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Merzbow

Dark ambient
Dark ambientIndustrial

Merzbow is a Dark ambient and Industrial act. Their sound grew out of Ash Ra Tempel, Can, Lou Reed, Kristoffer Rygg and Hanin Elias. Those roots explain a lot about how Merzbow arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Gerogerigegege and Muslimgauze, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nicolas Jaar, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, The Angelic Process, Girl Talk and Ulver, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Merzbow, reaching back through Ash Ra Tempel and forward to Nicolas Jaar. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
MerzbowAsh Ra TempelCanLou ReedKristoffer RyggHanin EliasKK NullStephen O'Malley1993–2003: 1st Decad…Nicolas JaarReverend Kristin Mic…The Angelic ProcessGirl TalkUlverJim O'RourkeThe FaintThe GerogerigegegeThe GerogerigegegeMuslimgauze

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Merzbow connections

Merzbow grew out of Ash Ra Tempel, Can, Lou Reed and Kristoffer Rygg, shares an orbit with The Gerogerigegege and Muslimgauze, went on to shape Nicolas Jaar, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, The Angelic Process and Girl Talk. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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