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MERZBOW - Merzbuddah
imprec052 - CD - $11.99 
What did you listen to last summer? Masami Akita, otherwise know
as Merzbow, spent most of his summer listening to Horace Andy, Dennis
Bovel, Keith Hudson and a whole pipe full of other dub mavericks.
That's probably why this brand new full length, with cover art by
Jenny Akita, is dripping with deep bass riffage and a whole lot
of electronic dub vibes and beats.
Merzbuddha 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 switches direction and
dubs it up. Imagine The New Blockaders in an audio blender with
King Tubby and you're not even halfway there.
Masami Akita, aka Merzbow, is one of the most influencial and provocative
figures in modern electronic music. He has been hailed as the king
of Japanese noise and has toured, collaborated and released stunning
albums around the world for over 20 years. In 2002 he broke out
of the underground with the release of his first beat oriented material.
Titled Merzbeat, he won over new fans with his noise based approach
to beat based composition. This record continues the evolving tradition
of the Merzbeat.
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