Surabhi (album)

Surabhi
Studio album by Merzbow
Released October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)
Recorded January 2011 (2011-01) at Munemihouse, Tokyo
Genre Noise
Length 52:01
Label Hypnagogia
Producer Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Dead Zone
(2011)		 Surabhi
(2011)		 Lop Lop
(2011)

Surabhi is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is the second volume of the Merzcow trilogy, after Kamadhenu. It is limited to 300 copies in a Digipak.[1]

The Merzcow trilogy is inspired by Cattle worship in Hinduism, and is dedicated to the Care for Cows charity in Vrindavan, India which takes care of abandoned cattle.[2] Surabhi is another name of Kamadhenu, a Hindu goddess who is the mother of all cows and a "cow of plenty". Vanamali and Balaram are the names of cows at Care for Cows. The cover photo is from Care for Cows and depicts Vanamali.[3] "Yamuna Snan" refers to bathing in the Yamuna river, the Care for Cows site has a gallery of swimming cows captioned Yamuna Snan.[4]

Track listing

All music composed by Masami Akita.

No. Title Length
1. "Vanamali and Shravan"   15:51
2. "Balaram"   16:05
3. "Yamuna Snan"   20:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Surabhi on Discogs
  2. ^ Batty, Roger. "Calm Before the Storm". Musique Machine. http://musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=229. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  3. ^ Cover photo on Care for Cows site
  4. ^ Cows swimming on Care for Cows site