Sha Mo 3000
| Sha Mo 3000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Merzbow | ||||
| Released | November 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 at Bedroom, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length |
65:38 (regular) 87:43 (box) | |||
| Label | Essence Music | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
| Merzbow chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Dusted Magazine | favorable[1] |
| Heathen Harvest | favorable[2] |
Sha Mo 3000 (軍鶏参千 Shamo sanzen) is an album by Japanese noise musician Merzbow.[3] The title is a reference to shamo, a Japanese gamecock and Módulo 1000, a Brazilian psychedelic rock band. The label presented Masami Akita with some South American psychedelic LPs, which inspired the album, these included Não Fale Com Paredes by Módulo 1000, and Paêbirú by Lula Côrtes and Zé Ramalho.[4]
It is limited to 900 copies in a miniature gatefold sleeve. It was also available with a handmade boxset limited to 99 copies, it includes the standard edition of the CD, a bonus 3" CDr, a silkscreened hanging wall scroll, three printed cards, sticker and bookmark. Manufactured in Brazil.[4]
Track listing
All music composed by Masami Akita.
| Sha Mo 3000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Suzunami" | 2:26 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Sha Mo 3000" | 19:29 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Ghost Hide Your Eyes" | 9:00 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Dreaming K-Dog" | 22:08 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Hen's Teeth" | 12:34 | ||||||||
Total length: |
65:38 | |||||||||
| Bonus CDr | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Brazil" | 19:15 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Untitled" | 2:50 | ||||||||
Total length: |
22:05 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Masami Akita – computer, guitar, EMS synthesizer, illustrations, artwork
- Yoshino & Yonosuke – chorus
References
- ↑ Jones, Mason. "Review: Sha Mo 3000". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ Thorn, Malahki. "Review: Sha Mo 3000". Heaven Harvest. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Merzbow - Sha Mo 3000 (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sha Mo 3000 by Merzbow". Retrieved September 8, 2012.