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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Boris with Merzbow

Merzbow  is a Japanoise group under the direction of noise technician Masami Akita. The experimental nature of both Boris and Merzbow lends itself nicely to their collaborative efforts.

2002 Megatone - basically a remix/reimagining of Heavy Rocks





2004 04092001
 - this album is very interesting. it sounds ALOT like weather, as it changes and progresses from soft melodic wind to a thunder storm and back.




2005 Sun Baked Snow Cave
 - One long song that's just over an hour long characterized by progressive layers of riffs/noise/feedback. it's pretty sweet, and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))), KHANATE, and Burning Witch (among many other sweet bands) did the artwork.





2007 Walrus/Groon  - Walrus is a cover of The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" and Groon is a cover a King Crimson improvisational piece.





2007 Rock Dream
 -  another remix/reimagining album like megatone.

Disc I
   1. "Feedbacker" - 35:05 (Originally from Boris at Last: -Feedbacker-)
   2. "Blackout" - 05:19 (Originally from Pink)
   3. "Evil Stack" - 05:04 (Previously unreleased)
   4. "Rainbow" - 04:30 (Originally from Rainbow)

Disc II
   1. "Pink" - 04:14 (Originally from Pink)
   2. "Woman on the Screen" - 02:37 (Originally from Pink)
   3. "Nothing Special" - 02:14 (Originally from Pink)
   4. "Ibitsu" - 03:35 (Originally from Akuma no Uta)
   5. "A Bao A Qu" - 04:35 (Originally from The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked)
   6. "The Evilone Which Sobs" - 13:41 (Originally from Dronevil)
   7. "Flower Sun Rain" - 08:04 (PYG cover, later released on Smile)
   8. "Just Abandoned My-self" - 13:21 (Originally from Pink)
   9. "Farewell" - 08:11 (Originally from Pink)


and finally we have  one track called "Froggie Bee - Baa" which is actually a Boris remix/re-imagining of a Merzbow song from Frog: Remixed and Revisited. At first i wasn't sure whether or not to put it here or in the comps post, but i think it's more fitting here (i guess?).

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