Grand Owl Habitat

Grand Owl Habitat
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	August 1, 2013
Recorded	October 2012, May 2013
Studio	Munemihouse, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	32:02
Label	The Death of Rave
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Samidara (2013) Grand Owl Habitat (2013) Kookaburra (2013)

Grand Owl Habitat is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The title track had been released on Takahe Collage.^[1][2]

"Grand Owl Habitat" likely refers to an assemblage by the surrealist Joseph Cornell. "Obusuma" refers to a train station in Yorii near the end of the Tōbu Tōjō Line, which starts in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The album Tamayodo is named after another station in Yorii.

Track listing

All music composed by Masami Akita.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Grand Owl Habitat"	11:59

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Obusuma Part 1, Part 2, Part 3"	20:02

Personnel

• Masami Akita – music
• Matt Colton – mastering, cutting
• Synckop – art, design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Color	Sold Out
United Kingdom	August 1, 2013	The Death of Rave	LP	RAVE004	Steel grey	No
					Black	No

• Initial copies are pressed steel grey vinyl.

References

1. "Grand Owl Habitat by MERZBOW - LP". Boomkat. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
2. "Merzbow - Grand Owl Habitat (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved August 6, 2013.