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File under: NoiseAbstract

Merzbow

Jinrinkinmouzui

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Jinrinkinmouzui exemplifies the dense, layered constructions that defined Merzbow's late-80s output - recordings so thick with information they seem to exceed human perception. Each listen reveals new details buried within the sonic sediment: textures, events, and micro-structures rewarding patient engagement. The title itself resists easy translation, its syllables suggesting bodily processes and material transformations.

The recordings operate on multiple temporal scales simultaneously - microsecond events nested within longer phrases, those phrases embedded in still larger structures. This impossibility of complete comprehension is itself the point: Akita creates environments rather than narratives, spaces to inhabit rather than stories to follow. The late 80s saw Merzbow achieving unprecedented density, packing more sonic information into each moment than listeners could possibly process.

Details
File under: NoiseAbstract
Cat. number: SDRSW 50
Year: 2026
Notes:
Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo 1985. Remastered from original cassette tape at Munemihouse, Tokyo, August 2018. (c) Merzbow 2018. Packaged in a folded paper cover. Track Durations from Windows Media Player