Numb & Number

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Numb & Number
Genres Experimental
Ambient
Electronic
East Asian music
Avant-garde jazz
Years active2005
Associated acts Sigh, Necrophagia, Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart

Numb & Number was a one-off, experimental music collaboration between Clive Bell, David Harrow, and Mirai Kawashima of the avant-garde black metal band Sigh. The sole album was released over the internet, with links on the official Sigh website. [1]

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Members

Frozen Poetry (2005)

Frozen Poetry
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Studio album by
Numb & Number
Released2005
Genre Experimental
Ambient
Electronic
East Asian music
Avant-garde jazz
Length64:22
Label Self-released
Producer David Harrow

Track listing

  1. "Low Maynard" - 5:04
  2. "Among the Hmong" - 4:58
  3. "Gin-iro No Yoake (Silver Dawn)" - 5:55
  4. "Ballet With Magnet Fingers" - 5:23
  5. "Hibiki (Resonance, Character Of Sound)" - 4:47
  6. "Birdless Flight" - 4:31
  7. "Konton Kara No Keiji (Enlightenment Through Kaos)" - 4:33
  8. "Frost Fair" - 8:36
  9. "Kioku" - 5:20
  10. "Your Humor Is Small" - 4:18
  11. "Green Sunsets" - 5:36
  12. "Lockwood" - 5:21

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References

  1. Sighjapan.com