Merzbow (メルツバウ) is an experimental music project created in Tokyo in 1979 under the direction of musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美). Since 1979, Akita has formed two record labels and has contributed releases to numerous independent record labels. As well as being a prolific artist, he has also written a number of books and has been the editor of several magazines in Japan. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde music and post-modern culture.
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Merzbow
Merzbow (メルツバウ) is an experimental music project created in Tokyo in 1979 under the direction of musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美). Since 1979, Akita has formed two record labels and has contributed releases to numerous independent record labels. As well as being a prolific artist, he has also written a number of books and has been the editor of several magazines in Japan. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde music and post-modern culture.
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This track was started before the war in Ukraine, with its first ideas and sounds created in a completely different reality. It remained unfinished for some time and was eventually completed during the war.
It incorporates field recordings of industrial noise, processed and integrated into the composition as part of its texture and atmosphere.
The circumstances inevitably changed the way the material felt and the way the track was finished. What began as a sonic experiment became a document of two very different periods of life, connected in one piece.more
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