Merzbow - Lowest Music 2 LP

Our Review: Lowest Music 2 is a very early recording from the master of Japanese noise, Masami Akita / Merzbow. It was originally constructed on "very cheap equipment" in 1982, released on cassette Akita's Lowest Music & Arts (the precursor his more well known ZSK Produkt). He remixed / reprised the material in 1990 for a cassette on Extreme, who later incorporated this on the legendary Merzbox. Way back when, one foolish employee at Aquarius (FYI, Jim is now happily working for Stranded) embarked on a project of reviewing every disc in the Merzbox while perched behind the counter at the shop. Here is the review from that intrepid bit of gonzo journalism from 2000: "This has got to be a collaboration. I sort of feel like I'm playing the Wire's Invisible Jukebox ... trying to guess who the collaborator must be. After listening to all of the previous discs, I've gotten a pretty good idea as to what the sonic intentions of Merzbow are and what his voice is. Disc Twelve (yeah, I've sti