Vziel Projet Listening List 32: Merzlux - Putn Stem

 

Artist: Merzlux
Genre: Experimental
Label: Immoral Basement Records
CAT#: IBR_364
Year: 2018

Two short and very similar tracks (I think the second track is just the first one slightly slowed). Are experimental loops with a heavy focus on loud high pitched frequencies. Normally I'm fine with abrasive sounds, but this managed to actually hurt my ears, very nice.

Listen to it here: https://archive.org/details/IBR_364/

Vziel Projet Listening List 10: Merzlux - Ambient 2

 

Artist: Merzlux
Genre: Ambient
Label: Genetic Trance
CAT#: M000034
Year: 2016

A short one minute ambient single. Starts off as a nice drone then quickly changes into something that resembles improvised black ambient. The looped minimalistic porn sample (combined with the cover art) gives the song an unusual vibe for this kind of music.

Listen to it here: https://archive.org/details/M000034

Vziel Projet Listening List 2: Merzlux - An Attempt to Revive Genetic Trance

 

Artist: Merzlux
Genre: Musique Concrete
Label: Genetic Trance
CAT#: GT1250
Year: 2021

Merzlux is an interesting project's of Vziel's. Originally starting as a HNW project (which I'm pretty sure is just the same song being released repeatedly), it gradually evolved into just another alias, but full of short experimental releases. An Attempt to Revive Genetic Trance is a 28 second single in the micro-genre of vulnerable musique concrete, whatever that is. I feel that musique concrete as a whole is largely overshadowed these days by its noisier brothers, but its a great genre, and this single is actually one of my favorite works of the genre. A really nice field recording of traffic combined with sporadic short clips of bass tones and snippets of techno, its reminiscent of Rudolf Eb.er's stuff, but without all of the perversion (not that that's a bad thing though).

Listen to it here: https://archive.org/details/GT1250