Description
‘Duo’ is a collection of recordings from Masami Akita and Kiyoshi Mizutani. ( Kiyoshi was a member of Merzbow in the 1980s. He has since enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist. Masami Akita has been the leader of the band since 1979. These recordings are from 1987 to 1989. (The first foreign tour of Merzbow took place in 1988 in Russia, with Masami Akita and Kiyoshi Mizutani. The next tour was held in Europe (Holland, Germany and France) in 1989 and Kiyoshi also participated in some of the shows there. During this period the two recorded together at a local studio making many recordings, some of which were used as the source materials for the Merzbow album ‘S.C.U.M’, released in 1989. But the original sessions have never been released until now. These recordings are also mirror works of his solo recordings from the time, including ‘Ecobondage’ (1987), ‘Enclosure’ (1988) and ‘Storage’ (1988). Both musicians played home-made instruments, including Metal Box with Piano Wire and Feedback audio mixer. This edition of Duo is limited to 400 copies.
