Collaborative

Thirtieth merzbox disk and it's a collaboration which is a first on this thing ((iirc)), as usual we've got a nice assortment of sounds of many kinds and some "instrumental" moments too, the second track was especially unsettling with the sounds almost blinking (or pulsating?) through the silence, overall every track had something interesting going on so pretty solid disk!!

A unique collaboration between Merzbow and a German noise artist by the name of S.B.O.T.H.I. Together, they create soundscapes reminiscent of sound collage era Merzbow, with erratic bits of junk noise interlaced with crackly silence that seem to evoke the same industrial atmosphere presented by previous releases but in a different way. The album is split into two sides, each with a 1-2 minute introduction and a single longform piece. The first of which is more minimal and reliant on the space ... read more