Merzbow 1930 Part 1

[Mum2Boys]

I can't wait for the Pony Music Video of this.

[skyler8082012]

can someone please tell me what the compilation this was also on. it had a grey cover, thanks

[ParticalEMotion]

This track is fucking incredible with good speakers/headphones.

[pumpybeanis]

wow i'm so cool and different because i listen to ear-piercing screeches instead of music

[corporateGH0ST]

@pumpybeanis lolololololol.

Wow I'm so cool, 'cause I don't listen to ear-piercing screeches.

[maxabeles]

@pumpybeanis you must feel pretty bad about yourself, huh

[pumpybeanis]

@maxabeles i feel pretty bad when i listen to this ear splitting garbage, i feel pretty good that i listen to actual music though. later fagnuts.......................­............

[maxabeles]

@pumpybeanis Ever stopped to think that the vast majority of people that listen to this kind of music also listen to, gulp, classical, rap, rock and all the other staples of melodic invention? Since I'm feeling generous, this can swaddle your poor ear drums. watch?v=MRs5ctCBQRI

[pumpybeanis]

@maxabeles why listen to that when i could be listening to the copy protection screech from an old mp3 i got from napster? or i could scratch some forks and knives on a plate, or run a car with a bad timing belt? hey i'm feeling generous too. listen to this while you're drifting off to sleep watch?v=EE-q2xFqa1U

[maxabeles]

@pumpybeanis you actually listen to that shit? haha your slower than I thought. Did you actually listen to the link i posted?

[pumpybeanis]

@maxabeles yes i listen to toilet farts and piss instead of music

[NihilismFrontward]

@pumpybeanis Nuh-uh! You're a fagnut! :P

[MrHerpderpington]

the intro makes me think of giant gay robots having anal sex

[maxabeles]

@MrHerpderpington that means your a cyber-fag. seek help

[Saraxdiamond]

Do you have the opening track for this album?

[mehdinadif]

@Saraxdiamond i do actually:) will upload the two short tracks soon

[Opeth15cool]

Lol, was introducing some music to my gf. Put this on and said that people actually listen to this (making fun of it kind of). Next thing I know she is gesturing me over to the bed. Go over, we make out, I asked if the song made her horny and she said yes. Ended up fingering her and then having sex on the floor.. (song ended before sex started though) It was pretty weird.

[NihilismFrontward]

@Opeth15cool she must like intense stuff, I guess

weird :I

[JamesManes]

This song is so 1960 Multics. 

[JamesManes]

Merzbow is so fuck music theory.

[c0mLAG]

I thought I had heart burn, turns out I had Merzbow. -.-

[DerpderpYEAH]

Drug users prefer post-rock, Pretentious wannabe hipsters prefer noise.

[maxabeles]

@DerpderpYEAH and people that make sweeping absolute statements represent a lower species of man.

[D4GG312]

im just LICKING MY eLBOW !@

[TheRedRaccoonDog]

THE PAIN! IT HURTS SOOOOOO MUCH.

[UniweriaZekt]

Choon! Love it!

[Solaheartnet13]

lol ponies led me to this xD and this is good in a way xD

[ToServeArmadillo]

@Solaheartnet13

...how?

Seriously, how did ponies lead into Power Electronics?

[Solaheartnet13]

@ToServeArmadillo well i was watching a creppy version og fluttershy's lullaby and someone posted a link on one of the comments followed it, and it led me here....and that is how the birds and the bees work my dear :D

[istybitsyanimegirl1]

@Solaheartnet13 I came here from the same video, too , my friend.

[Solaheartnet13]

@istybitsyanimegirl1 i am glad i am not the only one!!! xD lol

[SackToucher]

On the contrary, I had no idea this was what I'd find. I'm not pleased with this shit.

[maxabeles]

THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE WORLD IN TURMOIL. IF YOU CAN"T TAKE THE HEAT, GET YOUR ASS OUT THE KITCHEN.

[Nyanginex]

Am I the only one watching this video who actually enjoys noise music? Seriously, it seems like everyone comes here only to hate.

[AntiJonasZone]

hEy guYz Im onLiI 12 BuT i lIStN tO meRzBOW cUZ iN o wOT rEeL MusiC iS xDD

PS. Fuk u justin beBER Xd

[NKingTotoro]

Merzbeautiful.

[brightnewshoes]

To be honest, I'm a fan; and this is one of the most hard hitting track he's done, cracker!

[mnhypercam]

how can u guys dont like this, this is a masterpiece, seriously

[AQWorldjojocom1]

This is the noises that makes 2 transformers fucking each other :)

[EluLawlielt]

this music is just...fucked up. I guess to each his own, but. Just listen to Mulk, you'll forget about this crap.

[blackbook668]

The intro of this is, simply put, a noise classic.

[Thrash0Jazz0Assassin]

dubstep can suck merzbow's dick

[camoflux]

this is what they had before dubstep

[squezey1]

@camoflux Most dubstep sucks, It hasn't even been around less than the 2000's seriously even when it was underground. All electronic music so far has come before dubstep. I have no clue why it's so popular when there is so much better electronic music out there like it's close relative drum and bass which has been around much longer and is 100 times better. Dubstep is pretty fun live but gets old fast.

[bucketfel]

If there are any Merzbow fans out there, there is a Merzbow forum out there to talk. merzbow(dot)proboards(dot)com

[badgerofdoomable]

I don't like listening to merzbow but one you have you can't go back, DAMN YOU MERZBOW!

[Iamcola65]

REPENT TO YOUR LOCAL CHURCH TODAY FOR BEING EXPOSED TO THIS ABOMINATION OF GOD JAPANEESE SATANIST.

FIRST PEARL HARBOR, NOW THE BRUTAL, UNTHINKABLE CONTANIMATION OF YOUNG MINDS OF THIS. I HONESTLY NEVER BELIVED THAT NOT EVEN THE MOST GOD-HATING HEATHEN WOULD EVER THINK OF SOMETHING AS THIS..... BUT NOW MY EYES HAVE BEEN OPEN. WE MUST FIGHT AGAINST THIS SICKNESS! REPENT NOW AND THUMB UP THIS POST IF YOU AGREE AND DETEST SATAN AND EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR, FOUND IN THIS HELLISH "MUSIC"!

[blkbeltmage]

@Iamcola65

AMEN BROTHER, THE JAPANESE HAVE FOR TOO LONG DESTROYED OUR YOUTH, LOOK AT OBAMA HE'S TRYING TO MAKE AMERICA SOCIALIST, JUST LIKE JAPAN. THAT ISN'T AMERICAN, THIS ISN'T AMERICAN, AND THE FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD BE DISGUSTED.

THUMBS UP AND TELL ME HOW YOU AGREE

[matthewlwry]

@blkbeltmage down voted for being a fucking moron

[maxabeles]

@Iamcola65 haha good job u made his music exponentially more appealing

[boogster123321]

now ive heard quite a bit a of avant garde stuff; zorn, cage, braxton, you name it. this just knocked me off my ass

[maxabeles]

@boogster123321 nice!

[ptc5010]

I like this, but I think the noisier parts seem almost like a musical cop-out. Just my opinion.

[maxabeles]

@ptc5010 good criticism, I happen to agree even though i enjoy this dude's output alot.Something in between this and Shostakovich is the Next Wave and I'm heading it...

[TheKarma12346]

what

[marracotube]

I can't understand. It's like hearing a car's alarm.... worse.

[thedarkangelloverock]

I'm extremely diverse and open-minded when it comes to music but this is so... Random it hurts. I mean... It hurts when i listen to Gazette's Ogre or Headache but this makes me bleed! T_T

[IElrekkaI]

@thedarkangelloverock Thats like a third of the point.

[blackbook668]

@thedarkangelloverock but doesn't the randomness bring a sense of chaotic excitement. Repetitive rhythms along a single tempo are rather a boring thing to me. For something to go slow then fast is a good thing. I quite like the noises as well. The best thing on this album is the half second of pure noise signal on the Blocks of White light track, somewhere in the 20th minute.

[maxabeles]

@blackbook668 that makes no sense, this track has pretty strict meter throughout.

[Sashamet]

i dont undertand this music and i thought Sun o)) was fucking crazy

[harut93]

im a very open minded person when it comes to music..i love em all...but someone needs to explain to me HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO ENJOY THIS SHIT?!!? lol

[mehdinadif]

@harut93 just like all inaccesible music, you just gotta give it a chance. i mean, the first 5 times i listened to merzbow, i thought it was pretty damn weird myself. but, as i listened more and more to the music, i discovered that you should not try and find any kind of organised orchestration, if that makes sense. rather, just let the wall of sound wash through your system, it really is worth it when you start liking it:)

[harut93]

@mehdinadif sorry atari sound effects dont do it for me. not that im looking for organized orchestration

[mishmoshable]

@mehdinadif Yeah. I appreciate the process of how this kind of music is produced. To make this guys sounds isn't as easy as putting a guitar through effects.

[anabellik]

@harut93 In fact, Merzbow's music is pretty well organized. Sounds he is using as a material for his creations are "unorthodox", as we are used to music being "made of" violins, pianos and electric guitars, not hiss, hum or electronic signals, but once you get used to sounds that are usually associated with something unpleasant, you start to appreciate elaborate constructions. Also, to fully understand noise, you should go to live performance and feel with your whole body how noise surrounds you

[blackbook668]

@harut93 Enjoy by liking noise. By liking washing waves of static white hiss, fluctuating lines of pure thin screech, bulldozing blocks of loop, crunchy snap of deep bass.

[astramistil1]

@harut93 By having knowledge in sound physics :: That kind of ''music'' is applicated physics (soundwave---noise (white, pink, red, brown etc)

There is a ''rythmic aspect too''; cyclic etc

Its to ''feel'', connect with laws in the world around you:: not to fulfill your direct emotion (like lyrics in song) or to pleased your ear (tonal system, 4/4 etc)

I would say its 'intellectual' music rather than emotionnal; so you have to adapt your listening approach; the beauty is in the maths!

[maxabeles]

@astramistil1 i have to disagree. It is both, for the mind and also physical. Nothing worth while is purely mental or purely physical its all mixed together.

[mrdisco]

@harut93 Many people find noise meditative. It can calm or activate certain emotions and/or thoughts depending on the frequencies and your current internal state. It provides an interesting opportunity to, like in meditation, observe yourself think and feel. Or it's just awful shit that's worse than going to the dentist. :)

[maxabeles]

@harut93 walk around in circles, bare your teeth, and roll your eyes back into your skull. Works for me!

[321fight]

I find it amazing that people are being so negative about this. Surely you searched for Merzbow? Surely you knew what you were in for when opening a Merzbow video? I can't see how you caould accidently open this video thinking it would be the fucking Beatles or something.

[STDxDyselxicLube]

@321fight

Maybe you were having a Skype conversation with someone and he posted the link claiming that the video was good comedy, and it turned out to be this.

[murraymach3]

@321fight

The video got recommended to me by youtube. I like electronic music of all sorts, even the more abstract stuff like Aphex Twin, so I thought this would be right up my street- but I utterly detest it and the entire Noise scene. The whole 'embrace how awful it is/enjoy the lack of orchestration' comments ironically demonstrate how terrible this thing is.

[murraymach3]

@321fight

Also I bet you £5 that I could go out right now, get my friend's keyboard, guitar, a copy of some music software, then go and make up any fucking noise I wanted using household utensils and the aforementioned instruments, record the result, alter it beyond all recognition, add in some TV static and you wouldn't know the difference between that and Merzbow, or any of the other 'artists' you choose to idolise so much. It's noise. It requires no talent to make whatsoever.

[homosexualpanic]

@murraymach3

Please do my dear. Post it up on Youtube and i'll gladly listen. I might even buy your record.

[homosexualpanic]

@murraymach3

I do commend you for being open minded and at least trying out this video. I must say it's quite a leap from Aphex Twin, which is pretty accessible really. I would try the likes of Pan Sonic, Alva Noto and the Raster Noton label as a better introduction to quality 'noise' music, although I hate the term noise too. The above music has roots in techno, punk, metal, hardcore and all sorts of genres. 'Noise' is just a lazy categorization.

[murraymach3]

@homosexualpanic

Thanks for the reasoned response. I'll check them out soon, you have my word, and then I'll possibly get back to you here.

[murraymach3]

@seagbb

Aye but you're gay.

[murraymach3]

@seagbb

At least I have a sexier accent than you.

[maxabeles]

@murraymach3 people that berate other's creative output are really struggling, lame footed "individuals" that sorely belong to the herd as much as they scream to be known otherwise.

[mewtwo711]

@321fight Curiosity, caused through TvTropes. Followed by much confusion.

[coophomie]

@321fight no, i did not know what i was going into. thats why i searched it

[xxMassMurderer1235xx]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. i don't understand how people like Xome and Merzbow take themselves seriously. this shit is ridiculous.

[samuelgperry]

@xxMassMurderer1235xx they probably don't, really. gotta have an image, though

[xxMassMurderer1235xx]

@samuelgperry Xome's been doing this since 1989 and releases "music" constantly. they take this seriously. if they didn't I don't think they'd show their faces and shit.

[6nixus]

Why is Meat Loaf in similar videos?

[EternalSoul175]

@PharaohNick Oh? And in what ways isn't it music? Although I'm sure you listened to it for about 10 seconds and came to that conclusion.

[waltermh111]

@EternalSoul175 I confirm, and i went a minute in, then skipped to different sections to make sure, its definitely not music.

Its chaos and fingers on a chalkboard.

I didnt think anything could be worse than rap, but then this comes along.

[EternalSoul175]

@waltermh111 So rap isn't music either... whatever, man. Your opinion is your opinion, as is your definition of music, which I'm curious to know. But to listen to the many, many textures and sounds this composition has, that other noise music has... it's a fascinating experience and trip for your mind. I love it.

And I like all forms of music, across many genres, except classical. I've tried getting into it; not too inspiring.

[waltermh111]

@EternalSoul175 For rap, i meant in terms of quality, not the debate over whether its music or not, but yeah, I dont think its music. Everytime i am forced to listen to it at work i wonder where the music is at.

Definition of music is something thats not this video or rap. Simple enough. I wont play semantics here as its my opinion after all.

But your taling about tripping, maybe you should get off the drugs and see if you still enjoy it.

This stuff gives people a headache for a reason.

[EternalSoul175]

@waltermh111 Fair enough, but no, I wasn't talking about tripping off drugs... I wasn't talking about tripping on anything at all. I don't take any sort of drugs. That's just how I enjoy noise; take in all and listen to all the different sounds and textures that layer themselves upon each other, because, you know, these "songs" are composed and meticulously edited when put together.

At a reasonable volume, I don't get headaches at all. And this goes for listening to all sound, doesn't it?

[DonBello]

BONER

[JeSuisNerd]

Oh God my ears... My ears are bleeding...

[mouldeck]

we had a song a little like that with my band, with distorted vocals in the background, last time we rehearsed it my dad heard us from the next room and though we broke all amps at first, and when he realized nothing was out of order, he called us nutcases! haha

[Menegoth]

Too much noise.

[JohnF30Music]

wtf is this? Am i the only sane person left in the world? thumbs down.

[Harnaschmacher]

@JohnF30Music

It's okay that you dislike this, but calling people who like it "insane" is a bit unwarranted. People like different things; I personally love the noise genre and hate the R&B genre. You seem to be quite the opposite, and that's alright. So please, step off of your high horse, learn the elementary concept of "preferences," and kindly fuck off :D

[waltermh111]

@Harnaschmacher You proved his point with your last line.

And this music will turn you insane.

[teglaalatt]

Like a printer...

[artman40]

I hummed that tune on the street. People looked at me like I was some kind of weirdo.

[ShaggyBox1]

I thought my headphones where dieing. . .

[BobBurnnquist]

you gotta love Merzbow, porn directing, peace loving vegan that he is.[2]

[simonx49]

@BobBurnnquist this isn't last.fm please don't bring that shit here

[ReiciWolf]

BrAAn brAAn braAAn.

[skindancer01]

The sound of today's society, intense, paranoid, discordant you gotta love Merzbow, porn directing, peace loving vegan that he is.

[Sorcererno]

lol this is actually pretty good

[HammarHeart]

i dont know WHAT the fuck is going on with this song... but i like it.

[Moloch6666]

I just cant turn it off, how can this be :O

When you find the rythem , its actually awesome.

[0mfg57fu]

I really dont get it.

But I cant stop listening to it.

[BLaZERaMPaGE]

wtf? wtf is the point of this. i mean just put a radio in the shower and run the water full blast on the radio and itll probably sound like this.

man u could make anything and there will be some people out there who love it.

[ronnysoeberg]

@BLaZERaMPaGE That's sort of the point to the creative process. If you make something YOU like, others will most likely like it. If your goal is to make something others will like, you'll make trash of no artistic value what so ever (hip hop, r&b and other MTV crap)

[donotseemecricket]

@BLaZERaMPaGE i think Luigi Russolo said it best in 1913 in his manifesto The Art of Noise.

Copied from wiki "He notes that while early music tried to create sweet and pure sounds, it progressively grew more and more complex, with musicians seeking to create new and more dissonant chords. This, he says, comes ever closer to the "noise-sound."

[donotseemecricket]

@BLaZERaMPaGE "Russolo compares the evolution of music to the multiplication of machinery, pointing out that our once desolate sound environment has become increasingly filled with the noise of machines, encouraging musicians to create a more "complicated polyphony" in order to provoke emotion and stir our sensibilities. He notes that music has been developing towards a more complicated polyphony by seeking greater variety in timbres and tone colors."

[waltermh111]

@donotseemecricket And yet most machines dont even sound like this and are getting quieter with time.

Quieter fans, energy producers with more things run on battery and renewables, etc...

So it sure wont involve into this if hes right.

[donotseemecricket]

@BLaZERaMPaGE that being said, i feel it is only natural that people will come to aquire a taste for noisy machinelike harsh sounds, and those that don't evolve musically as quickly as others will be slower to adapt to it and instead of seeing it as music, will fail to understand it.

music is sound fool. it's just a matter of how it's arranged.

this is the music of the future! Merzbow is way ahead of his time.

[waltermh111]

@donotseemecricket You just made no sense.

It isnt even logical.

[NickUmm]

Damn, imagine the mastering you have to do making noise tracks. That would be a tedious job.

[HyRSiWOLF]

Beginning is so melodic. Almost sounds like drums being used., Maybe they are; I wouldn't know, haha. But I love the beginning anyway.

[Wrath6909]

OH SHIT MY EARS ARE BLEEDING.. AWESOME

[Wrath6909]

Wholly shit.. this is fucking awesome. I feel hypnotized.

[HyRSiWOLF]

That beginning sounds like FL Slayer plugin for FL Studio. Wait, wat?

[savethempennies]

LOL

[DougJokester]

wow, what a load of shit

[Zacsta]

I love how the ad that came up at the bottom was "Test drive a Hyundai today!"

[PunchyMcJudy]

WILL YOU TURN THE NOISE DOWN!!!? I'M TRYING TO LISTEN TO MERZBOW!!

[xPikaWolfx]

Wow, awesome. I'm trying to make noise music atm... harder than it seems at first :x

[PoYrRg]

@xPikaWolfx I'd start by using a music notation software. Saving it as a wav. using microsoft recorder to make it really fast and reverbing it so much it becomes almost staticky. maybe mix it with another track or two, and then save that. convert to mp3.

[xPikaWolfx]

@PoYrRg I've been using Audacity and some plugins.

[vaguelyhumanoid]

@xPikaWolfx

I use a Kaoss pad, drums run through effects, vocals, and household items.

[donotseemecricket]

@xPikaWolfx you should invest in old analogue equipment, or any kind of old sound producing machine that you can electrically amplify. guitar amps work nicely for things like that. a gristleizer is also a great noise tool.

[GeddonSteve]

Played this to my class in school, scared the fuck out of them.

[Deloreansyk]

@GeddonSteve I like you.

[AugZF]

wan milyan swounds!!!

[Melissamurderrr]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Opeth15cool]

UM WHAT LOL? Is this seriously a song? I can appreciate almost any type of music but this almost instantly gave me a headache. I cannot stand this sound, I don't know how you guys can.

[amishrobots]

@Opeth15cool because we have evolved further, your music just bores us. griauledotbandcampdotcom

[vaguelyhumanoid]

@Opeth15cool

I love the varied textures and pulsating rhythm, plus the sheer cathartic volume and great production quality.

Why do you like Opeth?

[KurdtKobain09]

sounds like my old washing machine :)

[mehdinadif]

@KurdtKobain09 I'd kill to get my hands on that washing machine ; )

[distortedgrind]

@KurdtKobain09 Can I buy youre washing mashine??? I hope for a positive Answer!!! oO

[HIxAlchemist]

niiiiice

[TheVengefulTortoise]

Good GAWD, I love this song!!! It's like an eargasm gone horribly, horribly wrong... yet horribly, horribly right... ;)

[legionBM]

@TheVengefulTortoise right

[Robusto103]

good old merz...... such an insane fucker...... xD

[TheVengefulTortoise]

Insane, indeed... man, oh man I wish I had the Merzbox lol ;)

Seriously, though, this was the track which got me into noise :D

If you play it at ambient levels, it becomes almost... soothing xD

Love it!

[acinemajunkie]

music for sadomasochists ;)

thx for uploading

[mehdinadif]

haha, true, but if you wanna listed to some of the really harsh ones, go for flare gun, gave me tinnitus for 3 days:P but all worth it

[Listigovers]

@mehdinadif I fell asleep after listening to Venereology and had the weirdest nightmares. I mirror your sentiment, worth it.

[legionBM]

@acinemajunkie Xtreme music 4 Xtreme people ;)

[McDynamicEntry]

@legionBM err no.