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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Flare Gun, 1994

Great 12" from Merzbow, Track #3 was recorded live at "Sound as Weapon", SHOWBOAT, Tokyo, July 5 1994.


A1
Flare Gun (Part 1)
A2
Flare Gun (Part 2)
B
Flare Gun (Part 3)
This is the holy grail of all Merzbow releases. With more analog feedback than a Steve Albini record and more tape loops than some hilarious joke about tape loops (sounding more like electronics than random junk this time), this could very well define the genre of harsh noise. And the B side is arguably the greatest thing Merzbow has ever recorded: This defines "walls of noise": chaotic, feedback laden madness with a truly spectacular vocal performance by Bara (of Venereology fame!). If you have even a remote interest in noise, track down this beast.
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