Recorded January 2011 Length 57:48 Release date 12 May 2011 Label Hypnagogia | Studio Munemihouse, Tokyo Artist Merzbow Producer Merzbow Genre Noise music | |
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Released May 12, 2011 (2011-05-12) Kamadhenu
(2011) Variations for Electric Fan
(2011) Similar Noise music albums, Other albums | ||
Merzbow kamadhenu part 1
Kamadhenu is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is the first volume of the Merzcow trilogy, inspired by cattle veneration in Hinduism. The theme was suggested by the owner of the label, who visited the Care for Cows charity in Vrindavan, India, which takes care of abandoned cattle. The music is intended to be "warm and organic", and was made using granular synthesis, oscillators, and tone generators.
Contents
The album is named after Kamadhenu, a Hindu goddess who is the mother of all cows and a "cow of plenty". "Churning of the Cosmic Milk Ocean" refers to Samudra manthan.
Merzcow was originally announced as a double LP by Merzbow, but it then became a CD trilogy. Kamadhenu was followed by Surabhi. Goloka was announced as the final part of the trilogy, but wasn't released due to the label becoming inactive. Goloka was later included as part of the album Gensho in 2016. A new album called Gomata was released by Hypnagogia in February 2017.
Track listing
All music composed by Masami Akita.
Personnel
Release history
Mistakenly listed as limited to 350 copies on the cover due to a typo.
Songs
1Kamadhenu - Part 121:55
2Kamadhenu - Part 218:42
3Churning of the Cosmic Milk Ocean17:11