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This Thursday (oct 28) Merzbow (japan) Crawdaddy

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  • 26-10-2010 3:32am
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    u:mack
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭


    u:mack present


    Merzbow (Japan)
    accompanied on drums by
    Balazs Pandi

    Thursday October 28
    Crawdaddy

    Doors 7.30
    Tickets €14 From City Discs, Sound Cellar & Online at www.tickets.ie/umack

    Japanese noise god Merzbow makes his Irish debut with a one off performance in Dublin's Crawdaddy on thursday october 28. For this show, he will be accompanied by Hungarian drummer Balazs Pandi, who has previously worked with Flying Lotus, Venetian Snares & Justin Broadrick.

    MERZBOW

    Merzbow is Masami Akita, the noise god from Tokyo, Japan. Starting 1979, he has released numerous albums and formed two record labels. The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitter's artwork, Merzbau. This was decided upon to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk-art aesthetic. In addition to this, Akita has cited a wide range of influences from various progressive rock musicians such as Frank Zappa and King Crimson over to Japanese bondage. In 2000, Extreme Records released the 50 CD boxset known as the Merzbox.
    Since 2004 he has been a supporter of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) which has influenced a number of animal-themed releases as well as Akita becoming vegan. As well as being a profilic artist, he has also written a number of books and has been the editor of several magazines in Japan. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde and post-modern culture.

    So far Masami Akita produced over 200 releases since 1980, and Merzbow has to be regarded as one of the "most important artist in noise".

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    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭Ghost Rider


    Did anyone go to this?


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    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Yeah, it was a bit ****. I've seen Merzbow before, he played with Keiji Haino in Geneva and they were superb but the guy he played with the other night was a poor pairing. Generic double bass beats, one dimensional Merzbow noise and complete disinterest from both of them. Lasted around an hour and to be honest I felt really disappointed from about 5 minutes into it. They took turns going solo during the set and the Merzbow-only bit was grand but by no means his best.

    If you want to experience this as it should be, get Akita's drumming album and any other harsh noise album by him and play both at the same time, I can guarantee you that aside from the volume, it would be a million times better than the gig.


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    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭Ghost Rider


    Shame. Good review, though.
    John wrote: »
    Yeah, it was a bit ****. I've seen Merzbow before, he played with Keiji Haino in Geneva and they were superb but the guy he played with the other night was a poor pairing. Generic double bass beats, one dimensional Merzbow noise and complete disinterest from both of them. Lasted around an hour and to be honest I felt really disappointed from about 5 minutes into it. They took turns going solo during the set and the Merzbow-only bit was grand but by no means his best.

    If you want to experience this as it should be, get Akita's drumming album and any other harsh noise album by him and play both at the same time, I can guarantee you that aside from the volume, it would be a million times better than the gig.


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