Released June 1986 (1986-06) Length 61:51 (reissue) Artist Merzbow Producer Merzbow Genre Noise music | Recorded February–May 1986 Chant 2
(1985) Antimonument
(1986) Release date June 1986 Label ZSF Produkt | |
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Antimonument
(1986) Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets
(1986) Similar Merzbow albums, Noise music albums, Other albums | ||
Antimonument is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was originally released as a picture disc LP and reissued on CD by Art Directe in 1991. The CD is now considered a bootleg since the label did not pay the artists.
Contents
The CD has a bonus track, taken from the cassette compilation Infidel Psalm Vol. 1 (1986 Mental Decay).
On October 13, 2014, it was reissued by menstrualrecordings as double picture disc LP with the bonus track included.
Background
The album is "[...] a homage to the strange architecture of Étienne-Louis Boullée, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Goetheanum of Rudolf Steiner, Nishōtei, etc. – they all made their own pleasure domes."
The sides of the record are named after the two main shrines of the Ise Grand Shrine.
In an interview with Arthur Potter, Masami Akita explains how this LP and Batztoutai were inspired by his native culture:
Akita then explains how the sound of his music changed over time, saying that Batztoutai "uses lots of loops" and that on Antimonument he "expanded the loop sounds with harsh metal ones."
Track Listing
Vinyl version
All music composed by Masami Akita.
CD version
All music composed by Masami Akita.
(Note: the CD lists six tracks, but has only five index points.)
Personnel
Songs
1Tatara10:29
2Bardo Song6:05
31560°C8:01