Dead Zone (album)

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Dead Zone
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Studio album by
Merzbow
ReleasedAugust 20, 2011 (2011-08-20)
RecordedMarch 12, 2011 (2011-03-12)
StudioMunemihouse, Tokyo
Genre Noise
Length67:50
Label Quasi Pop
Producer Masami Akita
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Dead Zone is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The album was released in an eco-pack and is limited to 500 copies.

Contents

According to Masami Akita, this album was intended to be called Flax, inspired by its uses in a vegetarian diet. But, while the album was in recording stages, the 2011 Japanese earthquake struck and the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents just after that. It then came to Akita's attention that it was going to be the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the theme of the album was changed to nuclear accidents and the connections between Fukushima and Chernobyl. [2] The CD is dedicated to the worldwide anti-nuclear movement. [3]

The album photos were taken at Prypiat, located in the Chernobyl dead zone.

I was in Chernobyl zone with 2 my friend who were doing fotos. It wasn't really easy to get everywhere in 10 km restricted zone , so we were traveling on military car with 2 guards, very limited in time. The lost city Pripiat' is most interesting place, but it on 99% already occupied by wild trees, almost impossible to get exess deeper in the city without special wear/gear. Most of the houses already broken and there's a constant danger for 5 or 9-floor buildings to be fallen soon. Anyway, we did some fotos in Pripiat & Chernobyl.

— Edward Sol [4]

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

No.TitleLength
1."The Blade of Oblivion"29:47
2."The Spirit Indulges in the Sadness"15:51
3."The Wandering Light"12:51
4."China Glass"9:23

Notes

Mixed at Munemihouse on March 12, 2011, the day of the first explosion of Fukushima Nuclear power plant (reactor building 1).

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Batty, Roger. "Review: Dead Zone". Musique Machine . Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ Batty, Roger. "Calm Before the Storm". Musique Machine . Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ Dead Zone information on Discogs
  4. ↑ Dead Zone on the Merzbow blog
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