Singer: Merzbow
Title: Duo (Masami Akita & Kiyoshi Mizutani Selected Studio Sessions 1987-89)
Label: Tourette Records ‎– Tourette 032
Type: 11 x CD Box Set, Limited Edition
Country: US
Date of released: 01 Jan 2013
Category: Electronic
Style: Avant-garde Jazz, Experimental, Free Improvisation, Noise
Size MP3 zip: 1855 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1430 mb
Rating: 4.2✭
Format: MP3 RA MP3 AC3 DXD MP4 MMF VQF FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Duo 1987	24:10
1-2	26 September 1987	23:52
2-1	19 June 1988 Part 1	23:42
2-2	19 June 1988 Part 2	23:16
3-1	25 June 1988	41:09
3-2	27 August 1988	32:38
4-1	25 June 1988 A	44:10
4-2	Duo 1988 Penta 2	23:29
5-1	9 October Part 1	29:26
5-2	9 October Part 2	11:17
5-3	9 October Part 3	20:11
6-1	1 May 1988 B	30:43
6-2	15 September 1989	37:06
7-1	16 April 1989 Part 1	46:42
7-2	16 April 1989 Part 2	25:18
8-1	1 May 1988 A	46:16
8-2	Duo 1988 Penta Part 3	18:45
9-1	15 September 1989 B	33:57
9-2	Penta 1988 A	38:58
10-1	20 September 1987	23:34
10-2	28 February 1988	32:03
Bonus Disk
11-1	23 November 1979 Drums, Tape [Tapes] – MA*Keyboards – KM*	41:03

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – ZSF Produkt Studio
• Recorded At – Studio Penta, Otsuka
• Recorded At – Tad Pole Studio
• Mastered At – Munemi House

Credits

• Artwork [Artworks By] – MA*
• Design, Layout – Robert Schalinski
• Guitar, Bass Guitar, Performer [Audio Mixer, Metal Box With Piano Wires], Tape [Tapes], Balalaika, Bayan [Byan], Violin, Drums, Keyboards, Flute, Effects, Other [Etc.] – KM*
• Music By [All Music Improvised By] – Kiyoshi Mizutani, Masami Akita
• Performer [Metal Box With Piano Wires, Mixer, Junk Metals, Motor, Radio, Electric Fan, Egg Cutter, Rubber, Paper Tube], Guitar, Violin, Bayan [Byan], Electronics [Synare-3], Keyboards, Drums, Tape [Tapes], Flute, Percussion [Percussions], Effects, Other [Etc.] – MA*
• Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Masami Akita

Notes

Limited art edition of 100 copies. Includes a bonus CD of recordings from 1979 and a signed card.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-2, 3-1 to 3-2, 4-1, 6-1, 10-1 to 10-2 recorded at ZSF PRODUKT Studio, Tokyo.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-2, 4-2, 6-2, 7-1 to 9-2 recorded at Studio Penta, Otsuka, Tokyo.
Tracks 5-1 to 5-3 recorded at Tad Pole Studio, Kyodo, Tokyo.
Track 11-1 recorded at local studio, Tokyo.

All Mastered from Original Cassette Tapes July-August 2012 at Munemihouse, Tokyo.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
Tourette 032	Merzbow	Duo (Masami Akita & Kiyoshi Mizutani Selected Studio Sessions 1987-89) ‎(10xCD + Box, Ltd)	Tourette Records	Tourette 032	US	2013

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