New Release September 2019: Keiji Haino, Merzbow and Balázs Pándi release Become the Discovered, Not The Discoverer

A certain magic floods the room when free improvisers of the highest order get together to make music. And when said improvisers are also kindred spirits who know and can anticipate each other’s moves, a kind of wonderful telepathy takes over. Such was the case when enigmatic Japanese noise legend Merzbow (Masami Akita) got together in the studio with fellow countryman Keiji Haino and Hungarian drummer Balazs Pandi for Become The Discovered, Not The Discoverer. For their second encounter for RareNoise Records, following 2016’s An Untroublesome Defencelessness, the three intrepid improvisers explore a threshold of sound so blisteringly intense, that it passes into a zone of divine cacophony.

Comprised of four lengthy, uninterrupted suites, each containing dense, sometimes harsh sonic onslaughts, Become The Discovered, Not The Discoverer is fueled by Merzbow’s cathartic sheets of electronic sound and guitar, Haino’s slashing guitar, bass and vocal work and Pandi’s pummeling intensity on the kit. 

Keiji Haino : Vocal. Guitar, Bass, Electronics, More decorous than duty
Masami Akita : Electronics, Guitar
Balázs Pándi : Drums

1. Become the discovered, not the discoverer I
2. Become the discovered, not the discoverer II
3. I want to learn how to feel everything in each single breath I
4. I want to learn how to feel everything in each single breath II

All compositions by Masami Akita, Keiji Haino, Balazs Pandi
Published by RareNoisePublishing (PRS)

Recorded on 18th of February 2018, Recorded @ la Cave 38 Recording Studio. Recorded by Kevin Le Quellec, assisted by Julien Rosenberger . 
Mixing by Daniel Sandor
Mastering James Plotkin @ Plotkinworks 

Artwork and Design by ROK

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Cat. No. : 

RNR111 (CD) 
RNR111LP (DOUBLE TRANSPARENT ORANGE GATEFOLD VINYL)