Metalvelodrome
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| Metalvelodrome | ||||
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| Box set by Merzbow | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 – October 1993 at ZSF Produkt Studio | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length | 243:07 | |||
| Label | Alchemy | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
| Merzbow chronology | ||||
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Metalvelodrome, subtitled Exposition of Electro-Vivisection, is a box set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.[1] It "mix[es] concept of 'Heavy Metal' (as term of Burroughs) and 'Velocity'."[2]
Track listing
All music composed by Masami Akita.| CD 1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Armless" (1993) | 9:22 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Retro" (1993) | 1:05 | ||||||||
| 3. | "G-Pot in Odd Meter" (1993) | 11:32 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Morbid Dick" (1993) | 4:00 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Polycain Type" (1993) | 4:13 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Bluedelick" (1993) | 14:44 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Two for Miles" (1993) | 19:23 | ||||||||
Total length: |
64:15 | |||||||||
| CD 2 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Neon Worms" (1992) | 11:17 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Travelling" (1991) | 11:52 | ||||||||
| 3. | "No.3" (1990) | 9:04 | ||||||||
| 4. | "HGL Made a Race for the Last Brain" (1991) | 9:21 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Electric Moon Tum-Tik" (1993) | 4:59 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Pink Surf Nitro" (1993) | 1:27 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Scum Rider" (1993) | 1:57 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Hitchhike To Kill" (1993) | 4:16 | ||||||||
Total length: |
54:09 | |||||||||
| CD 3 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Die Fruchtbareit in der Ehe / Another Crash for High Tide" (1993) | 46:35 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Soul to Seoul" (1991) | 28:37 | ||||||||
| 3. | "~Blood Sadist Goes to Nudist" | 0:31 | ||||||||
Total length: |
75:41 | |||||||||
| CD 4 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Metal Man Has Hornet's Whip" (1993) | 6:16 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Zero in the Scream" (1993) | 5:17 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Shanty Tramp" (1993) | 4:03 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Necrogrinder" (1993) | 24:54 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Smelly Brain" (1993) | 8:36 | ||||||||
Total length: |
49:02 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Masami Akita – performer, photography
- Reiko.A – performer on "Two for Miles" and "Soul to Seoul"
- Seido – performer on "Two for Miles"
- Abtechtonics – art direction
- Masahiko Ohno – visual & logo interpretation for production
- Antoine Bernhart, Hanayo Nakajima, Harrison Marks, Naomi Hosokawa, Yoshihisa Takase – photography
Notes
- Good Alchemy Series Volume 3, Part 4
- Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, October 1993
- All performed by cheap electronics & junk, no synthesizer & MIDI sampler
- "Two for Miles" recorded at Hustle, Tokyo, April 4, 1993 and DC-AC, Washington, September 9, 1990
- "Soul to Seoul" recorded at "The International Natural Fine Art Exhibition of Kum-River" Kongju, Korea, August 1991
- "Travelling" appeared on Noise Forest
- "HGL Made a Race for the Last Brain" appeared on Altered States of Consciousness
- "Electric Moon Tum-Tik", "Pink Surf Nitro", "Scum Rider" appeared on Rod Drug 93
References
- ↑ "Merzbow - Metalvelodrome (Exposition Of Electro-Vivisection) (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ↑ Dixon Christie (January 1997). "MERZBOW'S Discipline, Decibels, and Diety Japan's Minister of Sonic Terror Turns On The Feedback". Digi-zine Online Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 1, 1998. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
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