blossoming noise press release...
bn024cd + merzbow / zophorus

released: june 12th 2007

total running time: 52:12

japan’s king of noise returns with zophorus. speaker massaging pulsations of psychic skree & frequency abuse housed in a deluxe 5 color digipak designed by masami akita, in february of 2007.

(zoophorus), n. - sculptured relief frieze, with a continuous pattern, of men or animals.

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blossoming noise (usa) #bn 012 cd

francisco lópezabsolute noise ensemble” double compact disc set

  • a two-disc lopez collage freakout !!
untitled sonic metaorganisms:
  • 06.16.00
  • 11.03.00
  • 01.21.01
  • 06.08.02
  • 09.22.02
untitled sonic microorganisms:
  • untitled sonic microorganisms
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "11.03.00 / untitled sonic microorganisms"
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total running time: 1:44:58

francisco lópez's absolute noise ensemble 2cd set featuring: alain wergifosse, albert mestre, antón ignorant, carlos medina, césar góngora, christian dergarabedian, daniel menche, ferrán fages, francisco lópez, games addiction, ilios, io casino, joe colley, jorge haro, koji asano, masami akita, mego laptop orchestra, michael gendreau, michael northam, oren ambarchi, philippe faujas, roc jiménez, ruben garcía, russell haswell, shunichiro okada, víctor nubla, zbigniew karkowski, zipperspy, alan courtis, amy denio, antonio garcía, audiopeste, bernhard günter, don campau, elliott sharp, eric muhs, frank koustrup, geoff dugan, gonçalo falcâo, john hegre, john hudak, john wiggins, jon tulchin, jorge mancini, jørgen teller, lasse marhaug, ludovic poulet, mason jones, mike honeycutt, minuit, ralf wehowsky, reznicek, scott konzelmann, stephen fenton, steve peters, tetsuo furudate, wojciek.

deluxe gatefold packaging.

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blossoming noise (usa) #bn 010 cd

merzbowturmeric” quadruple compact disc set

  • four discs of merzbow !!!!
orange (running time 50:28) :
  • black flesh pt.1
  • black flesh pt.2
  • black flesh pt.3
  • black flesh pt.4
green (running time 55:45) :
  • black bone pt.1
  • black bone pt.2
  • black bone pt.3
  • black bone pt.4
purple (running time 57:37) :
  • deaf composition no.002
  • deaf composition no.0003
yellow (running time 54:27) :
  • black blood pt.1
  • black blood pt.2
  • black blood pt.3
  • black blood pt.4
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "black flesh pt.1 / black bone pt.1 / deaf composition no.002 / black blood pt.4"
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total running time: 3:38:17

brooding harsh malevolence packed into a 4 disc box-set with luxurious foil stamped slip cover & photos of the in-flight bomber taken by jenny akita. abrasive analog and digital wings give tumeric flight as an altogether different bird. limited edition of 900.

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blossoming noise (usa) #bn 008 cd

merzbowsenmaida” compact disc

  • tract 1
  • tract 2
  • tract 3
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blossoming noise press release...
total running time: 53:49

masami akita serves up a cacophony of high tension frequencies and blasting rhythms in his newest evolution, senmaida. housed in a digipak featuring cover art by val denham and photos by jenny akita.

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dexter’s cigar (usa) #dex 06 cd

merzbowrainbow electronics ii” compact disc

  • rainbow electronics ii (1)
  • rainbow electronics ii (2)
  • rainbow electronics ii (3)
  • rainbow electronics ii (4)
  • rainbow electronics ii (5)
  • rainbow electronics ii (6)
  • rainbow electronics ii (7)
  • rainbow electronics ii (8)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "rainbow electronics ii (1)"
summer 2008 repress of this june 1996 release (itself the “unreleased companion to rainbow electronics, released in 1990 on alchemy”) ... classic slice of 90s merzbow ...
dexter’s cigar press release...
perhaps most excitingly of all is the one and only merzbow release we’ve got in our extended catalog — the dexter’s cigar cd entitled rainbow electronics ii. the only dexter’s cigar album that ever had its own t-shirt (out of print, sadly…and no, it’s not coming back. we're not there yet, kids)

this was recorded back in the old days of merzbow releases – analog tape, not laptop, but even then with a seamless quality that looked toward the coming technology. merzbow was aware of noise music’s ghettoization as “industrial music” and created these recordings as a demonstration of the colorful nature of his own private noise.

rainbow electronics ii has been out of print for seven or eight years now, but listening to it again brings the color back into our cheeks. if you made the mistake of missing this the first time around, hunt a copy down for yourself now – and play it loud! the only way to learn from the mistakes of the past is to not make them again — isn't that what ol' shakespeare so famously said? or wait, was is einstein? if we could reissue those guys' records too, we would, okay?

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important (usa) #imprec 205 cd

merzbowdolphin sonar” compact disc

  • part 1 (24:05)
  • part 2 (20:54)
  • part 3 (18:58)
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important press release...

merzbow - dolphin sonar - cd
imprec205 - cd

author, activist, painter and sound artist masami akita had been at the foreground of experimental music for over 25 years. inspired by psychedelic rock, free jazz, early electronic composition as well the physical arts, especial kurt schwitters' merzbau, masami akita has created a musical language all his own.

dolphin sonar is merzbow's full length protest album against the annual brutal slaughtering of some 2,500 dolphins in taiji, wakayama prefecture japan. this is an angry album full of beats, blasts and broken glass. clattering smashes are pursued by by pulsing analog whirls like the heart of a dolphin being chased through the bloodied waters of taiji. filtered blasts of pummel and sound slaughter.

another merzbow classic with the finest cover art money can buy by jenny akita. liner notes from captain paul watson.

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important (usa) #imprec 136 cd

merzbowmerzbear” compact disc

  • part.1 (8:20)
  • part.2 (9:54)
  • part.3 (15:17)
  • part.4 (16:04)
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merzbow - merzbear - cd
imprec136 - cd

author, activist, painter and sound artist masami akita had been at the foreground of experimental music for over 25 years. inspired by psycedelic rock, free jazz, early electronic composition as well the physical arts, especial kurt schwitters' merzbau, masami akita has created a musical language all his own.

merzbear is the sixth merzbow release in his utterly essential merz series for important records.

merzbear pulses and pounds with distorted droning heavy guitar feedback, pulsing noise-blasts and swirling analog sounds of akita's distinct ems sythi. like most of merzbow's recordings, merzbear is a significant document of his ever evolving improvisational style. slowly, he's been moving away from his pure laptop era and re-incorporating elements of his pre-laptop analog days w/ his homemade junk guitar, ems synthi & electronics. this hybrid sound brings the past into the present and pounds with total junk-collage dada urgency as only masami akita can do it. cover art by jenny akita.

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important (usa) #imprec 131 cd

merzbow / carlos giffonisynth destruction” compact disc

  • synth destruction (61:17)
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important press release...
merzbow & carlos giffoni - synth destruction - cd
imprec131 - cd

over 60 minutes of total analog destruction by noise king merzbow and brooklyn noise boss carlos giffoni, this live collaboration was recorded during giffoni's synth destruction japan tour in september of 2006. this is sound totalism and is as heavy as it comes: totally brutal, totally ugly, totally beautiful, totally intense, totally classic, totally analog, total synth and total destruction.

intense artwork by jenny akita.

author, activist, painter and sound artist masami akita has been at the foreground of experimental music for over 25 years. inspired by psychedelic rock, free jazz, early electronic composition as well the physical arts, especialy kurt schwitters' merzbau, masami akita has created a musical language all his own.

carlos giffoni, despite his young age, has been an in-demand brooklyn collaborator for many years. he has worked with jim o'rourke, thurston moore, nels cline, chris corsano, fe-mail and many others. in 2005 he releases his first solo record titled welcome home on important records.

this is merzbow and giffoni's first collaborative release.

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important (usa) #imprec 097 cd

merzbowminazo volume 1” compact disc

  • untitled (13:49)
  • untitled (14:44)
  • untitled (18:49)
  • untitled (11:18)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "untitled (3)"
important press release...
minazo is merzbow's tribute to the beloved male elephant seal who lived life in captivity at a tokyo aquarium. masami akita often visited the seal at the aquarium and was allowed to access minazo behind the scenes. minazo includes many phototographsand an essay by masami akita as well as illustrations by jenny akita.

“minazo, an elephant seal, died at 5:15 pm on october 4, 2005. he was 11 years old, still young for an elephant seal whose life expectancy is 20 years on average. whatever the cause of death, i feel sad and angry each time i hear about animals dying in captivity far away from their natural habitat.

minazo was raised at the enoshima aquarium in kanagawa prefecture. with a strong build, 5 meters in height and 2 tons in weight, he was the only male elephant seal in japan. director yukiko hori said in her book "the story of an aquarium" (published by iwanami shoten) that minazo was brought to japan from uruguay in 1995.

his name, which consists of three kanji characters meaning "beautiful", "male", and "elephant", was chosen from 1,500 public suggestions. the aquarium had raised male and female elephant seals called daikichi and omiya, who had been brought from the antarctic island of south georgia in 1964. after they died in 1977 and 1979, specimens were made using their skins, which are currently displayed at the aqarium. hori said that the previous experience with the two seals was of help in raising minazo.

minazo became popular through tv appearances. he was once introduced on a variety show as a look-alike for wrestler bob sapp, an insult to minazo. elephant seals have far greater strength than humans, and can even crush a car when they get really mad. bob would have been beaten in a second. minazo was forced to perform various stunts before audience at each mealtime, such as holding a bucket with one flipper, bending back like a prawn, and standing still while a keeper jumped and clung on him. the hard work made him exhausted and might have caused his early death.

many of the aquariums in japan have become mere amusement establishments. if their mission includes breeding and protecting endangered animals, they must continue feeding the animals in captivity responsibly. i, however, believe that they should eventually end the exhibition of animals in the name of academic research, and instead start functioning as animal shelters only.”
- masami akita, tokyo 2006

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important (usa) #imprec 070 cd

merzbowmerzbuta” compact disc

  • untitled (4:48)
  • untitled (7:42)
  • untitled (20:09)
  • untitled (14:29)
  • untitled (2:59)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "untitled (1)"
important press release...
merzbow's back (you knew he would be) with another release in the popular merz series on important records. this time masami akita has returned with merzbuta (buta means pig in japanese) and he's looking back to the last 3 discs in the merzbox as his primary influence for these recordings. this means that for the first time in a long time he has recorded his ems synthi model “a”. don't expect to hear anything from this record in a volkswagen advertisment but merzbuta is merzbow's most approachable release yet.

merzbuta is third in the series of merz-titled releases following in the audio footsteps of the flagship release merzbeat. with the same reverence for crushing analog beats, weaving noise textures and a compositional complexity masami akita has returned to the feast with merzbuta.

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important (usa) #imprec 004 cd

merzbowmerzbeat” compact disc

  • promotion man (8:58)
  • forgotten land (13:20)
  • shadow barbarian (long mix) (11:49)
  • tadpole (5:51)
  • looping jane (beat mix) (8:26)
  • (60 4-second tracks) (4:06)
  • amlux (remixed by jack dangers) (2nd version) (8:17)
hot seal-themed (actually ; the seal in question is actually the famed “lolrus” of the internet fame) noise from mr. akita ...
important press release...
finally repressed by demand after almost 3 years of being out of print, merzbeat is the flagship release in merzbow's merz titled releases for important records. this time around merzbeat is packaged in a deluxe oversized important heavy cardstock gatefold jacket.

masami akita dedicated merzbeat to "minazow" who is the only male elephant seal in japan. hidden remix from jack dangers. evident in the title is the fact that merzbeat incorporates slamming, distorted beats into the merzbow noise blitz. to call this a noise album would be unfair.

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important (usa) #imprec 002 cd

merzbowamlux” compact disc

  • takemitsu (5:26)
  • looping jane (15:41)
  • cow cow (4:22)
  • luxurious automobile (krokodile texas mix) (22:23)
2002 merzbow album, the source material for the “ikebana” set (also on important). significant as one of the first full-on digital merzbow records after he found his way on said technological apparatus. contains an ode to toru takemitsu, possibly based around samples of mr. takemitsu’s work...
important press release...
this disc contains some groundbreaking compositions full of new ideas and directions. it is one of masami akita's most stunning releases to date and is also the source material for a major merzbow remix project released later this year.

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$10.01

new to stock as of
december 21st, 2006


misanthropic agenda (usa) #mar 012 cd

merzbow / john wiesemultiplication” compact disc

  • bonanza (4:57)
  • luxor skyship (5:31)
  • spell (4:52)
  • new wave dust 2 (9:25)
  • erotic westernscape (9:21)
  • multiplication (27:11)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "bonanza"
misanthropic agenda press release...
merzbow & john wiese "multiplication" cd

an impressive display of both incredible composition and furious power from noise masterminds masami akita and john wiese. having both released significant work on misanthropic agenda, we are very proud to offer their premier collaborative album! akita and wiese pull no punches. no beats, no prog, no techno -- just pure delivery and satisfaction of electronic extremes.

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no fun productions (usa) #nfp 24 cd

merzbowlive destruction at no fun 2007” compact disc

  • live destruction at no fun 2007 (41:29)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "live destruction ..."
december 2007 release; the transcription of masami akita’s set at the 2007 no fun fest; which he in turn took back to his “bedroom” and remixed shortly thereafter... hailed by many as a “return to form” after years of strictly computer-based recording & performance regimes, this packs a powerful wallop utilizing an “amplified sheet metal instrument” alongside laptops & assorted electronics...

quite surprising in the amount of jump-cuts/change-ups (compared to his other recent work, much of which consists of loops) ; coming across almost through-composed in spots ... very nice.
no fun productions press release...

24 merzbow 'live destruction at no fun 2007' cd

at this year's no fun fest, the legendary japanese noise king merzbow (masami akita) gave a blistering performance that stunningly brought together both his classic analog and recently-explored digital concerns. keeping pace between two laptops and an amplified sheet-metal instrument, the walls of computerized droning distortion and psyched-out metallic scarping easily reminded those attending to the world of noise that even icons with twenty-plus year careers under their belts can still vivaciously channel the advancements they helped build as well as compose stunning untried sounds. merzbow's set no doubt left longtime followers thoroughly fulfilled while those who've only heard the name thrown around in mythical regard were bound to have been left with a hearty appreciation of his genius.

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 overlooked !!! 

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no fun productions (usa) #nfp 15 cd

merzbow / carlos giffoni / jim o’rourkeelectric dress” compact disc

  • electric dress (52:16)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "electric dress"
late april 2007 release; a recording of a concert that took place at tokyo’s uplink factory on september 30th, 2006 featuring the debut trio of masami “merzbow” akita (ems synthi ‘a’, handmade instruments and various effects), carlos giffoni (custom synthss and analog filters), and jim o’rourke (synth and microphone.)

electric dress” is a single 50+ minute synth-blast that delivers on a bunch of levels; it has a nice, narrative flow; lingering in “space machine” territory for the first half before amping up into full-on annihilation for the second... the recording is actually quite clean; not the “in-the-red” lineage tape-saturated blowout you’d expect, much closer to the sound of the zero gravity records from the mid 90s (incidentally, also mostly recorded @ uplink - i’ve got to check that place out!)
no fun productions press release...

15 merzbow/carlos giffoni/jim o’rourke 'electric dress' cd

electric dress covers the full spectrum of sound color possibility, from totally brutal walls of destructive noise to beautiful minimal synthetic interplay, analog drone and shifting alien electronics. a total mind melting collaboration recorded live in tokyo using synths and a variety of custom analog equipment, even including merzbow's classic spring/junk metal instrument. warm, varied, and obsessive this is what industrial music should have been, the sound of infinite machines demolishing a planet and creating a new structure where live organisms have been eradicated.

edited and mastered by jim for maximum sonic annihilation. documents one of nowadays very rare merzbow's all analog live shows, one of jim o'rourke's rare live appearances since his move to japan and the culmination of carlos giffoni's japan synth destruction tour. all this at the same time! 100% essential!

electric dress is recommended for fans of analog period merzbow, early noise and industrial music, academic electronic and analog synth music-and for those adepts of beautiful and invigorating evil music.

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rrrecords (usa) #rrr 006 cd

merzbowbaztoutai with material gadgets / loop panic limited” double compact disc set

  • two discs of classic merzbow !!
disc 1: in to the void of record archeive
  • uluk constitution (2:50)
  • this dying toad become forth with coal for colour black (6:12)
  • one eyed metal (7:47)
  • batztoutai -- the nightingale's song (14:37)
  • intermission (1:26)
  • junk dahkini (1:24)
  • gothol exodomy (25:32)
  • wild animal & polythedral garden (16:32)
disc 2: loop panic limited
  • agni hotra loop 1 (0:24)
  • fireploof enema 1 (3:23)
  • arbeltus magnus mix 1 (6:22)
  • arbeltus magnus mix 2 (2:02)
  • sado feedback loop (4:08)
  • agni hotra loop 2 (1:59)
  • agni hotra loop 3 (1:16)
  • agni hotra loop 4 (1:27)
  • agni hotra loop 5 (2:36)
  • asagaya field recording (4:12)
  • strange orange (2:43)
  • strange orange 2 (2:47)
  • micon dick (7:26)
  • fireploof enema 2 (1:54)
  • industrial pollusion 2 (6:23)
  • electric tatara (1:27)
  • karl-marx is sutra (1:26)
  • de-soundtracks 1 (7:50)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "this dying toad become forth..."
1987 merzbow classic, now re-reissued as two discs in a flat-pack for easy travel-access... alongside “rainbow electronics” (1) - my favorite merzbow recording from his “analog” era... certainly not the full-frequency blow-out you’d associate from contemporary merzbow (listen to the clip... do i detect a hint of... jazz ???)

not to be missed, and a great gateway-merzbow for the non-initiated...
rrrecords press release...

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segerhuva (sweden) #seger 03 cd

origami replikakommerz • merzbow in the hands of origami replika” compact disc

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click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kommerz"
segerhuva press release...
[seger 3]
origami replika
kommerz - merzbow in the hands of origami replika
cd

this cd sees origami replika (a now defunct part of the ever changing origami cultural collective/phenomenon) made up by three of norway's most diehard noiseheads -- lasse marhaug, tore h. bøe, and mads staff jensen. recorded in 1997, this effort is entirely based on sound sources from the back catalogue of merzbow. with no back-bending, knee-scraping humility, and with a pure love for all source sounds, origami replika have shaped classic merzbow sound into all-new compositions. these are innovative and highly potent re-workings of the harsh soundwaves, recommended to all those who still have a healthy addiction to the merzbow sounds of yesterday. thick and meaty, the blasts emanating from the speakers is filled with lusty, fetishized, organic heavy noise and experimental dadaism, ready to be devoured by the faithful disciples.

originally planned for release on another label, and now finally unleashed on segerhuva, this is a cd that has been tried and tested over and over again. these recordings, created almost a decade ago, have been remastered by lasse marhaug, and it is safe to say that this cd has stood the test of time. after nine years, it sounds remarkable -- a solid chunk of the classic, living breathing noise object that some call religion.

bottom line -- the noise fetish is still very much alive and well. this time it comes from a somewhat unexpected source. indulge!

released april 2006.

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smalltown supersound (norway) #sts 055 cd

jazzkammer / merzbowlive at molde international jazz festival” compact disc

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  • untitled (11:43)
  • untitled (14:56)
this was the release that put lasse marhaug & john hegre on my map - collaborating via post with merzbow being one thing, but going toe-to-toe on a major european festival stage is another... a fierce but surprisingly dynamic showdown...

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southern lord (usa) #sunn 015 cd

sunn 0)))3:flight of the behemoth” compact disc

  • mocking solemnity (9:12)
  • death becomes you (13:09)
  • o))) bow 1 (5:54)
  • 0))) bow 2 (12:53)
  • f.w.t.b.t. (10:19)
to be fair, akita only worked on the two o))) bow tracks but that doesn’t matter. when played loud - glass drips. nothing’s making me happier...
southern lord press release...
the third album from this molten rock-charged drone and doom supergroup featuring steve o'malley (ex-burning witch, current lotus eaters & khanate) and greg anderson (goatsnake). a thundering sludge of ultra-low-end sternum-core in the vein of earth and thrones, shudderingly produced by masami akita (merzbow).

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sub rosa (belgium) #sr 213 cd

merzbow / kim casconerondo / 7phases / blowback” compact disc

  • rondo (32:26)
  • 7phases (16:28)
  • blowback (1:48)
sub rosa press release...
rondo / 7phases / blowback
merzbow + kim cascone
sr213

in the 80's, masami akita, asmus tietchens and kim cascone collaborated on a cd called 'grav' which was eventually released on silent records in the early 90's. having gone their separate ways, masami and kim reestablished contact in the late 90's. after email address were exchanged, kim received a copy of the 'amlux' cd from masami, and later heard about a remix project on important records paying tribute to the japanese industrial/ noise-maker.

cascone started his own remix based on extracts from 'amlux' cd. the new track was based on new editing techniques cascone developed which were experiments in time compression by combining tape editing techniques commonly used in musique concrete with simple algorithms developed in max/msp.

the track 'blowback' - the prototype track using this editing style - was completely constructed by hand using a software sound editor. '7phase' puts these editing techniques under algorithmic control in max/msp. by using each others published work as raw material for their collaboration. they then sent each other tracks via cdr to be used as either new source material or finished work. after choosing the best of the collection of tracks they had developed, kim and masami titled the pieces, sequenced the tracks and then designed a cover graphic for it using jitter (graphic library for max/msp).

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victo (canada) #victo 110 cd

keiji haino / masami akitakikuri • pulverized purple” compact disc

  • that which will rise from death here tonight will go hand in hand with a glittering echo burdened with the sin of joy (10:15)
  • by mischance that soul i devoured was a transparent, vertical blues (10:03)
  • give me back that color you stole from my guts (12:44)
  • that place into which you fell was lined with a cushion of pain and is no proof of your continuing existence (5:55)
  • pulverized purple (30:20)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "pulverized purple"
... i had my doubts as much as anyone regarding the outcome of this particular pairing, but i have to admit this kind of works ; masami largely sticking to his sheet/scrap-metal assemblages, allowing haino room to drop some otherworldly vocal/guitar/git-box scrabble o’er the top ...
victo press release...
enregistré au 24e festival international de musique actuelle de victoriaville le 21 mai 2007

« deux légendes vivantes des musiques extrêmes japonaises partageant la scène pour la première fois à l’extérieur de leur patrie. »

” two living legends of extreme japanese music sharing the stage for the first time outside their country.“

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vivo (poland) #vivo 2007 032 cd

merzbowhiganbana” compact disc

  • cluster amaryllis (29:44)
  • black shiny feather (18:14)
  • path with no end (10:56)
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december 2007 release ; the twelfth & final album of 2007 from mr. masami akita ...
vivo press release...
merzbow
higanbana cd  
vivo2007032cd

all music by masami akita.
recorded and mixed at bedroom in tokyo, october 2007.

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vivo (poland) #vivo 2007 029 cd

merzbowcoma berencies” compact disc

  • earth worms
  • dark stars
  • alishan
  • silky feather
  • revenge on humanity
vivo press release...
merzbow
coma berenices cdvivo 2007 029 cd

psychedelic-noise by masami akita. 5 tracks. recorded and mixed at bedroom in tokyo, january 2007.

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vivo (poland) #vivo 2006 022 cd

merzbowbloody sea” compact disc

  • anti-whaling song part. 1
  • anti-whaling song part. 2
  • anti-whaling song part. 3
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merzbow
bloody sea cd
vivo 2006 022 cd

protest-noise music by masami akita.
dedicated to anti-whaling activity.
50m. 27s.

all music by masami akita

ma - prepared acoustic guitar, handmade instruments, ems synthi 'a', computer & various effects.

recorded & mixed at bedroom, tokyo, april 2006

...

in november, 2006 , the japanese whaling fleet will set sail for the icy waters of antarctica. their target - 50 humpback whales, 50 fin whales and almost l000 minke whales.

in the next l6 years, unless this obscene ' scientific whaling ' program, known as jarpa 2, is stopped, the japanese whaling fleet will slaughter l7,000 minke whales, 800 humpbacks and 800 fin whales.

the murder of these beautiful creatures spells the end of the global moratorium on the killing of whales as japan's so-called 'scientific whaling' is nothing more than a commercial killing operation. the japanese government subsidises its whaling industry with thousands of dollars each year.

japanese warehouses are piled high with mountains of unused whale meat. school children are given whale hamburgers and sausages in an attempt to turn them on to eating whale meat. the truth is that the market for whale meat in japan is almost non-existent. yet still the japanese government pursues its deadly agenda of turning the world's oceans into a slaughterhouse for whales.

old whalers who worked in antarctica in the fifties, when thousands and thousands of whales were killed, cannot wipe the memories of the hideous slaughter from their minds.they say that whales suffer terribly, unable to lose consciousness until the moment of death.

whales cry, whales struggle to protect their young, their kin. as the dreadful harpoon with its grenade head explodes as it pierces living flesh, their agony is unendurable. in the last whaling season just passed in antarctica, greenpeace and sea shepherd reported that whales were deliberately drowned by japanese whalers.

sometimes, the whalers use electric probes. blood pours into the ocean as the whales thrash in agony. in some cases the chase and death take hours. every minute must feel like a lifetime.

at the international whaling commission (iwc) where many nations of the world meet each year to haggle over whether whales will be killed or not, the global moratorium on the commercial killing of whales which has held of whaling nations for 20 years is close to ending.

the iwc has no powers of enforcement. it has no navy. the iwc has no way to stop countries like japan, norway and iceland from killing whales . in the past, the us government has threatened trade sanctions against these countries, and the threat has been reasonably effective.

when george bush became president of the united states, the world's only super power and the strongest ally of the whales, changed its policy. japan has been able to get away with murder because the bush administration has turned its back on the whales so that the world's oceans can be raped in the name of free trade.

the balance of power in the iwc has now changed. japan has bribed poor and undeveloped countries with massive aid money to obtain their vote at the iwc. the anti whaling nations, usa, uk, australia and new zealand have done little more than make media statements and diplomatic protests.

environmental groups have obtained legal opinions from some of the best legal experts in the western world. it is very apparent that japan's obscene whaling program could be stopped in various international courts.

but no nation will take japan to court because the anti whaling nations are members of the world trade organisation (wto) and they will not jeopardize free trade. so the equation is quite simple - whales or trade. unfortunately, trade is winning the game unless the people of the world rise up and protest against this deadly trade-off.

oceans without whales are hard to imagine. but the grim reality is that there is no whale population, no whale species that is capable of withstanding slaughter. millions of whales were killed in the last two centuries, their deaths creating profound impacts on marine ecosystems.

many people ask why japan persists in killing whales when there is no market for the meat. japan is the world's greatest exploiter of the global marines. the japanese appetite for fish, insatiable. many conservation groups believe that if japan is forced to stop whaling, the japanese government believes that their fishing practices will soon be exposed to global scrutiny and their fishers forced to cut back.

it is also true that most japanese people are completely unaware of the extent of whaling by their government, or the appalling cruelty involved - or the global protest as the japanese media does not report on the killing orgies.

if commercial whaling begins again in the 21st century, humanity will have taken a giant step backwards to the dark ages. people find it hard to believe that the fight to save the whales has begun again, and that unless there is massive global protest, the whales will die.

in buying this cd, you have made your statement of concern for the magnificent, highly intelligent whales. it is not enough. you must write to your politicians, to the religious leaders in your country, to newspapers and to radio and television stations making your protest.

tell your family, friends, workmates that the whales will die unless we, the people act.there is legal action which can be taken to stop the slaughter. there is hope. miracles can happen, but we must create the magic.

the whales demand no less. the great mind in the waters is calling on caring humans to ensure their survival.

this call is nothing less than the crossroads of our humanity, our survival.

do it ! / sue arnold /
australians for animals

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23five incorporated (usa) #23five 901 cd
san francisco museum of modern art (united states) #sfm 901 cd

ju-jikan • ten hours of sound from japan” double compact disc set

  • tanami tono - dinergy 2 (1997)
  • pain jerk - acid bath drip bones (1994)
  • yasunao tone - trio for a flute player (1991)
  • nerve net noise - thousand knocks (2001)
  • otomo yoshihide - composition for two guitars (2001)
  • atau tanaka - 28:33:23 (2002)
  • i.d. - öô»..»..ßt (2001)
  • masonna - love (2000)
  • kozo inada - d[0] (2001)

  • ichiro nodaira - neuf ecarts vers le défi (2001)
  • hanatarash - 77up
  • yuji takahashi - tori mo tsukai ka ii (2001)
  • masahiro miwa - alleleuia (1998)
  • ryoji ikeda - abstructures (2002)
  • merzbow - electric for icc turn (1999)
  • kazuo uehara - musique collage ii (1988)
  • astro - apastron (2001)
  • tetsuo furudate - der geist (2001)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "musique collage ii"
23five incorporated press release...

ju-jikan: 10 hours of sound from japan
23f/sfm 901, double compact disc set

in 2001, the san francisco sound-arts organization 23five and the san francisco museum of modern art co- presented ju-jikan — a ten hour ‘listening event’ documenting the past 50 years of japanese experimental music. the curators of ju-jikan; atau tanaka, ryoji ikeda, and shunichiro okada did not intend their exhibition to be a comprehensive encyclopedia of japanese experimentation; rather they sought “to trace the complex web of sonic style that constitutes the current japenese musical landscape.” tanaka, whose lucid writings are found within ju-jikan’s liner notes, takes great care in describing the contradictions and unspoken connections that linger not just within the niches of japanese audio experimentation but also throughout all of japanese culture. just as technology and electronics are the lone assimilating factors within the broad scope of ju-jikan, these same tools also gave the possibility for separation from the west and from each other to create a wealth of new languages.

while the ten hour ‘listening event’ at sfmoma spanned 5 decades of historical recordings, the double cd centers upon the last decade, as a means to publish previously unreleased work from many of featured artists. all of the artists with ju-jikan (both the 2cd and the sfmoma listening event) draw from the recombinant power of electronic synthesis and the juxtaposition of disparate styles; which together have become a standard if elusively-defined musical vocabulary for japanese music. tanaka, ikeda, and okada offered convenient catagories (computer music, anti-academic movements, noise, anti-pop permutations, ambient fields, after improvised music, etc.) as ports of entry; however, they point out that many japanese experimental artists refuse to paint themselves into an aesthetic corner. ju-jikan’s cd companion features compositions from tamami toro, pain jerk, yasunao tone, nerve net noise, otomo yoshihide, atau tanaka, i.d., masonna, kozo inada, ichiro nodaira, hanatarash, yuji takahashi, ryoji ikeda, merzbow, kazuo uehara, astro, and testuo furudate.

founded in 1993, 23five incorporated is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena, and to the support and education of artists working with and discussing the medium of sound. for the past 14 years, 23five incorporated has remained at the forefront in bringing the most adventurous elements of sound art to the san francisco bay area. 23five has served as an important benefactor to artists such as john duncan, christina kubisch, francisco lopez, achim wollscheid, matt heckert, zbigniew karkowski, atau tanaka, and many more.

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atp/recordings (uk) #atpr 002 cd

all tomorrow’s parties 1.1 • sonic youth curated” compact disc

  • sonic youth - fauxhemians
  • unwound - behold the salt
  • stephen malkmus - good kids egg
  • stereolab - old lungs
  • bardo pond - white turban (the traveller)
  • cat power - come on in my kitchen
  • papa m - how can i tell you i love you?
  • cannibal ox - pidgeon
  • the dead c - load segment
  • boredoms - super now
  • kevin drumm - my tree bears no nuts (part 2)
  • satanstornade - enhanced amalgamated computer experience
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "my tree bears no nuts (part 2)"
2002 release ; second comp from atp, covering artists appearing at the sonic youth-curated all tomorrow’s parties festival ... standout contributions include those by satanstornade (i.e. merzbow & russell haswell), kevin drumm, the dead c, the boredoms, bardo pond, etc ...
atp/recordings press release...
originally released in 2001 as the companion to atp 1.0, all tomorrow's parties 1.1 was curated by sonic youth, and was initially created to accompany the all tomorrow's parties events held in los angeles and england.

this compilation definitely has the sonic youth fingerprint with acts as far ranging as noise mavens boredoms to husky crooner cat power. features exclusive unreleased tracks and new song versions by sonic youth, unwound, stephen malkmus, stereolab, bardo pond, cat power, papa m, cannibal ox, dead c, boredoms, kevin drumm and satans tornade.

this compilation captures the very spirit of the atp festival by matching disparate musical elements that together create a cross-section of the very best under-represented music.

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banned production (usa) #bp-126 cd

ne - the anthology” double compact disc recordable set

  • merzbow - de-soundtrack no. 1
  • k2 - herzmuskelgewebe
  • the gerogerigegege - christmas dreamer (senzuri champion remix)
  • bloody cum - cheep bombing
  • agencement - homeo box
  • agencement - a.t.g.c.
  • s·core - outflow
  • yuzuru syogase - dadazarab
  • violent onsen geisha - keloid flrapper
  • the rape presidents - song of the frostily
  • hanatarash - ultra full sleep
  • hedlah - proud flesh

  • masonna - untitled 2
  • masonna - untitled 3
  • tatsuya yoshida - drum solo
  • haiginsha / the gerogerigegege - studio 86
  • impressions d'afrique - les oiseux
  • incapacitants - whisper in the night
  • c.c.c.c. - space temple
  • solmania - astral montage
  • msbr - crack.
  • vasilisk - the blood
  • merzbow - ram me, ream me, you lusty cunts
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "ultra full sleep"
september 2006 release ; collection of tracks from a series of late-80s / early-90s cassette compilations of japanese noise music compiled by g.x. jupitter-larsen ...

as a(n) historical overview, it’s pretty spot-on ; travel back to a time when noise wasn’t exclusively the realm of pedal-pushing nihilists - much of this material is, dareisay, musical, with copious use of analogue synths, drums, scrap metal, tape manipulation, and (in agencement’s case) acoustic violin ...

comes as two cd-r’s housed inside a double slimline amaray, with a nice pro-printed insert ...
banned production press release...
ne - the anthology double cdr set

the ne series was one of the first compilations of the japanese noise scene this compilation collects together merzbow, k2, the gerogerigegege, bloody cum, agencement, s core, yuzuru syogase, violent onsen geisha, the rape presidents, hanatarash, hedlah, masonna, tatsuya yoshida, haiganasha / gerogerigegege, impressions d'afrique, the incapacitants, cccc, solmania, msbr and vasilisk that appeared on the ne series. a great look at the beginning of the japanese scene.

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flying swimming (japan) #fs 00001 cd

das dreidimensionale moebiusband” double compact disc and three inch compact disc set

  • achim wollscheid - radio piece (5:36)
  • asmus tietchens - böszopfler (= an evil man with a tress) (6:58)
  • conrad schnitzler - /143 (1-15) (5:36)
  • das - kreis der fünf (4:54)
  • darius ciuta - near by one (6:13)
  • es - kukat ovat hyriä kuuntelijoita (3:43)
  • felipe caramelos - que su cante me lastima (4:16)
  • frans de waard - klankschap #7 (6:21)
  • ilpo väisänen - vihan päivä (8:38)
  • john watermann - unfaithful moments (14:00)

  • trevor wishart - fanfare / contrapuntus (10:34)
  • animist orchestra - non title (8:00)
  • spectre - soaring to the depth (4:38)
  • rlw - rappel das - or: dealing with indiscipline. a piece for children aged 2-4 years (7:07)
  • merzbow - earth nazareth (11:47)
  • liddikoatight - ka-cho-fuh-getsu (6:00)
  • leif elggren - the paving stone is the weapon of the proletariat no. 5 (6:11)
  • juozas milasius - tenderness (4:18)
  • kouhei matsunaga - star point (7:00)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "vihan päivä"
2003 release ; this is... by far... the most interesting record-object i’ve been able to stock via mms thusfar (buddha machine :: ha!) ... what ships as two cds and a three-inch cd-rom inside a resealable plastic display-bag (left) in fact opens up to be an inflatable möbius-strip / objét d’art that you assemble and inflate yourself (with the included red straw no less), then display prominently on your mantlepiece ... voila ::


on top of all that, the two audio-discs are rife with excellent, exclusive material from a who’s who of the international sound-art scene ... plus the 3” cd-rom explains the project in more detail and contains artist bios & links & whatnot ... just plain amazing ... no collection should be without !!!
flying swimming press release...
das dreidimensionale moebiusband 3cd/object

2cd music-compilation featuring achim wollscheid, asmus tietchens, conrad schnitzler, darius ciuta, das, es, felipe caramelos, frans de waard, ilpo vaisanen, john watermann, juozas milasius, kouhei, leif elggren, liddikoatight, merzbow, rlw, spectre, trevor wishart with martin mayes, the animist orchestra (jeph jerman).

plus 3rd cd with label-info / artist files. comes stunningly packed in bag with straw & inflatable 3-dimensional moebiusband to hold the cds !

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important (usa) #imprec 016 cd

ikebana: merzbow’s amlux rebuilt, reused and recycled” double compact disc set

  • dj spooky - takemitsu (4:37)
  • dj /rupture - in and out of institutions (4:05)
  • plug - untitled (3:39)
  • alec empire - digital hardcore (5:44)
  • kim hiorthoy* - cow cow (sheep sheep) (5:13)
  • nau-zee-aun - testosterphone (4:35)
  • bola - klunk (7:01)
  • kurt weisman - spicy water (4:06)
  • atom™ - merzwaltz (5:32)
  • custom drummer - luxus (2:26)
  • raub roy - untitled (3:36)
  • abstinence - freq (5:38)
  • instavoid - cho nama yo! (2:45)
  • masami akita - looping jane (8:31)

  • negativland - an actual attack (4:49)
  • hrvatski - toru pup (4:16)
  • mouse on mars - superstar (4:01)
  • cornelius - untitled (5:41)
  • jack dangers - available memory (8:21)
  • freiband - merzmix (3:10)
  • e.a.r. / sonic boom (2) - takemitsu (7:00)
  • kk null* - decomposition (3:09)
  • staalplaat sound system - a golden cow on the bridge (2:38)
  • kawabata makoto - revolved jane (9:10)
  • nobukazu takemura - assembler mix (8:48)
  • lasse marhaug - takemitsu unholy (4:39)
  • kim cascone - black gun red (2:59)
  • john wiese - untitled (2:39)
  • zipperspy - with cb (1:55)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "toru pup"
may 2003 double dream date with a good chunk of the more ‘relevant’ akts in contempo-tronica taking on one of mr. akita’s better ‘digital age’ efforts. frighteningly high signal-to-noise-to-signal ratio when pitted against other recent all-star remix efforts. very odd lineup given the source material (bola?) but a substantial work transcending mere remix-compilation status...
important press release...
artists were asked to use merzbow's album amlux (imprec-02) as an instrument in an original composition, rather than to perform the conventional remix. we hoped that this would allow the artist to flourish with greater creative freedom and a less restrictive context. we didn't want to fit this project into any sub-genre of music. we wanted it to simply exist. perhaps the beat oriented tracks, record scratching and vocals will annoy some noise purists, and perhaps the noisy sound collages will irritate others, but hopefully this collection of tracks from some of the best electronic artists working today will enlighten the listener. music is sound and sound is everywhere, regardless of classification.

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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 306/7 cd

improvised music from japan 2005” book and double compact disc set

  • ipsysex - #460 (4:41)
  • jio shimizu - one million dots (6:55)
  • tetsuya umeda - error piano (10:28)
  • mills - day (3:10)
  • sim - unt (6:10)
  • toshihiro koike - 6pm_33 (6:42)
  • shuichi ohori - they shoot the blame (6:08)
  • chihiro wada - hikoboshi (5:31)
  • toshiya tsunoda - three stationary waves from my living room (6:38)
  • kiyoshi mizutani - jamokamo festival (8:22)

  • voima - unsettledfrm (6:57)
  • bunsho nishikawa/tim olive - ushitsuki (4:31)
  • m/s (minoru satoh) - linear manifold (multiple version) (5:53)
  • yasuo totsuka - mame (4:46)
  • diver - "hypogeous sound 02" concert (short version) (6:42)
  • mitsuhiro yoshimura - ears ring (5:53)
  • tomomi adachi - mhoi (8:00)
  • the cinngirls - "suicide" orca remix (1:43)
  • aspects - & aspects & 2/3 (extract) (7:33)
  • yui kimijima - today (7:06)
  • merzbow - excerpt from death of 250,000 chickens (7:03)
improvised music from japan press release...
improvised music from japan
improvised music from japan 2005

bilingual english-japanese
128 pages; 21cm (h) x 15cm (w)
2 cds included (all but one track previously unreleased)

the 2005 edition of the annual japanese-english magazine improvised music from japan is devoted entirely to recent albums. over 350 releases (with a cover photo for each) are presented. the albums, mainly from 2004-2005, span a wide range of styles--improv, onkyo, noise, electronics, contemporary classical, free jazz, avant-rock, and more. while contributions from music critics are numerous, this is not just a collection of reviews. musicians write about their own and other artists' works, label owners about their labels . . . the articles' styles and points of view are as diverse as the albums they present. imj 2005 also includes 2 cds with a total of 21 tracks--by psysex, jio shimizu, tetsuya umeda, mills, sim, toshihiro koike, shuichi ohori, chihiro wada, toshiya tsunoda, kiyoshi mizutani, voima, bunsho nishikawa and tim olive, m/s (minoru sato), yasuo totsuka, diver, mitsuhiro yoshimura, tomomi adachi, the cinngirls, aspects, yui kimijima, and merzbow.

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korm plastics (netherlands) #kp 3016 cd

epitaph for john” compact disc

  • asmus tietchens - jwat 1 (3:05)
  • asmus tietchens - jwat 2 (2:37)
  • asmus tietchens - jwat 3 (5:39)
  • asmus tietchens - jwat 4 (3:55)
  • rlw - seeking perfection - somewhere else (12:52)
  • merzbow - untitled for john (5:28)
  • freiband - threnody (10:26)
  • john watermann - toowong cemetary (13:32)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "asmus tietchens - jwat"
korm plastics press release...
various artists - 'epitaph for john'
kp 3016 full length cd

over the course of his life john watermann worked with almost every conceivable artistic medium. in many ways, he was the epitome of the "total artist"; almost every element of his life being in some way his own artistic project.

as a young man in his native germany he worked as a photographer and documentary filmmaker, also etching, painting and writing. his experience as a youth in germany in the second world war influencing his work from then right through until his death.

following his move to australia watermann worked as jeweller, opening a number of shops in sydney with his longtime australian partner barbara heath (an accomplished jeweller in her own right) and meanwhile continued to write, paint and even sculpt. eventually, after traveling the east coast of australia in a self-built sailing boat, watermann settled in brisbane and began to produce his music.

he first released his music in 1989 in the form of the album "warmth is the fifth room". like most of his releases, the cassette appeared in a run of very few copies on his own label "nightshift", and was consequently almost impossible to find.

over the next 10 years he released numerous albums and contributed to a number of compilations, both under his own name as a solo artist, in collaboration with others (such as merzbow) and under a number of pseudonyms (including radio mull, spinal machine and total disease). also, apart from his music, in the 1990s he created an interactive cd-rom work "rose is a rose" and published the webzine "lean yellow supporting".

sadly, on april 2nd 2002 john watermann died suddenly of an infection resulting from his ongoing treatment for cancer. having in the final year of his life returned to painting and writing (alongside a burgeoning interest in cooking), he still had vast plans for future projects.

among these unfulfilled projects were plans to collaborate with frans de waard on a new release. although only preliminary discussions on the collaboration took place and watermann never completed any work towards the project, watermann's source material that was to be the basis of the work now serves as a basis for this tribute release.

despite his vast artistic output, watermann has been known almost exclusively for his music and even then his work remains largely undiscovered, perhaps for no other reason than its sheer unavailability. in many ways watermann could be considered a classic example of the artists' artist, his work influencing many far more prominent sonic alchemists. and perhaps then this release serves as a record of watermann and his influence, documenting the respect he reserved from his peers and, hopefully, introducing his work to a new audience.

- ben byrne

this cd contains the original soundwork sent to frans de waard by john watermann, reworkings thereof by asmus tietchens, ralf wehowsky, merzbow and freiband.

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museum kurhaus kleve (germany) #en/of catalogue
en/of (germany) #en/of catalogue

catalogue en/of 001-030” book and triple compact disc set

  • ekkehard ehlers / joseph suchy - 14 (03:09)
  • heimir björgúlfsson - stream conversation at the bottom... (07:44)
  • stephan mathieu - densette (03:09)
  • jan jelinek - ice 695 (04:57)
  • alejandra & aeron - fear liath more (04:16)
  • tv pow - snow covered bush (05:36)
  • the rip-off artist - tv test tone (03:08)
  • wander - wander (edit) (05:05)
  • oren ambarchi - stacte.4a (excerpt) (05:41)
  • stilluppsteypa - horror larsen (06:36)

  • stephan mathieu -  „once“ (guitar) edit (05:03)
  • pan american - calle tipica (06:15)
  • terre thaemlitz - marcel duchamp air de paris pt.2 (02:22)
  • tarentel - latency 6 (06:21)
  • mirror/dash - sweetface (edit) (05:04)
  • david grubbs - comic structure (act one, scene one) (04:10)
  • nobukazu takemura - etude for contrabass (12:26)
  • rob mazurek - thought (edit) (05:07)
  • efzeg - pay (remix) (04:10)
  • steve roden - out of the sun (08:22)

  • text of light - 052202 tonic (edit) (05:53)
  • tim hecker - radio marti (edit) (05:51)
  • jazzkammer - all men are brothers (edit) (05:05)
  • andrew zealley - nocturne i (06:06)
  • merzbow - 1633a (edit) (06:29)
  • ultra-red - (jack) tactic (tracks 1973-1983) ten minutes..(10:05)
  • maja ratkje - erwartung (edit) (04:43)
  • kammerflimmer kollektief - eiderdaunen, gezupft (05:04)
  • alva noto - counter  (02:02)
  • the aluminum group - subtitle #2 (john-john’s plane) (07:15)
museum kurhaus kleve press release...

catalogue en/of 001-030

museum kurhaus klevebook + 3 cd’s in box
2005

the deluxe exhibition catalogue which is documenting en/of's first 30 editions, as presented at the museum kurhaus kleve, germany, may-june 2005. the catalogue (package) includes a fully illustrated book (with essays by aa bronson and jörg heiser), complete with artwork reproductions and a second, die-cut tray book that holds 3 cd's with 30 tracks totally.

24 x 18 cm, 124 pages,
62 images, and3 cd's.
german/english
isbn 3-934935-23-0

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petri supply (usa) #eg pinky cs
incubator (usa) #eg pinky cs

enkele gemotiveerde produktiemedewerkers” c100 cassette

  • smersh - pini pini (5:57)
  • dva met dva nichts - my hatedream of boyd rice (4:42)
  • mailcop - geen titel (3:52)
  • lieutenant caramel - expectation 1986 (3:54)
  • achim wollscheid - thoughts about symmetry - these days (0:40)
  • arcane device - diabolis ex machina (part 9) (2:40)
  • hands to - charik (5:08)
  • thu20 - tweede uni (4:35)
  • dva met dva nichts & post destruction music - treffer excerpt 2&3 (9:57)
  • null - metaktion (4:58)
  • dwarf farm - 3 sounds 3 octaves (3:14)

  • merzbow - libido/economy (5:43)
  • arcane device - diabolis ex machina (part 12) (4:57)
  • ioss - 231 (5:39)
  • winter - * (8:07)
  • kapotte muziek - (2til (4:57)
  • gregory whitehead - the respirator (5:38)
  • dva met dva nichts & emil beaulieau - dvabeau 1 (4:25)
  • mission papua holland - hell on wheels (6:46)
  • yeast culture - the midas speaker (3:18)
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september 2009 release ; reissue of this 1990 compilation (orig. midas music) put together by jac van bussel, covering a seriously inspired group of artists them working the tail-end of the “cassette underground” scene ...

exclusive tracks from merzbow, jeph jerman’s hands to, selektion’s achim wollscheid, arcane device, kapotte muziek, roel “mailcop” meelkop, gregory whitehead, yeast culture, emil beaulieau, and k.k. null, amongst others ...

comes in a fantastic-looking multiply-screened over-sized fold-out folio (detailed to the left & below for the “gatefold”) with a bunch of inserts and whatnot (ditto, below below) ...

the perfect snapshot of the era in question ...
petri supply press release...

a reissue of the midas music tapes compilation of dutch and international noise "enkele gemotiveerde produktiemedewerkers" on c100 tape make available again some rare tracks in a new deluxe edition.

by 1990, the underground cassette network in the netherlands was well established. in cities such as asten, nijmegen, 's-hertogenbosch, utrecht, tilburg, amsterdam, wormeveer, and zoetermeer the noise tape had already been an essential listening experience since the early 80's.

midas tapes had compiled a great series of tapes called harsh ears now, followed by the zondig lp, and then the long, 100 minute enkele gemotiveerde produktiemedewerkers compilation.  packed with high energy tracks, e.g.p. features screeching live sessions of post destruction music and dva met dva nichts, alongside solo work by winter (aka peter duimelinks of v2 org.), guido doesborg (dwarf farm), ios smolders, roel meelkop (mailcop) and thu20 a collective featuring many of these same people. kapotte muziek and mission papua holland contribute tracks as well.

the international network has been the lifeblood for dutch labels to exist and profit through partnership distributions throughout europe, japan, and north america. at that time artists on different continents already had achieved a comfortable connectedness through postal exchanges. every act on e.g.p. participated in the global art network, and earned the humorous e.g.p acronym, which translates to independently-motivated-production workers (a desirable work trait!). achim wollscheid and lieutenant caramel have supplied interesting sound collages from germany and france.  merzbow and (kk) null perform some high quality japanoise. from north america, smersh, emil beaulieau, gregory whitehead, hands to, arcane device, and yeast culture also serve up an assortment of american style sound processing.

as a payback and thank you to those involved in this tape, incubator has republished this tape in an american edition in 2009.  included are brief track notes in a fold open screen printed 5 x 8" cassette sleeve. limited to 240.


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tochnit aleph (germany) #ta 048 cd

the end of the fear of god” compact disc

  • rlw - 7up 2002
  • n.o.g. - final chant for god
  • norbert möslang - 4183
  • rudolf eb.er - trottelgott
  • sudden infant - fear of richard gere
  • strotter inst. - rubbish planet remix
  • soviet subliminal seduction - the fuck of(f) god
  • suntour - love song
  • andrew phillips (4) - don't fuck our children
  • schurer - fantasie in cmaj
  • unholy grave - absolution
  • kevin drumm - first class people
  • bela kiss - pharma-zootic
  • evil moisture* - umbilical retribution
  • hecker - easy jxeluspl jxel funnn pre mix
  • yamatsuka eye* - 7 seconds no tone
  • r.h.y. yau - prisoner of your ideals
  • the idealist - the deconstruction and ressurection of under the chainsaw
  • gorebitch - pelzfotze bitch
  • massaccesi - i'm positive that i've seen my hands running through a sea of bodies
  • kure kure takura - our beed god re-trip butt on frog
  • dylan nyoukis - under the chainsaw
  • mike patton & kid606 - circle a
  • genetic transmission - untitled
  • eric boros / jason flowers - wo-po-po-po
  • stress - world under my fingernail
  • jason kahn - running through the blood
  • fear of smallcock - untitled
  • imperative - positive
  • shoji goto - a sunset with 4 painter
  • glands of external secretion - (make) 7 up (yours)
  • jim o'rourke - fog rmx
  • dropdead / outosushi - pneumatic slaughter
  • k2 - junk grinder of the master
  • doris tomasoni - nasse fotze
  • kouhei matsunaga - a lot of fog or 2 fog
  • eva revox - sphincteral descaling
  • merzbow - fear of god
  • kein babel - gloria
  • blackjewishgays - bjgrmxfog
  • eva d. - il fece del signore
  • ommyth - controlled by fear
  • medieval moisture - f(urbies) o(n) g(lue)
  • humectant interruption - bird bite
  • saicobaba - 11:25 am - 11:26 am
  • rabid dogs - p.c.u.n.t.
  • j.c. - fear of fnord
  • dave noyze - chemical induced oscillatory machination of a circle
  • dj killroy vs von wurstfinger - one day fly (killfinger remix)
  • rm74 - eintagsfliege
  • raionbashi - i81b4u
  • viscious circle - freakers...
  • ecrase-merde - amuse - guele
  • atta - absolution
  • shite minor - schwere geburt
  • voice crack - 7714
  • thomas ankersmit - untitled
  • silvum - catalogue more rubbish bodies
  • runzelstirn and gurgelstock - lasset uns beten
  • takedown uav - for lack of all else: youth devour divinity
  • the haters - rubbish remix
  • russell haswell - fog micromedley
  • the nautilus deconstruction - rubbish away
  • chicken & money - c&m love fear of god
  • bloodstar vs saalschutz technopunk - pelzfotze
  • pita - xxx229fog
  • seaman staynes & master baits - watersports whilst foggy
  • zbigniew karkowski - trig
  • machine gun tv - untitled
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kevin drumm - first class people"
collection of answer-pieces on the oeuvre of dave philips’ late 80s hardcore band “fear of god.” damn - look at that lineup... reads like my own personal mix-tape from the noisier end of the contemporary sound-terrorism/experimental music spectrum. few disappoint with their decisively short remix-blasts... just about as good as remix-compilation discs get...
tochnit aleph press release...
all source material by swiss hardcore/noise legends fear of god (1987-88), reworked/covered by (in order of appearance) rlw. n.o.g., norbert moeslang, rudolf eb.er, sudden infant, strotter inst., soviet subliminal seduction, suntour, andrew phillips, schurer, unholy grave, kevin drumm, bela kiss, evil moisture killer nuts, hecker, eye yamatsuka, r. h.y. yau, the idealist, gorebitch, massaccesi, kure kure takura, dylan nyoukis, mike patton & kid 606, genetic transmission, eric boros & jason flowers, stress, jason kahn, dj smallcock, imperative, shoji goto, the glands of the external secretion, jim oírourke, dropdead with outosushi, k2, doris tomasoni, kouhei matsunaga, eva revox, merzbow, kein babel, blackjewishgays feat. django, eva d., ommyth, medieval moisture, humectant interruption, saicobaba, rabid dogs, j.c., dave noyze, djkillroy vs. von wurstfinger, rm74, raionbashi, vicious circle, ecrase-merde, atta, shite minor, voice crack, thomas ankersmit, silvum, runzelstirn & gurgelstock, takedown uav, the haters, russell haswell, the nautilus deconstruction, chicken & monkey, bloodstar vs. saalschutz, pita, seaman staynes & master baits, zbigniew karkowski, and the machine gun tv. this is the stone on fear of god's grave. 12-page booklet including 'you can't reason with logic', a short-story by g.x.jupitter-larsen.

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vinyl-on-demand (germany) #vod 25 lp

viva negativa! • a tribute to the new blockaders • vol. 2” quadruple long playing record set

  • achim wollscheid - asignificant
  • brendan walls - viva blockadres!
  • violent onsen geisha - tarot arcana major no. xvi
  • christian renou - don't do it
  • amk - phlegm angst

  • damion romero - broken block
  • das synthetische mischgewebe - simphonie amodal
  • spiracle - kundearistruct
  • mnortham - floating course on the field of nothingness (aka fi ra ot ic (old lmbird insmo hvo e))

  • merzbow - oumagatoki part 3
  • alexei borisov - two into one
  • government alpha - tangibility
  • aaron dilloway - machine rape (blitzkrieg)

  • putrefier - das motifs de mes compositions anterieures
  • e-shak mms - bachtcha
  • bloxus - extrinct raag
  • wolf eyes - fisted gadgets
  • incapacitants - as nonchalant as possible

  • aube - relb
  • jim o'rourke - 407 seconds over
  • plexia - variahb
  • dave phillips - metal-klamauk

  • idea fire company - les heros de la barricade finale
  • runzelstirn & gurgelstock - those necrophile birds
  • the broken penis orchestra - the kill lump
  • lasse marhaug - good blasphemy
  • /// - windowpane

  • anla courtis - happy blockaders time
  • sudden infant - new simphonie in sudden x major
  • art break - objective ground level
  • withdrawal method - sans regard

  • giancarlo toniutti - rumrudada
  • embudagonn 108 - variations #0
  • cheapmachines - null opus
  • rlw - manifesto (for the next generation of blockaders)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "407 seconds over"
... thanks to the angel of inexpensive (comparatively) vod boxed-sets ; these two essential “tributes” to the work of richard “pd” rupenus are now back in stock ... supplies are limited (natch) ...
vinyl-on-demand press release...

vod 25: new blockaders / various artists viva negativa vol.2 lp-4 (box-set)

a massive project done by richard rupenus. includes tnb material reworked by 75 of the best international avant-garde/industrial/noise artists

oren ambarchi, anomali, ashtray navigations, emil beaulieau, benzo, maurizio bianchi, cisfinitum, controlled bleeding, dieter muh, evil moisture, freiband, grunt, the haters, jason kahn, zbigniew karkowski, komafuzz, kraang, lockweld, massimo, daniel menche, thurston moore, msbr, nocturnal emissions, kk null, pita, plethora, prurient, richard ramirez, scanner, silvum, srmeixner, asmus tietchens, treriksroset, vortex campaign, v/vm, keith fullerton whitman, john wiese, nobuo yamada, z´ev.

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