▄█▓▄ ▄▓█▄ ▀██▓▄ ▄▓██▀ ████▄ ▄████ █▄▄ ███▓▄ ▄▓███ ███ ████▓ ▓████ ▓██▌ ████▓ ▓████ ███ █████ █████ ▓██ █████▄▄▓████ ▄▓████▄ ██▌▄████▓▄ ▓████████▓ ▄██▀ ███ ▐ ▓██▀▀▀▀▀██▓ ▓██▓███▓ ▐██▌ ███ ▌ █ ▐█▌ ▐██ ▓████████▓ ▓██ █ █▌ ▐██ ██ ▐███▓▀▀████▌ ▐██▌ ██▓ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐██▌ ▐██ ████ ████ ▀██▄ ██▓▀ ▐█▌ ▄██▓ ▀█▓ ▓█▀ ███▓ ▓███ ▀▓███▓▀ ▓██▄ ▄▄██▄ ▄▄██████▓ ███▀ ▀███ ▓██████▄▄ ▄██▄▄ ▀▀████████▀ ███▄ ▄▄▓▀ ▄██▀ HARDCORE ▀██▄ ▀▓▄▄ ▄███ ▀████████▀▀ ░ ▀▓████ ███████▀ █▀▀ ▀██▄ ▀███████ ████▓▀ ░ ███ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄▄ ███ ▓▒▓ ███▀ VA - Merzbow & Kouhei Matsunaga Split ▀███ ▓ ░ ▄▓▀ ▀▓▄ GENRE...........: Noise ▓▄ ▄▓▄ RiPPER .........: hXc ripping crew ▄▓▄ ▄▓ ▀██████ RELEASE DATE ...: Oct-25-2003 ██████▀ ▀█▓██▓ STORE DATE .....: Aug-08-2001 ▓████▀ ▀███ ARTiST .........: VA ███▀ ▓█▌ LABEL ..........: Tigerbeat6 ▐█▓ ▐██▌ SOURCE .........: CDDA ▐██▌ ▓██ BiTRATE ........: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / Full Stereo ██▓ ▐██▌ SIZE ...........: 98,2 MB ▐██▌ ███ NO.OF.TRACKS....: 06 ███ ██▓▄ ▄▓██ ▄▓████▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▓███▄▄ ▄▄███▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▓████▓▄ ▄██▀████████▓███▓▀▀▀▀ ▀█▓ TRACKS ▓█▀ ▀▀▀▀▓███▓████████▀██▄ ▀▓▒ ▀████▓▀▀▀▀ ▄▓▀ ▀▓▄ ▀▀▀▀▓████▀ ▓▀ ▒ ██▌ ▐██ ░ █ █ ░ ▓ ▓ ░ ▒ TiTLE TiME ▒ ▓▒▓ ░ ░ ▓ [01] Merzbow - Nakasendow [12:37] [02] Merzbow - Earth Nazareth [11:45] [03] Merzbow - Shadow Barbalian [10:07] [04] Kouhei Matsunaga - the Garden of the Earth [10:42] [05] Kouhei Matsunaga - the Garden of the Earth [15:35] [06] Kouhei Matsunaga - the Garden of the Earth [10:42] ..... [71:28] ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ █▀ █ █ ▀█ ▀█▄ ▄███▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▓███▄▄ ▄▄███▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▓███▄ ▄█▀ ██████████▓███▓▀▀▀▀ ▀█▓ ▓█▀ ▀▀▀▀▓███▓██████████ ██████▓▀▀▀▀ ▄▓▀ COMMENTS ▀▓▄ ▀▀▀▀▓██████ ███▓▀ ▀▓███ ██▌ ▐██ ▄█ ▄██▀ ▀██▄ █▄ ▀██▀ ▀██▀ Masami akita, better known as japanoise legend Merzbow, is no stranger to tigerbeat6, having released his collaboration with zbigniew karkowski on the label. The two artists featured on this split cd are no strangers to each other, either. Akita has been a regular guest on kouhei matsunagaÆs projects, since his well-regarded releases on mille-plateaux in the late 90s. Noted for ôa bashful take on noise, as opposed to the usual swagger prevalent in the genre,ö matsunagaÆs cut-ups and textural soundscapes have been hailed for occupying a point between experimental electronic noise and minimalism. His three-track journey through ôthe garden of the earthly delightö is his most ambitious composition yet, rewarding the listener with a hushed quality and an ear-popping space for silence that makes the jackhammer beats that much more effective when they enter, fattened with static electricity and squalls of feedback. There is a calm at the center of matsunagaÆs sound that allows for an endless proliferation of tones, sure to delight the pickiest consumers (noise and ambient fans) alike, though at very different moments. ▄███▄ ▄███▄ ▀███▄ ▄ ▄ ▄███▀ ███▌ ▄▓██ ██▓▄ ▐███ ███▄▓██▀██ ██▀██▓▄███ ▀████ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ████▀ ▀▀ ▄██▓ ▓██▄ ▀▀ ▄▄██▄ ▄▄██████▓ ▓██████▄▄ ▄██▄▄ ▀▀████████▀ ███▄ ▄▄▓▀ GROUP iNFO ▀▓▄▄ ▄███ ▀████████▀▀ ▀▓████ ███████▀ ▀███████ ████▓▀ ███ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▄▄ ███ ███▀ PURPOSE: ▀███ ▄▓▀ ▀▓▄ hXc was founded with one sole purpose: to help unknown and underground bands get the recognition they deserve. If, upon listening to one of our releases, you decide that you like a certain band, support them! Buy their merchandise, go to their shows, help them out in any way you can. We release for the benefit of the scene, as we believe the mp3 format is an effective medium for the discovery of new artists. CONTACT: If you can think you can help us in any way (by providing us with rips, dumps, bncs, affils) and would like to join a group of individuals from around the world dedicated to the hardcore/punk/metal genres, drop us a line at [email protected] or contact us through the usual channels. ▄███▄ ▄███▄ ▀███▄ ▄ - the hXc team ▄ ▄███▀ ███▌ ▄▓██ ██▓▄ ▐███ ███▄▓██▀██ ██▀██▓▄███ ▀████ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ████▀ ▀▀ ▄██▓ ▓██▄ ▀▀ ▄▄██▄ ▄▄██████▓ ▓██████▄▄ ▄██▄▄ ▀▀████████▀ ███▄ ▄▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▄ ▄███ ▀████████▀▀ ▄ ▀▓████ ███████▀ ▀███████ ████▓▀ ▄ ▀▓█ ███ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ GREETiNGS ▀▀▀ ▄▄ ███ █▓▀ ▓█ ███▀ ▀███ ▓█ █▓ ▄▓▀ SHOUTS OUT TO: ▀▓▄ ██▌ ▐█▄ ▄▓██ ▓███▄▄ FNT -/- FKK -/- gF -/- rH -/- COR -/- HCU -/- DFS ▄▄████▓ ███▓▀▀▀ AMRC -/- pH -/- PMS -/- RNS ▀▀▀▀▓███▌ ▐██ and all quality groups in the scene ███ ██▌ ▐█▓ ▐██ ██▌ ██▓ ▄ ▓██ ▓██▄ ▄▓▄ "Hardcore will never die!" ▀ ▄▓▄ ▄██▓ ▓██▓▄ ▓█▀ ▀█▓ ▄▓██▓ ▀██▓▄███▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▓███▄▄ ▄▄███▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▓███▄▓██▀ ██████████▓███▓▀▀▀▀ ▀█▓ KRM__DFS ▓█▀ ▀▀▀▀▓███▓██████████ ██████▓▀▀▀▀ ▄▓▀ 2003 ▀▓▄ ▀▀▀▀▓██████ ███▓▀ ▀▓███ ██▌ ▐██ ▄█ ▄▓█▀ ▀██▄ ▓▄ ▀▓█▀ ▀▓█▀