I'm definitely not an all-around Merzbow fan. I can appreciate his artistic integrity and identify with some of the ideas behind his music, but I can't get into longwinded ear-piercing noise no matter what the good intentions behind it may be. Every now and then, however, Masami Akita manages to come up with something that, while still abrasive, is comparatively tame or grounded in "musicality" enough for me to want to hear it. This is one such anomaly. While still retaining the harsh and noisy aspects of his past work, Akita makes room for distorted melody ("Music Machine"), looping and repetition ("Aekonoto 223"), ambience ("Horiwari"), and haunting samples ("Humming Bird"). The really abrasive parts don't overstay their welcome and actually have some structure to them compared to most Merzbow albums, and the ambient/melodic parts are VERY memorable. If there is any Merzbow album to start off with, this is the one. I can appreciate anyone who can make the inaccessible sound accessible, and Akita does just that here.
Favorite track: "Inside Looking Out (Part 1)"
Least favorite track: "Horse"
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