Merzbow
Tentacle (1st Mix)
FormatCDLabelSlowdown RecordsSeriesMerzbow Archive Series / Laptop Transition (1999-2000)GenreExperimental
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Tentacle suggests oceanic creatures, reaching appendages, multiple simultaneous touches - apt imagery for Merzbow's newly expanded digital toolkit. Where analog equipment imposed physical limits on simultaneous operations, computers enabled unprecedented complexity. Tentacles reach in all directions at once, grasping multiple objects simultaneously.
This "1st Mix" preserves initial instincts before subsequent revision, documenting Akita's first responses to new capabilities. The cephalopod imagery - octopus, squid - would recur throughout his work, suggesting beings that think and move differently than humans.
Format
Packaged in a folded cardboard cover.
Recorded & mixed at Bedroom, Tokyo 1999.
Remastered at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019.
©Merzbow 2020
Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan.
Release notes
Packaged in a folded cardboard cover. Recorded & mixed at Bedroom, Tokyo 1999. Remastered at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019. ©Merzbow 2020 Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan.
| 1 | Untitled | 5:05 | |
| 2 | Octopus | 4:21 | |
| 3 | Stormy Tuesday | 9:56 | |
| 4 | Stormy Wednesday | 21:07 | |
| 5 | Electric For ICC, Turn | 4:54 |
- Yasuyuki Nakamura
- A&R
- MA
- Artwork [Cover Art By], Composed By, Mixed By, Performer [Performed By]
- Kentaro Hayashi
- Mastered By
