Flare Gun
by Merzbow
- Type: Album
- Released: 1994
- Label: Alchemy
- Country: Japan
- Length: 29:33
- Community rating: 3.74/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Operating at the absolute threshold of auditory endurance, Masami Akita's legendary harsh noise project presents a dense, unrelenting wall of electronic feedback and frequency overload. The record encapsulates the golden era of analog Japanese noise, overwhelming the listener through sheer sonic density and structural chaos.
Genres
Descriptors: noisy, dissonant, avant-garde, improvisation, extreme, distorted, effects-laden, long-form
Tracklist
Credits
- Merzbow - primary artist
- James Johnson - artwork [artworks]
- Robert Black - artwork [artworks]
- Steve Smith - artwork [artworks]
- Masami Akita - composed by, electronics [metal]
- Seido - guitar [electro-hawaiian]
- Tetsuo Sakaibara - voice, performer [action]
- Reiko Azuma - voice, performer [shortwave]