Merzbow
Tauro-O2
FormatCDLabelSlowdown RecordsSeriesMerzbow Archive Series / late 90s (1996-1998)GenreExperimental
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The "Tauro" albums contain outtakes from the 1998 masterpiece Tauromachine (Relapse/Release) and unused material from the same period - the "O" in the title standing for "Outtakes." While the 10CD box Merzmorphosis (Youth Inc., 2012) previously compiled much unreleased 1996-97 material, it excluded recordings related to 1930 and Tauromachine. This "Tauro" material appears here for the first time.
The equipment list reveals Akita's expanding palette: Moog Rogue, Theremin, Novation Bass Station, TR-606, and the EMS Synthi 'A' acquired in late 1994. An unusual addition is the BIAS Rockaku-Kun EXD Electronic Drum Unit. Tauro-O1 includes a long version of "Cannibalism of Machine" from Tauromachine, offering extended immersion in one of the era's defining compositions.
Format
Packaged in a folded cardboard cover. Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt 1997. Remastered at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019. Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan. The tracks are Outtakes (as indicated by the "O" in the title).
Release notes
Packaged in a folded cardboard cover. Recorded & mixed at ZSF Produkt 1997. Remastered at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019. Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan. The tracks are Outtakes (as indicated by the "O" in the title) from the [r=23337] release.
| 1 | Tauro Extra 9751 | 17:33 | |
| 2 | Tauro Extra 9791 | 9:39 | |
| 3 | Tauro Extra 9792 | 13:55 | |
| 4 | Tauro Extra 9752 | 4:24 |
- Yasuyuki Nakamura
- A&R
- Kentaro Hayashi
- Mastered By
- Masami Akita
- Music By
