Aqua Necromancer
| Aqua Necromancer | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 19, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | April–May 1998 | |||
| Studio | ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length | 50:38 | |||
| Label | Alien8 | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Brainwashed | favorable[2] |
Aqua Necromancer is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is one of his first releases to use sampled beats. Door Open at 8 am is from the same sessions, but samples jazz instead of progressive rock.
The title track samples "Aquarian" and "Necromancer", two songs from Van der Graaf Generator's The Aerosol Grey Machine. Other artists who were sampled include Soft Machine, Le Orme, Patto, Fusioon, and Formula 3. Masami Akita intended "... to create Southern European atmosphere by using Italian and Spanish progressive rock".[3][4]
The photos were taken at the Hyōkeikan building of the Tokyo National Museum and at the National Museum of Nature and Science, both located in Ueno Park.[5]
Track listing
All music is composed by Masami Akita
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aqua Necromancer" | 7:34 |
| 2. | "Contrapuntti Indian" | 12:42 |
| 3. | "Soft Drums" | 9:10 |
| 4. | "Contrapuntti Patto" | 17:19 |
| 5. | "Farsa Del Buen Vivir" | 3:53 |
Personnel
- Masami Akita – tapes, noise electronics, Moog, EMS, devices
- Abtechtonics – "artwerks"
- Sean O'Hara – layout
- Stefan Figiel at Numerix – mastering
References
- ^ Couture, François. Aqua Necromancer at AllMusic
- ^ D'Amico, Anthony (April 18, 2010). "Merzbow, "Aqua Necromancer"". Brainwashed. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "Aqua Necromancer". Alien8 Recordings. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "Merzbow/Fennesz/Antenna Farm". Friend Of The Devil. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "Merzbow - Aqua Necromancer (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved February 4, 2012.