Merzbow
Japanese noise project
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Merzbow's Studio Equipment
The TEAC M-09 is listed in the liner notes of the album Flesh Metal Orgasm.
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The Roland TR-606 is listed on the albums Maschinenstil and A Perfect Pain.
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Merzbow's gear in this image includes an EMS Synthi A, a UB1222FX mixer, and two Macbooks.
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A Microgranny 2.0 can be seen on the bottom of a setup photo posted to Merzbow's Twitter.
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The Maranz SD255 is listed in the liner notes of the album Flesh Metal Orgasm.
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Merzbow's gear in this image includes an EMS Synthi A, a UB1222FX mixer, and two Macbooks.
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In this image, Merzbow is using the DOD Resistance Mixer
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"I was using Tascam Porta Two". Also mentioned in the liner notes for Flesh Metal Orgasm and Paradise Pachinko.
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"But finally I found new MTR at online music instrument shop- This was a Tascam MF-01 and I bought two." [sic]
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A Edirol UA-20 can be seen in this photo of Merzbow's gear
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The Korg DRV-1000 is listed in the liner notes of the album Flesh Metal Orgasm.
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A Maxon PSM8 mixer can be seen in this live photo from 1992. The Maxon also appears in the documentary Beyond Ultra Violence.
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Merzbow talks about using a Sony 464 open reel recorder in the Merzbook included in the Merzbox.
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A Leader LSG-17 signal generator can be seen in the background of the photo in the Hybrid Noisebloom CD booklet.
"Leader High & Low Frequency Generator" is also mentioned in the vintage Expanded Noisehands website.
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An Apple PowerBook G3 can be seen in this live photo.
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This image of Akita performing has him using a Zed 12-FX mixer.
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A NEXT Sampler II can be seen in this gear setup picture posted to Merzbow's Twitter.
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"I became often to use Filter, as mk2 Filter Bank". "MKII Filter Bank" is also metioned in the Space Metalizer liner notes. At about 25 minutes into the documentary Beyond Ultra Violence the Filter Bank can be seen behind Merzbow while he plays the EMS Sythi A, but the video is too blurry to make out any labels.
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A Edirol UA-3 can be seen in this photo of Merzbow's gear
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The Roland SDE 1000 is listed in the liner notes of the album Flesh Metal Orgasm.
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Merzbow is associated with the BIAS Rockaku-Kun EXD Electronic Drum Unit, as it is listed on his album "Maschinenstil" according to Discogs.
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The RB-801 is listed on the Merzbow's split LP with The Haters.
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A TASCAM CD-RW900SL CD recorder can be seen in this gear photo posted to Merzbow's Twitter
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An Apple PowerBook G4 can be seen in this live photo.
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In a photo of Merzbow performing live, the Allen & Heath Zed-14 mixer is visible, indicating its use in his setup.
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An Apple iMac with a polycarbonate case, either a G5 or early Intel, can be seen in this studio photo posted to Merzbow's Twitter
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On October 21, 2021, Merzbow tweeted a video of Thyme in use.
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"When I first started to use a computer to make music, I was using a Mac G3."
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this website lists the gear that merzbow uses. the Maxon/Ibanez DM1000 being one of them
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Merzbow can be seen using a Korg KAOSS Pad 3 in a photo posted on Twitter by MerzbowOfficial with the caption "本日です 物販あります🕊️".
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