Merzbox

~ Release by Merzbow (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies. Packaged in a black leatherette case with a numbered metal tag.

The case contains 50 CDs, 2 CD-ROMs, 6 circular cards, 6 circular stickers, a poster, a long-sleeved t-shirt, a medallion, and a hardcover book. The CDs, cards, and stickers are packed in a CD binder. One CD-ROM is the Merzrom, with an interactive multimedia program by Troy Innocent, the other contains an Extreme catalog and press materials. The book is Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise by Brett Woodward and contains notes for all of the discs.

Preorders also received the release Decomposition and two additional posters. These were then made available with orders from Extreme for an additional fee.

Annotation last modified on 2017-09-06 22:22 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: OM Electrique
2CD: Metal Acoustic Music
3CD: Remblandt Assemblage
4CD: Collection Era, Volume 1
5CD: Collection Era, Volume 2
6CD: Collection Era, Volume 3
7CD: Paradoxa Paradoxa
8CD: Material Action for 2 Microphones
9CD: Yantra Material Action
10CD: Solonoise
11CD: Expanded Music
12CD: Nil Vagina Tape Loops
13CD: Material Action 2 N.A.M
#TitleRatingLength
1Nil ad Mirari
recording engineer and mixer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
engineer:
H. Kawagishi (engineer on some early Merzbow releases) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
electronic instruments [electro-acoustical noise], organ, percussion [junk percussion] and tape [tape collage]:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
other instruments [machine noise], synthesizer and violin:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
tape [tapes]:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10) and Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
recorded at and mixed at:
Junktion Music Works (studio on some early Merzbow releases) in Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
recording of:
Nil ad Mirari (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
22:47
2Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity
recording engineer and mixer:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
engineer:
H. Kawagishi (engineer on some early Merzbow releases) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
electronic instruments [electro-acoustical noise], organ, percussion [junk percussion] and tape [tape collage]:
Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
other instruments [machine noise], synthesizer and violin:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
tape [tapes]:
Kiyoshi Mizutani (Japanese noise / field recording artist) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10) and Masami Akita (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow) (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
recorded at and mixed at:
Junktion Music Works (studio on some early Merzbow releases) in Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
recording of:
Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity (from 1982-09 until 1982-10)
18:12
14CD: Mechanization Takes Command
15CD: Dying Mapa Tapes 1–2
16CD: Dying Mapa Tapes 2–3
17CD: Agni Hotra
18CD: Pornoise/1kg, Volume 1
19CD: Pornoise/1kg, Volume 2
20CD: Pornoise/1kg, Volume 3
21CD: Pornoise Extra
22CD: Sadomasochismo / The Lampinak
23CD: Mortegage / Batztoutai Extra
24CD: Enclosure / Libido Economy
25CD: Vratya Southward
26CD: Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP (I’m Proud by Rank of the Workers)
27CD: Storage
28CD: Fission Dialogue
29CD: Collaborative
30CD: Crocidura Dsi Nezumi
31CD: KIR Transformation
32CD: SCUM Vol. 1
33CD: SCUM Vol. 2
34CD: Severances
35CD: Steel CUM
36CD: Cloud Cock OO Grand
37CD: Newark Hellfire, Live on WFMU, 1990
38CD: Hannover Cloud
39CD: Stacy Q, Hi‐Fi Sweet Leaf
40CD: Music for True Romance, Volume 1
41CD: Brain Ticket Death
42CD: Sons of Slash Noise Metal
43CD: Exotic Apple
44CD: Liquid City
45CD: Red Magnesia Pink
46CD: Marfan Syndrome
47CD: Rhinogradentia
48CD: Space Mix Travelling Band
49CD: Motorond
50CD: Annihiloscillator