Editions Mego – EMEGO 025
Living, livid legends Masami 'Merzbow' Akita and Lasse Marhaug have been
trading blows since the mid-90s: significant releases have included the
split single 'First Rock' in 2001, and a number of live collaborations,
usually featuring other artists - such as Jim O'Rourke and Hair
Stylistics. Mer Mar is their first recording together as a duo, made at
GOK Sound Studios in Tokyo in 2010. An action painting of
pedal-manipulated scrap metal screeching and analogue synthesis,
referencing classic 80s Merzbow works like Material Action, Mer Mar is
no easy listen but then, who wants that when you could be having your
brain crushed in a vice and all the air sucked out of your lungs? An
essential purchase for all serious noise masochists.
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