Pornoise/1kg

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Pornoise/1kg

Box set by Merzbow

Released

1984

Recorded

1982–1984 at Merzbau, Tokyo

Genre

Noise

Length

302:19

Label

ZSF Produkt

Producer

Masami Akita

Merzbow chronology

Le Cuisinier
(1983)

Pornoise/1kg
(1984)

Pornoise/Extra
(1984)

Cover of 1993 reissue

Pornoise/1kg is a box set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.^[1] Additional material from the sessions was released as Pornoise/Extra.

It was partially included in the Merzbox in 2000.

Background

In the 80s Masami Akita had a mail art project called Pornoise, in which he made collages using discarded magazines – in particular pornographic magazines – taken from the trash. These were then sent along with his cassettes, the idea being that his art was like cheap mail order pornography. Pornoise/1kg was released as part of these activities, the 1kg refers to the total weight of the original package.^[2]^[3]

At the same time that Pornoise/1kg was released, Akita started the Sexorama compilation series featuring artists involved in the international industrial/noise mail music scene. The series had the same concept as Pornoise/1kg, and likewise was reissued in 1993 by Statutory Tape.

Pornoise was credit as the artist for the track "New Cunts" on Sexorama 2 and co-credited for artwork on Scissors for Cutting Merzbow.

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dyprodox" (1984)
2.	"Tyranozaurs" (1984)
3.	"Stegozaurs" (1984)
4.	"Orienisorestes" (1984)
5.	"Iganodon" (1984)

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Arosaurs" (1984)
2.	"Dyprodox 2" (1984)

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trikeratopus" (1984)

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Zymedoradon & UFO" (1984)

Side five
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anchirozaurus"
2.	"Teranodon" (1982)
3.	"Megarozaurus" (1982)
4.	"Ikchiozaurus" (1982)
5.	"Arkeron"

Side six
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brachiozaurus" (1982)
2.	"Extra Track" (1982)

Side seven
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pareiazaurus" (1984)
2.	"Shisocho" (1984)

Side eight
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sasori" (1984)
2.	"Orsoseras" (1984)
3.	"Tombo" (1984)

Side nine
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Radon"

Side ten
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barunga"

1993 Statutory Tape release

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Penis Art Is Microphone"	25:49

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Loop Fuck/Obituary"	28:20

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Night Noise White"	31:25

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Karhma"	31:31

Side five
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Neon Sworm"	31:13

Side six
No.	Title	Length
1.	"International Velvet"	31:37

Side seven
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dynamite Don Don"	30:21

Side eight
No.	Title	Length
1.	"De-Filement of His Nubile Young Wife"	29:59

Side nine
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Toy 69"	29:52

Side ten
No.	Title	Length
1.	"UFO vs British Army"	31:59

Notes

Original release

Recorded & mixed at Merzbau, Tokyo
(c)1982+1985 Merzbow

1993 reissue

Recorded 1984 at Suzuka Heights, Asagaya

Personnel

Original release

Masami Akita – metals, rhythm, tape loops, machine noise, processed radio, TV, ring, symbal, voices, guitar, Synare 3, percussion, junk, construction environment, surrounding noises, signal devices, sex tape, UFO noise; organ on "Extra Track"
Kiyoshi Mizutani – synth, gadgets; drums on "Extra Track"
Unknown – bass on "Extra Track"

(note: some info was illegible due to being printed over dark areas)

1993 reissue

Masami Akita – all noise operation
Trevor Brown – cover
Mamoru Murayama/Gyuten-Suprex – art direction

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Packaging
Japan	1984	ZSF Produkt	5×C60	envelope with inserts
	unknown			VHS box with inserts
	1987			envelope with inserts
United States	1993	Statutory Tape		plastic box

The original release consists of five cassettes and numerous prints on magazine pages. Each cassette comes in a folded magazine page with overprinted images and liner notes in its own plastic sleeve. Everything is packaged in a large envelope with printed artwork.

It was reissued at an unknown date in a VHS box with numerous inserts.

1987 reissue in an edition of 30 copies available exclusively through RRRecords mail order. It came packaged in a large envelope with printed artwork and with numerous inserts.

1993 reissue by RRR sub-label Statutory Tape, packaged in a plastic tape box with new pornographic cover art by Trevor Brown. Includes a plain insert with the liner notes.

References

↑ "Merzbow - Pornoise 1 KG". Discogs. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
↑ Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Extreme. ISBN 0-646-38326-4.
↑ Chad Hensley (1999). "The Beauty of Noise: An interview with Masami Akita of Merzbow". EsoTerra. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

Merzbow

Full discography
Forthcoming

1980–1989 (selected discography)

Studio albums

1981	Remblandt Assemblage Metal Acoustic Music Material Action for 2 Microphones E-Study Collection 004 Collection 005 Collection 009

1982	Normal Music Tridal Production Solonoise 1 Lowest Music 2

1983	Material Action 2 N.A.M. Dying Mapa I Dying Mapa II Dying Mapa III Kibbutz Mechanization Takes Command Worker Machine Le Cuisinier

1984	Sonic Command Dadavida Aka Meme Age of 369 Chant Pornoise/Extra

1985	Sadomasochismo The Lampinak Ushi-Tra Live Performance Feb. 85

1986	Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets Antimonument

1987	Ecobondage Enclosure Vratya Southward

1988	Storage Crocidura Dsi Nezumi

1989	Flesh Metal Orgasm Scissors for Cutting Merzbow Severances

Live albums

Paradoxa Paradoxa (1982)

Box sets

Pornoise/1kg (1984)

1990–1999

Studio albums

1990	Steel Cum Cloud Cock OO Grand Rainbow Electronics

1991	Music for Bondage Performance

1992	Hannover Interruption Metal Mad Man Recycled Music

1993	Batztoutai with Material Gadgets

1994	Venereology Noisembryo Flare Gun Hole

1995	Dadarottenvator Pinkream Green Wheels Magnesia Nova

1996	Music for Bondage Performance 2 Pulse Demon Spiral Honey Mercurated Oersted Electric Salad Project Frequency Rainbow Electronics 2

1997	Space Metalizer Hybrid Noisebloom Psychorazer

1998	1930 Tauromachine Maschinenstil Aqua Necromancer New Takamagahara Vibractance

1999	Blues Maggots Paradise Pachinko Tentacle Door Open at 8 am

Extended plays

Artificial Invagination (1991)
Neo Orgasm (1993)
Rod Drug 93 (1993)
Nil Vagina for Mice (1993)
Electroploitation (1994)
White Blues (1994)
Electroknots (1995)
Wakantanka / Aboriginie of Anniversary 50 Years After War (1995)
Red 2 Eyes (1997)
Tint (1997)
Happenings 1000 Years Time Ago (1999)

Live albums

Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990 (1990)
Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi (1991)
Dutch Tour 1989 (1992)
Noizhead (1995)
Akasha Gulva (1996)
Live July 5th, 1995 (1996)
Live at 20000V 30 Sep 1995 (1996)
Mort Aux Vaches: Locomotive Breath (1998)

Box sets

Metalvelodrome (1993)

Remix albums

Scumtron (1996)

Compilation albums

Age of 369/Chant 2 (1996)
Merzbox Sampler (1997)

Soundtrack albums

Music for the Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man (1995)

2000–2009

Studio albums

2000	Collapse 12 Floors

2001	Hard Lovin' Man Dharma Frog Puroland

2002	Amlux Fantail Ikebukuro Dada Merzbeat A Taste Of... Merzzow

2003	Cycle Animal Magnetism SCSI Duck

2004	Tamago Offering Yoshinotsune Electro Magnetic Unit Merzbird Sha Mo 3000

2005	Bariken Dust of Dreams Rattus Rattus Merzbuddha Sphere Early Computer Works Scene Senmaida Merzbuta

2006	Minazo Vol. 1 Bloody Sea F.I.D. Minazo Volume Two Metamorphism

2007	Merzbear Coma Berenices Zophorus Peace for Animals Higanbana

2008	Here Arijigoku Dolphin Sonar Eucalypse Anicca Protean World Dead Leaves Tombo Hodosan

2009	Camouflage Somei... Hiranya Don't Steal My Coat Microkosmos \| Volume 1

Extended plays

Hummingbird (2001)
Mini Cycle / Yoshino Tamago / Yonos Bigfoot (2004)
1633 (2004)
Black Bone, Part 5 (2006)
Tempi / Matatabi (2009)

Live albums

Live at Radio 100 (2000)
Live in Germany 1996 (2001)
Live Magnetism (2003)
Live in Geneva (2005)
Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 (2007)

Box sets

Merzbox (2000)
24 Hours – A Day of Seals (2002)
Timehunter (2003)
Last of Analog Sessions (2004)
Houjoue (2005)
Turmeric (2006)
13 Japanese Birds (2009)

Remix albums

Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (2003)
Frog Remixed and Revisited (2003)

2010–present

Studio albums

2010	Graft Ouroboros Marmo Untitled Nov 1989 9888A

2011	Jigokuhen April 1992 Kamadhenu Variations for Electric Fan Yaho-Niwa Dead Zone Surabhi Lop Lop

2012	Gman//HJYUGTF2 Uzu Me Ku Merzbuddha Variations Kibako

2013	Takahe Collage Samidara Grand Owl Habitat Tamayodo

Extended plays

ZaRa (2011)
Ko To No O To (2012)

Live albums

Live at Henie Onstad Art Centre (2010)
Kookaburra (2013)

Compilation albums

Another Merzbow Records (2010)

Box Set

Ecobag/13 Birds in a Bag +1 (2010)
Merzbient (2010)
Merzphysics (2012)
Merzmorphosis (2012)
Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983 (2012)
Duo (2012)

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