| Megatone | ||
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| Studio album by Boris | ||
| Released | April 26 2002 | |
| Recorded | 2000 - 2001 at Sound Squuare and Bedroom in Fukuoka and Itabashi, Japan | |
| Genre | Dark Ambient, Ambient, Japanoise, Avant-Garde, Drone | |
| Length | 61:26 | |
| Producer | Enju Tanahashi, Boris, Merzbow | |
| Boris chronology | ||
| Flood (1999) |
Megatone (2002) |
Heavy Rocks (2002) |
Megatone is the first collaborative effort between Japanese experimental rockers Boris and Japanoise legend Merzbow, listed as Boris with Merzbow. Recorded from 2000 to 2001 it was released on 26 April 2002, the same day as Heavy Rocks. The album's sound can be described as dark ambient and japanoise with occasional harsh noise, guitar loops and experimentation. It's also notable as a release devoid of any drumming as Atsuo performs as a "feedback conductor", serving as a later trend for other Boris with Merzbow releases such as Sun Baked Snow Cave.
Background
At some point in the 1990s the members of Boris had established a friendship with Merzbow and opted to eventually compose music together. The quartet would do a host of recording between 2000 and 2001, Boris recording at Sound Square while Merzbow recorded at Bedroom. Eventually Megatone would be mixed and mastered at Bedroom on 9 November 2001.
Boris with Merzbow-Megatone Full Album
Tracklist
- 1. "It Continues Waiting for a Headronefish" (23:26)
- 2. "Encounter with the Inside of the Wave Motion of Great Waterfuzz" (20:04)
- 3. "…And Texas Spaceship" (17:56)
Personnel
- Masami Akita aka Merzbow - Powerbook, Producer
- Atsuo - Feedback Conductor, Producer
- Takeshi - Guitar, E-Bow, Producer
- Wata - Guitar, Space Echo, E-Bow, Producer
- Enju Takahashi - Executive Producer
- Fangs Anal Satan - Design