Label Tourette Artist Merzbow Producer Merzbow | Duo
(2013) Takahe Collage
(2013) Release date 1 January 2013 | |
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Released January 1, 2013 (2013-01-01) Recorded September 20, 1987 – September 15, 1989; November 23, 1979 Studio ZSF Produkt Studio, Studio Penta, and Tad Pole Studio, Tokyo Length 630:40 (normal edition)
671:43 (art edition) Genres Noise music, Free improvisation Similar Noise music albums, Other albums | ||
Duo, subtitled Masami Akita & Kiyoshi Mizutani Selected Studio Sessions 1987–89, is a box set album by the Japanese noise project Merzbow. It is composed of unreleased studio sessions recorded with Kiyoshi Mizutani. Some of these recordings were used as raw material for solo releases like Scissors for Cutting Merzbow, but the original recordings were unreleased until now. These recordings mirror albums like Ecobondage, Enclosure, and Storage. The art edition comes with a bonus CD with a recording from 1979.
Contents
During the 1980s, Merzbow was divided between Masami Akita's solo works and improvised works with Kiyoshi Mizutani. Akita also frequently used recordings made with Mizutani as raw material for solo recordings. It was also during the time of these recordings that Merzbow (with Mizutani) first played outside Japan; Russia in 1988 and Western Europe in 1989. Mizutani left Merzbow in 1989 and continues his own solo career.
Track Listing
All music composed by Masami Akita and Kiyoshi Mizutani.
Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from the album notes.
Release history
Each disc comes in its own full-color sleeve, all packed in a hardcover box. The art edition includes a bonus CD with a recording from 1979 and a signed postcard.