Timehunter

Timehunter is a box set album by Japanese noise musician Merzbow.[1] The album "originally began as an exercise working in the dynamics of 2002's Merzbeat".[2]

Timehunter features deconstructed beats which i took from 70s hard rock stuff like Omega, Golden Earring, Spontaneous Combustion, Alamo. Also I tried mixing these destructed breakbeats with heavy guitar drone.

— Masami Akita
Timehunter
Box set by
Merzbow
ReleasedMay 1, 2003 (2003-05-01)
Recorded2002
StudioBedroom, Tokyo
GenreNoise
Length70:33
LabelAnt-Zen
ProducerMasami Akita
Merzbow chronology
24 Hours – A Day of Seals
(2002)		 Timehunter
(2003)		 Cycle
(2003)
inside view

Some tracks might be named after the bands Warhorse, Ramatam and Stone the Crows, and after the song "Space Truckin'" by Deep Purple. "CD Hunter" is a remix of "Ab Hunter", released in 1999 on Split Series 1–8, and later collected on Another Merzbow Records.

Packaging

The release comes on four mini CDs, and is packaged in a day planner binder, complete with a calendar and business card. In the calendar days are marked with the time certain tracks should be played. The card includes a phone number and says "please give me a call — timehunter". The track titles are also listed in Japanese.

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

CD 1
No.TitleJapanese titleLength
1."Warhorse"軍馬21:17
CD 2
No.TitleJapanese titleLength
1."Space Trackin"宇宙追跡10:05
2."Ramatam"ラマタム8:40
Total length:18:47
CD 3
No.TitleJapanese titleLength
1."Conga"コンガ3:26
2."Stone the Crow"ストーン・ザ・クロウ9:02
Total length:12:31
CD 4
No.TitleJapanese titleLength
1."CD Hunter"ＣＤハンター18:03

Personnel
  • Masami Akita – performer
  • Stefan Alt – design
  • Illektrik.Toolz – mastering

References
  1. "Merzbow - Timehunter (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  2. "act146". Ant-Zen. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
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