Merzbow
Red Brick
FormatCDLabelSlowdown RecordsSeriesMerzbow Archive Series / Drums Era (2008-2009)GenreExperimental
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Test mixes for Arijigoku (Vivo, 2008)—Merzbow's first full-fledged combination of live drums with improvised noise performance. Drums were recorded separately in a rented studio, then mixed with noise at a later date. This preliminary version offers vivid documentation of the trial-and-error process underlying a landmark release.
The progression across three tracks demonstrates the range achievable through drum-noise synthesis: from the opening track's carefully balanced spatial composition to the finale's full-throttle collision of drumming and noise at maximum intensity.
Credits: All Music by Masami Akita
Recorded & mixed at Munemihouse, May 2008
Remastered, October 2020
Mastered by Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka
Format
Packaged in a folded cardboard cover.
Recorded & mixed at Munemihouse, March 2008.
Remastered, October 2020.
©Merzbow 2021.
Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan. [sic]
Release notes
Packaged in a folded cardboard cover. Recorded & mixed at Munemihouse, September 2008. Remastered, October 2020. ©Merzbow 2021. Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan. [sic]
| 1 | Red Brick 01 | 11:02 | |
| 2 | Red Brick 02 | 11:15 | |
| 3 | Red Brick 03 | 18:45 |
- Yasuyuki Nakamura
- A&R
- Kentaro Hayashi
- Mastered By
- Masami Akita
- Music By
