Merzbow - Lowest Music and Arts 1980-1983. Condition is excellent bar light gouge to box top (see last picture) just a few storage marks on box from storage, contents like new.
Dispatched with DPD24 £12 insured
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Merzbow ?– Lowest Music & Arts 1980 - 1983

Label: Vinyl-on-demand ?– VOD108 Format: 9 × Vinyl, LP, Reissue 
Vinyl, LP 
Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered, Numbered 
Country: Germany Released: 26 Oct 2012 Genre: Electronic Style: Noise

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Hyper Music 2 A Hyper Music Part 1 26:28 B Hyper Music Part 2 27:16 Metal Acoustic Music C Balance Of Neurosis Pt.2 22:49 D Balance Of Neurosis Pt.2 Continued 21:45 Merz Collection 007 E1 Merz Collection I 11:18 E2 Merz Collection II 1:57 E3 Merz Collection III 8:27 F1 Merz Collection IV 15:47 F2 Merz Collection V 5:55 Tridal Production G1 Tridal Production I 6:58 G2 Tridal Production II 3:08 G3 Tridal Production III 7:49 H Tridal Production IV 22:38 Mechanization Takes Command 1 I1 Mechanization Takes Command Part I 14:16 I2 Mechanization Takes Command Part II 5:55 J1 Mechanization Takes Command Part III 11:03 J2 Mechanization Takes Command Part IV 10:54 Mechanization Takes Command 2 K1 Mechanization Takes Command Part V 5:44 K2 Mechanization Takes Command Part VI 3:16 K3 Mechanization Takes Command Part VII 14:13 L1 Mechanization Takes Command Part VIII 10:14 L2 Mechanization Takes Command Part IX 12:05 Solonoise Vol. 1 M Solonoise Part I Violin, Electric Piano – Kiyoshi Mizutani 23:55 N Solonoise Part II 23:42 Solonoise Vol. 2 O Solonoise Part I 22:17 P Solonoise Part II 22:37 Yahatahachiman Q1 Yahatahachiman Part I 12:42 Q2 Yahatahachiman Part II 4:54 Q3 Yahatahachiman Part III 9:59 R1 Yahatahachiman Part IV 24:45 R2 Yahatahachiman Part V 5:23 Escape Mask S1 Escape Mask Part I 6:37 S2 Escape Mask Part II 9:36 S3 Escape Mask Part III 13:18 T1 Escape Mask Part IV 15:32 T2 Escape Mask Part V 8:07

Companies, etc.

• Mixed At – Merz-bau
• Remastered At – Munemi House

Credits

• Instruments [Plays Various Instruments On Source Live Materials] – Kiyoshi Mizutani (tracks: E1 to H) 
• Music By, Composed By, Artwork – Masami Akita

Notes

Limited edition of 500 copies, includes an extensive booklet of artwork and a hand-numbered official certificate. Housed in a black varnished and silkscreened wooden box. 

Digitally re-mastered from original cassettes on July 2012 at Munemihouse, Tokyo. 

Hyper Music 2: 
Recorded in 1980. 
Previously unreleased. 

Metal Acoustic Music: 
Recorded and mixed in 1980. 
Originally released as C-90 cassette on Merzbow "Lowest Music & Arts" in 1981. 

Merz Collection 007: 
Recorded at various locations between 1980 - 1981. 
Mixed in 1981 at Merzbau, Machida studio. 
Originally released as C-46 cassette on Merzbow "Lowest Music & Arts" in 1981. 

Tridal Production: 
Recorded and mixed at various locations between 1981 - 1982. 
Mixed on 13th January 1982. 
Originally released as cassette on Merzbow "Lowest Music & Arts" in 1982 
Re-released in 1989 on ZSF Produkt. 
Some parts were also re-released on 'Merzbox' in 2000. 

Mechanization Takes Command 1: 
Recorded at home between 1981 - 1982. 
Mixed in 1983. 
Originally released as Mechanization Takes Command on ZSF Produkt 
Re-released in 1989 on ZSF Produkt. 
Some parts were also re-released on 'Merzbox' in 2000. 

Mechanization Takes Command 2: 
Recorded at home between 1981 - 1982. 
Mixed in 1983. 
Originally released as Mechanization Takes Command on ZSF Produkt 
Re-released in 1989 on ZSF Produkt. 
Some parts were also re-released on 'Merzbox' in 2000. 

Solonoise Vol. 1: 
Recorded and mixed at various locations between 1981 - 1982. 
Mixed on 13th January 1982. 
Originally released as cassette on Merzbow "Lowest Music & Arts" in 1982. 
Some parts were also re-released on 'Merzbox' in 2000. 

Solonoise Vol. 2: 
Recorded and mixed at various locations between 1981 - 1982. 
Mixed on 13th January 1982. 
Originally released as cassette on Merzbow "Lowest Music & Arts" in 1982. 
Some parts were also re-released on 'Merzbox' in 2000. 

Yahatahachiman: 
Recorded and mixed at ZSF Produkt in December 1983. 
Originally released as C-60 cassette on ZSF PRODUCT in 1983. 

Escape Mask: 
Recorded and mixed at ZSF Produkt in 1983. 
Originally released as C-60 cassette on ZSF PRODUCT.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (LP 1 Catalog Number): VOD108.1
• Other (LP 2 Catalog Number): VOD108.2
• Other (LP 3 Catalog Number): VOD108.3
• Other (LP 4 Catalog Number): VOD108.4
• Other (LP 5 Catalog Number): VOD108.5
• Other (LP 6 Catalog Number): VOD108.6
• Other (LP 7 Catalog Number): VOD108.7
• Other (LP 8 Catalog Number): VOD108.8
• Other (LP 9 Catalog Number): VOD108.9
• Other (LP 10 Catalog Number): VOD108.10