MERZBOW / Metalvelodrome (Urashima盤4CD BOX)
日本のノイズ老舗レーベルAlchemy Recordsから1993年にリリースされ、シンセサイザーやMIDIサンプラーを使わずにチープなエレクトロニクスやジャンク類で構成された、「Noisembryo」「Venereology」「Pulse Demon」等と共に90年代メルツバウの重要作として認知される4枚組CD作品「Metalvelodrome」が若干の編集手直しをされ、イタリアのurashimaより限定500セットでリイシュー!!! 大野雅彦デザインによるオリジナルアートワークをレーザー彫刻した銀色木箱仕様で、ボックス内のCDジャケットは秋田氏自身が新たにデザイン!!! ポスター＆シリアルNo.封入。 Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise music. The moniker of Japanese artist Masami Akita was born in Tokyo in 1979. Inspired by dadaism and surrealism, Akita took the name for his project from German artist Kurt Schwitters's pre-war architectural assemblage "The Cathedral of Erotic Misery" or "Merzbau". Just as Schwitters attacked the entrenched artistic traditions of his time with his revolutionary avant-garde collages, so too would Akita challenge the contemporary concept of what is called music. Merzbow would draw further influence from the futurist movement. Not only would he embrace the futurists's love of technology and the machine civilization, he would push their fondness for noise to the very boundaries of the extreme. Working in his home, he quickly gained notoriety as a purveyor of a musical genre composed solely of pure, unadulterated noise. By 1990's, Merzbow had a significant underground reputation for creating harsh and power electronics album. Metalvelodrome was released in 1993 by the fabulous Japanese label Alchemy in a four cds box. The tracks fall right in-between the atmosphere of Merzbow's early 90's work and his more hyper-aggressive mid 90's power electronics work and it's a charming mix, presenting the listener with some of the best elements from each phase of his evolution. Along with Noisembryo, Venereology and Pulse Demon represent the top of the immense artist's production. All tracks performed using cheap electronics and junk, no use for synthesizer and midi sampler. Remastered and revised without the two tracks live and with four bonus tracks at Munemihouse in 2019 by Masami Akita. This reissue comes in awesome silver wooden box with laser engraving of original artwork cover on front (and inside) and Urashima logo on back. Each single CD inside wooden box comes in cardboard wallet with new artwork by Masami Akita plus foldable and individually numbered certificate in 500 copies. （urashima） CD 1 1. Armless 2. Retro 3. G-Pot In Odd Meter 4. Morbid Dick 5. Polycain Type 6. Bluedelick 7. Untitled Mix 2 8. Scraping Metal Fetus No. 1 CD 2 1. Neon Worms 2. Traveling 3. No. 3 4. HGL Made A Race For The Last Brain 5. Electric Moon Tum-Tuk 6. Pink Surf Nitro 7. Scum Rider 8. Hitchhike To Kill CD 3 1. Die Fruchtbarkeit In Der Ehe / Another Crash For High Tide 2. Outtakes 1 3. Scraping Metal Fetus No. 2 CD 4 1. Metal Man Has Hornet's Whip 2. Zero In The Scream 3. Shanty Tramp 4. Necrogrinder 5. Smelly Brain 6. Untitled Mix 1 ※「ゆうメール」「レターパックプラス」「定形外郵便」での発送は不可です。 Format：4CD BOX Label：urashima (ITA)
