Chicago sound artist Kikù Hibino collaborates with his noise hero Merzbow

Experimental Chicago producer and sound artist Kikù Hibino has long dreamed of collaborating with Japanese noise artist Merzbow, aka Masami Akita. Hibino, a Japanese native, traces this desire to 2002, when he noticed Merzbow backstage at the inaugural stateside edition of artist-curated music festival All Tomorrow’s Parties, held at the University of California, Los Angeles. […] The post Chicago sound artist Kikù Hibino collaborates with his noise hero Merzbow appeared first on Chicago Reader.