Merzbow
Solonoise 1 & 2 (2cd)
Re-release for the first time ever on (double) CD of two legendary, historical Merzbow tapes, documenting the first Japanoise era! Special guest on 'Solonoise 1': Kiyoshi Mizutani. This albums offers pure "analog noise" with varied timbre and string, keyboard, percussion. Inspired by Dada and Kurt Schwitters from which he took "Merz" for his project name, this might be considered a New-Dada experiment. These early tracks are not the overwhelming electronic noise that dominates the late 1980s and 1990s work, but contain all the analog bluster that their work employs - with electronics, strings, keyboards, pipe (?), loops and snare drums. True, authentic, early sounds in the history of Japanese noise of the 20th century. All sounds remasterd by Masami Akita in 2021 for CD re-edition.