The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2

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The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2
Boris solomon2.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 April 2006
Recorded2006
Genre Drone, ambient
Length37:01
Label Conspiracy Records
Producer Boris
Boris chronology
Pink
(2005)
The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2
(2006)
The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3
(2006)
Tour press
Solomon 2 green.jpg
Green vinyl version

The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 is the eleventh album by Japanese experimental band Boris. This is the second installment of the Thing Which Solomon Overlooked series and was released concurrently with the following installment, The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3 .

Contents

Like other albums in this series, The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 is centered on drone music and retains some of the characteristics from the first installment (lack of vocals and drumming), except for the track "No Ones Grieve Part 2" which is the first in the series to feature drums; this track also appears with vocals on the 2008 album Smile . Compared to most of the band's discography, this series of albums contains primarily improvised music. [1]

The album was pressed on vinyl and only 1000 copies were made. 700 copies pressed in orange vinyl were distributed by the label Conspiracy Records who was in charge of the release while the remaining 300 copies pressed in green vinyl were sold exclusively on tour. The cover is nearly identical to the first album of the series, The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked except for the change of font to green (instead of orange), the addition of the "2" to the title, and the position of the curtain on the right side which was modified slightly.

This album, along with all the other albums in the series, was remastered for the 2013 boxset The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked - Chronicle . [2]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."カレハテタサキ -no ones grieve part 2-"8:52
2."dual effusion"11:06
Total length:19:58
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."無残の涙 -merciless-"14:27
2."もう一枚の残像 -another after image-"3:24
Total length:17:51

Personnel

Pressing history

YearLabelFormatCountryOut of print?Notes
2006ConspiracyLP Belgium YesLtd. 1000: 700 clear orange vinyl and 300 clear green vinyl

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References

  1. "BORIS - the band reveals 'The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked' - Femme Metal Webzine". Femme Metal Webzine. Femme Metal Webzine. Retrieved 18 April 2021. The works in this series were created at the time with a concept of "one brush stroke". Rather than aiming at a vision of the completed work beforehand, this series started as releasing material just as it was created out of an organic process; from the instant resonance broke out from sound, a neutral stereo image was contained as it was.
  2. Information of the release of boxset (in Japanese)