Samidara

Samidara is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow,[1] released as both an LP and a cassette. It was made available for pre-order on December 5, 2012, but didn't start shipping until July 2013.[2]

Samidara
Studio album by
Merzbow
ReleasedJuly 20, 2013 (2013-07-20)
RecordedDecember 2009
StudioMunemihouse, Tokyo
GenreNoise
Length37:40
LabelPlacenta
ProducerMasami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Takahe Collage
(2013)		 Samidara
(2013)		 Grand Owl Habitat
(2013)

An unreleased work called "samidara1" was played during an event at ohrenhoch in Berlin, Merzbow described it as "using the method of several granular synthesis programs and random process of the composition.", and referenced Graft, Chabo, Jigokuhen, and Ouroboros as having the same concept.[3]

"Gran 1" was posted on the Merzbow SoundCloud on January 26, 2012. The entire album was posted to SoundCloud on October 13, 2013.

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Samidara"16:35
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Gran 1"5:16
2."DDR"15:49

Personnel
  • Masami Akita – music, cover art

Release history
Region Date Label Format Quantity Catalog Notes
United States July 20, 2013 Placenta Recordings LP 250 #217 Translucent yellow vinyl
August 30, 2013 Cassette 100 #217 Single-sided
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References
  1. "Merzbow - Samidara (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  2. "Merzbow - Samidara 12" LP (Placenta Recordings #217) NOW IN STOCK!!!". Placenta Recordings. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  3. "samidara1". ohrenhoch. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
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