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Patron saint or supreme master of noise. Masami
Akita deserves both titles. Highly influential artist - a status
that only the chosen ones can achieve - with a vast career and
extensive discography, he managed to successfully re-invent
himself during the last few years after being presented, experimenting
and finally embracing the digital age with its endless horizon
of possibilities.
Every new album of his new laptop era is a dive into fresh and
exciting ideas, with a growing taste for more complex, surprisingly
catchy structures and once unlikely rhythms, not abandoning
the intense walls of disturbing noise and occasional bursts
of sound from the beloved EMS synth. Controversial opinions
towards analog versus digital aside, the man is definately in
a new bloom of invigorating creativity and inspiration.
Becoming even more fascinated with this recent phase and knowing
his passion for the music created back in the late 60's and
early 70's, we were fortunate enough to present Mr. Akita with
some long lost mega obscure South American psychedelic and experimental
gems we consider criminally neglected until these days [read
more on Akita's influences on the profile
section]. The result was that he simply loved the material
and - not for our surprise! - we are now thrilled to announce
the release of Sha Mo 3000, another step forward
on MERZBOW's post-analog music!
From the epicenter of endless, mutating noise patterns on the
title track, emerges truly mesmerizing blocks of filtered pulses
and wisely manipulated piercing beat attacks collected from
the various sources and later fully deconstructed here. Amidst
ever-changing static bursts, amazing fuzzed out guitar riffs
and loops create dense trance-inducing barrages slowly moving
and enchanting the listener. The hypnotic "Dreaming
K-Dog", one the longest tracks on the disc, has to
be one of the most fantastic pieces MERZBOW ever created! Twenty
two minutes that seem to last for two. Unusual processed incursions
and layers upon layers of intriguing manipulations can also
be found on the shorter, straighter tunes, where we can even
hear a few samples of his pet animals. The sum of it all is
simply mind bending!
Intelligently enough, Sha Mo 3000 (title taken
from a Japanese gamecock called Shamo and Módulo
1000, an old Brazilian psychedelic rock band) is wisely
built around a superb sense of musicality that will certainly
bring closer those who still feel MERZBOW is about pure white
noise and mayhem. Everyone else will be happy to know that our
favorite noiseist is still commited with your aural assault,
drenched in jarring distortion and harshness.
We are pleased to offer the CD - the first ever MERZBOW album
released in the South American territory! - housed in a luxurious
custom mini-replica of a gatefold LP sleeve displaying
true psychedelic artwork by Masami Akita himself! Limited to
900 copies.
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