Houjoue (album)

Houjoue
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Box set by Merzbow
Released	December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)
Recorded	January–August 2005 at Bedroom, Tokyo; October 24, 2004 at Konserthus, Västerås, Sweden
Genre	Noise
Length	311:30
Label	Dirter
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Live in Geneva (2005) Houjoue (2005) Turmeric/Black Bone, Part 5 (2006)

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Houjoue (放生会) is a box set album by Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was recorded while Masami Akita was writing Cruelty Free Life, a book about vegetarianism and animal rights. The title itself come from the hōjōe ceremony, where captive animal are released back into the wild.

CDs 1–3 were recorded at the same time as Merzbuta and Senmaida. CDs 4–5 are studio recordings of Merzbow's live material of the period. CD 4 features variations of material from Frog and Animal Magnetism. CD 5 was originally made for "Acousmatic Live", February 2005 in Tokyo. CD 6 is a live recording from Sweden, a studio recreation appears as "Untitled for Vasteras" on Sphere.

It comes packaged in a thick keep case, and is limited to 1,000 copies.

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita

CD 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Action for Green 1"	14:26
2.	"Action for Green 2"	5:20
3.	"Action for Green 3"	26:27
Total length:		46:13

CD 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rice 1"	9:35
2.	"Rice 2"	6:11
3.	"Rice 3"	19:16
4.	"Rice 4"	16:15
Total length:		51:17

CD 3

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Houjoue 1"	13:13
2.	"Vegetarians Festival"	15:07
3.	"Houjoue 2"	16:46
Total length:		45:06

CD 4

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Frog Variation 0505"	38:36
2.	"Animal Magnetism Variation 0305"	19:08
Total length:		57:44

CD 5

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blizzard for Acousmonium 1"	36:55
2.	"Blizzard for Acousmonium 2"	21:46
Total length:		58:41

CD 6

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rising Sun"	53:29

Personnel

• Masami Akita – performer, artwork