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Merzbow video special!
 

offline Co-existence from Bergen (Norway) on 2003-10-02 05:11 [#00886771]
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Oh Lord, it's a Merzbow Video Special!


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-10-02 05:16 [#00886775]
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excellent!!!


 

offline Co-existence from Bergen (Norway) on 2003-10-02 05:17 [#00886778]
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Looks like a very nice site too! :) Enjoy!


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-02 05:39 [#00886790]
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wicked!!
thanks a lot :D


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-03 01:50 [#00887689]
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i watched'em and enjoyed them a lot
:)


 

offline Erronous from Netherlands, The on 2003-10-03 01:56 [#00887693]
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morton the merzbow fan... i always wondered why you didn't
like smojphace


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-03 02:08 [#00887697]
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i wrote about that in different smojphace threads :)
there's a whole lotta difference in the ktpa's and merzbow's
stuff imo,

merzbow's noise is just so full and deep, it sucks you in,
it consists of different layers, and in a way it even has a
calming effect on me, sorta in the same way as ambient
(strange maybe, but true).
to me the kpta's were flat, one layered tracks which were
like cheap, annoying efforts to copy akita's stuff,
imo of course :D

don't get me wrong, i'm a huge rdj fan, but he must accept
that he can't be the master in every electronic genre :P


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-10-03 02:29 [#00887708]
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his best video, by far, is the one for the song that goes
"ScreeeeeeeeeeeeBzzzzzzzGHGHGHGgggghhgGHGHGHBOOOOOOOooozzzz
zzzzzzzzvvVVVVVV!"

that one rules.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-03 02:31 [#00887709]
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wow, he makes songs? :O


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-03 02:32 [#00887711]
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btw that's one of my favs too yeah


 

offline Erronous from Netherlands, The on 2003-10-03 03:15 [#00887731]
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funny you mention this. The fact he doesn't make 'songs',
but 'noise', people deserve some attention when they truely
love this. I always compare it with nature sounds, which i
love, like thunders, the sea and a waterfall... Those are
great noises. so assume when you like merzbows sound there's
probably some calming effect in it.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-03 03:29 [#00887741]
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i should've also added that i find merzbow's stuff so
powerfull and that there's so much energy in it, sorta like
the thunder you mentioned :)


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-03 04:00 [#00887767]
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thanks for the link, this is the first Merzbow i've listened
too and I really like it, could you reccomend what Merzbow
cd to start with? He has 100's of cd's, it's impossible for
someone new to his music to know what to buy.

He has good taste too, nice Apple Powerbook :)


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-03 04:05 [#00887770]
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maybe start with 'a taste of merzbow' or 'pulse demon' ..
i dunno, start somewhere.. there's just too much :\


 

offline isnieZot from pooptown (Belgium) on 2003-10-03 10:02 [#00888093]
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I can't imagen why you would want to go to a merzbow "live"
show. hahah how boring. people just stand there and listen
to his grained farts. I honestly don't get this noise
"music". I think akita laughes at you guys for
buying/downloading his albums.
but of course this is only my oppinion and my oppinion means
shit. :D


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-10-03 10:25 [#00888124]
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i didnt like much smojphace either, but i would in no way
compare it to merzbow. im sure rdj didnt want to do anything
alike merzbow and that is why it sounds different...im
pretty sure if he wanted to do a decent noise release he
could have done it as i've heard him play some cool noise,
so he definitely know how to do that. smojphace was just
something totaly diferent.imo.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-10-03 10:30 [#00888132]
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i never saw merzbow live-i very much want to tho!

but i saw russell haswell live, which is very similar stuff
to merzbow and i was totaly enjoying it, with many other
people, and there were like 5 other artists playing in other
rooms, so if it was that shit, all the people would leave to
other rooms...infact just before haswell came on there was
some japanese artist playing and it was decent stuff (not
noise), but when he finished it got really crowded, so i
guess some people enjoy noise...and you'd be surprised how
good it sound on big speakers and it actually makes you
move...there were also some poeple dancing to it and they
seemed to really enjoy that and it didnt looked a bit weird,
so go and check one of this artsits if you get a chance, you
might be surprised :)


 

offline isnieZot from pooptown (Belgium) on 2003-10-03 10:30 [#00888133]
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I do like Tim Hecker though.
he used noise in a nice and good way


 

offline Aphexisatwin from your mom's room (United States) on 2003-10-03 10:32 [#00888135]
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gotta love Noise :) EXPECIALLY mezrbow (Masani Akita ROX)
::metal sign:: :P


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-10-03 10:32 [#00888136]
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yeah, tim hecker is brilliant...i enjoyed him better than
haswell, but it is different music :)


 

offline phew var from Roma (Italy) on 2003-10-05 16:40 [#00890469]
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Can you tell me what program he was using at that live @
Münster?


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-10-05 16:43 [#00890475]
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so what is it like 40 videos for 500 dollars or something?


 

offline purlieu from Leeds (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-05 17:20 [#00890536]
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Pantalaimon: Start with either 24 Hours: A Day of Seals or
1930. I'd go with 24 hours, only it's a four disc set, so
may be a little overwhelming.


 

offline MrTenzin from The Concrete Jungle (United States) on 2003-10-05 18:22 [#00890604]
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thanks for link, i am dling now



 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-05 21:42 [#00890781]
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yeah, very cool...thanks for the link....

Picked up a Merbow remix CD the other day...great Autechre
remix on there & the ever wonderful Panasonic...

oh yeah, a local Arts Centre had a Merzbow 24hr CD concert;
playing everything from that Box set...pity I missed it; but
fuck knows what mental effect that amount of him would
be....



 

offline Co-existence from Bergen (Norway) on 2003-10-06 01:19 [#00890908]
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I've seen Merzbow live thrice, and I'ts a lot like stepping
into a cathedral, or a moving glacier, or something equally
powerfull, it's a transforming experience, maybe a bit like
birth really :)....And I totally agree with what your saying
about Merzbow's calming effect, Morton!

I very rarely listen to Merzbow at home, because I feel that
my sound system isn't up to it. So I actually prefer
noise-music live.


 

offline Co-existence from Bergen (Norway) on 2003-10-06 01:26 [#00890913]
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I've even met the guy, back when I worked for the Student
Radio in Bergen. I was supposed to do an interview, but the
language-barrier was kind of difficult to overcome. But I
can assure you he's definitely not jerking us off doing his
stuff. While his wife - who was also present at this
interview and much more skilled at speaking english - also
care for more conventional music, Masami is a purist for the
noise!


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-06 01:29 [#00890917]
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how cool, i'd love to meet him.
i envy you dude, also for seeing him live :P


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-10-06 01:38 [#00890923]
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Watched all 3 videos. I can listen to his noise for a few
minutes, after that it gets boring and sounds all the same
to me.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-10-06 01:50 [#00890927]
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i'll tell you, noise is damn fun to perform live.

especially after a few drinks.


 

offline Co-existence from Bergen (Norway) on 2003-10-06 01:56 [#00890935]
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Well he's bound to play The Neterlands sooner or later.
Meanwhile, I've found another cool link to more
Merzbow downloads! :)


 

offline Erronous from Netherlands, The on 2003-10-06 02:02 [#00890946]
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last evening i forced myself to download some merzbow. And
really, to me it sounded just like the coded dido-files from
kazaa which only had some scratchy IEEE-AA-UUUU noise. i
really tried to find some differences between the 'songs',
but another frequency aside it was all the same and got
boring really quickly. i really respect people who can enjoy
this. I always imagine you should be really drunk..hah

I found a waterfall-sample which i looooove now.


 

offline theo himself from +- on 2003-10-06 03:42 [#00891037]
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those videos are fucking hilarious


 

offline phew var from Roma (Italy) on 2003-10-06 08:55 [#00891369]
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i'm not able to download "satanstornade" live mp3...help me
please!!!


 

offline phew var from Roma (Italy) on 2003-10-06 09:46 [#00891432]
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done.


 


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