Merzbox

~ Release by Merzbow (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies. Packaged in a black leatherette case with a numbered metal tag.

The case contains 50 CDs, 2 CD-ROMs, 6 circular cards, 6 circular stickers, a poster, a long-sleeved t-shirt, a medallion, and a hardcover book. The CDs, cards, and stickers are packed in a CD binder. One CD-ROM is the Merzrom, with an interactive multimedia program by Troy Innocent, the other contains an Extreme catalog and press materials. The book is Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise by Brett Woodward and contains notes for all of the discs.

Preorders also received the release Decomposition and two additional posters. These were then made available with orders from Extreme for an additional fee.

Annotation last modified on 2017-09-06 22:22 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: OM Electrique
2▶CD: Metal Acoustic Music
3▶CD: Remblandt Assemblage
4▶CD: Collection Era, Volume 1
5▶CD: Collection Era, Volume 2
6▼CD: Collection Era, Volume 3
#TitleRatingLength
1[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder], tape [tape loops] and violin:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
guitar:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist) and Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
recording of:
Concrete Tape ph#1~ (in 1981)
composer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
5:18
2[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], guitar, percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder], tape [tape loops] and violin:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
recording of:
E8a1+006a1 (in 1981)
composer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
5:59
3[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], guitar, percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder], tape [tape loops] and violin:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
recording of:
Merzsolo 10/6.81 A1 (in 1981)
composer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
10:35
4[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], guitar, percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder], tape [tape loops] and violin:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
piano:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist)
recording of:
E8b2/Concrete Tape ph#1~ (in 1981)
composer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
6:14
5[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], guitar, percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder], tape [tape loops] and violin:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
recording of:
Sans Titre Merz1+Violin (in 1981)
composer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
4:53
6[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], guitar, percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder], tape [tape loops] and violin:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
recording of:
E6a3+Concrete Tape ph#1~ (in 1981)
composer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
6:51
7[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], guitar, percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder] and tape [tape loops]:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
violin:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist) and Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
recording of:
Merzsolo 10/6.81 A5+Violin (in 1981)
composer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
3:14
8[untitled]
bass guitar, drum machine [Dr. Rhythm], drums (drum set), effects [ring modulator], guitar, percussion, synthesizer, synthesizer [Synare 3], tabla, tape, tape [damaged tape recorder] and tape [tape loops]:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
violin:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist) and Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)
recording of:
Concret S1#1/E‐3, E‐4b (in 1982)
22:52
7▶CD: Paradoxa Paradoxa
8▶CD: Material Action for 2 Microphones
9▶CD: Yantra Material Action
10▶CD: Solonoise
11▶CD: Expanded Music
12▶CD: Nil Vagina Tape Loops
13▶CD: Material Action 2 N.A.M
14▶CD: Mechanization Takes Command
15▶CD: Dying Mapa Tapes 1–2
16▶CD: Dying Mapa Tapes 2–3
17▶CD: Agni Hotra
18▶CD: Pornoise/1kg, Volume 1
19▶CD: Pornoise/1kg, Volume 2
20▶CD: Pornoise/1kg, Volume 3
21▶CD: Pornoise Extra
22▶CD: Sadomasochismo / The Lampinak
23▶CD: Mortegage / Batztoutai Extra
24▶CD: Enclosure / Libido Economy
25▶CD: Vratya Southward
26▶CD: Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP (I’m Proud by Rank of the Workers)
27▶CD: Storage
28▶CD: Fission Dialogue
29▶CD: Collaborative
30▶CD: Crocidura Dsi Nezumi
31▶CD: KIR Transformation
32▶CD: SCUM Vol. 1
33▶CD: SCUM Vol. 2
34▶CD: Severances
35▶CD: Steel CUM
36▶CD: Cloud Cock OO Grand
37▶CD: Newark Hellfire, Live on WFMU, 1990
38▶CD: Hannover Cloud
39▶CD: Stacy Q, Hi‐Fi Sweet Leaf
40▶CD: Music for True Romance, Volume 1
41▶CD: Brain Ticket Death
42▶CD: Sons of Slash Noise Metal
43▶CD: Exotic Apple
44▶CD: Liquid City
45▶CD: Red Magnesia Pink
46▶CD: Marfan Syndrome
47▶CD: Rhinogradentia
48▶CD: Space Mix Travelling Band
49▶CD: Motorond
50▶CD: Annihiloscillator

Credits

Release

mastering:François Tétaz (Australian film composer)