Merka | ms

1. Polish avant band. Partitures of post-hardcore, free-jazz and noise-rock with abstract maths, broken by improvisation and free form, all in the court of the crimson king. http://www.facebook.com/merkabahpl http://merkabahpl.bandcamp.com/ 2. A metal band from Canada http://www.myspace.com/merkabahmusic .

ENMERKAR began in 2007 in New York City, USA as an ambient, black metal project, by the sole member Morchiant. The concepts behind the music relate to mysticism, shamanism, and the Universe and its mysteries. The music combines black metal, post-metal and ambient music with distant vocals to create monolithic and ethereal soundscapes. .

1. From the depths of a valley in the Southern Highlands of NSW comes Merkaba, a deep progressive project from Elliot Wilmot. From jamming out as a drummer to spinning hip hop and breakbeats for 6 years Elliot has always had a healthy relationship with music. In 2004 he decided to have a go at making his own deliciously phat beats, however, it wasn't until Jan 2007 when he found himself barefoot in the Aussie bush in front of some monster speaker stacks that he realized his ultimate musical direction. The Doof had changed him forever! With a focus on...

TNT: "Merka is a country boy who creates scrambled tapestries of rhythm, referencing everything from early rave to jungle, then stitching it all together with a plethora of odd pop culture samples from film, TV and elsewhere." The Independent: " A stream of fidgety breakbeats underpin rave, jazz, house, electro, reggae and funk sounds, assembled with obvious care and attention but no discernable logic. Imagine that piano which Tom Hanks skips about on in Big, if it was hooked up to Fatboy Slim’s sampler. Or what you thought New Rave might sound like, before you found out what it actually...