Merzxiu

Merzxiu
Merzxiu
Studio album by Merzbow + Xiu Xiu
Released	April 18, 2015
Genre	Noise, drone, dark ambient
Length	37:25
Label	Kingfisher Bluez
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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

"Merzxiu A" — 19:52
"Merzxiu B" — 17:33

Personnel

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

References

^ 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.
^ "Merzbow and Xiu Xiu team up as Merzxiu for Record Store Day". Fact. March 18, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
^ Adams, Gregory (March 18, 2015). "Merzbow and Xiu Xiu - 'Merzxiu' (album stream)". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
^ "Merzbow and Xiu Xiu collaborate as Merzxiu". The Wire. March 18, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.

External links

Merzxiu on Bandcamp
Merzxiu at Discogs

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[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.

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v t e Merzbow
Discography
Studio albums	Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets Venereology Pulse Demon Merzbox
Collaborations	04092001 Sun Baked Snow Cave Merzdub Walrus / Groon Rock Dream SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth Keio Line Klatter Cuts Full of Hell & Merzbow Merzxiu Flying Basket Gensho An Untroublesome Defencelessness 2R0I2P0

v t e Xiu Xiu
Jamie Stewart Angela Seo David Kendrick Lauren Andrews Jherek Bischoff Yvonne Chen Cory McCulloch Caralee McElroy Sam Mickens Ches Smith
Studio albums	Knife Play (2002) A Promise (2003) Fabulous Muscles (2004) La Forêt (2005) The Air Force (2006) Women as Lovers (2008) Dear God, I Hate Myself (2010) Always (2012) Angel Guts: Red Classroom (2014) Forget (2017) Girl with Basket of Fruit (2019) Oh No (2021) Ignore Grief (2023) 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips (2024)
Compilation albums	Fag Patrol (2003)
Live albums	Life and Live (2005)
Tribute albums	Nina (2013) Plays the Music of Twin Peaks (2016)
EPs	Chapel of the Chimes (2002) Tu Mi Piaci (2006)
Split releases	with The Dead Science (2005)
Collaborations	Ciautistico! Creepshow Remixed & Covered ¿Spicchiology? A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana Merzxiu
Related articles	Accordion Solo! Discography The Dead Science Former Ghosts

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