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Originally posted by Dark Apostle Wow...if you want to explore noise I'd start with something cheaper. Even if I had that much money, I wouldn't throw it away on such a thing

Hehe, nope, wasn't planning on buying it either. Just that box spans almost his entire career, so some reviews of it would be helpful.

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper Some links/samples/namedropping?

can't help you with the samples at the moment (i'm gonna have to make them first), but here are some of the people who, imo, produce noise music of the highest quality and variety:

dominick fernow a.k.a. prurient (most underrated producer in my eyes)
kevin novak a.k.a. tactical eradication function
chris goudreau a.k.a. sickness
alan bloor a.k.a. knurl
jonathan silpayamanant a.k.a. noiseman433
kei yokota a.k.a. outermost
yamazaki takushi a.k.a. masonna
kohei nakagawa a.k.a. guilty connector
yasutoshi yoshida a.k.a. government alpha
takamitsu sato a.k.a. gasolineman
kimihide kusafuka a.k.a. k2
hiroshi hasegawa a.k.a. astro
akihiro shimizu a.k.a. thirdorgan
kazuyuki kishino a.k.a. kk null
dean glaister a.k.a. romance
jon borges a.k.a. pedestrian deposit
bob sato a.k.a. xome
chris mcdonald a.k.a. skm-etr
tim oliveira a.k.a. stimbox
scott hull a.k.a. japanese torture comedy hour
andrew powell a.k.a. lackthrow
gordon ashworth a.k.a. oscillating innards
bryan gilroy a.k.a. viodre
phil blankenship a.k.a. the cherry point
pierre-marc tremblay a.k.a. âmes sanglantes
peter keller a.k.a. bacillus
andrew o'sullivan a.k.a. goat

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper Agreed, releasing 50 CDs of noise at once is just a wee bit overambitious.

well, that's merzbow for ya, alright. what else is there to expect from a superstar with an ego the size of his native japan? i mean... ffs, just look at this page (scroll down a bit), for example. if that doesn't make him look like a supercilious arse, i don't know what will.

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If there was something I never expected to see on TA, it's probably a thread about Merzbow.

I've heard Merzzow, but not much else. I guess it's a pretty good example. I don't really get noise as a genre, so I haven't looked into it much. Powernoise/power electronics/whatever you call it is quite a bit more towards my liking.

Well, his letter was polite

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Originally posted by Noisician well, that's merzbow for ya, alright. what else is there to expect from a superstar with an ego the size of his native japan? i mean... ffs, just look at this page (scroll down a bit), for example. if that doesn't make him look like a supercilious arse, i don't know what will.

LOL, what a fucking diva. Cheers for the recommendations, I'll do some checking.

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Originally posted by TwoPlow If there was something I never expected to see on TA, it's probably a thread about Merzbow.

I was pretty sure this was bound to end up as a 0-reply thread too. Glad I was wrong

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ok i'm a n00b to noise... someone explain more

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Originally posted by Aristronica ok i'm a n00b to noise... someone explain more

There are quite a few threads about the genre (or that were hijacked by a discussion on it ), which are very interesting.

Other than that, google "Merzbow", this is not really accurate, but you could say he's to noise what LTJ Bukem is to atmospheric drum'n'bass. Here's a good start:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Merzbow

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