Added: Apr 12, 2008
From: ZetronK
Duration: 9:5
That's the begin of the track. Record: 1930 Track: 2 of 5 Label: Tzadik Released: 1998 Genre: Electronic Style: Noise, Experimental Credits: Artwork By [Design] - Ikue Mori Composed By, Performer - Masami Akita Executive Producer - John Zorn Executive Producer [Associate] - Kazunori Sugiyama Photography [Cover] - Masami Akita Photography [Merzbow] - Don Lewiss Notes: Recorded and mixed at ZSF Produkt, Tokyo. Final mix on December 24, 1997. 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 choice reflects his fondness for junk art (through Schwitters' collage method) and his fascination with ritualized eroticism, namely in the form of fetishism and bondage. All these elements constitute the Merzbow persona. Review allmusic.com : 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 oscillations, infinitely layered static, frequencies from pitch to buzz -- an explosion could get lost in this, and many do. It is the sounds of tuning in the radio, only to catch the low-end frequencies of an earthquake. Music has long explored -- and exploited -- its ties to emotions; the genre of noise, it seems, has moved on to exploring sound's physical effects. Merzbow, the leader of Japanese noise, has learned how to use sound to operate on your brain; he utilizes indiscernible frequencies to poke pinholes in your eardrums and bleed out your preconceived notions of sound, music, and how they can affect you. This listening experience is not simply a result of sheer volume (Merzbow is generally listened to very loudly): Even while turned down low, the sounds all combine into an irresistible force that messes with your physical being. It will scramble your brain, until consciousness barely registers anything but sound. [Note: This is, however, a somewhat temporary effect.]
Channel: Music
Tags: 1930 merzbow music noise
Rating: 4.09 (43 ratings) Views: 11744' favoriteCount='59 Comments: 25
monoRhesus Says:
Nov 3, 2008 - holy fucking flying shit... amazing. i like his older stuff better than the new stuff. but heÂīs still a monster.
Audhumla Says:
Nov 3, 2008 - this is terrible there is no talent in making this as proof i tried to make music like this and sold out a show and when it was tim to do it i just spat on the audience and left and i still get my money fuck bitches get paiddd
greenwhigs Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - This is the kind of stuff that sets my soul free
HalfWalrus Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - pure garbage
Zanrook Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - Go back to /mu/ you pathetic little sack of shit.
7tcnil Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - AWESOME
Marek126 Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - It's a music for open anus dude :|
HalfWalrus Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - i've taken dumps that sounded better than this shit
gnarrwhale Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - i like this.
Zanrook Says:
Nov 5, 2008 - You're not funny nor witty.
Skaarlaw Says:
Nov 6, 2008 - I sound like a hippie here, but this is free-flowing music, he writes most of his music for animal rights activism (to my knowledge) and this is his way of expressing art. It's not as dull as "regular" music e.g. indie rock etc.., it has a more dynamic style and it takes a skilled ear to be able to appreciate the work that Merzbow is. The general public don't have a strong enough opinion or taste in anything to be able to enjoy something as great as this.
wes549 Says:
Nov 7, 2008 - WHAT? THE? FUCK? it makes absolutely no sense to me how any1 could like this noise.....just saying :P
Milkchan7 Says:
Nov 7, 2008 - Isn't this the guy who has a pet chicken named Clucky?
goreprosthetics Says:
Nov 9, 2008 - yah, we get that alot. you should try deathpile or folkstorm too. or any act from the victoria, bc area.
goreprosthetics Says:
Nov 9, 2008 - no. it's called noise.
Dimitrius212 Says:
Nov 9, 2008 - That's what I was thinking.
PenguinDood Says:
Nov 9, 2008 - My old computer makes sounds similar to this when i turn it on. My computer = musical? Holy shit.
ChimichangaCongo Says:
Nov 9, 2008 - Noise is not that incredible. Some people enjoy it, some don't. That's all. This is coming from a fan.
Hydrashok1337 Says:
Nov 9, 2008 - Same here, mines the pinicle of innovation of the early 90's. It sounds like this, but with more dial up modem sounds.
Skaarlaw Says:
Nov 10, 2008 - nintendo music is now "cool" it was a MUST in the 90s!!
baelberith Says:
Nov 12, 2008 - It starts by being overwhelmed by the wall of sound as a fascination, then this fascination turns into liking. This process takes a while, but is very interesting. Then again, you shouldn't listen a crappy youtube compression if you want to enjoy it to the max. Maximum quality yields maximum results, imo.
ShotToSunshine Says:
Nov 12, 2008 - Most of this song is pretty awful.
spamtron Says:
Nov 12, 2008 - i can see how influenced kid 606 and lesser, right?
spamtron Says:
Nov 12, 2008 - er, i mean.. he did influence kid 606 and lesser and early tigerbeat6 stuff, right?
Kartofflesalad Says:
Oct 30, 2008 - I love it! Its soothing...