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''Merzbox'' is a box set compilation by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It consists of 50 CDs spanning Merzbow's career from 1979 to 1997. 30 discs are taken from long out of print releases, while 20 are composed mainly of unreleased material. The box also contains two CD-ROMs, six CD-sized round cards, six round stickers, a poster, a black long-sleeve T-shirt, a medallion, and the ''Merzbook'', all packaged together in a "fetish" black rubber box. It is limited to 1000 numbered copies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=XLTD-003 - Merzbow - Merzbox )〕 A ''Merzbox Sampler'' was released in 1997. The ''Merzbook'', subtitled ''The Pleasuredome of Noise'', is a 132-page hardcover book written by Brett Woodward with over 100 images. It contains an extensive biography, culled from previous interviews and articles, a new interview, and essays by Achim Wollscheid, Jim O'Rourke, Damion Romero, Eugene Thacker, and Jonathan Walker. Masami Akita provides extensive liner notes for each disc. The book was also released separately with the ''Merzrom'' included. The ''Merzrom'' is an interactive multimedia CD-ROM, designed by Troy Innocent. A second CD-ROM contains various Extreme press and a catalog. The "Merzdallion" medallion was designed by Marcus Davidson. Art direction and design were by Doriana Corda. Audio mastering was by François Tétaz. ==History== Extreme's original plan was to reissue ''Collaborative'', their only vinyl release, for the label's tenth anniversary. There was then discussion of reissuing other early releases, with talk of a ten disc box, the number was finally set at 50 discs. The ''Merzbox'' was originally scheduled for release in late 1997, and available for pre-order, but kept getting delayed until it was finally released in 2000. It was officially launched on June 16, 2000 at Sónar, Barcelona, where Merzbow also performed. Those who had pre-ordered received a two CD album called ''Decomposition'' with remixes of Eugene Thacker and Shane Fahey followed by the original tracks, the ''Merzbox Sampler'', and two posters. These were then made available with purchase of the ''Merzbox'' for extra money. The ''Merzbox'' was exhibited at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna from April 4 to April 7, 2002. Merzbow performed opening and closing concerts. All 60 hours were webcast live.〔(Kunstradio webcast )〕 In December 2002, Georgia Tech's student-run radio station WREK broadcast the entire 50-disc Merzbox without interruption. An article in ''Creative Loafing'' described the Merzbow Marathon as "what may be the most obscure and counterintuitive move in the history of radio." Between the final recordings of the set and its release, Merzbow switched to using a laptop, having first acquired a Macintosh to work on the artwork for the set.〔 Masami Akita has stated in a 2009 interview that he has enough unreleased material for another 50 CD box. Between 2010 and 2013, he released four 10 box sets of unreleased raw material recorded from 1987 to 1997; ''Merzbient'', ''Merzphysics'', ''Merzmorphosis'', and ''Duo''. 2012 also saw the release of ''Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983'', a 10 LP box set that included some full-length albums only partially released in the ''Merzbox''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merzbox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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