is a collaborative studio album by the Japanese

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Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada a ...

, Japanese guitarist

Keiji Haino Keiji Haino ( ''Haino Keiji''; born May 3, 1952) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music. He has been active since th ...

, and the Hungarian drummer

Balázs Pándi Balázs Pándi (born 6 August 1983) is a Hungarian drummer and journalist. He has worked and toured with various acts from all around the world including Venetian Snares, Otto von Schirach, To Live and Shave in L.A., The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz ...

. Merzbow and Pándi have worked together since 2009; Merzbow and Haino previously played together as Kikuri, and released the album '' Pulverized Purple'' on Les Disques Victo in 2008.

Track listing

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from the album notes. ;Musicians *

Masami Akita is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada a ...

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electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

– guitar, vocals, electronics *

– drums ;Technical personnel *Yoshiaki Kondo –

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

*Daniel Sandor – mixing *

James Plotkin James Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer known for his role in bands such as Khanate and OLD but with an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has played guitar for Phantomsmasher and Scorn and continues to remix tracks for ba ...

– mastering *Rok – artwork,

design A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...

Release history

References

External links

Merzbow Haino Pandi
on RareNoiseRecords * {{DEFAULTSORT:Untroublesome Defencelessness 2016 albums 2016 collaborative albums Free improvisation albums Keiji Haino albums Merzbow albums RareNoiseRecords albums