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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.
MP3
Merzbear
Pt. 1
Merzbear
Pt. 2
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| Ikebana
: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled |
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mp3 samples:
Dj Spooky
"Takemitsu"
Dj/Rupture
"In & Out Of Institutions"
Plug "Untitled"
Negativland
"An Actual Attack"
Hrvatski
"Toru Pup"
Mouse
On Mars "Superstar"
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Remixers
were asked to use Merzbow's AMLUX as an instrument in an original
composition. as a result we received over 25 brilliant exclusive
tracks from : Jack Dangers (meat beat manifesto), Kawabata
Makoto (acid mothers temple), Negativland, Nobukazu Takemura,Cornelius,
Luke Vibert, Dj Spooky, Mouse on Mars, E.A.R., Bola, Atom tm,
Dj Rupture, KK Null, Kim Cascone, John Wiese (bastard noise),
Freiband, Lasse Marhaug, Kim Hiorthoy, Custom Drummer, the Staalplaat
Soundsystem, Kurt Weisman (Feathers), Raub Roy, Nau-Zee-Aun
and Abstinence
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| Minazo
Volume 2 |
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Minazo Volume Two is Merzbow's
second full length tribute to the
recently departed Japanese elephant seal named
Minazo.
This vinyl only released is pressed on blue splatter vinyl
and yellow splatter vinyl (please
specify which you'd prefer) and housed in
a deluxe textured tip-on style heavy duty jacket.
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| Minazo
Volume One |
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minazo
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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.
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| Merzbuddha |
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What did you listen to last summer? Masami
Akita, otherwise know as Merzbow, spent most of his summer
listening to Horace Andy, Studio One, 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.
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| Merzbird |
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Merzbird is Merzbow's follow up to 2003's successful beat
oriented record Merzbeat. With the same reverence for crushing
analog beats and weaving noise textures and a compositional
complexity, Masami Akita brings Merzbeat and Merzbow into
the future, advancing concepts, with Merzbird.
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| Last
Of Analog Sessions |
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Merzbow
shirts available
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Last
of Analog Sessions is a 3 cd box set compiling Merzbow's last
3 albums recorded entirely on anlog equiptment. These albums
went unreleased until now, and mark a historic compositional
change in the world of Merzbow. Upon completion of these three
albums Masami Akita traded his analog equiptment for an Apple
laptop which he has been composing on ever since. This change
in equiptment marks a change in sound and a whole new period
for Merzbow. This box set marks the end of an era and the
beginning of another.
This
set is strictly limited edition and each one comes with an
embroidered Merzbow Last Of Analog Sessions patch
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