Vratya Southward

Vratya Southward
Studio album by Merzbow
Released 1987
Recorded End of 1986
Genre Noise
Length 42:11
Label ZSF Produkt
Producer Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology

Enclosure
(1987)		 Vratya Southward
(1987)		 Storage
(1988)

Vratya Southward is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.[1] It is one of two cassettes made with raw material from Ecobondage, Enclosure being the first. It includes a field recording of the Menkake gyōretsu (面掛行列?, mask procession)

festival at the Goryō shrine in Kamakura.[2] Masami Akita posted photos of the procession on his blog in 2010.[3]

It was later included in the Merzbox with a bonus track.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "101 Ring"   7:33
2. "Bards"   2:59
3. "Cellage/Microbe"   13:20
Total length:
 23:52
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Strategy for Billiards"   7:00
2. "Environments"   2:23
3. "Environments"   6:05
4. "Environments"   2:51
Total length:
 18:19

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Quantity Catalog Sold Out
Japan 1987 ZSF Produkt C46 31 ZFS 201 Yes

References

  1. ↑ "Merzbow - Vratya Southward (Cassette)". Discogs. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Melbourne, Australia: Extreme Records. ISBN 0646383264.
  3. ↑ "面掛行列". blog.merzbow.net. September 19, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2013.