Merzbow

The journey begins with a feedback drenched "intro" that develops into two sequential collages of heavily processed white noise. Increasing levels of intensity are compressed into the sonic decay of “Tony Williams Deathspace” with its magnification and phase processing of a basic loop. The dub style “Jimmy Elvins in Traffic,” segues into “Lyons Wake” where a heavily distorted bass line sustains a slower, spacier groove. This lyrical momentum continues in the second collage, as the distortion and oscillator of the title track segue into the comparatively mellow dance groove of “The Africa Brass Session Vol. 2.” The references to Coltrane and Miles are cryptic, of course, as this has nothing to do with jazz improvisation unless it’s something you equate with noise-core.