-----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of francko.lamerikx@philips.com Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:27 PM
* "Cloud Cock 00 Grand" This was the first (and only?) CD release on Merzbow's ZSF ("zu-su-fu") label. It's from the early nineties, and it still has a lot of ties with his collage work. Absolutely stunning. It's hard to find as only 500 were pressed. A copy went on eBay two days ago for $46.05.
It's also available now on the Merzbox, I believe. I would heartily recommend the two Music for Bondage Performance CDs -- I think they're out of print, but still readily available on eBay for under $20 (because of all the talk on Merzbow, I went and finally bid on my own copy). Very differently textured, much like 1930, which is released on Tzadik. The releases on Alien8 are uniformly very good, and relatively inexpensive. Space Metalizer is one I return to from time to time, with its moog- and theremin-derived noise; Aqua Necromancer is the "prog tribute," and "Door Open at 8 A.M." is the free jazz drummer tribute. Or something like that. There's also a Merzbox Sampler floating around, and it's as good an introduction as any. A good number of the oldskool Merzbow releases are still in print, I think; Venereology and Pulse Demon being the real warhorses. (My sentimental favorite is Electric Salad, which was the very first Merzbow release I ever heard and bought.) Later, Ben np: bill jones, "turn to me" http://www.thewilyfilipino.com