Ecobondage
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| Ecobondage | ||||
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| File:Ecobondage-cover.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by Merzbow | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | December 1986 – July 1987 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length | 66:17 (reissue) | |||
| Label | ZSF Produkt | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
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Ecobondage is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow,[1] it uses "handmade thin metal precussion, with an emphasis on scratched metal noises".[2]The title stands for "Bondage Economy". The album was inspired by Michel Foucault's book The Birth of the Clinic, and Masami Akita wrote Anagram of Perversion, his first book, during the recording of the album.
Two cassettes were made using raw material from the album, Enclosure and Vratya Southward.[3]
The track "Ecobondage [Ending]" was remixed by Autechre on the Merzbow remix album Scumtron.
Track listing
Vinyl version
All music composed by Masami Akita.
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Ecobondage" | |
| 2. | "Prison of Takaou" | |
| 3. | "Blow Up" | |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Ha Ha Ho Bari (Mari)" | |
| 2. | "Balloon" | |
| 3. | "Contraction" | |
CD reissue
All music composed by Masami Akita.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ecobondage" (including: Prison of Taka-ou + Blow Up) | 30:07 |
| 2. | "Ha Ha Ho Bari [Mari]" (including: Balloon + Contraction) | 31:05 |
| 3. | "Ecobondage [Ending]" | 5:05 |
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Total length:
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66:17 | |
Personnel
- Masami Akita – performer
- Kiyoshi Mizutani – keyboards on "Ecobondage", computer on "Contraction"
- Paul Hurst – tape on "Balloon"
- Mamoru Murayama/Ad Suprex – cover [original]
- Abtechtonics – artwork [reissue]
Notes
- Remastered from original cassette to DAT on Sep. '94 [reissue]
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Quantity | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1987 | ZSF Produkt | LP | 300 | SH62-01 |
| United States | 1995 | Distemper | CD | n/a | DISTEMPER 001 |
| Italy | October 15, 2015 | Menstrual | 2×LP + CD | 250 | LH66 |
