Merzbeat

Trademark Merzbow harsh distorto’ noise is toned down a hair so as to incorporate actual beats. Beats are electro treated, looped, but are more noise-rock-garage feeling than say breakbeat or electronica. The result is super cool. I guess this is about as mainstream as Merzbow could get. To the uninitiated, Merzbow is one of the knights of the roundtable of Japanoise’sters, usually creating ear bleeding unlistenable harsh assaults. This you can (almost) “dance to”.

1) cool tremolo’ed simple upbeat rock beat w/ distorto noise blanket
2) mid paced slightly swingy heavy beat, almost melodic noise
3) slightly sparser feel, mechanical mid paced beat, creepy tone, strange eastern feeling later on
4) rhythmic looping synth noise, almost MBV-like, no drum beats
5) looped disjunct rock beat w/ searing drones and wacky synths
6-65) seconds silence
66) (“hidden” track) looped sound of record cue’ing heavily treated turns more standard Merzbow harsh noise fare, no beat but looping