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MERZBOW, "DHARMA"
Apparently 18 discs worth of Merzbow just isn't enough for me ... I hadto go and order another one. Silly, especially considering that I'vebarely scratched the surface of my Merzbox. Dharma is a universal ordertenet of Buddhism. It is the essential function or nature of a thing.Masami Akita's way to enlightenment has always been 'noise' and thefour tracks that make up "Dharma" are no exception. "I'm Coming to theGarden .... No Sound, No Memory" starts off innocently enough but bythe third minute thick textures consume the stereo field. A singlelooped shard of electrical current defiantly blasts through thebackdrop. "Akashiman" marches on with prototypical tangled sound,mostly in higher frequencies. That's the first 10 minutes. The next 8is "Piano Space for Marimo Kitty". Here Akita loops a short and oddpiano melody while weaving in restrained waves, that is until the midpoint when he can no longer resist the urge to bury everything inswirling sonic chaos. The final track is the near 32 minute zen monster"Frozen Guitars and Sunloop/7E 802". By the latter half of the piece,the mass is reduced to a dulled roar that feels like it's descendingand ascending simultaneously. It's as deceptive as the digipackpackaging: simple white and black on the outside with panels of pastelcolors hidden within. Now to delve into that daunting Merzbox while myears and brain are still acclimated to the noise
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