Merzbow & Lawrence English - Eternal Stalker Artist_Harry Connick Hiromasa Suzuki

Hiromasa Suzuki

and quickly gained notoriety for their extremely energetic live performances

1997) had involved open-minded projects ranging from live film soundtracks and orchestral pieces to a series of Afro-based albums with his band Kabu Kabu

the pair played with the notion of expanding the project into a full record and continued to casually exchange sketches and ideas - such as guitar loops

Although she is inspired by the likes of Dusty Springfield

Merzbow & Lawrence English - Eternal Stalker Artist_Harry Connick Hiromasa SuzukiOn their first official collaboration, Japanese noise pioneer Masami Akita aka Merzbow and Australian sound sculptor Lawrence English present a harrowing, surrealist portrait of nocturnal industrial activity, spawned by field recordings made in a sprawling factory complex seven hours north of Englishs home in Brisbane. He characterizes the area as uneasy and unsettling, awash in the sickly glow of smelters and refinement machinery, somehow not of this