The Merzbow Archive series by Slowdown Records, which has released thirteen editions so far, enters its fourteenth edition. This edition contains a collection of unreleased recordings from 2014 that were performed using a sequencer. Performances in this style are included in previously released works such as Nezumimochi (Cold Spring, 2014) and Wildwood (Dirter Promotions, 2015). The sequencer used is Dwarfcraft Devices' 8-step sequencer The Pitch Grinder. The six albums that make up the series are titled Double Beat Sequencer Vol. 1~6, where ''Double Beat'' is the name of Merzbow's favorite Roland AD-50 Wah Fuzz pedal.
In this album, "Double Beat Sequencer Vol. 2", in addition to the sequencer phrases, he uses a lot of sounds like kicks and acid basses, and the performance is like a reconstruction of the groove oriented style developed in the mid-zero's with a new equipment configuration. The first track switches grooves between the first and second halves, the second track, which is relatively short at 7 minutes, leaves a strong impression with its burst of electronic noise, and the third track, which maintains the groove from beginning to end and intertwines with improvised noise, is a wonderful performance full of tension.
yorosz(aka Shuta Hiraki)
credits
released August 24, 2022
All Music by Masami Akita
Recorded at Munemihouse, Tokyo January & March 2014.
Mixed at Munemihouse, May 2021.
Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan.
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