Merzbow – Merzbox

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Label:	Extreme – XLTD 003
Format:	50 x CD, Album 2 x CD, CD-ROM Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered
Country:	Australia
Released:	Jun 16, 2000
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Noise, Experimental, Free Improvisation, Musique Concrète, Drone, Minimal, Industrial, Lo-Fi, Avantgarde

Tracklist

		OM Electrique
01-01	Merzbow–	OM Electrique Part 1	31:17
01-02	Merzbow–	OM Electrique Part 2	7:55
01-03	Merzbow–	Untitled Taped Drum Solo	8:59
01-04	Merzbow–	Untitled Guitar Solo	10:25
		Metal Acoustic Music
02-01	Merzbow–	Balance Of Neurosis	46:59
		Remblandt Assemblage
03-01	Merzbow–	Remblandt Assemblage	9:44
03-02	Merzbow–	Voice Of Scwitters	2:09
03-03	Merzbow–	Theme Of Dadaist	9:39
03-04	Merzbow–	Hans Arp	1:47
03-05	Merzbow–	Tape Dada	5:52
03-06	Merzbow–	Music Concret	2:34
03-07	Merzbow–	Prepared Guitar Solo 1	17:32
03-08	Merzbow–	Prepared Guitar Solo 2	3:59
		Collection Era Vol. 1
04-01	Merzbow–	Electric Environment	24:00
04-02	Merzbow–	Untitled Material Action	23:57
04-03	Merzbow–	Telecom Manipulation	18:18
		Collection Era Vol. 2
05-01	Merzbow–	Merz Rock 1	1:58
05-02	Merzbow–	Merz Rock 2	8:23
05-03	Merzbow–	Merz Gamlan 1	15:54
05-04	Merzbow–	Merz Gamlan 2	5:55
05-05	Merzbow–	Merz Scat	11:29
05-06	Merzbow–	Merztronics Jazz Mix	11:45
05-07	Merzbow–	Merztronics Rhythm Mix	11:17
		Collection Era Vol. 3
06-01	Merzbow–	Untitled	5:17
06-02	Merzbow–	Untitled	5:59
06-03	Merzbow–	Untitled	10:35
06-04	Merzbow–	Untitled	6:13
06-05	Merzbow–	Untitled	4:53
06-06	Merzbow–	Untitled	6:51
06-07	Merzbow–	Untitled	3:14
06-08	Merzbow–	Untitled	22:52
		Paradoxa Paradoxa
07-01	Merzbow–	Paradoxa Paradoxa Pt. 1	46:14
07-02	Merzbow–	Paradoxa Paradoxa Pt. 2	26:08
		Material Action For 2 Microphones
08-01	Merzbow–	Hoochie Coochie Scratched Man	25:31
08-02	Merzbow–	Yumin, Non Stop Disco	21:14
08-03	Merzbow–	New Acoustic Music No. 7	23:58
		Yantra Material Action
09-01	Merzbow–	Untitled	11:25
09-02	Merzbow–	Untitled	2:52
09-03	Merzbow–	Untitled	1:48
09-04	Merzbow–	Untitled	4:37
09-05	Merzbow–	Untitled	1:06
09-06	Merzbow–	Untitled	8:40
09-07	Merzbow–	Untitled	7:26
09-08	Merzbow–	Untitled	4:35
		Solonoise
10-01	Merzbow–	Solonoise Pt. 1	23:55
10-02	Merzbow–	Solonoise Pt. 2	23:42
10-03	Merzbow–	Solonoise Pt. 3	22:21
		Expanded Music
11-01	Merzbow–	Manipulation 1	17:37
11-02	Merzbow–	Manipulation 2	5:28
11-03	Merzbow–	Manipulation 3	6:36
11-04	Merzbow–	Manipulation 4	3:53
11-05	Merzbow–	Manipulation 5	2:51
11-06	Merzbow–	Manipulation 6	2:15
11-07	Merzbow–	Manipulation 7	1:57
11-08	Merzbow–	Manipulation 8	5:45
11-09	Merzbow–	M.F.S.W 1	18:58
		Nil Vagina Tape Loops
12-01	Merzbow–	Nil Vagina Tape Loop No. 0	14:08
12-02	Merzbow–	Nil Vagina Tape Loop No. 1	30:19
12-03	Merzbow–	Nil Vagina Tape Loop No. 2	28:28
		Material Action 2 (N.A.M)
13-01	Merzbow–	Nil Ad Mirari	22:47
13-02	Merzbow–	Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity	18:12
		Mechanization Takes Command
14-01	Merzbow–	Electric Pygmy Decollage	14:12
14-02	Merzbow–	Mechanization Takes Command	11:01
14-03	Merzbow–	Peaches Red Indian	10:46
14-04	Merzbow–	Sahara	5:44
14-05	Merzbow–	Iggy	3:15
14-06	Merzbow–	Suicidal Machine	14:17
14-07	Merzbow–	Ai-Da-Ho	10:19
		Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2
15-01	Merzbow–	Denegration	10:07
15-02	Merzbow–	Indifferent Pt. 1	6:20
15-03	Merzbow–	Indifferent Pt. 2	8:01
15-04	Merzbow–	Ooinon For Satva Karman (Sprashutavia) Decoup	21:46
15-05	Merzbow–	Dharma Kamarage	22:17
		Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3
16-01	Merzbow–	Sukha, Chanda, Tanno, Kless	23:28
16-02	Merzbow–	Genetic Erotic (Sie Wiro Weib)	22:57
16-03	Merzbow–	Rejet, Ictus, Connotation, Accompagnement, Penisersatz, Stigma Indelible Etc.	23:14
		Agni Hotra
17-01	Merzbow–	Agni Hotra	18:26
17-02	Merzbow–	Asagaya In Rain	3:51
17-03	Merzbow–	Swamp Metal	6:29
17-04	Merzbow–	Loops In Flames	12:30
17-05	Merzbow–	Arbertus Magnus	7:14
17-06	Merzbow–	Kunyan	7:52
17-07	Merzbow–	Untitled Waves	6:45
		Pornoise / 1kg Vol. 1
18-01	Merzbow–	Industrial	3:32
18-02	Merzbow–	Loop Fuck 1	6:12
18-03	Merzbow–	Loop Fuck 2	5:39
18-04	Merzbow–	Obituary 1	5:15
18-05	Merzbow–	Obituary 2	7:12
18-06	Merzbow–	Night Noise White	31:24
		Pornoise / 1kg Vol. 2
19-01	Merzbow–	New Karhma	31:24
19-02	Merzbow–	Dynamite Don Don Pt. 1	16:54
19-03	Merzbow–	Dynamite Don Don Pt. 2	13:16
		Pornoise / 1kg Vol. 3
20-01	Merzbow–	UFO vs British Army	30:46
20-02	Merzbow–	Toy 69	28:55
		Pornoise Extra
21-01	Merzbow–	Flesh Radio 1	4:49
21-02	Merzbow–	Flesh Radio 2	4:51
21-03	Merzbow–	Dance Of Dharma-Kala	13:29
21-04	Merzbow–	Psycotic Orange	0:42
21-05	Merzbow–	Helgas Death Disco	5:34
21-06	Merzbow–	Eros Pandra	8:28
21-07	Merzbow–	Kirie	6:45
21-08	Merzbow–	Domine	5:54
21-09	Merzbow–	Chopin Is Dead	5:55
21-10	Merzbow–	Risa Supersex	2:55
		Sadomasochismo / The Lampinak
22-01	Merzbow–	Antimony Pt. 1	10:30
22-02	Merzbow–	Antimony Pt. 2	13:05
22-03	Merzbow–	Eyes Of Isonokami	11:40
22-04	Merzbow–	The Lampinak - Sarpent Power	10:29
22-05	Merzbow–	Carcass On The Floor	4:35
22-06	Merzbow–	Village Of 8 Graves	4:30
		Mortegage / Batztoutai Extra
23-01	Merzbow–	Anus Anvil Anxiety (Long Version)	14:40
23-02	Merzbow–	Radio 1511	24:01
23-03	Merzbow–	Mortegage Inc. Batztoutai	23:21
		Enclosure / Libido Economy
24-01	Merzbow–	Enclosure	17:27
24-02	Merzbow–	Scarabe	5:33
24-03	Merzbow–	Interline No. 1-3	18:10
24-04	Merzbow–	Itch	5:39
24-05	Merzbow–	Libido Economy No. 1	5:39
24-06	Merzbow–	Libido Economy No. 2	5:32
		Vratya Southward
25-01	Merzbow–	Electroacoustic Voyage	23:47
25-02	Merzbow–	Electric Red Desart	18:19
25-03	Merzbow–	Lightning	19:10
		Live In Khabarovsk, CCCP (I'm Proud By Rank Of The Workers)
26-01	Merzbow–	Live At Trade Unions Place Of Culture Hall 23 March 1988	29:21
26-02	Merzbow–	Live At Soviet Army Officers House Hall 24 March 1988	28:13
		Storage
27-01	Merzbow–	War Storage Pt. 1	23:02
27-02	Merzbow–	War Storage Pt. 2	23:48
27-03	Merzbow–	War Storage Pt. 3	21:08
		Fission Dialogue
28-01	Merzbow–	White Gamlan	16:27
28-02	Merzbow–	Fission Dialogue	9:08
28-03	Merzbow–	Inside Tangues In Tera-Aspic	32:11
		Collaborative
29-01	Merzbow + S.B.O.T.H.I.–	Joint Featuring [Raw Materials] – Achim Wollscheid	20:51
29-02	Merzbow + S.B.O.T.H.I.–	Code-Gerausch-Aggregate Producer – Achim Wollscheid	20:12
29-03	Merzbow–	Jointed	7:06
		Crocidura Dsi Nezumi
30-01	Merzbow–	Mustela Erminea Nippon	23:00
30-02	Merzbow–	Mustela Sixasa Namiyei (Including: The Revenge Of The Son Of Monster Magnet)	23:50
30-03	Merzbow–	Strange Strings	16:16
		KIR Transformation
31-01	Merzbow + Achim Wollscheid–	KIR Transformation	40:40
		Scissors For Cutting Merzbow Vol. 1
32-01	SCUM (13)–	Cockchola	12:54
32-02	SCUM (13)–	Extract 1	4:21
32-03	SCUM (13)–	Extract 2	5:48
32-04	SCUM (13)–	Extract 3	1:18
32-05	SCUM (13)–	Extract 4	5:59
32-06	SCUM (13)–	Kinetic Environment	11:46
32-07	SCUM (13)–	Yeah, But That Was Just Dyke Stuff Great Nude Variation No. 2	17:46
		Scissors For Cutting Merzbow Vol. 2
33-01	SCUM (13)–	Music For Funk Arts No. 1	22:51
33-02	SCUM (13)–	Music For Funk Arts No. 2	22:09
33-03	SCUM (13)–	Great Nude Variation No. 1	12:05
33-04	SCUM (13)–	Extract 5	3:40
		Severances
34-01	SCUM (13)–	UP Steel CUM	16:24
34-02	SCUM (13)–	Catabolism Variation Stereo No. 1	14:02
34-03	SCUM (13)–	Deaf Forever / Wild Thing / Electric Shaver Forest / De-Soundtrack Variation No. 1 / Rap The Khabarovsk	31:01
		Steel CUM
35-01	SCUM (13)–	Mona	2:51
35-02	SCUM (13)–	Great Nude Variation No.3	5:57
35-03	SCUM (13)–	Duck Exercise	17:14
35-04	SCUM (13)–	Blues In C Minor	24:23
35-05	SCUM (13)–	Body	6:09
		Cloud Cock OO Grand
36-01	Merzbow–	Brain Forest For Metal Acoustic Concret	23:37
36-02	Merzbow–	Spinnozaamen	24:01
36-03	Merzbow–	Autopussy Go No Go	7:40
36-04	Merzbow–	Modular	15:12
36-05	Merzbow–	Postfix	8:26
		Newark Hellfire - Live On WFMU, 1990
37-01	Merzbow–	Newark Hellfire	58:45
		Hannover Cloud
38-01	Merzbow–	Magnetic Void	20:35
38-02	Merzbow–	Rocket Bomber	15:17
38-03	Merzbow–	Untitled Cock	6:13
38-04	Merzbow–	Autopussy Go No Go 2	13:22
		Stacy Q, Hi Fi Sweet Leaf
39-01	Merzbow–	Decomposed Cockoo	26:29
39-02	Merzbow–	Stacy Q, Hi Fi Sweet Leaf	26:28
		Music For True Romance Vol. 1
40-01	Merzbow–	True Romance Theme	3:52
40-02	Merzbow–	Mystic Cave	2:27
40-03	Merzbow–	She Floating - Preparation	15:43
40-04	Merzbow–	She Mutilation - Main Ritual	15:17
40-05	Merzbow–	Injured Emperial Soldiers Marching Song	22:29
		Brain Ticket Death
41-01	Merzbow–	Metal Of Doom	6:36
41-02	Merzbow–	Electric Peekaboo	3:45
41-03	Merzbow–	Iron Caravan	5:33
41-04	Merzbow–	Brain Ticket Death	34:01
		Sons Of Slash Noise Metal
42-01	Merzbow–	In-A-Gadda-Veddah	16:53
42-02	Merzbow–	Cross Toad	10:57
42-03	Merzbow–	Slash Embryo	32:34
		Exotic Apple
43-01	Merzbow–	Sunohara Youri Is Suzanna Erica	10:16
43-02	Merzbow–	Moon Over The Bwana A	5:30
43-03	Merzbow–	Apple Rock 1	14:20
43-04	Merzbow–	Apple Rock 2	16:17
43-05	Merzbow–	Apple Rock 3	7:23
43-06	Merzbow–	Apple Rock 4	7:55
		Liquid City
44-01	Merzbow–	Liquid City 17-1-95	19:11
44-02	Merzbow–	Dalitech Filters	21:09
44-03	Merzbow–	Tiabguls	9:16
44-04	Merzbow–	Cheese Car Commando	7:35
		Red Magnesia Pink
45-01	Merzbow–	Minus Zero	5:57
45-02	Merzbow–	Etic	4:08
45-03	Merzbow–	Delta X	4:33
45-04	Merzbow–	Tremelo Man	10:27
45-05	Merzbow–	Euclids Pickel	13:48
45-06	Merzbow–	Chameleon Body	9:18
45-07	Merzbow–	Little Bang!	7:38
45-08	Merzbow–	You - Bahn	5:27
		Marfan Syndrome
46-01	Merzbow–	Marfan Syndrome For Blue (Remix)	7:07
46-02	Merzbow–	Oldenbergs Soft Gun	18:39
46-03	Merzbow–	Spider Nest Castle Pt. 1	12:26
46-04	Merzbow–	Un Br Che	11:25
46-05	Merzbow–	Yosef Voice	2:12
		Rhinogradentia
47-01	Merzbow–	Rhinogradentia	14:52
47-02	Merzbow–	Silver Scintillator	16:41
47-03	Merzbow–	Narco	24:02
		Space Mix Travelling Band
48-01	Merzbow–	Travelling 1997	20:04
48-02	Merzbow–	Floating Manhattan	14:06
48-03	Merzbow–	Hongkong Suite	24:52
		Motorond
49-01	Merzbow–	Motorond Pt. 2	31:25
49-02	Merzbow–	Motorond Pt. 1	27:53
		Annihiloscillator
50-01	Merzbow–	Hair Gun	13:16
50-02	Merzbow–	Kyoko Hamara Air Clyster	12:14
50-03	Merzbow–	Black Brain Of Piranese	13:26
50-04	Merzbow–	Soft Parts 1 & 2	17:29
50-05	Merzbow–	Wild Pair	3:50

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Extreme
Manufactured By – Summit Technology Australia Pty Ltd
Manufactured By – Sewlex Manufacturing P/L
Manufactured By – Bartlett Industries
Copyright © – Extreme
Printed By – Total Print P/L
Printed By – Macmillan Publishing
Published By – Extreme
Recorded At – Guilty, Tokyo
Recorded At – Merz-Bau
Recorded At – Lowest Music & Arts Studio
Recorded At – Kid Ailack Art Hall
Recorded At – Junktion Music Works
Recorded At – ZSF Produkt Studio
Recorded At – ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Recorded At – Jazz-On-Amur
Recorded At – KIR, Hamburg
Recorded At – WFMU
Mixed At – Gap Works
Mixed At – Junktion Music Works
Mixed At – Lowest Music & Arts Studio
Mixed At – ZSF Produkt Studio
Mixed At – ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Mastered At – Moose Mastering
Designed At – Digital Realms
Designed At – Augusto Enterprises

Credits

Art Direction [Merzbox], Design [Merzbook], Design [Merzshirt], Design [Merzposter], Design [Merzstickers], Design [Merzcards], Design [Merztag], Design [Merzcase], Artwork [Merzstickers Collage] – Doriana Corda
Author [Merzbook] – Brett Woodward
Design [Merzcase], Design [Merzbox] – Bruce Bond
Design [Merzdallion] – Marcos Davidson (2)
Design [Merzrom] – Troy Innocent
Edited By – Achim Wollscheid (tracks: 31-01)
Engineer – H. Kawagishi (tracks: 09-01 to 09-08, 13-01, 13-02)
Executive-Producer [Merzbox], Editor [Merzbook], Layout [Merzbook], Design [Merzdallion Extreme Face] – Roger Richards
Mastered By – François Tétaz
Performer – Achim Wollscheid (tracks: 29-01, 29-02, 31-01), Kiyoshi Mizutani (tracks: 04-01 to 04-03, 05-06, 06-01, 06-04, 06-06, 06-07, 07-01 to 10-01, 13-01, 13-02, 15-01 to 16-03, 18-02 to 18-04, 21-01 to 21-10, 26-01, 26-02, 27-02, 29-03, 32-01 to 35-05), Bara* (tracks: 49-01, 49-02, 50-02)
Performer, Music By, Artwork [Disc Label Art], Artwork [Merzposter], Artwork [Merzstickers & Merzcard Collage], Photography [Merzstickers & Merzcards Bondage Photographs] – Masami Akita
Performer, Photography [Merzbook page 10 & 20] – Reiko A* (tracks: 36-04, 37-01, 46-01, 46-05, 50-02)
Photography By [Merzbook], Photography By [Merzstickers Art] – Chris Von Menge
Recorded By – Masahiro Kurose (tracks: 07-01, 07-02), Peter Duimelinks (tracks: 36-04)
Translated By [Merzbook], Interviewer [Merzbook] – Rick Tanaka

Notes

Released in an edition of 1000 numbered copies.

50 CDs and two CD-ROMs packaged in MERZPACK. A custom designed hand made box to house all of the collection. The case's zipper is wired shut with a custom numbered metal plate.

Box contain:
MERZDISCS: 50 CDs of music.
MERZBOOK: Hardcover book of 132 pages written by Brett Woodward
MERZROM: Two CD-ROM discs designed by Troy Innocent
MERZDALLION: Designed by jeweller Marcus Davidson. Two sided medallion.
MERZSHIRT: Black long sleeved shirt designed by Doriana Corda.
MERZCARDS: Four sets of circular artwork cards designed by Doriana Corda.
MERZSTICKERS: Two stickers designed by Doriana Corda.
MERZPOSTER: Poster designed by Doriana Corda.
MERZCASE: A rubber case manufactured to contain all of the CDs, MERZROM, MERZDALLION, MERZCARDS and MERZSTICKERS.

The CDs contain reissues of many early Merzbow recordings, along with unreleased recordings.

The first CD-ROM contains an Extreme catalogue and various Extreme and Merzbox press material.
The second CD-ROM, the MerzRom, contains an interactive program, video, and sound.

OM Electrique
Recorded at Home, 27 December 1979.
Remastered from original cassette, November 1996.
Previously unreleased.

Metal Acoustic Music
Recorded & mixed at Home, January 1980.
Remastered November 1996.
Previously unreleased.

Remblandt Assemblage
Recorded at Home, 1980.
Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1980.
All tracks from Remblandt Assemblage (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981).
Track 02 "Voice Of Scwitters" is mistyped, should be "Voice Of Schwitters". On the original release appears as "Voice Of Switters".

Collection Era Vol. 1
Recorded at various locations.
Mixed at Ylen/Gap Works, Tokyo, 3 June 1981.
Tracks 1 & 2 from Collection 001 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981).
Track 3 from Collection 002 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981).

Collection Era Vol. 2
Recorded at various locations.
Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1981.
Merztronics tape used on tracks 6 & 7.
Tracks 1-4 from Collection 007 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981-82).
Track 5 from Collection 009 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981-82).
Tracks 6-7 from Collection 010 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981-82).

Collection Era Vol. 3
Recorded & mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1981-82.
Tracks 1-7 from Collection 008 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981).
Track 8 from Tridal Production cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1982).

Paradoxa Paradoxa
Recorded live at Kid Airak Hall, 22 March 1981.
Mastered from original live recording.
Pt. 1 was originally released on Paradoxa Paradoxa cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1982).
Pt. 2 is previously unreleased.

Material Action For 2 Microphones
Recorded live at Mizutani Home Studio, Kasai, July 1981.
Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts Studio, 1981.
All tracks from Material Action For 2 Microphones cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1981).

Yantra Material Action
Recorded at various locations, 1981.
Mixed at Junktion Music Works, 1981.
All tracks from Yantra Material Action cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1983; Anomalous Records, 1993).

Solonoise
Recorded & mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1982.
Tracks 1 & 2 from Solonoise cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1982).
Track 3 from Solonoise 2 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1982).

Expanded Music
Recorded & mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1982.
Tracks 1-8 from Expanded Music 2 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1982).
Track 9 from Musick For Simulation World cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1983; Produktion 1983).

Nil Vagina Tape Loops
Recorded & mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1982.
Track 1 from Solonoise 2 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1982).
Tracks 3 & 4 from Lowest Music 2 cassette (Lowest Music & Arts, 1982).

Material Action 2 (N.A.M)
Recorded & mixed at Junktion Music Work, Tokyo, September - October 1982.
All tracks from Material Action 2 LP (Eastern Works, 1983).

Mechanization Takes Command
Recorded at original Merz-bau Studio, Machida & ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, 1982-1983.
Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, March 1983.
All tracks from Mechanization Takes Command C-90 (ZSF Produkt, 1983).

Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2
Recorded & mixed at Merz-bau, Tokyo, 27 & 28 March & 5 May 1982.
Produced by Lowest Music & Arts, 1982.
All tracks from Dying Mapa cassettes (Aeon, 1983).

Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3
Recorded & mixed at Merz-bau, Tokyo, 27 & 28 March 1982.
Produced by Lowest Music & Arts, 1982.
All tracks from Dying Mapa cassettes (Aeon, 1983).

Agni Hotra
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt, Asagaya, 1984-85.
Tracks 1-4 are previously unreleased and from the Agni Hotra first master.
Track 5 is previously unreleased and from the Agni Hotra second master.
Track 6 is a previously unreleased alternate mix of the track that appeared on the Ushi-tra cassette (Cause & Effect, 1985).
Track 7 is a previously unreleased extra track from the Ushi-tra recording.

Pornoise / 1kg Vol. 1
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, December 1984.
Tracks 2-4 used taped typesetting machine.
All tracks selected from Pornoise 1KG 5 cassettes (ZSF Produkt, 1984; RRRecords, 1993).

Pornoise / 1kg Vol. 2
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, December 1984.
All tracks selected from Pornoise 1KG 5 cassettes (ZSF Produkt, 1984; RRRecords, 1993).

Pornoise / 1kg Vol. 3
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, December 1984.
All tracks selected from Pornoise 1KG 5 cassettes (ZSF Produkt, 1984; RRRecords, 1993).

Pornoise Extra
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, December 1984.
All tracks from Pornoise Extra cassette (ZSF Produkt, 1985).

Sadomasochismo / The Lampinak
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, 1985.
Tracks 1-3 from Sadomasochismo cassette (ZSF Produkt, 1985).
Tracks 4-6 from Lampinak cassette (ZSF Produkt, 1985).

Mortegage / Batztoutai Extra
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, November 1984.
Parts of this recording appeared on Batztoutai With Memorial Gadgets double LP (RRRecords, 1986).
Parts of tracks 1 & 3 appeared on Red Eyes 10" (V-2).

Enclosure / Libido Economy
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, July 1987.
Tracks 1-3 from Enclosure cassette (ZSF Produkt, 1987).
Track 4 recorded 1988. Originally released on Neue Munster compilation cassette (Tonspur, 1989).
Track 5 recorded November 1989. Originally appeared on Enkele Gemotiveerde Produktiemedewerkers compilation cassette (Midas Music, 1990).
Track 6 recorded November 1989. Originally appeared on Network 77 compilation cassette (Network 77, 1990).

Vratya Southward
Tracks 1-2 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, 1987.
Tracks 1-2 from Vratya Southward cassette (ZSF Produkt, 1987).
Track 3 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, July 1988. Previously unreleased.

Live In Khabarovsk, CCCP
Recorded live at AMUR Jazz & Experiment Music Festival, Khabarovsk, far east of Russia.
Live PA recordings by Russian staff. Remastered from original recording.
Originally released on Live In Khabarovsk, CCCP LP (ZSF Produkt, 1988).

Storage
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, February - April 1988.
Original long version. Remastered from original chrome cassette master.
All tracks from Storage LP (ZSF Produkt, 1988).

Fission Dialogue
Tracks 1-2 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, 1987.
Track 3 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, 1988.
Previously unreleased.

Collaborative
Track 1 recorded at ZSF Produkt on 8 March 1988. Merzbow worked with raw materials submitted by Achim Wollscheid.
Track 2 produced by Achim Wollscheid, 1988.
Track 3 recorded at ZSF Produkt (Live) on 1 May 1988.
Tracks 1 & 2 originally released as Collaborative LP (Extreme, 1988).
Track 3 originally released on a bonus 7" with the Collaborative LP (Extreme, 1988).

Crocidura Dsi Nezumi
Tracks 1-2 recorded & mixed as ZSF Produkt, August 1987.
Tracks 1-2 from Crocidura Dsi Nezumi cassette (ZSF Produkt, 1988; Banned Productions, 1988).
Track 3 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, August 1988. Previously unreleased.

KIR Transformation
Composed and produced live, 1989. Edited 1997.
Previously unreleased.

Scissors For Cutting Merzbow Vol. 1
Recorded & mixed May - December 1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio and various rehearsal studios.
Remastered from original cassette.
The order of this CD is the same as the original master tapes.
Tracks 2-5 previously unreleased.
All other tracks from Scissors For Cutting Merzbow double LP (ZSF Produkt, 1989).

Scissors For Cutting Merzbow Vol. 2
Recorded & mixed May - December 1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio and various rehearsal studios.
Remastered from original cassette.
The order of this CD is the same as the original master tapes.
Tracks 4 previously unreleased.
All other tracks from Scissors For Cutting Merzbow double LP (ZSF Produkt, 1989).

Severances
Recorded & mixed as ZSF Produkt Studio, 2 July 1989. Drum track on Rap The Khabarovsk was recorded live in Russia.
All tracks from Severances (Discordia Concordia, 1989).

Steel CUM
Recorded at various locations. Mixed as ZSF Produkt Studio, 1989.
All tracks from Steel CUM cassette (ZSF Produkt, 1990).
Some parts appeared on Steel Cum EP (Vertical, 1992).

Cloud Cock OO Grand
Recorded at ZSF Produkt during October 89 - January 90. Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, 17 April 1990.
Track 4 was mixed and recorded live at V2, s'Hertogenbosch & Diogenes, Nijmegen, Holland, September 1989.
All tracks from Cloud Cock OO Grand CD (ZSF Produkt, 1990).

Newark Hellfire
Recorded live at WFMU Radio Studio, New Jersey, USA on 23 September 1990.
Remastered from original recording at ZSF Produkt Studio.
Previously unreleased.

Hannover Cloud
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt, 1990.
Tracks 1 & 2 are outtakes from Hannover Interruption LP (Dom, 1990).
Track 3 is an outtake from the Cloud Cock OO Ground sessions.
Track 4 is a different mix of a track that appeared on the Cloud Cock OO Ground CD.
Previously unreleased.

Stacy Q, HI FI Sweet Leaf
Track 1 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, April 1991. No editing.
Track 2 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, May 1991. No editing.
Previously unreleased.

Music For True Romance Vol. 1
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, May 1992-93.
Tracks 1-4 originally made for True Romance first private video Blood Orgy of the She Dolls soundtrack in 1992.
Track 5 originally made for True Romance performance Isis and Secret Army Hyper Vivisection and Moma, Kyoto, 1993.
Previously unreleased.

Brain Ticket Death
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, 1993.
Previously unreleased.

Sons Of Slash Noise Metal
Track 1 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, 1992.
Track 2 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, February 1993.
Track 3 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, March 1993.
All tracks remastered from original master tape, no editing.
Previously unreleased.

Exotic Apple
Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio.
Track 1 recorded 1992. Appeared on Melt compilation CD (Work In Progress, 1992).
Track 2 recorded 1993. Appeared on The Land Of The Rising Noise compilation CD (Charnel House, 1993).
Tracks 3-6 recorded 1994. Previously unreleased.

Liquid City
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, December 1994 - January 1995.
Track 3 appeared on Entertainment Through Pain compilation CD (RRRecords, 1995).
All others previously unreleased.

Red Magnesia Pink
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, April - August 1995.
Previously unreleased.

Marfan Syndrome
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, September 1994 - January 1995.
Tracks 1 & 2 remastered in original order from master tape.
Track 1 is a different mix of the track that appeared on Eternal Blue Extreme compilation CD (Somnus, 1994).
Track 4 appeared in a shorter version on the Coruscanto cassette (Nekoisis, 1995).
All others previously unreleased.

Rhinogradentia
Tracks 1 & 2 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, 1995. Remixed 1997.
Track 3 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, 1996. Remixed 1997.
Previously unreleased.

Space Mix Travelling Band
Raw materials of tracks recording during 1994-1996. Final mix, 1997.
A different mix of track 3 was used for raw material of collaboration with John Watterman on Brisbane-Tokyo Interlace CD (Cold Spring, 1995).
Previously unreleased.

Motorond
Track 1 recorded live at Guilty, Tokyo, 30 March 1997.
Track 2 recorded at ZSF Produkt Studio, January 1997.
All remixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, April 1997.
Previously unreleased.

Annihiloscillator
Track 1 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, March 1997.
Track 2 raw material recorded live in California, 1995. Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, January 1997.
Track 3 recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, January 1997.
Tracks 4 & 5 recorded & mixed as ZSF Produkt Studio, December 1996.
Track 4 originally appeared on Merzbow/Kadef split 10" (Dreizehn, 1997).
All others previously unreleased.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other (ISBN for Merzbook): 0-957-77091-X

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Reviews

scott_shelby Oct 10, 2024
Update, i emailed them the question i asked about stock and they said 60 normal and less than 10 special editions
scott_shelby Oct 8, 2024
Anyone have any idea how many are officially still in stock?
kmburkhart Apr 12, 2024
Edited 7 months ago
Mentioned on The Podcast Years (2000, Episode 4) by Steven Wilson (linked to around 23:30)! https://youtu.be/QUxQSJCZOEs?si=27q_D9-QTRY4-JDe&t=1413
Merzilla Aug 27, 2023
Merzboxes left for purchase from http://www.extrememusic.com.au, 23 years on per Roger Richards of Extreme Music: "About 90 are left of which about 15 or so are Special Editions. They are slowly making their way into the world ;-)

As always, explore the music

Roger"
aumusic Aug 2, 2021
Should the "Special Edition" of this set have its own Discogs listing? I ask because, technically speaking, Extreme did assign a slightly different catalog number to it on their website (XLTD-003-L, though AFAIK, neither physical edition bears either that catalog number or XLTD-003), and it does contain additional items (such as the "Decomposition" 2CD set, which also has its own listing on Discogs at https://www.discogs.com/Merzbow-Decomposition/release/257645 ).
Merzilla Jul 4, 2019
Attention Merzfreaks!! I just purchased the special edition of the Merzbox via
extrememusic.com.au for $500 postage paid to the U.S. in July 2019. That's over 19 years since it was released and I was stoked to also find out there were only about 10 special editions left and about 100 of the regular editions ($450) left. The regular edition does not come with bonus CDs and a poster.
Party On Noise Lovers!!
sunwalker Jan 14, 2019
here's a great resource for anyone interested in what this beast actually sounds like: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/phthora/the_merzbox__every_disc_rated_and_reviewed/

hails to this lad who subjected himself to over 200 hours of Japanese noise destruction!
weirdal Jul 21, 2014
Hey, this release is still in print and is selling cheaper straight through the record label than the cheapest being sold here.

I got a copy last week, you wont regret this purchase. not a waste of money at all. the book is amazing!

http://www.xtr.com/catalog/XLTD-003/
Retrobrut Nov 21, 2010
I purchased from the label (Extreme) few years ago, totally worth the money, the music collection it's really complete and the book it's a mandatory reading, wonderful lay-out, cover all black with black ink.

I have the special edition, it comes with additional posters and 2 x CD collaboration, those recordings were made using EMS, artwork on the 2 x cd set reminds me to Pulse Demon design.

Highly recommendable listening of Annihiloscillator, Red Magnesia Pink, Rhinograndetia! just to name a few.
DeletedDiscogsUser Jul 16, 2005
Edited 19 years ago
This box set is one of the most valuable pieces of art to come across this world during the 1900's. No artist has come close to releasing a 50 CD Box Set.

The 1979-1984 era takes some getting use to as Merzbow likes to draw out 2 second loops for 10-20 minutes at a time, but the material is still interesting and the use of drums is noticed a lot in these works.

Era 1985-1990 show what was to come in the future of Merzbow as he takes his noise to a whole new level. Tracks start to increase in volume and the material becomes more defined.

Era 1991-1997 show us what made him a legend in the noise industry. Masami's use of pedals and other sound sources becomes increasingly more complex and the artwork shows that Jenny (his wife) has now become involved in his works.

The box set comes with a medallion that actually creates an illusion when you move it from side to side, very cool. This box set is a long listen, but well worth the price. As it notes in the Merzbook, you must listen to this from the first CD to the last CD in order to get the full picture of the legend of Merzbow.