Merzbow + Hexa
Achromatic
Label: Dais
Genre: Industrial / Post Industrial / Experimental
Availability
- LP €24.99 Out of Stock
Legendary noise artist Merzbow needs no introduction, given his prolific output and notorious experiments within the realm of human endurance and audible extremes. While Merzbow has remained a solemn figure within the canon of noise, and he is no stranger to the members of HEXA. Jamie Stewart and Merzbow worked together as a duet on a collaborative Merzxiu LP in 2015. On the other side of the spectrum, Lawrence English has curated numerous concerts for Merzbow across his native Australia.
A partnership of these three artists was born out of the collective goal of framing their work against particular sonic and visual architectures. HEXA’s initial utilization of this idea, Factory Photographs, was a commissioned piece to soundtrack the photography of film maker David Lynch. HEXA approached Merzbow with the idea of a collaboration that sought to collide their particular approach to physical sonics against Merzbow’s resoundingly ontological noise practice.
The result of this collision turned into a full length album, aptly titled Achromatic. Focus laid on the severe reverberation of relative noises, brandishing extreme frequencies familiar only to Merzbow and coupled by HEXA’s brutalist pulsation. Each side of the album is produced and mixed by the other, making their audio interpretation of Achromatic a sort of reverse exquisite corpse. A true snapshot afterthought from the decay of the modern age.
Dais Records is proud to announce the official release of Merzbow + HEXA “Achromatic" on July 27, 2018. Mastered by Lawrence English and cut by engineer Josh Bonati, the vinyl release is pressed onto LP vinyl and is packaged in a minimalist styled 24pt stock reverse matte LP jacket designed by Joe Stewart.
Limited edtion clear vinyl.