It is fair for a person to say this is not music because you can only put value on something that relates to you. Personally, I've been a fan for over 13 years. It's like telling a fly that a certain book is worth reading and will change his life. It may be of value to one person but not another.
I'm really intrigued why people listen to this. Either they might think it's just cool, because they pretend to like something which others think is just shocking and noise. Or they are in some way automasochistic.
Really, why do people listen to this?
Oh, and i do like some more extremer music, like breakcore, which i can appreciate in some circumstances. But this really is only a flow of noizy sounds.
@sjaartrol I'll tell you what man, look up "john cage on silence" and "stockhausen on sound" which are two instances of contemporary classical composers talking about sound in general, and while you're at it look up "people who do noise" which is a documentary on the portland oregon noise scene. These three things really helped to form how I see music and sound in general especially of course the first two videos.
I was choking on sound. I am epileptic, and thought I was about to sieze up LOL. Hot shit 4 real, the true neo-classical music if i must put an elitist twist on it. LOL
@TheTundraTerror but the funny thing is that there IS melody and rhythm in ANY sound. So it is (if u people could fucking stretch their neurons a little) traditional musical elements in his work, if not somewhat buried ha.
@maxabeles There is even structure in almost all his of releases but it usually changes so rapidly it seems random. Now that I think about it there is no sound that is truly random. No matter what sound you make, it has its own individual sound that can't be replicated through any other way except that EXACT conditions in which you made it, it has structure and progression even if that sound lasts for less than a second. Now the "no melody or rhythm in noise" argument seems even more dumb.
@Lrrrrrrrr How can you even say that when you apparently like edIT that has roots in glitch music which has it roots in pure distortion of sound (aka noise) through the use of scratched and beat up CD's like for example the classic glitch artist Oval which then took the noise produced cut it up and organized it into a noisy but always rhythmic structure. That's just being a total hypocrite.
@squezey1 You have to separate playable music to noise-effects. According to me this is NOT music but rather effects. edIT use those effects in their music while this is just sounds with lots of effects. There are plenty of musicians who use this kind of noise-sounds in their songs, but this is just effects. He even go away from the mixingtable and computer and just let the effects go crazy on eatchother. I get the "It's how the music FEELS" but I think it should be "It's how the effects FEELS"
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"!
@Iamcola65 Hi, i dont beliebe in god, but anyways i love satan, the fucking concept of satan is nice. He has no need to be adored ( being omnipotent), nor forces to abstain from natural things, which himself created.
You people who say this is noise not music really need to grow up and stop commenting on youtube and pick up a book .Educate yourselves for god sakes . This man is a legend . Look up aesthetics in a philosophy book . You Consume whatever they feed you.They(advertising companies) Tell you what to say ,how to say it what to wear and yes what to like .Therefore it could be concluded you don't exist . Not to be negative . You may not like it .Oh poor you.Thats your life.Hitting the like button.READ
@rydubz7 Agreed. Read some art history (especially postmodern art and avant-garde culture), and especially read about the Dada movement. Read about anti-art movement. Noise is some form of anti-art in terms of context and intention but anti-art --eventhough how much ironic it may sound-- is art. Art has no boundaries, so as music. It's only limited with imagination, so stop quoting definitions of art and music from Webster, ffs. ._.
@TTunczz I Agree .Im very aware about Dada .Exept for that part were you say I was quouting webster as a definition for art .That comment was a sane mind ending with melting into a (but a I have to throw out a irrational insult at the end of the comment just to be "youtube proper") mentality .I personally dont like or dislike anything and believe all is art. Your comment seems a bit anti intellectual .At least at the end . Peace Blubber Pot and Ice cream .
@rydubz7 Well, the last sentence wasn't actually directed at you, it was directed to those who couldn't perceive this as art, or music. And my point about quoting Webster (I actually saw someone do this in a discussion before, heheh) is that it's not a good way to learn and define art by looking at a dictionary. You can only learn about the word and it's origin and linguistics of the word, not the context of the word 'art' by looking it up at a dictionary. It's my opinion, anyway.
@TTunczz This may be the first time this has been written on you tube . I Agree . I feel its important to not come to closure on ANY issue .To not label . Its the best defense mechanism from people like those in the media trying to tell you what reality is . When it gets to the arts this becomes even more so .Peace ,Blubber,Sex,Pot , Icecream , LSD,nuts , Bottle openers for president 2012 . Boy this is a sick exerpt Mr.Merzbow is playing . I wish More IDM fans would check him out . Tweedles .
@rydubz7 Just to make a specific recommendation, 'Noise/Music' by Paul Hegarty is a good read. I used it as a major source for a lot of my Uni work, most of which involved Merzbow (and 'Noise' more generally). Great read, excellent book.
@Lichenecrostoso I could consider this as an abstract art. A unique form of art, but I really don't think this should be classified as music. Maybe I just don't understand it.
I would consider 1:14 music. It has a beat. A lot if this just seems like noise to me. I'm not trying to be mean, but I just really can't consider this to be music. A lot if it would be good for a horror movie or game, bun just as scary, ambient noise.
@Clerks0 WTF man, you don't even know me, why do you have to be offensive?? I just said what I think about Merzbow..if you don't like him, just don't watch his videos on youtube, nobody forces you!! Keep on listening to more conventional music, nobody gives a shit about your music tastes. And anyway, there are always a lot of people at the Merzbow's gigs, so probably the world is full of retarded people like me!! who cares..
@clerks0 if you don't want to call it music call it in another way, but it surely is art, you idiot. If you can't appreciate it, it's your problem. Try to open your mind and don't call me faggot again.
pero que mierda es esta ,,,,,=? malditos locos siempre inventando algo para ser cool y ellos mismo no se creen la mierda que hacen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! una mierda jamas sera musica !
The song at 2:00 comes out in a video on toxic[]junction .com where it says 'most disturbing video ever' haha! Now I know where that creepy tune came from.. (by the way, the video displays a girl who's anorexic) i think Merzbow comes along fine with that video.. must watch! haha it's hypnotizing.
I'm really sorry for the people who can't understand this kind of music...you should try to open your mind a little bit...music, as every other kind of arts, must be explored in depth...I think Merzbow is an amazing artist
okay check it. if you dont think merzbow is music than you are simply narrow-minded, and you are to constricted by your own sense of what is what. you are the types that dont see the music in everything, like footsteps or driving mixed with weather and nature.. lets think of ti this way, every moment in life could have a song that is a soundtrack.. do you think radio rap or pop punk is gonna be at every moment... your so blind to what art can be... go listen to what your told hahaha
Also, lol'd at the guy shouting "louder". Merz inspired me to start making noise tracks and I still do it now. It's actually a really good way to vent creativity. Merz can do it better though, because he has an epic setup, and I have audacity and a few plugins. :3
@xPikaWolfx you dont need an epic setup. i have a pretty minimalistic setup, and i dont mean to pat myself on the back, but i can make some damn good noise with the few pedals i have.
you can find some cheap pedals, and a small practice amp on ebay. hook it all up to a tape player, or a microphone, just anything that will output sound, and make some killer tracks.
@iamthegirlfriend I like to use either software or have a massive ass setup. makes it feel more "involved". Like I'm making the noise, and not like I've just plugged it in and left it..
@HyRSiWOLF I know what you mean. Im the same way, but with a minimal setup. I use a guitar as my sound source, and only three pedals. I pretty much beat the hell out of my guitar for 15 minutes when i play live. So my stuff is far from just turning on my gear and standing back. When im done playing im sweating, and breathing heavily, and usually have a headache for the rest of the night from beating myself up.
@Daedali1 Isn't all of this stuff all improvised? Then I would think the reason people go to see the guy is that they are fans of his work and would like to hear some new stuff, really really loud.
@19Mikael92 He doesn't perform any differently to big electro acts like Justice, aside from the stage set. The only difference is you can't really dance to this.
@19Mikael92 Just because he isn't jumping around or shaking his ass doesn't meat its boring. Did Bach need to jump around? No. People can enjoy it for the music. I can understand if this isn't your taste in music but for those of us that like noise this is a wonderful set.
@theoriginalemoninja and what do you think give you the right to define what music is and what not? there are people who say metal is not musc. there are people who say hip hop is not music. there might be people who say jazz is not music. and in the end theyre all pointless idiots because they don't know shit. and you are not any better.
@Metalwurst666 What gives me the right? The definition of music gives me the right. If he wants to make a bunch of noise, package it, and sell it as his heart and soul that's fine with me, but it's not music and shouldn't be labeled as such.
It's Merz-baow. I know because the japanese spelling of it, and all japanese is written phonetically so there can only be a certain way to pronounce it.
Whether or not you enjoy this doesn't make it music, mainly because it contains no musical elements.
I know that it's possible to classify something as music or "not music" based on whether or not you enjoy it, but that's usually because it was music in the first place lolol
The only reason I can think of as to why people consider this to be music is because there are CDs of it.
NEWS FLASH, GUYS!! A combination of different noises =/= music!
You're right. That's why we have men who are alive and well that study music and HAVE been studying it for years.
Without structure and certain elements, all music is just "noise".
I think people are getting the wrong impression that, because I am implying this is not music, I am therefore saying this isn't enjoyable to anyone and is just merely garbage.
I honestly don't care for this stuff, but I never said it sucked. I just don't believe it's music.
I was going to ask you to define "music", but I see that you have sort of said it can't be done, and you compare it to defining "art" (I think...tell me if I'm wrong). I went to an exhibition the other night where a woman had taken a dead fox, put it on a table and covered it in salt. In that context (that of an art gallery) it is art, just as...
...this (in context, thought considering the means by which it was created it is impossible to take it out of context) is music. The point is that what makes something art or music is purely the will for it to be so.
"art is anything you can get away with" -andy warhol. Considering music is a form of art, this is music, because Merzbow, and music concrete musicians have been doing it since the 50's. You do not make the standards of what is and isn't music
It is actually music. It contains elements that deffine music, even though they aren't commonly used. Cacaphony, dissonance, feedback. You seem to only not want to classify it as music because you're afraid of it. You continue to lack the information to convince me and the others that this isn't music.
it took me a long time to understand free jazz, Coleman and Coltrane, and ealry 70s Beefheart, and electronica (and guys who like this who could be just checking their email) - but when you do "get it" it opens you up to new experience. There's no rationalization for those things we love. I still can't eat much seafood, seafood lovers pity me! IT's an acquired taste!
Pretty weak. Not very entertaining watching a guy sit behind his laptop(s).
It was so much cooler when he used to actually generate noise by banging shit together, used guitar pedals, and played weird instruments that he created.
Some of the aesthetics are lost, but the same processes of creation are going on inside his head, behind the scenes. He's just using less spectacular tools.
@methengine banging washer basins has its place, but i disagree that art is lost, at least not in musical terms. entertainment value, definately lost... his banging and messing with wierd tools created a sense of immediacy. But like, Autechre just press buttons and tweak knobs in the dark, and its amazing; if i got a chance to see Merzbow, I'd be content to just absorb the sounds.
It appeals to you in a way which other music doesn't in your brain doesn't follow standard appeciative valuing of pitch, rhythm etc, it's purely textural and almost takes on a physicality in which the relationship between you and the music is absolute. That's as best as I can put it. It's like the belly rumble you get feeling the sub-bass thuds in a club, purified.
I think this MUSIC is as dynamic as his FACE while performing. I love a very noisy song 'soup' on CANs ege bamjasi LP on 72. Very feedbacking rough sound, but with more emotional energy and Damo Suzuki shouting. Was that the beginning of Japanoise?
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someone needs to kill this guy so i can stop arguing with people over whether or not this is music. THIS IS NOT FUCKING MUSIC!! THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE
someone needs to kill THIS guy so he can stop arguing with people over whether or not this is music. THIS IS FUCKING MUSIC!! THIS IS ABSOLUTE AWESOME!
He who doesnt know how to listen to music, can not feel music.
Therefore he cant understand.
The man who creates order through chaos, does something great in my opinion.
Now music creates emotions right?
This person can create you emotions through manipulated noise.
If you dont like it, its okay, go and listen what record companies serve you in a can, for years.
ShadowDreadblade 1 week ago
@fattyJNL Well what ever the fuck....I'll never understand this NOISE. Better? :p
Joezena12 4 weeks ago
My nigga, I came from listening to Waka Flocka to this.
Some dope ass shit.
JoyceJennings 1 month ago 3
I will never understand noisecore....
Joezena12 1 month ago
@Joezena12 It's not a core.
fattyJNL 1 month ago
It is fair for a person to say this is not music because you can only put value on something that relates to you. Personally, I've been a fan for over 13 years. It's like telling a fly that a certain book is worth reading and will change his life. It may be of value to one person but not another.
weeeeeter 1 month ago
Mesmerising , this man IS god.
buddyboy68 2 months ago
i can hear the fukin noise & i like it
MaschinenZeit 4 months ago
I'm really intrigued why people listen to this. Either they might think it's just cool, because they pretend to like something which others think is just shocking and noise. Or they are in some way automasochistic.
Really, why do people listen to this?
Oh, and i do like some more extremer music, like breakcore, which i can appreciate in some circumstances. But this really is only a flow of noizy sounds.
sjaartrol 5 months ago
@sjaartrol Because not everything you listen to has to be music...
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@sjaartrol I'll tell you what man, look up "john cage on silence" and "stockhausen on sound" which are two instances of contemporary classical composers talking about sound in general, and while you're at it look up "people who do noise" which is a documentary on the portland oregon noise scene. These three things really helped to form how I see music and sound in general especially of course the first two videos.
itsmedude1020 4 months ago
@sjaartrol simple: pretension.
FecklessCretin 3 months ago
you can see in his eyes that this guy has a lot of issues...
connibonni 5 months ago
This is so awesome no i'm kidding this sucks please die
Lrrrrrrrr 5 months ago
I was choking on sound. I am epileptic, and thought I was about to sieze up LOL. Hot shit 4 real, the true neo-classical music if i must put an elitist twist on it. LOL
maxabeles 5 months ago
Most people don't get it.
It's all in the texture. It's how the music FEELS.
TheTundraTerror 5 months ago
@TheTundraTerror but the funny thing is that there IS melody and rhythm in ANY sound. So it is (if u people could fucking stretch their neurons a little) traditional musical elements in his work, if not somewhat buried ha.
maxabeles 5 months ago
@maxabeles and by u people i mean everyone that thinks this Isn't music. Get over your self.
maxabeles 5 months ago
@maxabeles There is even structure in almost all his of releases but it usually changes so rapidly it seems random. Now that I think about it there is no sound that is truly random. No matter what sound you make, it has its own individual sound that can't be replicated through any other way except that EXACT conditions in which you made it, it has structure and progression even if that sound lasts for less than a second. Now the "no melody or rhythm in noise" argument seems even more dumb.
squezey1 5 months ago
@TheTundraTerror hahahaha!!! made me lol so bad! THEY DONT GET US! hahaha crybaby
Lrrrrrrrr 5 months ago
@Lrrrrrrrr English, motherfucker! Do you speak it?!
TheTundraTerror 5 months ago
@TheTundraTerror Yes, and be glad that English is an international language so you don't have to learn more then one language
Lrrrrrrrr 5 months ago
@Lrrrrrrrr How can you even say that when you apparently like edIT that has roots in glitch music which has it roots in pure distortion of sound (aka noise) through the use of scratched and beat up CD's like for example the classic glitch artist Oval which then took the noise produced cut it up and organized it into a noisy but always rhythmic structure. That's just being a total hypocrite.
squezey1 5 months ago
@squezey1 You have to separate playable music to noise-effects. According to me this is NOT music but rather effects. edIT use those effects in their music while this is just sounds with lots of effects. There are plenty of musicians who use this kind of noise-sounds in their songs, but this is just effects. He even go away from the mixingtable and computer and just let the effects go crazy on eatchother. I get the "It's how the music FEELS" but I think it should be "It's how the effects FEELS"
Lrrrrrrrr 5 months ago
thumbs up if u saw this genius at issue project room last year!
maxabeles 6 months ago
@maxabeles Whats it feel like live? I turned my stereo speakers up to max in my room and listened to his stuff and was overwhelmed.
squezey1 5 months ago
Haters gonna hate.
spyerok 6 months ago
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"!
Iamcola65 6 months ago
@Iamcola65 Hi, i dont beliebe in god, but anyways i love satan, the fucking concept of satan is nice. He has no need to be adored ( being omnipotent), nor forces to abstain from natural things, which himself created.
AKORDEONMUTANTE7 6 months ago
@AKORDEONMUTANTE7 THIS IS THE KIND OF MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR THIS JAP GIVES PEOPLE. LOOK AT HIM, HIS SPEECH IS ALMOST IN A ROBOTIC SHAPE, AND
Iamcola65 6 months ago
@Iamcola65 Tell us moar.
AKORDEONMUTANTE7 6 months ago
@AKORDEONMUTANTE7 no
Iamcola65 6 months ago
@AKORDEONMUTANTE7 you cannot believe in satan and not believe in go you silly
lumukanda 5 months ago
@lumukanda Of course i can, it's called CHAOS.
AKORDEONMUTANTE7 5 months ago
Fuck the haters.
mancubus22 6 months ago 8
pretentious hipster garabe.
glhauck 7 months ago
he looks like some guy from the matrix with his glasses on
drewcox010101 7 months ago
high energy show
alexanderalexanders 7 months ago
The public is sssssssoooooooooooooo excited
StormyHardcore 8 months ago
Laptop noise? What a poser! He should be up there banging pots and pans, playing an out of tune guitar and scraping nails on a chalk board.
ihaveautubeaccount 8 months ago
Seeing him live must be something else.
iheartyerfckngMakup 8 months ago
Wow. They probably payed like 70 bucks to see some dude fuck around on a laptop
sonicfanatic4949 8 months ago
You people who say this is noise not music really need to grow up and stop commenting on youtube and pick up a book .Educate yourselves for god sakes . This man is a legend . Look up aesthetics in a philosophy book . You Consume whatever they feed you.They(advertising companies) Tell you what to say ,how to say it what to wear and yes what to like .Therefore it could be concluded you don't exist . Not to be negative . You may not like it .Oh poor you.Thats your life.Hitting the like button.READ
rydubz7 8 months ago 25
@rydubz7 Agreed. Read some art history (especially postmodern art and avant-garde culture), and especially read about the Dada movement. Read about anti-art movement. Noise is some form of anti-art in terms of context and intention but anti-art --eventhough how much ironic it may sound-- is art. Art has no boundaries, so as music. It's only limited with imagination, so stop quoting definitions of art and music from Webster, ffs. ._.
TTunczz 7 months ago
@TTunczz I Agree .Im very aware about Dada .Exept for that part were you say I was quouting webster as a definition for art .That comment was a sane mind ending with melting into a (but a I have to throw out a irrational insult at the end of the comment just to be "youtube proper") mentality .I personally dont like or dislike anything and believe all is art. Your comment seems a bit anti intellectual .At least at the end . Peace Blubber Pot and Ice cream .
rydubz7 7 months ago
@rydubz7 Well, the last sentence wasn't actually directed at you, it was directed to those who couldn't perceive this as art, or music. And my point about quoting Webster (I actually saw someone do this in a discussion before, heheh) is that it's not a good way to learn and define art by looking at a dictionary. You can only learn about the word and it's origin and linguistics of the word, not the context of the word 'art' by looking it up at a dictionary. It's my opinion, anyway.
TTunczz 7 months ago
@TTunczz This may be the first time this has been written on you tube . I Agree . I feel its important to not come to closure on ANY issue .To not label . Its the best defense mechanism from people like those in the media trying to tell you what reality is . When it gets to the arts this becomes even more so .Peace ,Blubber,Sex,Pot , Icecream , LSD,nuts , Bottle openers for president 2012 . Boy this is a sick exerpt Mr.Merzbow is playing . I wish More IDM fans would check him out . Tweedles .
rydubz7 7 months ago
@rydubz7 must be fun to be as pretentious as you. You do realise you sound like a total cliche, right?
FecklessCretin 3 months ago
@rydubz7 Just to make a specific recommendation, 'Noise/Music' by Paul Hegarty is a good read. I used it as a major source for a lot of my Uni work, most of which involved Merzbow (and 'Noise' more generally). Great read, excellent book.
mediocrefunkybeat 3 months ago
@rydubz7 Its noise by definition isnt it? Embrace that.
hojima 3 months ago
@rydubz7 I was blind once, but now i can see.
Icecool3r 3 months ago
@rydubz7 But...this isn't music...it IS noise...the genre is called "Noise"...?
KurdtKobain09 3 months ago
@rydubz7 ...What if YOU'RE the one being conned and manipulated?
benjaminthefox 1 week ago
@rydubz7 Luciano Berio is a legend for example, not this shit, sorry
tossturn 2 days ago
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People who say you should open your mind to this music are just pretentious dick heads, this is pure shit not music.
ZombieKristian 9 months ago
sick live performance sitting down haha..if someone could explain how im supposed to enjoy this shit i will gladly listen...
harut93 9 months ago
@harut93 I want to know too, is a little bit hard to understand this kind of music. Maybe you need to consume drugs or something, who knows?.
Richter12 7 months ago
not proper working live-act...
the music is quite ok..
i hoped to hear some good beat matches between the track's with some great mixing parts...
Kronkelvorm 9 months ago
he's using a mac, hat pretty much explains everything
akuhenshin 10 months ago
It's certainly art. but i prefer stuff that, ya know, has rhythm,
MisterKiyoshi 10 months ago
@MisterKiyoshi try it again at about 1:20, theres a rhythm
maqster 9 months ago
@Lichenecrostoso I could consider this as an abstract art. A unique form of art, but I really don't think this should be classified as music. Maybe I just don't understand it.
grmmripper 10 months ago
I would consider 1:14 music. It has a beat. A lot if this just seems like noise to me. I'm not trying to be mean, but I just really can't consider this to be music. A lot if it would be good for a horror movie or game, bun just as scary, ambient noise.
grmmripper 10 months ago
masonna>
deengew 10 months ago
This is complete shit..rather listen to soulja boy...fuck.
FuzzyHatchet 10 months ago
@Clerks0 WTF man, you don't even know me, why do you have to be offensive?? I just said what I think about Merzbow..if you don't like him, just don't watch his videos on youtube, nobody forces you!! Keep on listening to more conventional music, nobody gives a shit about your music tastes. And anyway, there are always a lot of people at the Merzbow's gigs, so probably the world is full of retarded people like me!! who cares..
Lichenecrostoso 10 months ago
@Lichenecrostoso I'm sorry :(
Clerks0 10 months ago
It's sad that noise is the most hated form of music out there, but then again it is anti-art.
TissueRejection 10 months ago
@clerks0 if you don't want to call it music call it in another way, but it surely is art, you idiot. If you can't appreciate it, it's your problem. Try to open your mind and don't call me faggot again.
Lichenecrostoso 10 months ago
@Lichenecrostoso This is complete shit, you just don't understand "art" or music for that sake.
You're a fucking retard.
Clerks0 10 months ago
This is one bar mitzvah i'll never forget.
ParisHOnVics 11 months ago 3
Have you ever wondered how God worked with all of his retarded creations looking up at him wondering at his creations? This is it...
pousercore 11 months ago
pero que mierda es esta ,,,,,=? malditos locos siempre inventando algo para ser cool y ellos mismo no se creen la mierda que hacen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! una mierda jamas sera musica !
aiorias77 11 months ago
sound quality is good enough for me to appreciate this. Oh and to the people who don't like it... good. That's the point.
eraserhead321 1 year ago
The song at 2:00 comes out in a video on toxic[]junction .com where it says 'most disturbing video ever' haha! Now I know where that creepy tune came from.. (by the way, the video displays a girl who's anorexic) i think Merzbow comes along fine with that video.. must watch! haha it's hypnotizing.
Wrath6909 1 year ago
I call practical joke.
tlinscott1 1 year ago
I'm really sorry for the people who can't understand this kind of music...you should try to open your mind a little bit...music, as every other kind of arts, must be explored in depth...I think Merzbow is an amazing artist
Lichenecrostoso 1 year ago
@Lichenecrostoso I sure hope you're joking, faggot.
Because this is some serious shit, this isn't music. And don't do dare calling this asshole an artist.
Clerks0 11 months ago
okay check it. if you dont think merzbow is music than you are simply narrow-minded, and you are to constricted by your own sense of what is what. you are the types that dont see the music in everything, like footsteps or driving mixed with weather and nature.. lets think of ti this way, every moment in life could have a song that is a soundtrack.. do you think radio rap or pop punk is gonna be at every moment... your so blind to what art can be... go listen to what your told hahaha
GlowOfStreetLights 1 year ago 3
what kind of computer program is that what he makes his noises with?
mohosapiens96 1 year ago
This is probably what a god would listen to nowadays.
tsunamijin 1 year ago 2
i hear music at 2:11 ;oooo
8bitwar 1 year ago
God damn Hipsters
Fabbyfubz 1 year ago
Fucked bastards can't understand why this genre is great
MrMaceshka 1 year ago 2
He looks bored.
Merzbowxnoise 1 year ago
@Merzbowxnoise its not for fun
cajonbru 1 year ago
This isn't a musician , this is God you are witnessing , think yourself lucky.
buddyboy68 1 year ago 4
lol at guy who shouts louder.
LOUDAR.
LOUDARRRRR!!!
And merz juts sits back up and turns it up. haha.
HyRSiWOLF 1 year ago 3
WOOHOOO!!
peopleispoep 1 year ago
it is now not clear what does it mean music. :D
mohosapiens96 1 year ago
gary glitter is his number one fan
bloots23 1 year ago
WTF?! This doesn't sound like Daft Punk? FUCKING GAY!
ballersack 1 year ago
metursubau stop playing with your gameboy color
and that thing that goes EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKRRRXXXXXXX
Iamcola65 1 year ago
lol at the one fan shouting
xPikaWolfx 1 year ago
Fuck you people, Merzbow is awesome :3
Also, lol'd at the guy shouting "louder". Merz inspired me to start making noise tracks and I still do it now. It's actually a really good way to vent creativity. Merz can do it better though, because he has an epic setup, and I have audacity and a few plugins. :3
xPikaWolfx 1 year ago
@xPikaWolfx you dont need an epic setup. i have a pretty minimalistic setup, and i dont mean to pat myself on the back, but i can make some damn good noise with the few pedals i have.
you can find some cheap pedals, and a small practice amp on ebay. hook it all up to a tape player, or a microphone, just anything that will output sound, and make some killer tracks.
iamthegirlfriend 1 year ago
@iamthegirlfriend I like to use either software or have a massive ass setup.
HyRSiWOLF 1 year ago
@iamthegirlfriend I like to use either software or have a massive ass setup. makes it feel more "involved". Like I'm making the noise, and not like I've just plugged it in and left it..
HyRSiWOLF 1 year ago
@HyRSiWOLF I know what you mean. Im the same way, but with a minimal setup. I use a guitar as my sound source, and only three pedals. I pretty much beat the hell out of my guitar for 15 minutes when i play live. So my stuff is far from just turning on my gear and standing back. When im done playing im sweating, and breathing heavily, and usually have a headache for the rest of the night from beating myself up.
iamthegirlfriend 1 year ago
The crowd are fucking wild! what a gig!
HyperVoldo 1 year ago
"I'm a musician"
"Really? Can I hear some of your music?"
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mugofdoom 1 year ago 106
@mugofdoom Merzbow is noise, not music
RockStar100500 11 months ago
@RockStar100500 Noise is considered a genre of music.
mugofdoom 11 months ago
@mugofdoom no, all music is noises
Rapchaid 11 months ago
@Rapchaid The statement goes either way, both are correct.
mugofdoom 11 months ago
@RockStar100500 baaaadly made point
Rapchaid 11 months ago
woah man i love this guys music! it's so catchy! he also has such great stage presence
ellojello5896 1 year ago
@ellojello5896
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mwhite1994 1 year ago
Awesome! Thanks for posting this!
thirdstagenavigator 1 year ago
Merzbow is hillarious and awesome
hyphoid 1 year ago 2
I love Merzbow... but why would anyone pay to watch a guy play a computer? Such a boring concert... no stage presence or anything.
19Mikael92 1 year ago
@19Mikael92 So true. Merzbow is second to none in noise, but my god he is such a boring musician to watch.
Daedali1 1 year ago
@Daedali1 Isn't all of this stuff all improvised? Then I would think the reason people go to see the guy is that they are fans of his work and would like to hear some new stuff, really really loud.
pencildives 1 year ago
@19Mikael92 He doesn't perform any differently to big electro acts like Justice, aside from the stage set. The only difference is you can't really dance to this.
noreturnabcd 1 year ago
@19Mikael92 Just because he isn't jumping around or shaking his ass doesn't meat its boring. Did Bach need to jump around? No. People can enjoy it for the music. I can understand if this isn't your taste in music but for those of us that like noise this is a wonderful set.
Reojo 1 year ago
@Reojo Yeah, I bet it's easy to understand why we don't like it. It's not music
theoriginalemoninja 1 year ago
@theoriginalemoninja and what do you think give you the right to define what music is and what not? there are people who say metal is not musc. there are people who say hip hop is not music. there might be people who say jazz is not music. and in the end theyre all pointless idiots because they don't know shit. and you are not any better.
Metalwurst666 1 year ago
@Metalwurst666 What gives me the right? The definition of music gives me the right. If he wants to make a bunch of noise, package it, and sell it as his heart and soul that's fine with me, but it's not music and shouldn't be labeled as such.
theoriginalemoninja 1 year ago
@theoriginalemoninja so what is the definition of music according to you?
Metalwurst666 1 year ago
What's the board that he has a bunch of stuff plugged into to the left (right in the video) of his laptop? Is it a sampler or some kind of looper?
fuel126 1 year ago
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Computer noise is one of the shitiest music ever made,but you can't call it music ...
Ok some noise effect made by weird instruments mixing in real music is really cool,but this ...
Noise is Dead since 2001
FabzXII 1 year ago
Noise is dead? What the fuck dude...
Seriously.
VinterVandring 1 year ago
@VinterVandring I'm sorry i retire my words..
Noise is not dead but not very alive too :S
FabzXII 1 year ago
Is it pronounced Merz-boh or Merz-baow?
ignoranttwat 1 year ago
@ignoranttwat
It's Merz-baow. I know because the japanese spelling of it, and all japanese is written phonetically so there can only be a certain way to pronounce it.
upsetclown2000 1 year ago
Who knows the name of the track which plays from 1:20? Amazing Dark Minimal Techno.
Gonochnik 1 year ago
00:29 is my favourite part.
Slushofield 1 year ago
the world needs merzbow!
noisesionoise 1 year ago 2
@noisesionoise - Yes! Not enough people appreciate the perpetual eargasm that is Merzbow!!!!!
TheVengefulTortoise 1 year ago
yeah he really knows how to make a show of it :\
DJ0MVDP 1 year ago
Whether or not you enjoy this doesn't make it music, mainly because it contains no musical elements.
I know that it's possible to classify something as music or "not music" based on whether or not you enjoy it, but that's usually because it was music in the first place lolol
The only reason I can think of as to why people consider this to be music is because there are CDs of it.
NEWS FLASH, GUYS!! A combination of different noises =/= music!
BLACKDOTSx 1 year ago
Dead dudes are not the only ones who get to decide what musical elements are.
NEROGODDAMNIT 1 year ago
You're right. That's why we have men who are alive and well that study music and HAVE been studying it for years.
Without structure and certain elements, all music is just "noise".
I think people are getting the wrong impression that, because I am implying this is not music, I am therefore saying this isn't enjoyable to anyone and is just merely garbage.
I honestly don't care for this stuff, but I never said it sucked. I just don't believe it's music.
BLACKDOTSx 1 year ago
@BLACKDOTSx
I was going to ask you to define "music", but I see that you have sort of said it can't be done, and you compare it to defining "art" (I think...tell me if I'm wrong). I went to an exhibition the other night where a woman had taken a dead fox, put it on a table and covered it in salt. In that context (that of an art gallery) it is art, just as...
ignoranttwat 1 year ago
...this (in context, thought considering the means by which it was created it is impossible to take it out of context) is music. The point is that what makes something art or music is purely the will for it to be so.
ignoranttwat 1 year ago
"art is anything you can get away with" -andy warhol. Considering music is a form of art, this is music, because Merzbow, and music concrete musicians have been doing it since the 50's. You do not make the standards of what is and isn't music
HIxAlchemist 1 year ago
Neither does Andy Warhol, lol
I'll admit that no one can really define artwork, but you can to a certain point.
According to definitions and guidelines, this isn't music.
Just because you enjoy the sounds doesn't mean it's music, you know.
BLACKDOTSx 1 year ago
Who cares if it's music or not, I think it's not really the matter there.
Though, I don't agree with your statement.
TheCreepyChuwnLi 1 year ago
You're right, who cares?
No one is imposing on your right to listen to and enjoy this...at least, those weren't my intentions.
I'm merely saying how this isn't music. Enjoying a certain pattern of sounds doesn't really make something music.
It was called "noise" for a reason. I don't know why people incorporated this into music and made a genre of it.
BLACKDOTSx 1 year ago
I think that it can be called music along with genres like "concrete" music.
Then it is not conventional music. Some people also say that hip-hop or blac-metal is not music , due to the same reasons.
TheCreepyChuwnLi 1 year ago
@BLACKDOTSx
It is actually music. It contains elements that deffine music, even though they aren't commonly used. Cacaphony, dissonance, feedback. You seem to only not want to classify it as music because you're afraid of it. You continue to lack the information to convince me and the others that this isn't music.
upsetclown2000 1 year ago
What would you say about Schönberg or Varèse or Cage? Is this music or not? And if it's not, then you are denying over a century of music history.
anabellik 1 year ago
it took me a long time to understand free jazz, Coleman and Coltrane, and ealry 70s Beefheart, and electronica (and guys who like this who could be just checking their email) - but when you do "get it" it opens you up to new experience. There's no rationalization for those things we love. I still can't eat much seafood, seafood lovers pity me! IT's an acquired taste!
underbedbeast 1 year ago
Pretty weak. Not very entertaining watching a guy sit behind his laptop(s).
It was so much cooler when he used to actually generate noise by banging shit together, used guitar pedals, and played weird instruments that he created.
Some of the art is lost.
methengine 2 years ago 3
Some of the aesthetics are lost, but the same processes of creation are going on inside his head, behind the scenes. He's just using less spectacular tools.
AsylumSeaker 1 year ago
@methengine banging washer basins has its place, but i disagree that art is lost, at least not in musical terms. entertainment value, definately lost... his banging and messing with wierd tools created a sense of immediacy. But like, Autechre just press buttons and tweak knobs in the dark, and its amazing; if i got a chance to see Merzbow, I'd be content to just absorb the sounds.
enwave 1 year ago
not really a merzbow fan but this sounded pretty tight
LegalDuck 2 years ago
im seriously curious wat people see/hear in this
bratboy122101 2 years ago
It appeals to you in a way which other music doesn't in your brain doesn't follow standard appeciative valuing of pitch, rhythm etc, it's purely textural and almost takes on a physicality in which the relationship between you and the music is absolute. That's as best as I can put it. It's like the belly rumble you get feeling the sub-bass thuds in a club, purified.
cornsockgabz 2 years ago 4
i don't get Merz
buhgzy 2 years ago
Merzbow IS music. Really, really awful music.
charly88888888 2 years ago
Все кому не нравится Merzbow сосите хуи ублюдки тупорылые
ng358ex 2 years ago
lol @ asian guy sitting at computer desk making sound effects while people take pictures and gaze in awe
barterinbloodband 2 years ago
ihope this was better live lol
sunnoisamazing 2 years ago
I think this MUSIC is as dynamic as his FACE while performing. I love a very noisy song 'soup' on CANs ege bamjasi LP on 72. Very feedbacking rough sound, but with more emotional energy and Damo Suzuki shouting. Was that the beginning of Japanoise?
Holzopel 2 years ago
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someone needs to kill this guy so i can stop arguing with people over whether or not this is music. THIS IS NOT FUCKING MUSIC!! THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE
cfezuwm 2 years ago
you don't need to argue
just get the fuck out.
leves777 2 years ago 4
how about you suck a dick and mind your own business.. i'll say whatever the fuck i feel like.
cfezuwm 2 years ago
how about a nice cup of shut the fuck up?
peace man ^^
leves777 2 years ago 2
That's why they call it noise, DUMbAsss
fantasykiss08 2 years ago 3
someone needs to kill THIS guy so he can stop arguing with people over whether or not this is music. THIS IS FUCKING MUSIC!! THIS IS ABSOLUTE AWESOME!
RMJayz 2 years ago 2
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sorry queer... you thinking it's music doesn't make it music. it makes you a dumbass. oh and tell your mom thanks for breakfast.
cfezuwm 2 years ago
"all music is just meaningless sound before it reaches recieving ears"
grow up, stop slagging off music that your brain is too small to comprehend.
RMJayz 2 years ago 5
Whether or not it's music, you're a fucking idiot.
Darktree512 2 years ago 3
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stfu you asian faggot
cfezuwm 2 years ago
i wish his pc would break so he could go back to his good ol' days lol
alucardisdumb 2 years ago
Hes a reall relaxed man and he seemed to be a nice guy.
Hes maybe the only really relaxed Japanoise-Artist.
All the other are so anarchistic and aggressiv.
Merzbowxnoise 2 years ago
he looks bored
Cockoblock 2 years ago 4
Some of the sound dynamics and layering this guy comes up with are actually pretty decent and damn near fuck with yr. head or something.
Iansdaddy9 2 years ago
LOUDER!
LOUDEEER!
Ripper0708 2 years ago
he looks so calm and composed when he does it live, very cool
wahzooo 2 years ago 2
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this crap takes no talent.
keganpwns 2 years ago
Reading at the comments below if people think this is 'fucking shit' don't listen to this and make pointless unconstructive comments.
Any an incredible
ZebraMu 2 years ago 20
@ZebraMu
I agree.
But you know something?
"fucking shit"
TheCyprusX 1 year ago
no one pays to see you!... cunts! lol
sillywabbit1349 2 years ago
thats why u have to pay 200Dollars for some of his CDs -.-
morq13 2 years ago
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