Merzbow
Wa
FormatCDLabelSlowdown RecordsSeriesMerzbow Archive Series / Laptop Transition (1999-2000)GenreExperimental
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These recordings represent the very beginning of Merzbow's laptop style - the birth of a new methodology that would reshape the project's sound and process. The album references "Wa 30.25" from Collapse 12 Floors (Ohm, 2000), including the extended mix alongside previously unreleased re-edited material.
"Wa" carries multiple Japanese associations: harmony, circle, Japan itself - suggesting meditation on identity and continuity at a moment of technological rupture. As Akita traded physical equipment for software, he seems to have contemplated what remained constant amid change.
Credits: Composed, Mixed, Performed By: Masami Akita
Recorded & mixed at Bedroom, Tokyo 1999
Remix & remaster at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019
Format
Packaged in a folded cardboard cover.
Recorded & mixed at Bedroom, Tokyo 1999.
Remix & remaster 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. Remix & remaster at Munemihouse, Tokyo 2019. ©Merzbow 2020 Mastered at Kentaro Hayashi, Osaka, Japan.
| 1 | Wa 3024 | 6:50 | |
| 2 | Wa 3025L | 16:02 | |
| 3 | Wa Rest 1 | 6:11 | |
| 4 | Wa Rest Drum | 5:28 | |
| 5 | Wa 817 | 7:27 |
- Yasuyuki Nakamura
- A&R
- MA
- Artwork [Cover Art By], Composed By, Mixed By, Performer [Performed By]
- Kentaro Hayashi
- Mastered By
