Merzxiu

Merzxiu
Studio album by Merzbow + Xiu Xiu
Released	April 18, 2015
Genre	Noise
Length	37:25
Label	Kingfisher Bluez
Merzbow chronology
Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper (2015) Merzxiu (2015) Wildwood (2015)
Xiu Xiu chronology
Unclouded Sky (2014) Merzxiu (2015)

Merzxiu is a collaborative album by Japanese noise musician Merzbow and American art rock band Xiu Xiu. It was released exclusively for the Record Store Day on April 18, 2015 through Canadian record label Kingfisher Bluez. The initial run of the LP was limited to only 1000 copies.^[1][2][3]

Merzbow and Xiu Xiu previously collaborated live in 2010 at a show in (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York. During the recording of the release, both artists swapped music through e-mail and a translator. Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu described the tracks off the record as "death drone/extinction meditations... very slow, sonically violent and loud."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Merzxiu A" — 19:52
2. "Merzxiu B" — 17:33

Personnel

• Merzbow — performance
• Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) — performance
• Ryan Dyck — typography
• Masahiro Takahashi

References

1. Reid, Mike (March 19, 2015). "Merzbow and Xiu Xiu announce MERZXIU LP after sending angry sounds to each other via the web". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
2. "Merzbow and Xiu Xiu team up as Merzxiu for Record Store Day". Fact. March 18, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
3. Adams, Gregory (March 18, 2015). "Merzbow and Xiu Xiu - 'Merzxiu' (album stream)". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
4. "Merzbow and Xiu Xiu collaborate as Merzxiu". The Wire. March 18, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.

External links

• Merzxiu on Bandcamp
• Merzxiu at Discogs