Metalvelodrome

Metalvelodrome
Box set by Merzbow
Released	November 25, 1993
Recorded	1990 – October 1993 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Genre	Noise
Length	243:07
Label	Alchemy
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Rod Drug 93 (1993) Metalvelodrome (1993) Nil Vagina for Mice (1993)

Metalvelodrome, subtitled Exposition of Electro-Vivisection, is a box set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.^[1] It "mix[es] concept of 'Heavy Metal' (as term of Burroughs) and 'Velocity'."^[2]

Track listing

All music composed by Masami Akita.

CD 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Armless" (1993)	9:22
2.	"Retro" (1993)	1:05
3.	"G-Pot in Odd Meter" (1993)	11:32
4.	"Morbid Dick" (1993)	4:00
5.	"Polycain Type" (1993)	4:13
6.	"Bluedelick" (1993)	14:44
7.	"Two for Miles" (1993)	19:23
Total length:		64:15

CD 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Neon Worms" (1992)	11:17
2.	"Travelling" (1991)	11:52
3.	"No.3" (1990)	9:04
4.	"HGL Made a Race for the Last Brain" (1991)	9:21
5.	"Electric Moon Tum-Tik" (1993)	4:59
6.	"Pink Surf Nitro" (1993)	1:27
7.	"Scum Rider" (1993)	1:57
8.	"Hitchhike To Kill" (1993)	4:16
Total length:		54:09

CD 3
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Die Fruchtbareit in der Ehe / Another Crash for High Tide" (1993)	46:35
2.	"Soul to Seoul" (1991)	28:37
3.	"~Blood Sadist Goes to Nudist"	0:31
Total length:		75:41

CD 4
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Metal Man Has Hornet's Whip" (1993)	6:16
2.	"Zero in the Scream" (1993)	5:17
3.	"Shanty Tramp" (1993)	4:03
4.	"Necrogrinder" (1993)	24:54
5.	"Smelly Brain" (1993)	8:36
Total length:		49:02

Personnel

• Masami Akita – performer, photography
• Reiko.A – performer on "Two for Miles" and "Soul to Seoul"
• Seido – performer on "Two for Miles"
• Abtechtonics – art direction
• Masahiko Ohno – visual & logo interpretation for production
• Antoine Bernhart, Hanayo Nakajima, Harrison Marks, Naomi Hosokawa, Yoshihisa Takase – photography

Notes

• Good Alchemy Series Volume 3, Part 4
• Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, October 1993
• All performed by cheap electronics & junk, no synthesizer & MIDI sampler
• "Two for Miles" recorded at Hustle, Tokyo, April 4, 1993 and DC-AC, Washington, September 9, 1990
• "Soul to Seoul" recorded at "The International Natural Fine Art Exhibition of Kum-River" Kongju, Korea, August 1991
• "Travelling" appeared on Noise Forest
• "HGL Made a Race for the Last Brain" appeared on Altered States of Consciousness
• "Electric Moon Tum-Tik", "Pink Surf Nitro", "Scum Rider" appeared on Rod Drug 93

References

1. "Merzbow - Metalvelodrome (Exposition Of Electro-Vivisection) (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
2. Dixon Christie (January 1997). "MERZBOW'S Discipline, Decibels, and Diety Japan's Minister of Sonic Terror Turns On The Feedback". Digi-zine Online Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 1, 1998. Retrieved August 9, 2012.