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MERZBOW / SCUM - Scissors for Cutting up Merzbow

Format: 3 x LP / 2 x CD set Label & Cat.Number: Menstrual Recordings LH98 Release Year: 2018 Note: expanded re-issue of the do-LP from 1989 (released on Merzbow's ZSF produkt), now spread on 3 LPs (CD version included, too), lim. 200 only! "Present re-production systems point in the direction of a future hyper-dimension of physics. We no longer use a dialectical approach in our disposal/recycling system, only a forward movement to the reproduction of re-production." [MASAMI AKITA] Price (incl. 19% VAT): €49.50 More Info In an interview with Arthur Potter, Akita explained that the album "is an attempt to cut up and mix all of the Merzbow sounds I've done" and that SCUM "is an experiment in changing the context of our own music to create new forms. It's like the disposal of Merzbow into the air." [By disposal] I mean the ongoing process of production. Nothing is really destroyed or disappears, as recycling is part of production. It's a natural and necessary part of post-capitalism. There should be no illusion of only production, as was the case with early industrialization. Present re-production systems point in the direction of a future hyper-dimension of physics. We no longer use a dialectical approach in our disposal/recycling system, only a forward movement to the reproduction of re-production. (Masami Akita) First ever official vinyl re-issue of this classic 1988 Masami Akita side project. Originally published on LP in 1989 by Masami Akita own label ZSF Produkt. Re-issued in an expanded version on CD as part of the Merzbox in the year 2000. This re-issue includes the expanded version on 3 LP and also on 2 CD. Remastered from original tape. Limited edition of 200 copies. www.menstrualrecordings.org/merzbow_scum_scissors_for_cutting_up_merzbow.html