Fourteenth merzbox disk and the jazzy drums, television samples, steam engine sounds, pots and pans, and the rest of the enormous arrangement of goofy ahh sounds were back for the first part of the album, which got harsher and less goofy almost dropping completely said assortment of sounds the more it went on, cool contrast!!

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This is really great, wow. It's the longest Merzbow project yet at 67 minutes and it consists of a mix between the best ideas we've seen experimented with in Dying Mapa-esque instrumentation as well as some genuinely well-made and diverse noise which lives up to its fullest potential despite the typically poor recording quality. There are 7 tracks on here and they work really well as a cohesive whole as well as wonderfully as individual pieces. Electric Pygmy Decollage does an incredible job at ... read more

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MERZBOX DISC 14 / https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/chtc/album/233220-merzbox/
Yet another industrial Merz release but compared to something like Material Action 2 N.A.M., this is a more entertaining affair. What's that? Rhythm? Heresy! Mechanization Takes Command switches between these more noisier tracks and dance music (well, the Merzbow kind), both are cool in what they do.
Best of the early 80s output I heard so far.

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