Walrus / Groon

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Walrus/Groon
EP by Boris with Merzbow
Released 2007
Recorded 2001
Genre Noise, shoegaze
Length 13:56
Label Hydra Head
(HH666-102)
Producer Boris with Merzbow
Boris with Merzbow chronology

Rock Dream
(2007)		 Walrus/Groon
(2007)		 Klatter
(2011)
Boris chronology
Rainbow
(2006)		 Walrus/Groon
(2007)		 Long Hair and Tights
(2007)

Walrus/Groon is a collaborative 12" EP between Merzbow (Japanese noise musician Masami Akita) and Japanese experimental doom band Boris, released on the Los Angeles-based Hydra Head label in 2007. It was first sold at the 2007 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

The A side is a cover of "I Am the Walrus" by The Beatles. It most resembles the Spooky Tooth 1970 version, as opposed The Beatles original. The B side shares its name with a King Crimson improvisational piece. A different version of "Groon" appears on Switching Rethorics as "Vanlla Groon", [sic] featuring sampled drums/guitar and credited to Merzbow only, it was later compiled on Another Merzbow Records.

The album artwork is very reminiscent of Roger Dean and his illustrations for the band Yes, in particular the Close to the Edge cover.

The release consists of 5 different vinyl colors: black, yellow with green, white with green, white with yellow and clear with green.[1]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Walrus"  Lennon–McCartney 7:21
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Groon"   6:36

Notes

  • Mixed & mastered at Peace Music 2004

Personnel

Boris with Merzbow

  • Wata – guitar, vocals
  • Takeshi – bass, vocals
  • Atsuo – drums
  • Masami Akita – computer

Production and visuals

  • Eiji Hashizume – recording
  • Souichirou Nakamura – mixing, mastering
  • FangsAnalSatan – cover
  • Keiko Yoshida – photography
Gatefold artwork

Pressing History

Year Label Format Country Out of Print? Notes
2007 Hydra Head Records 12" U.S. Yes Ltd. 2500

References

  1. ↑ Hydra Head website

External links

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