Material Action 2 N.A.M.

Material Action 2 N.A.M. is an album by the Japanese noise group Merzbow. It was the first non-cassette Merzbow release. The "2" in the title refers to Yantra Material Action, which was intended as the first Merzbow LP. Chaos was distributed by Eastern Works, which is sometimes listed as the label.[1] The album was later included in the Merzbox.

Material Action 2 N.A.M.
Studio album by
Released1983 (1983)
RecordedSeptember–October 1982 at Junktion Music Work, Tokyo
GenreNoise
Length40:59
LabelChaos
ProducerMasami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Lowest Music 2
(1982)
Material Action 2 N.A.M.
(1983)
Erotrograph
(1983)

On June 8, 2016, the album was reissued as a replica LP pressed on colored vinyl by Menstrualrecordings.

Track listing

Side this
No.TitleLength
1."Nil Ad Mirari"22:47
Side other
No.TitleLength
1."Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity"18:12

Personnel

  • Masami Akita – recording, mixing, tapes, junk percussion, electro-acoustical noise, organ, tape collage, artwork
  • Kiyoshi Mizutani – tapes, synthesizer, violin, machine noise
  • H. Kawagishi – engineering
  • Mamoru Murayama/Ad Suprex – design, artwork

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Quantity
Japan 1983 Chaos LP CHAOS 00001 Unknown
Italy June 8, 2016 Menstrualrecordings LP LH71 302
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gollark: Apiographical protocols?
gollark: Time to maintain a fork of WE with the "fix" fixed!
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References

  1. Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Extreme. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-38326-4.
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