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This is another one of my 5/5 releases from the king of noise. During his 90's tear on the scene Merzbow was getting louder and experimenting more with other tools to make his sound stand out more. This time he was using the theremin and it clearly stands out in these tracks. I love every bit of this album and I love the start of Son of Zechen. It begins with this trobbing bass with a light ambient sound humming with it and there's little blips and hissings floating around as well. Easily my second favourite track on the album. The best ever example of theremin in noise I've ever heard is the last minute of Efface. Simply awesome and I wish it was longer!
Now, after we're had our ears pulled off we get to Mirage, and it was one of the first "beautiful" tracks I had heard by Merzbow. It follows the same lines as Child Of Dream Sea from 24 Hours - A Day of Seals, and Pier 39 from Animal Magnetism. Except of course Space Metalizer was years before but they're all very ambient in a way. It's still noisey but I find these three tracks to be his most beautiful to date.
PS: I found this interesting. If you own the Merzbox you will find that on the last disc, (#50: Annihiloscillator), all of the sounds from that album are inlcuded on this album. Or is it the other way around? Annihiloscillator sounds like a remix album of this one and it was done in the same year too. Merzbow has been known to reuse his noise and on that album it is most prevalent for sure.
