Rod Drug 93

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Rod Drug 93
EP by
Released1993 (1993)
RecordedMay 1993
StudioZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo
Genre Noise
Length8:23
Label The Way Out Sound
Producer Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Neo Orgasm
(1993)
Rod Drug 93
(1993)
Metalvelodrome
(1993)

Rod Drug 93 is an EP by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is a 7" in a letterpressed sleeve, limited to 650 copies. [1]

Contents

The first three tracks were included on Metalvelodrome . The track "Overhead Vulves" was used on Russell Haswell's track "Micromedley" on the Merzbow remix album Scumtron .

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Electric Moon Tum-Tik"4:56
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Pink Surf Nitro"1:28
2."'Scum' Rider"1:54
3."Overhead Vulves"0:05

Performer

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References

  1. "Merzbow - Rod Drug 93 (Vinyl)". Discogs . Retrieved August 9, 2012.