Synth Destruction

"There is no need to argue: Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise music." -- ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Over sixty minutes of total analog destruction by noise king Merzbow and Brooklyn noise boss Carlos Giffoni. This live collaboration was recorded during Giffoni's Synth Destruction Japan Tour in September 2006. This is sound totalism, and is as heavy as it comes: totally brutal, totally ugly, totally beautiful, totally intense, totally classic, totally analog, totally synth, total destruction. Author, activist, painter, and sound artist Masami Akita has been at the foreground of experimental music for over twenty-five years. Inspired by psychedelic rock, free jazz, and early electronic composition--as well the physical arts, especially Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau--Akita has created a musical language all his own. Carlos Giffoni, despite his young age, has been an in-demand Brooklyn collaborator for many years. He has worked with Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Fe-Mail, and many more. In 2005 he released his first solo record, Welcome Home, on Important Records. This is Merzbow and Carlos Giffoni's first collaborative release.  more