Merzbox
Merzbox | ||||
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Compilation album by Merzbow | ||||
Publication |
2001 |
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Label (s) | Extreme Records | |||
Format (s) |
CD, CD-R, book, poster, postcard, sticker, medallion |
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Title (number) |
223 |
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running time |
approx. 50 hours, 49:54:57 |
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Masami Akita, among others |
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Studio (s) |
diverse, 1979–1998 |
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The Merzbox is a collection of 50 albums published by Merzbow . In addition to the albums, the Merzbox also contains a book , a CD-ROM , a T-shirt , a poster , postcards , stickers and a medallion . The Merzbox was released in 2001.
The book contains a biography about Masami Akita , the musician behind Merzbow, written by Brett Woodward and other musicians inspired by Merzbow, such as Jim O'Rourke , Damion Romero , Achim Wollscheid and Eugene Thacker . The CD-ROM from the famous Melbourne Multimedia - designer Troy Innocent designed.
Track list
(Note: The track lists for CDs 5 and 6, as shown in the Merzbox, are reversed. The track list below is in the correct order.)
- 1979 - OM Electrique :
- OM Electrique Part 1 (31:17)
- OM Electrique Part 2 (7:55)
- Untitled Taped Drum Solo (8:59)
- Untitled Guitar Solo (10:25)
- 1980 - Metal Acoustic Music :
- Balance Of Neurosis (46:59)
- 1980 - Remblandt Assemblage :
- Remblandt Assemblage (9:44)
- Voice Of Scwitters (2:09)
- Theme Of Dadaist (9:39)
- Hans Arp (1:47)
- Tape Dada (5:52)
- Music Concret (2:34)
- Prepare Guitar Solo 1 (17:32)
- Prepare Guitar Solo 2 (3:59)
- 1981 - Collection Era Vol. 1 :
- Electric Environment (24:00)
- Untitled Material Action (23:57)
- Telecom manipulation (18:18)
- 1981 - Collection Era Vol. 2 :
- Untitled (5:17)
- Untitled (5:59)
- Untitled (10:35)
- Untitled (6:13)
- Untitled (4:53)
- Untitled (6:51)
- Untitled (3:14)
- Untitled (22:52)
- 1981 - Collection Era Vol. 3 :
- Merz Rock 1 (1:58)
- Merz Rock 2 (8:23)
- Merz Gamlan 1 (15:54)
- Merz Gamlan 2 (5:55)
- Merz Scat (11:29)
- Merztronics Jazz Mix (11:45 am )
- Merztronics Rhythm Mix (11:17)
- 1981 - Paradoxa Paradoxa :
- Paradoxa Paradoxa Pt.1 (46:14)
- Paradoxa Paradoxa Pt.2 (26:08)
- 1981 - Material Action for 2 Microphones :
- Hoochie Coochie Scratched Man (25:31)
- Yumin, Non Stop Disco (21:14)
- New Acoustic Music No.7 (23:58)
- 1982 - Yantra Material Action :
- Untitled (11:25)
- Untitled (2:52)
- Untitled (1:48)
- Untitled (4:37)
- Untitled (1:06)
- Untitled (8:40)
- Untitled (7:26)
- Untitled (4:35)
- 1982 - Solonoise :
- Solonoise Pt.1 (23:55)
- Solonoise Pt.2 (23:42)
- Solonoise Pt.3 (22:21)
- 1982 - Expanded Music :
- Manipulation 1 (17:37)
- Manipulation 2 (5:28)
- Manipulation 3 (6:36)
- Manipulation 4 (3:53)
- Manipulation 5 (2:51)
- Manipulation 6 (2:15)
- Manipulation 7 (1:57)
- Manipulation 8 (5:45)
- MFS W 1 (18:58)
- 1982 - Nil Vagina Tape Loops :
- Nil Vagina Tape Loop No.0 (14:08)
- Nil Vagina Tape Loop No.1 (30:19)
- Nil Vagina Tape Loop No.2 (28:28)
- 1983 - Material Action 2 (NAM) :
- Nil ad Mirari (22:47)
- Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity (18:12)
- 1983 - Mechanization Takes Command :
- Electric Pygmy Decollage (14:12)
- Machanization Takes Command (11:01)
- Peaches Red Indian (10:46)
- Sahara (5:44)
- Iggy (3:15)
- Suicidal Machine (14:17)
- Ai-Da-Ho (10:19)
- 1983 - Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2 :
- Denigration (10:07)
- Indifferent Pt.1 (6:20)
- Indifferent Pt.2 (8:01)
- Ooinon For Satva Karman (Sprashutavia) Decoup (21:46)
- Dharma Kamarage (22:17)
- 1983 - Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3 :
- Sukha, Chanda, Tanno, Kless (23:28)
- Genetic Erotic (you Wiro woman) (22:57)
- Rejet, Ictus, Connotation, Accompagnement, Penis Replacement, Stigma Indelible Etc. (23:14)
- 1984 - Agni Hotra :
- Agni Hotra (18:26)
- Asagaya In Rain (3:51)
- Swamp Metal (6:29)
- Loops In Flames (12:30)
- Arbertus Magnus (7:14)
- Kunyan (7:52)
- Untitled Waves (6:45)
- 1984 - Pornoise / 1kg Vol.1 :
- Industrial (3:32)
- Loop Fuck 1 (6:12)
- Loop Fuck 2 (5:39)
- Obituary 1 (5:15)
- Obituary 2 (7:12)
- Night Noise White (31:24)
- 1984 - Pornoise / 1kg Vol.2 :
- New Karhma (31:24)
- Dynamite Don Don Pt.1 (16:54)
- Dynamite Don Don Pt.2 (13:16)
- 1984 - Pornoise / 1kg Vol.3 :
- UFO vs British Army (30:46)
- Toy 69 (28:55)
- 1984 - Pornoise Extra :
- Flesh Radio 1 (4:49)
- Flesh Radio 2 (4:51)
- Dance Of Dharma-Kala (13:29)
- Psychotic Orange (0:42)
- Helga's Death Disco (5:34)
- Eros Pandra (8:28)
- Kirie (6:45)
- Domine (5:54)
- Chopin Is Dead (5:55)
- Risa Supersex (2:55)
- 1985 - Sadomasochismo / The Lampinak :
- Antimony Pt.1 (10:30)
- Antimony Pt.2 (13:05)
- Eyes Of Isonokami (11:40)
- The Lampinak - Sarpent Power (10:29)
- Carcass On The Floor (4:35)
- Village Of 8 Graves (4:30)
- 1986 - Mortegage / Batztoutai Extra :
- Anus Anvil Anxiety (Long Version) (14:40)
- Radio 1511 (24:01)
- Mortegage Inc. Batztoutai (23:21)
- 1987 - Enclosure / Libido Economy :
- Enclosure (17:27)
- Scarabe (5:33)
- Interline No.1-3 (18:10)
- Itch (5:39)
- Libido Economy No.1 (5:39)
- Libido Economy No.2 (5:32)
- 1987 - Vratya Southward :
- Electroacoustic Voyage (23:47)
- Electric Red Desart (18:19)
- Lightning (19:10)
- 1988 - Live In Khabarovsk, CCCP (I'm Proud By Rank Of The Workers) :
- Live At Trade Unions Place Of Culture Hall 23 March 1988 (29:21)
- Live At Soviet Army Officers House Hall March 24, 1988 (28:13)
- 1988 - Storage :
- War Storage Pt.1 (23:02)
- War Storage Pt.2 (23:48)
- War Storage Pt.3 (21:08)
- 1988 - Fission Dialogue :
- White Gamlan (16:27)
- Fission Dialogue (9:08)
- Inside Tangues In Tera-Aspic (32:11)
- 1988 - Collaborative :
- Joint (20:51)
- Code noise aggregates (20:12)
- Jointed (7:06)
- 1988 - Crocidura Dsi Nezumi :
- Mustela Erminea Nippon (23:00)
- Mustela Sixasa Namiyei (Including: The Revenge Of The Son Of Monster Magnet) (23:50)
- Strange Strings (16:16)
- 1989 - KIR transformation :
- KIR Transformation (40:40)
- 1989 - SCUM - Scissors for Cutting Merzbow | Scissors For Cutting Merzbow Vol.1 :
- Cockchola (12:54)
- Extract 1 (4:21)
- Extract 2 (5:48)
- Extract 3 (1:18)
- Extract 4 (5:59)
- Kinetic Environment (11:46)
- Yeah, But That Was Just Dyke Stuff Great Nude Variation No.2 (17:46)
- 1989 - SCUM - Scissors for Cutting Merzbow | Scissors For Cutting Merzbow Vol.2 :
- Music For Funk Arts No.1 (22:51)
- Music For Funk Arts No.2 (22:09)
- Great Nude Variation No.1 (12:05)
- Extract 5 (3:40)
- 1989 - SCUM - Severances :
- UP Steel CUM (16:24)
- Catabolism Variation Stereo No.1 (14:02)
- Deaf Forever / Wild Thing / Electric Shaver Forest / De-Soundtrack Variation No.1 / Rap The Khabarovsk (31:01)
- 1989 - SCUM - Steel Cum :
- Mona (2:51)
- Great Nude Variation No.3 (5:57)
- Duck Exercise (17:14)
- Blues In C Minor (24:23)
- Body (6:09)
- 1990 - Cloud Cock OO Grand :
- Brain Forest For Metal Acoustic Concret (23:57)
- Spinnozaamen (24:01)
- Autopussy Go No Go (7:40)
- Modular (15:12)
- Postfix (8:26)
- 1990 - Newark Hellfire - Live On WFMU , 1990 :
- Newark Hellfire (58:45)
- 1990 - Hannover Cloud
- Magnetic Void (20:35)
- Rocket Bomber (15:17)
- Untitled Cock (6:13)
- Autopussy Go No Go 2 (13:22)
- 1991 - Stacy Q, Hi Fi Sweet Leaf :
- Decomposed Cockoo (26:29)
- Stacy Q, Hi Fi Sweet Leaf (26:28)
- 1992 - Music For True Romance Vol.1 :
- True Romance Theme (3:52)
- Music Cave (2:27)
- She Floating - Preparation (15:43)
- She Mutilation - Main Ritual (15:17)
- Injured Imperial Soldiers Marching Song (22:29)
- 1993 - Brain Ticket Death :
- Metal Of Doom (6:36)
- Electric Peekaboo (3:45)
- Iron Caravan (5:33)
- Brain Ticket Death (34:01)
- 1993 - Sons Of Slash Noise Metal :
- In-A-Gadda-Veddah (16:53)
- Cross Toad (10:57)
- Slash Embryo (32:34):
- 1994 - Exotic Apple :
- Sunohara Youri Is Suzanna Erica (10:16)
- Moon Over The Bwana A (5:30)
- Apple Rock 1 (14:20)
- Apple Rock 2 (16:17)
- Apple Rock 3 (7:23)
- Apple Rock 4 (7:55)
- 1995 - Liquid City :
- Liquid City 17-1-95 (19:11)
- Dalitech Filters (21:09)
- Tiabguls (9:16)
- Cheese Car Commando (7:35)
- 1995 - Red Magnesia Pink :
- Minus Zero (5:57)
- Etic (4:08)
- Delta X (4:33)
- Tremelo Man (10:27)
- Euclid's Pimples (13:48)
- Chameleon Body (9:18)
- Little bang! (7:38)
- You - Train (5:27)
- 1995 - Marfan Syndrome :
- Marfan Syndrome For Blue (Remix) (7:07)
- Oldenbergs Soft Gun (18:39)
- Spider Nest Castle Pt.1 (12:26)
- Un Br Che (11:25)
- Yosef Voice (2:12)
- 1996 - Rhinogradentia :
- Rhinogradentia (14:52)
- Silver Scintillator (16:41)
- Narco (24:02)
- 1997 - Space Mix Traveling Band :
- Traveling 1997 (20:04)
- Floating Manhattan (14:06)
- Hong Kong Suite (24:52)
- 1997 - Motorond :
- Motorond Pt.2 (31:25)
- Motorond Pt.1 (27:53)
- 1997 - Annihiloscillator :
- Hair Gun (13:16)
- Kyoko Hamara Air Clyster (12:14)
- Black Brain Of Piranese (13:26)
- Soft Parts 1 & 2 (17:29)
- Wild Pair (3:50)
A limited edition of the Merzbox also contained:
- 1997 - Decomposition 001 (with Eugene Thacker):
- Decomposition 001 (43:53)
- Erotodatavirus 9.1.3 (15:20)
- 1997 - Decomposition 002 (with Shane Fahey):
- Decomposition 002-1 (20:14)
- Decomposition 002-2 (30:47)
- Water-drip-code (13:32)
Web links
- Official Merzbow website ( English / Japanese )
- Merzbox at Discogs.com ( English )