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
Released	May 1, 2003
Recorded	2002
Studio	Bedroom, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	70:33
Label	Ant-Zen
Producer	Masami 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.	Title	Japanese title	Length
1.	"Warhorse"	軍馬	21:17

CD 2

No.	Title	Japanese title	Length
1.	"Space Trackin"	宇宙追跡	10:05
2.	"Ramatam"	ラマタム	8:40
Total length:			18:47

CD 3

No.	Title	Japanese title	Length
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.	Title	Japanese title	Length
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.