Room40 To Release New Merzbow Album | The Quietus

Room40 To Release New Merzbow Album

It's an updated version of 1994 album 'Hole'

Merzbow is set to release a new album through Lawrence English’s Room40 label.

Titled Noise Mass, the album is described as an updated version of the Japanese noise musician’s 1994 album Hole. The release will come with a 28-page book that charts the development of Merzbow’s sound and career from 1979 until now. It takes in photos from across his career as well as an interview.

Room40 will release Noise Mass on July 12. It can be pre-ordered here and you can hear opening track ‘Voicematrix Pt. 1’ via the embed just above.

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