Merzbow – Flare Blues – LP

Room 40

“Flare Blues” reimagines two of Merzbow’s long out of print EPs from 1994, “Flare Gun” and “White Blues”. Revisiting the original pieces and adding previously unreleased materials recorded during these sessions, “Flare Blues” tethers together a set of Merzbow’s most exploratory work, creating a visceral linkage between a pair of vital works.

On “Flare Blues” not only are the pieces remastered by Merzbow, but they are recontextualised and when heard together with the previously unreleased bonus materials open up a new sense of his studio experimentation at the time.