Door Open at 8 AM

by Merzbow

Door Open at 8 AM cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 June 1999
  • Label: Alien8 Recordings
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 55:20
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating Masami Akita's late-90s integration of distinct rhythmic structures into his extreme soundscapes, this release heavily loops degraded drum samples amidst the customary squalls of feedback. The unexpected presence of persistent, mechanical beats creates a slightly more accessible, yet still intensely abrasive, entry point into his vast harsh noise catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, rhythmic, noisy, instrumental, repetitive, atmospheric, distorted, extreme, experimental, electronic

Tracklist

  1. Intro (1:30)
  2. Tony Williams Deathspace (2:18)
  3. Jimmy Elvins In Traffic (9:49)
  4. Lyons Wake (10:45)
  5. Door Open At 8 Am (3:17)
  6. The Africa Brass Session Vol.2 (19:51)
  7. Metro And Bus (7:50)

Credits

  • Merzbow - primary artist
  • Masami Akita - synthesizer [ems, moog], electronics [noise electronics], composed by

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