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Merzbow
- Animal Magnetism
- Format: CD Album
- Catalogue Number: ALIENCD38
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Alien8
- Release Date: 1 September 2008
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PRICE: £11.99
Animal Magnetism
No musician has so completely ruled a genre for as long as Merzbow has and Animal Magnetism is another gem in the discography of this incredible artist.Alien8 Recordings came to life with our first release, Akasha Gulva, by Merzbow and to this day it remains one the artist’s most brutal affairs. But Merzbow has never been happy merely himself.
Rather than continuing to try to test the limits of how harsh his followers are willing to go, he has changed gears and now works with more subtle qualities of sound. In some respects the music of Merzbow has taken on more of an electroacoustic angle, playing with the spatial aspects of sound.
While comparisons can be drawn to the electronic and tape music works of Iannis Xenakis, the work remains incredibly catchy and is full of tricks and turns that keep the music invigorating.
