Length 311:30 Release date 2 December 2005 Label Dirter Promotions | Artist Merzbow Producer Merzbow Genre Noise music | |
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Released December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02) Recorded January–August 2005 at Bedroom, Tokyo; October 24, 2004 at Konserthus, Västerås, Sweden Houjoue
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Houjoue (放生会) is a box set album by Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was recorded while Masami Akita was writing Cruelty Free Life, a book about vegetarianism and animal rights. The title itself come from the Hōjōe festival, where captive animal are released back into the wild.
Contents
CDs 1–3 were recorded at the same time as Merzbuta and Senmaida. CDs 4–5 are studio recordings of Merzbow's live material of the period. CD 4 features variations of material from Frog and Animal Magnetism. CD 5 was originally made for "Acousmatic Live", February 2005 in Tokyo. CD 6 is a live recording from Sweden, a studio recreation appears as "Untitled for Vasteras" on Sphere.
It comes packaged in a thick keep case, and is limited to 1,000 copies.
Merzbow houjoue 1
Track listing
All music composed by Masami Akita.
Personnel
Songs
1Action for Green 114:26
2Action for Green 25:20
3Action for Green 326:28