Noisembryo

Noisembryo, subtitled Psycho-Analytic Study of Coital Noise Posture, is an album by the Japanese musician Merzbow.[1]

Noisembryo
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	August 29, 1994
Recorded	December 1993 – February 1994
Studio	ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	58:24
Label	Releasing Eskimo
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Venereology (1994) Noisembryo (1994) Flare Gun (1994)

Background

Noisembryo contains vocals by Masami Akita himself. When asked what led him to include vocals in the album, Akita replied, "No reason for use my voice on Noisembryo. The voice was always meant a part of sound. I've never used vocals for singing – it's just another instrument. I just used it as sound, not really vocals."[2]

Release

Along with the standard edition, there was a special edition with the regular CD, cloth, T-shirt and can of mushrooms label "Noiserooms", packaged in a box and limited to 50 numbered copies.[3] Most infamous was the Merzcar. Label owner Anders had a rundown Mercedes-Benz 230 that he rarely drove, and the police told him to move it or else it would be towed. So he rigged the CD player to play the label's newest release, Merzbow's Noisembryo, and made it impossible to turn off or remove. He then put the car up for sale as a limited edition of one. It went unsold and eventually broke down. Anders then removed the CD player and got rid of the car.[4]

In March 2018, Noisembryo was reissued as a double LP by Hospital Productions. It was edited for the format by Masami Akita and includes a bonus track, "Travelling", taken from the Noise Forest compilation.[5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Part 1"	9:23
2.	"Part 2"	25:06
3.	"Part 3"	21:00
4.	"Part 4"	2:55

Personnel

• Masami Akita – noise craft
• Abtechtonix – artworks
• Laughing Eskimo – visual & logo interpretation for production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Quantity	Notes
Sweden	1994	Releasing Eskimo	CD	IGLOO 001	Unknown
					50	Special edition
United States	March 19, 2018	Hospital	2 LP	HOS 594LP	Unknown	Colored vinyl
					Unknown	Back vinyl

References

1. "Merzbow - Noisembryo (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
2. Jason Gross (December 1997). "Merzbow interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
3. "Merzbow - Noisembryo (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
4. "The True Story of the Merzbow Car". Archived from the original on 2000-09-02. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
5. "MERZBOW | NOISEMBRYO | 2xLP color vinyl edition". Hospital Productions. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

External links

• Noisembryo at Discogs (list of releases)