Dharma (album)

Dharma is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.[1] The title refers to the Buddhist concept.

Dharma
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	August 14, 2001
Recorded	December 2000 – January 2001
Studio	Bedroom, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	49:34
Label	Hydra Head/Double H Noise Industries
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Hard Lovin' Man (2001) Dharma (2001) Frog (2001)

"I'm Coming to the Garden..... No Sound, No Memory" refers to the second-to-last line of the novel The Decay of the Angel by Yukio Mishima.

There was no other sound. The garden was empty. He had come, thought Honda, to a place that had no memories, nothing.

— Yukio Mishima, translated by Edward Seidensticker, The Decay of the Angel

Marimo Kitty is a Hello Kitty combined with a marimo.

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm Coming to the Garden..... No Sound, No Memory"	5:19
2.	"Akashiman"	4:30
3.	"Piano Space for Marimo Kitty"	7:53
4.	"Frozen Guitars and Sunloop/7E 802"	31:52

Notes

• Final mix on January 9, 2001

Personnel

• Masami Akita – performer, photography
• Colour Climax – artwork
• Jenny Akita – design

References

1. "Merzbow - Dharma (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved July 28, 2012.