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Wattle

by Masami Akita

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MERZILLA
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MERZILLA マサミは1970年代以降のノイズ業界で40年以上働いており、スケルチ、ブリーチ、ドローン、爆発的なブザー、高音のスケルチが彼のトレードマークであることを理解する必要があります。このラケットには喜びがあり、発見する価値があります。マサミのおかげで感謝祭で七面鳥の料理と食事をやめました!He has been working with post 1970s noise for more than 40 years & you need to understand that scratchy squelches, bleats, drones, explosive buzzes & high pitched squealing squeals are his trademark. There is joy in this racket & it is well worth discovering. I've stopped cooking and eating turkey on Thanksgiving thanks to Masami!
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Dan Otto / Don Henson Beautiful. Caustic. Merzbow! Favorite track: Wattle Part 2.
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  • TEST PRESSING - Limited Edition Picture Disc LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Test pressing of Masami Akita's "Wattle" LP. This is a picture disc LP but the graphics on both sides of the record are plain white with a blue line through the center. Record comes in a poly-lined paper sleeve with an information sticker from the pressing plant adhered to the front bottom right corner. A sticker with name and title (the same sticker found on the regular LP edition) is adhered to the front top left corner. The back of the sleeve has been stamped with an Elevator Bath logo and is hand-numbered. This sleeve is inside a clear PVC sleeve with a flap, which is then inside another clear protective sleeve. Only 5 copies exist.

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  • Limited Edition Picture Disc LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Beautiful picture disc LP with full-color artwork by Masami Akita.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Wattle via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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"Wattle" is a new, two-part composition featuring Akita's traditional soup of unidentifiable metallic clanging, crushing feedback, jagged white noise, and various effects. It does not disappoint. There are no drums, no guitars, no vocals; just scorching electronic mayhem of the highest quality.

The colorful images here are based on photographs shot and subtly manipulated by Masami Akita, who sends the following message:

"Turkey is beautiful animal and do not eat them."

Agreed.

Masami Akita is, of course, the artist behind the seminal, vegan, straight edge, noise project, Merzbow. He lives in Tokyo.

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released April 22, 2016

Distributed by Fantastique: fantastiquehq.com

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Masami Akita Tokyo, Japan

Vegan Straight Edge Noise Project

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