To like Gerogerigegege is to at least be okay with the sounds of male masturbation, in particular the Japanese term for it "senzuri" (the "thousand rubs"). Pick up one of his releases and chances are you'll hear someone pleasuring themselves somewhere on it. Though the least unlikely artist to release a single compilation, Gerogerigegege at least has some consistency in his obsession with noise and self-abuse, and this compilation collects 11 hard-to-find releases from a genre that is known for its limited print runs. There are some pure sound experiments here, from the looped and torn vinyl heard on "Stairway to Promotion" or the enka tune with horrific noise layered ten-fold on top in "Aijin." But, typically, these Gerogerigegege tracks are mostly like "Senzuri Champion (Pt. 4)" or "Violence Onanie," the sound of a man masturbating intercut with the sound of explosions and fire alarms. There's also the utterly pathetic Christmas single "White Christmas White Sperm," the sound of a lonely man stroking himself in the middle of a yuletide shopping mall while groaning out "senzuri/senzuri/samishiiyo (I'm sad)." After a while the laughter dies in the throat, and the pure single-mindedness of Yamanouchi's obsession threatens to overwhelm all. (There's also something to be said of upending the tradition of hearing female voices in ecstasy when sexual pleasure is mentioned, but I'll leave that to the theorists). Gerogerigegege is a serious man and this, in the end, is serious noise. ~ Ted Mills, All Music Guide
