a r t i s t : Richard Pinhas and Merzbow
t i t l e : Keio Line
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Cuneiform
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2009
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 171,1 MB
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Richard and Merzbow are both among the best-known figures in
electronic rock music today. Merzbow is probably the single
best-known artist in noise music today. While Richard's work
wouldn't be considered to be in the 'noise' arena, many of the
artists in the field have expressed great interest in his
pioneering use of synthesizers and electronics in rock and
contemporary music from the 1970s until the present. Despite
coming from very different backgrounds, they had long
expressed admiration for each others work. Given all of this,
it is probably not surprising that the most important
electronic musicians of France and Japan should finally
collaborate together! During Richard's second tour of Japan in
the fall of 2007, he performed with Merzbow in what Richard
called, "an incredible concert". A week later, at the end of
this tour, they booked two days in the studio to work together
again, this time on a recording. All material was recorded
completely live by the two musicians, with extensive work done
in the mix and re-mix stage. Keio Line (the name refers to the
name of the train Richard and Masami would take from downtown
Tokyo to the recording studio) is a two CD set, released at a
special price, that is violent, soothing, hypnotic, noisy and
trance-inducing. All aboard the Keio Line!
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CD1
01-Tokyo Electronic Guerilla [18:30]
02-Ikebukuro Tout Le Monde Descend! [17:37]
03-Shibuya AKS [26:28]
CD2
01-Merzdon / Heldow Kills Animal Killers [08:17]
02-Chaos Line [21:46]
03-Fuck The Power (And Fuck Global Players) [16:30]
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