Paradise Pachinko

Paradise Pachinko is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.[1] It consists of raw material recorded on four-track cassette. The album is named after and depicts the Pachinko Tengoku pachinko parlor.

Paradise Pachinko
Studio album by
Released1999 (1999)
Recorded1990 and 1992
GenreNoise
Length52:41
LabelTochnit Aleph
ProducerMasami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Blues Maggots
(1999)
Paradise Pachinko
(1999)
Tentacle
(1999)

A box set called Merzbient was released in 2010 featuring raw material recorded 1987–90 on four-track.

Paradise Pachinko building in Tokyo

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

No.TitleLength
1."Untitled Raw-Material 1"28:54
2."Untitled Raw-Material 2"23:47

Notes

  • No mix, no editing, no synthesizer, no oscillator
  • All tracks recorded on TASCAM Porta Two in 1990 & 1992
  • Mastered from 4-channel cassettes direct to DAT
  • Inner 'Paradise Pachinko' photo taken at Horiwari crossroad, Meiji-Street, Tokyo 1998

Personnel

  • Masami Akita – bowed scrap metals, piano wired handmade cellos, turntables, feedback-mixer, loops, etc.
  • Tochnit Aleph – cover, packaging

Release history

Region Date Label Format Quantity Catalog
Germany 1999 Tochnit Aleph CD-R 70 TA 012

Every copy is signed by Masami Akita.

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References

  1. "Merzbow - Paradise Pachinko (CDr)". Discogs. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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