Mode 13 Japanese Birds, Vol. 3 by Merzbow NEUF

Tracks:
Black Headed Gull
February 2002
Angel of the Odd, The

Performer Notes:

• Merzbow: Masami Akita.
• Recording information: Munemi House, Tokyo, Japan (09/2009).
• Masami Akita shows no signs of reeling back his legendary noise. 13 JAPANESE BIRDS VOL. 3s three songs (which total nearly an hour) could be an imaginary soundtrack to a horror movie that would make Clive Barker squeal. The 31-minute opener, Black Headed Gull," is an especially challenging exercise in white noise and subtly magnetic death-metal percussion, while "February Of 2002" settles into a slightly more digestable post-industrial din. The eight-minute finale, "Angel Of The Odd," is the most outright inviting, though its still a terrifying slab of minimalist, fuzzy thrash. JAPANESE BIRDS can be difficult, but reserves Akitas place atop the pecking order of experimentalism.

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 24 March, 2009

Label: Important Records

Dimensions: 12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.06 kg)