Samidara
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| Samidara | ||||
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| Studio album by Merzbow | ||||
| Released | July 20, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | December 2009 | |||
| Studio | Munemihouse, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length | 37:40 | |||
| Label | Placenta | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
| Merzbow chronology | ||||
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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]
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]
"Gran 1" was posted on the Merzbow SoundCloud on January 26, 2012. The entire album was posted to SoundCloud on October 13, 2013.
Track listing
All music composed by Masami Akita.
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Samidara" | 16:35 |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Gran 1" | 5:16 |
| 2. | "DDR" | 15:49 |
Personnel
- Masami Akita – music, cover art
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Quantity | Catalog | Sold Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | July 20, 2013 | Placenta Recordings | LP | 250 | #217 | no |
| August 30, 2013 | Cassette | 100 | #217 | no |
- The LP is pressed on translucent "piss yellow" vinyl.
- The cassette is single-sided and has a pink shell.
