| Samidara | ||||
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| Released | July 20, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | December 2009 | |||
| Studio | Munemihouse, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length | 37:40 | |||
| Label | Placenta | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
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Samidara is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, [1] released as both an LP and a cassette. It was made available for pre-order on December 5, 2012, but didn't start shipping until July 2013. [2]
Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita. Merzbow is best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists.
The LP is an analog sound storage medium, a vinyl record format characterized by a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm, a 12- or 10-inch diameter, and use of the "microgroove" groove specification. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound, it has remained the standard format for vinyl albums.
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An unreleased work called "samidara1" was played during an event at ohrenhoch in Berlin, Merzbow described it as "using the method of several granular synthesis programs and random process of the composition.", and referenced Graft , Chabo , Jigokuhen , and Ouroboros as having the same concept. [3]
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Graft is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The recording was inspired by the plant illustrations in the Voynich manuscript, and the design was inspired by a 1970s Jethro Tull bootleg called My God. The artwork for Hiranya was also inspired by a Jethro Tull album.
Jigokuhen is an LP by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is the 15th and final volume of the Japanese Birds series, but is a stand-alone release. The title Jigokuhen(地獄HEN, Hell hen) is a pun on the title of the book and film Jigokuhen(地獄変, Hell Screen).
"Gran 1" was posted on the Merzbow SoundCloud on January 26, 2012. The entire album was posted to SoundCloud on October 13, 2013.
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