Vratya Southward

Vratya Southward
Studio album by Merzbow
Released 1987 (1987)
Recorded End of 1986
Genre Noise
Length 42:11
Label ZSF Produkt
Producer Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Enclosure
(1987)Enclosure1987		 Vratya Southward
(1987)		 Storage
(1988)Storage1988

Vratya Southward is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.[1] It is one of two cassettes made with raw material from Ecobondage, Enclosure being the first. It includes a field recording of the Menkake gyōretsu (面掛行列, mask procession) festival at the Goryō shrine in Kamakura.[2] Masami Akita posted photos of the procession on his blog in 2010.[3]

It was later included in the Merzbox with a bonus track.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."101 Ring"7:33
2."Bards"2:59
3."Cellage/Microbe"13:20
Total length:23:52
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Strategy for Billiards"7:00
2."Environments"2:23
3."Environments"6:05
4."Environments"2:51
Total length:18:19

Personnel

  • Masami Akita – performer
  • Kiyoshi Mizutani – organ on "Cellage/Microbe"

Release history

Region Date Label Format Quantity Catalog Sold Out
Japan 1987 ZSF Produkt C46 31 ZFS 201 Yes

References

  1. ↑ "Merzbow - Vratya Southward (Cassette)". Discogs. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Melbourne, Australia: Extreme Records. p. 106. ISBN 0646383264.
  3. ↑ "面掛行列". blog.merzbow.net. September 19, 2010. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
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