| Music of True Romance for Hyper Meat Performance | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1997 |
| Recorded | 1991–1992 |
| Studio | ZSF Produkt Studio |
| Genre | Noise |
| Length | 36:08 |
| Label | Membrum Debile Propaganda |
| Producer | Masami Akita |
Music of True Romance for Hyper Meat Performance is the only album by True Romance, a performance art side project of Merzbow. [1] It contains extracts from the backing music made for two performances.
All music is composed by Masami Akita.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "3 Emperial Injured Soldiers Who Played with Latex Meat, Red Wine and Bondage Girl from Brussell in Front of Yve Klein Place" (Extract from music made for performance at Contemporary Museum, Nice, France, 13 Nov 1992) | 17:26 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "3 Emperial Medical Soldiers Who Played Latex Meat Dissection, Electric Vibrator with Dead Chicken, Bubble, Crushed 1000 Glass Pills" (Extract from music made for performance at Room 401 Literary Section, Nihon University, Ekoda, Tokyo, Japan, 3 Nov 1991. (This is 1st True Romance performance)) | 18:42 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Quantity | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1997 | Membrum Debile Propaganda | Picture disc | 400 | MDP 6000-19 |
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