"Merzbow (メルツバウ) is an extreme experimental music project created in Tokyo, Japan in 1979 under the direction of musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美) and is recognized as being one of the earliest projects in what has become known as the 'Japanese noise scene'. Highly prolific, Merzbow has released over 300 CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1979."AMG: "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. Akita was born in Tokyo in 1956. He grew up with psychedelic rock and began to play the guitar in progressive rock cover bands, in particular with drummer Kiyoshi Mizutani, who would remain a frequent collaborator. After high school, Akita studied literature and visual arts in college. There he discovered free jazz and studied seriously the ideas of Dada and the surrealists (Salvador Dali remained a big influence). Akita gradually withdrew himself from the rock scene and began experimenting in his basement with broken tape recorders and feedback."
Metamorphism was limited to 1000 copies with the first 500 being packaged in a heavy duty marble box. Metamorphism is a powerfully emotional, violently painful, and strangely ambient work. Fused from deep and loud pulses, Merzbow proceeds to wrap all sorts of whistling and buzzing, some abstract guitar strumming and chaotic sheets of static and ear-splitting metallic scrapes over the carefully constructed rhythm. 3/5
Myspace: www.myspace.com/merzbow
Download: http://www.badongo.com/file/7670485
Sounds like... Masonna, Goverment Alpha
Tags: Noise, Experimental
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