Selected Noise Works 93-94

While he didn’t release as much music as most of his peers, Shohei Iwasaki of Monde Bruits was deeply involved with Japanese noise: this collection was executive produced by Mayuko Hino of C.C.C.C., ‘conceptualised’ by Merzbow, engineered with assistance from Aube, and designed by Solmania. You can hear why he had such patronage, as this is relentless, higher-minded harsh noise, restless in its execution, sprawling over sixty-one incredibly dense minutes of spiralling space-blat. Despite its length — presented as one long track, it’s a marathon — nothing feels extraneous here. Iwasaki goes hard through Selected Noise Works 93–94, and your ears reap the rewards.