Merzbow – Cloud Cock OO Grand 2LP Sale

Vinyl LP pressing. When it comes to Japanese noise, few projects have pushed boundaries or risen to a more iconic status than Merzbow. The mutant child of punk and experimental music, the project s blistering sounds – as singular and wild as they are unique – are among the movement s most important, definitive statements, continuously laying the groundwork for countless artists who have followed in it s wake. Cloud Cock OO Grand marks a new era for Merzbow, the first of many albums that will go in the direction we d see in the 90s. It is also the first time that this seminal document from Merzbow s 90s period has ever appeared on vinyl. Composed and performed on synthesizers, metal devices, noise electronics and string instruments, all recorded at extreme volumes, Cloud Cock OO Grand s five tracks present an enthralling sonic assault, deeply driven by the presence of electronic sounds, played against the sparse interjections of Akita s heavily processed strings, that push toward new territories of the extreme, while subtly nodding toward historical gestures from the early years of the avant-garde. On the double vinyl, the tracks are not only remastered by Merzbow, but are recontextualized and open up a new sense of his studio experimentation at the time.