Crocidura Dsi Nezumi

Crocidura Dsi Nezumi
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	1988
Recorded	August 1987
Genre	Noise
Length	46:50
Label	Banned Production, ZSF Produkt
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Khabarovsk Materials (1988) Crocidura Dsi Nezumi (1988) Flesh Metal Orgasm (1989)

Crocidura Dsi Nezumi (サイゴクヂネズミ) is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.^[1] It is "unplugged noise" made using household objects; violin sounds are made with a violin bow on a plastic cassette case or wood, guitar is a rubber band, trumpet is a toilet paper tube, electrical sounds are made with metal. Environmental percussion is the floor, gas stove, the spring of a table lamp, etc. Titles are taken from the Latin names of the Japanese White-toothed Shrew, Japanese stoat, and Japanese weasel.^[2]

It was included in the Merzbox with a bonus track.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mustela Erminea Nippon" (ヤマイタチ)	23:50

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mustela Sixasa Namiyei" (コエゾイタチ)	23:00

Personnel

• Masami Akita – environmental percussion, elektric kokyu, symbal, yokobue, rubber bass, body percussion

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Quantity	Catalog
United States	1988	Banned Production	C46	n/a	BP-27
Japan		ZSF Produkt		43	ZSF 203

• The Banned Production edition comes with a booklet of graphics by Masami Akita.
• The ZSF Produkt edition comes in a hand-numbered and silkscreened insert.

References

1. "Merzbow - Crocidura Dsi Nezumi". Discogs. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
2. Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Melbourne, Australia: Extreme Records. ISBN 0646383264.