merzbow / the haters “merzbow & the haters” compact disc

• merzbow - isomorphism (17:42)
  
• the haters - jopa (13:14)
  
• g.x. jupitter-larsen & masami akita - untitled collaboration (30:34)

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.

merzbow / oren ambarchi “cat’s squirrel” long playing record

• cat’s squirrel (1)
  
  
• cat’s squirrel (2)

merzbow “flesh metal orgasm” c48 cassette

• flesh metal orgasm no.1
  
  
• flesh metal orgasm no.2

blossoming noise press release...

merzbow flesh metal orgasm cs recorded live at zsf produkt studio, tokyo in sep 1988. remastered from original master tape in jan 2010. originally released on zsf produkt 1988. edition of 150.

merzbow “microkosmos | volume 1” long playing record

• a side (18:00)
  
  
• b side (16:32)

merzbow “zophorus” compact disc

• part.1
  
• part.2
  
• part.3
  
• part.4
  
• part.5

merzbow “turmeric” quadruple compact disc set

• four discs of merzbow !!!!

• black flesh pt.1
  
• black flesh pt.2
  
• black flesh pt.3
  
• black flesh pt.4

• black bone pt.1
  
• black bone pt.2
  
• black bone pt.3
  
• black bone pt.4

• deaf composition no.002
  
• deaf composition no.0003

• black blood pt.1
  
• black blood pt.2
  
• black blood pt.3
  
• black blood pt.4

merzbow “senmaida” compact disc

• tract 1
  
• tract 2
  
• tract 3

merzbow “bariken” compact disc

• minka part-1
  
• bariken
  
• minka part-2
  
• minka part-3
  
• bariken (reprise)

merzbow “rainbow 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)

richard pinhas / merzbow “keio line plus” triple long playing record set

• tokyo electric guerrilla
  
  
• ikebukuro: tout le monde descend!
  
  
• shibuya aks
  
  
• merzdon/heldow kills animals killers
  
  
• chaos line
  
  
• fuck the power (and fuck global players)

merzbow / lasse marhaug “mer mar” long playing record

• mar (20:32)
  
  
• mer (19:38)

merzbow “dolphin sonar” compact disc

• part 1 (24:05)
  
• part 2 (20:54)
  
• part 3 (18:58)

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.

merzbow “merzbear” compact disc

• part.1 (8:20)
  
• part.2 (9:54)
  
• part.3 (15:17)
  
• part.4 (16:04)

merzbow / carlos giffoni “synth destruction” compact disc

• synth destruction (61:17)

merzbow “minazo volume 1” compact disc

• untitled (13:49)
  
• untitled (14:44)
  
• untitled (18:49)
  
• untitled (11:18)

merzbow “merzbuta” compact disc

• untitled (4:48)
  
• untitled (7:42)
  
• untitled (20:09)
  
• untitled (14:29)
  
• untitled (2:59)

merzbow “merzbeat” 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)

merzbow “amlux” compact disc

• takemitsu (5:26)
  
• looping jane (15:41)
  
• cow cow (4:22)
  
• luxurious automobile (krokodile texas mix) (22:23)

merzbow / john wiese “multiplication” 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)

merzbow “live destruction at no fun 2007” compact disc

• live destruction at no fun 2007 (41:29)

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.

merzbow / carlos giffoni / jim o’rourke “electric dress” compact disc

• electric dress (52:16)

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.

john wiese “mixed metaphor b/w into a bad way” seven inch single record

• mixed metaphor (3:59)
  
  
• into a bad way (3:26)

merzbow “live at henie onstad centre” compact disc

• live at henie onstad centre (41:38)

prisma press release...

merzbow: live at henie onstad art centre cd masami akita’s merzbow project is the biggest name in noise music. few other artist enjoys the kind of respect within their fields as merzbow does within the noise scene. if talking about noise music there is simply no way getting around merzbow. since 1979 akita has worked relentlessly producing hundreds of records. he also has a long list of collaboraters: richard pinhas, sunn 0))), autechre, pan sonic, jim o’rourke, boris, gore beyond necropsy, smegma and many others. merzbow performed at the henie onstad art centre on october 11th 2009. this performance was for the exhibition ”kurt schwitters in norway”. since akita has sited kurt schwitters as one of his main influences for his music, and took his name from schwitters’ merzbau sculpture, it was a natural choice to have merzbow perform at the centre on the opening weekend of the exhibition. the complete 40 minute performance is presented on the ”live at henie onstad art centre” cd. musically this is classic merzbow; hypnotic loops, layers of white noise and massive sweeps of sonic overload. akita performed using two computers, synthesizer, custom-made metal objects and a host of effect pedals. the cd is mixed and mastered by lasse marhaug and the inner sleeve features a unique photo of masami akita inside schwitters’ merzbau. merzbow in merzbau. limited edition of 500 copies.

origami replika “kommerz • merzbow in the hands of origami replika” compact disc

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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)

merzbow / kim cascone “rondo / 7phases / blowback” compact disc

• rondo (32:26)
  
• 7phases (16:28)
  
• blowback (1:48)

merzbow “higanbana” compact disc

• cluster amaryllis (29:44)
  
• black shiny feather (18:14)
  
• path with no end (10:56)

merzbow “coma berencies” compact disc

• earth worms
  
• dark stars
  
• alishan
  
• silky feather
  
• revenge on humanity

“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)

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.

“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

“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)

“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)

“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

“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)

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.

“japanese avant-garde” compact disc

• so takahashi - made in u.s.a.
  
• koji asano - vs. calia
  
• merzbow - lux automobile (krokodil rock mix)
  
• haco - re:mosquito illusion
  
• bisk - smooth-skinned woman
  
• sachiko m - 2808200
  
• multiphonic ensemble - electronic music box
  
• otomo yoshihide - dt-2.01
  
• aki onda - fish don't know it's raining
  
• yoshio machida - afterimage
  
• ground zero - live 1992
  
• view masters - pachinko mandala 00
  
• takashi miike - interview
  
• shinya tsukamoto - interview

“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

“geluidpost” double compact disc-recordable set

• machinefabriek - cello recycling (11:47)
  
• janek schaefer - come on up... (19:00)
  
• rudolf eb.er's runzelstirn & gurgelstøck - schlechte musik (10:19)
  
• merzbow - bloody sea of taiji. stop the mass slaughter of dolphine in japan. (9:37)
  
  
• (ad)vance(d) - 4chairs+bats (10:47)
  
• studenten sonologie - phonography (11:36)
  
• steve roden - to these four horizons (14:00)
  
• francisco lópez - untitled #0908 (10:17)
  
• staplerfahrer - mode of perception (12:47)

october 2009 release ; neat fold-out double-disc edition covering a series of pieces curated by martijn hohmann for a “listening room at art gallery lokaal01” in breda, nl ... the set ships flat (actually smaller than your average dorado gatefold) but opens up like so :: some great work here, including all-exclusive pieces from machinefabriek (crackly, cheap-reverb plugin rework of aaron martin’s cello), janek schaefer (neat, plunderphonic flamenco piece), runzelstirn & gurgelstøck (classic, aktion-heavy rudolf), merzbow (washing-machine rhythms into a synth blow-out) ... ... then (ad)vance(d) (formant-filter drones & assorted static), justin bennett’s students (ground-hum rich field recording overlay), steve roden (automatic-feeling mystery clank & reed drones - get lost in the long sound-sample), francisco lópez (rainforest hiss), and staplerfahrer (grainy, noisy grisple) ... most pieces hover around the 10-minute mark, as such there’s enough room for them to say what they need to without feeling hurried ... as site-specific compilations go this one’s a keeper ; highly recommended !!!

universaal kunst press release...

various artists - geluidpost 2cdr featuring exclusive tracks by: machinefabriek janek schaefer rudolf eb.er merzbow (ad)vance(d) sonologie studenten steve roden francisco lopez staplerfahrer geluidpost (sound post in dutch) is a listening room at art gallery lokaal01 breda the netherlands. it's basically a room with a three-seat sofa and a set of speakers. you can't get any closer to the primary principle of listening.. every two months a soundartist or composer is invited to create a new piece for geluidpost. during 2007 and 2008 geluidpost was curated by martijn hohmann. all nine works created during this period are compiled on this 2cdr. it's limited to 250 copies. nice multi-foldout cover.

“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)

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.