Aqua Necromancer

Aqua Necromancer is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is one of his first releases to use sampled beats. Door Open at 8 am is from the same sessions, but samples jazz instead of progressive rock.

Aqua Necromancer
Studio album by
Merzbow
ReleasedOctober 19, 1998 (1998-10-19)
RecordedApril–May 1998
StudioZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo
GenreNoise
Length50:38
LabelAlien8
ProducerMasami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Maschinenstil
(1998)		 Aqua Necromancer
(1998)		 New Takamagahara
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Brainwashedfavorable[2]

The title track samples "Aquarian" and "Necromancer", two songs from Van der Graaf Generator's The Aerosol Grey Machine. Other artists who were sampled include Soft Machine, Le Orme, Patto, Fusioon, and Formula 3. Masami Akita intended "... to create Southern European atmosphere by using Italian and Spanish progressive rock".[3][4]

The photos were taken at the Hyōkeikan building of the Tokyo National Museum and at the National Museum of Nature and Science, both located in Ueno Park.[5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

No.TitleLength
1."Aqua Necromancer"7:34
2."Contrapuntti Indian"12:42
3."Soft Drums"9:10
4."Contrapuntti Patto"17:19
5."Farsa Del Buen Vivir"3:53

Personnel
  • Masami Akita – tapes, noise electronics, Moog, EMS, devices
  • Abtechtonics – "artwerks"
  • Sean O'Hara – layout
  • Stefan Figiel at Numerix – mastering

References
  1. Couture, François. Aqua Necromancer at AllMusic
  2. D'Amico, Anthony (April 18, 2010). "Merzbow, "Aqua Necromancer"". Brainwashed. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  3. "Aqua Necromancer". Alien8 Recordings. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  4. "Merzbow/Fennesz/Antenna Farm". Friend Of The Devil. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  5. "Merzbow - Aqua Necromancer (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
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