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Immerzbox

A noise adventure exploring Merzbow's 50-disc Merzbox set, one disc at a time. Hosted by @metaltxt and @EZSnappin. Email us at immerzbox@gmail.com!

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Disc 34: SCUM - Severances (1989)

Disc 34: SCUM - Severances (1989)

Disc 34: SCUM - Severances (1989) - Merzbow makes a covers record. Sorta. Kinda. Not really.

10 Jan 2020

30mins

Ranked #2

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Disc 26: Live In Khabarovsk, CCCP (I'm Proud By Rank Of The Workers)

Disc 26: Live In Khabarovsk, CCCP (I'm Proud By Rank Of The Workers)

Disc 26: Live In Khabarovsk, CCCP (I'm Proud By Rank Of The Workers) (1988): Very possibly the weirdest disc on the Merz... Read more

23 Aug 2019

27mins

Ranked #3

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Disc 10: Solonoise

Disc 10: Solonoise

Disc 10: Solonoise (1982) - 10 discs in to the noise adventure. We talk about how this might be the first real noise alb... Read more

22 Mar 2019

34mins

Ranked #4

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Disc 12: Nil Vagina Tape Loops

Disc 12: Nil Vagina Tape Loops

Disc 12: Nil Vagina Tape Loops (1982) - 12 discs in to the noise adventure. We talk about the Nil Vagina Tape Loop. We t... Read more

12 Apr 2019

24mins

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Ranked #5

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Disc 37: Newark Hellfire, Live at WFMU, USA (1990)

Disc 37: Newark Hellfire, Live at WFMU, USA (1990)

Disc 37: Newark Hellfire, Live at WFMU, USA (1990): LIVE FROM WFMU IT'S THE ERIK AND TXT DRIVE TIME HOUR WITH SPECIAL GU... Read more

24 Feb 2020

20mins

Ranked #6

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Disc 24: Enclosure/Libido Economy

Disc 24: Enclosure/Libido Economy

Disc 24: Enclosure/Libido Economy (1987/8/9): We get into the Ecobondage era - things get slooooooooowwwwwed down. Txt t... Read more

2 Aug 2019

28mins

Ranked #7

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Disc 25: Vratya Southward

Disc 25: Vratya Southward

Disc 25: Vratya Southward (1987/88): Ecobondaging continues. We talk about going on an Electroacoustic Voyage, noise wal... Read more

16 Aug 2019

25mins

Ranked #8

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Disc 30: Crocidura Dsi Nezumi (1987/8)

Disc 30: Crocidura Dsi Nezumi (1987/8)

Disc 30: Crocidura Dsi Nezumi (1987/8) - We quiet things down a lot with Disc 30.... until we don't. txt rants about his... Read more

15 Nov 2019

27mins

Ranked #9

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Disc 14: Mechanization Takes Command

Disc 14: Mechanization Takes Command

Disc 14: Mechanization Takes Command (1984) - 14 discs in to the noise adventure. The gang gets mechanized. We slowly mo... Read more

26 Apr 2019

39mins

Ranked #10

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Disc 28: Fission Dialogue

Disc 28: Fission Dialogue

Disc 28: Fission Dialogue (1988): An interesting release combining the best of Merzbow's quieter, ambient-er side of thi... Read more

27 Sep 2019

23mins

Ranked #11

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Disc 18: Pornoise 1KG Vol. 1

Disc 18: Pornoise 1KG Vol. 1

Disc 18: Pornoise 1KG Vol. 1 (1984) - The Merzbow stuff that we aren't technically supposed to talk about. Too bad! We'r... Read more

1 Jun 2019

35mins

Ranked #12

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Disc 29: Collaborative (1988)

Disc 29: Collaborative (1988)

Disc 29: Collaborative (1988) - Merzbow's collaboration CD with S.B.O.T.H.I. - Does bringing this new artist into the mi... Read more

18 Oct 2019

20mins

Ranked #13

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Disc 17: Agni Hotra

Disc 17: Agni Hotra

Disc 17: Agni Hotra (1984-85) - Cool loops, good loops, bad loops, shrill loops. NOT THE BEES. 

24 May 2019

43mins

Ranked #14

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Disc 27: Storage

Disc 27: Storage

Disc 27: Storage (1988): WAR. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR. HUH - STORAGE.

13 Sep 2019

29mins

Ranked #15

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Disc 23: Mortegage/Batztoutai Extra

Disc 23: Mortegage/Batztoutai Extra

Disc 23: Mortegage/Batztoutai Extra (1984): Well this is.... a weird one. Erik and txt talk about how they don't know ho... Read more

25 Jul 2019

29mins

Ranked #16

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Disc 9: Yantra Material Action

Disc 9: Yantra Material Action

Disc 9: Yantra Material Action (1982) - 9 discs in to the noise adventure. Txt talks about being stuck in a windstorm su... Read more

15 Mar 2019

42mins

Ranked #17

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Disc 11: Expanded Music

Disc 11: Expanded Music

Disc 11: Expanded Music (1982-83) - 11 discs in to the noise adventure. Txt talks about robots becoming really kind of o... Read more

5 Apr 2019

45mins

Ranked #18

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Disc 20: Pornoise 1KG Vol. 3

Disc 20: Pornoise 1KG Vol. 3

Disc 19: Pornoise 1KG Vol. 3 (1984) - The third of the Pornoise CDs! Oh... dear god... make it end.

14 Jun 2019

17mins

Ranked #19

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Disc 16: Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3

Disc 16: Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3

Disc 16: Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3 (1983) - 16 discs in to the noise adventure. The second of two Mapas that are Dying episod... Read more

10 May 2019

31mins

Ranked #20

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Disc 15: Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2

Disc 15: Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2

Disc 15: Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2 (1983) - 15 discs in to the noise adventure. The first of two Mapas that are Dying episode... Read more

3 May 2019

40mins

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