Part of the Merz series that has seen the inclusion of real beats rather than sampled jazz loops. A real drift from what you might expect from a Merzbow album and one that has divided fans, mainly those who don't like the purely digital side he has recently explored. This is genuinely one of his best releases and is worth it alone for the track Tadpole, more ambient than any track he's done recently and similar in style to the Kid606 album PS I Love You, though the Kid never comes close!

The Merz series of albums has produced some true classic stuff from Merzbow, mostly down to the inclusion of beats that in the past were mainly sampled from jazz records. The real highlight of that series is Merzbeat but this album really isn't up to scratch with a large amount of these releases. Opening track Black Swan is too repetitive as are a lot of the tracks which never really progress, though White Peafowl does make up for it. Not one of his best and certainly not for someone just getting in to Merzbow.

This is a solid Merzbow release and comes fully packaged in a DVD style box, a must for fans of extreme noise. Six CDs of Merzbow including a brutal remix of Animal Magnestism and some great looping on the Action for Green and Rice tracks that build into a cacophony of squalling noise. A highlight of the digital era Merzbow thats let down only by the suprisingly uninteresting live set Rising Sun on CD6.

I actually read somewhere that this wasn't a great z:f album, but I'd have to disagree. Theres some really great relaxed tonal music such as Dust And Scratches. Very different to the early more eastern style stuff on albums like Loh Land but well worth getting your hands on if your a fan (and can find it!)

A nice alternative to all the pretentious rubbish that electronica seems to becoming. Upbeat and fun, definately more something you could play at a party. Does get a bit cheesy at times but tracks like Smart On TV stand out.

I'm a huge fan of Muslimgauze, but this is a release I wouldn't recommend getting too excited aboout. Its basially just remixes of 2 different tracks and theres not much variation between them. Some accuse Muslimgauze of being too repetitive and in this case they're justified, the album never really picks up and tracks are too drawn out. Having said that the title track that closes the disc is worth hearing if you like some of his harsher stuff. Id recommend getting something like Iranair Inflight Magazine if you like the more electronic side of Muslimgauze.

Many will neither like or 'get' this album but its exactely what you'd expect of an album by Why? and Odd Nosdam. Short and snappy tunes mixed with nosdam's signature beats and samples coupled with Why?'s surreal sing-a-long lyrics. Perfect for tin can headphones, pack-packing or long cross country train rides!

Despite a bad opening track and a couple of tracks that float by unnoticed, this album is still great and worth digging up if you can find it. Highlights include 'one more river' and 'vacation in a daydream' which are similar in sound to the best of anticonners like themselves or subtle.

classic! So many tracks, so little time!!! This album never stops moving and each funky little ditty never overdoes itself. Great dub/tape sounding production, crisp beats and fun samples. Also look out for stuff not listed here like -Reject-, Le Mixtape, Le Mix Live and Vol.8

Am i the only person that doesn't like these?! Analord is yet another money maker from afx who seemingly has lot all his genius. The man has made a huge amount of amazing music and nothing can take that away from him, but do you really want to fork out so much money for these half baked EPs?! Analord 10 cost £40 on its own for 2 tracks and a crappy leather case!!! Having heard all the analord to date id have to say it sounds like early songs from the mid 90s that were rejected until now. For something similar to this but better, get some early Mu-Ziq albums or anything under the kid spatula moniker.