Length 58:40 Artist Merzbow Producer Merzbow Genre Noise music | Minazo Vol. 1
(2006) Bloody Sea
(2006) Release date 27 June 2006 Label Important Records | |
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Released June 27, 2006 (2006-06-27) Similar Merzbow albums, Noise music albums, Other albums | ||
Minazo Vol. 1 (美男象, Minazō) is an album by Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was followed by Minazo Volume Two released on vinyl.
Contents
The album is dedicated to Minazo, who was the only male southern elephant seal in Japan. Minazo was brought from Uruguay in 1995, and was kept at Enoshima Aquarium until his death on October 4, 2005. He was 11 years old; the average life expectancy of an elephant seal is 20 years. In the liner notes, Masami Akita writes that Minazo was made to perform tricks at mealtime, which Akita speculates left him exhausted and may have led to his early death. Akita also laments that many of the aquariums in Japan are mere amusement establishments, and hopes that they will eventually end the exhibition of animals and only function as shelters.
Minazo was depicted on the cover of Merzbeat.
Track listing
All music composed by Masami Akita.
(Note: No track titles are listed on the release, but they were included in the press release and are listed on the label site.)
Personnel
Songs
1Land of Sea Mammal13:49
2Sea Breeze14:45
3Voices From the Sea18:49