Merzbow

Merzbow
Born: Jan 1, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan
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Genre: Avant-Garde
Styles: Dark Ambient, Noise, Avant-Garde, Experimental
Biography: There is no need to argue: Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise music. The favorite moniker of Japanese Masami Akita appears on hundreds of albums. The name comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' famous work "Merzbau," which he also called "The Cathedral of Erotic Misery." Akita's ...Read full biography
1930
Released: 1998
Label: TZADIK
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There's a wider variety of unexpected sounds than those normally heard in a Merzbow listening session in this sonic inundation. Unguessed-at dimensions are accessed through 1930 via sensory overload of ...Read full review
Tauromachine
Released: 1998
Label: Relapse
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