Ecobondage

Ecobondage is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow,[1] it uses "handmade thin metal percussion, with an emphasis on scratched metal noises".[2] The title stands for "Bondage Economy". The album was inspired by Michel Foucault's book The Birth of the Clinic, and Masami Akita wrote Anagram of Perversion, his first book, during the recording of the album.

Ecobondage
Studio album by
Released1987 (1987)
RecordedDecember 1986 – July 1987
StudioZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya, Tokyo
GenreNoise
Length66:17 (reissue)
LabelZSF Produkt
ProducerMasami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Nil Vagina Mail Action
(1986)
Ecobondage
(1987)
Enclosure
(1987)

Two cassettes were made using raw material from the album, Enclosure and Vratya Southward.[3]

The track "Ecobondage [Ending]" was remixed by Autechre on the Merzbow remix album Scumtron.

Track listing

Vinyl version

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Ecobondage" 
2."Prison of Takaou" 
3."Blow Up" 
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Ha Ha Ho Bari (Mari)" 
2."Balloon" 
3."Contraction" 

CD reissue

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

No.TitleLength
1."Ecobondage" (including: Prison of Taka-ou + Blow Up)30:07[4]
2."Ha Ha Ho Bari [Mari]" (including: Balloon + Contraction)31:05[4]
3."Ecobondage [Ending]"5:05[4]
Total length:66:17

Personnel

  • Masami Akita – performer
  • Kiyoshi Mizutani – keyboards on "Ecobondage", computer on "Contraction"
  • Paul Hurst – tape on "Balloon"
  • Mamoru Murayama/Ad Suprex – cover [original]
  • Abtechtonics – artwork [reissue]

Notes

  • Remastered from original cassette to DAT on Sep. '94 [reissue]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Quantity Catalog
Japan 1987 ZSF Produkt LP 300 SH62-01
United States 1995 Distemper CD n/a DISTEMPER 001
Italy October 15, 2015 Menstrual 2×LP + CD 250 LH66

References

  1. "Merzbow - Ecobondage". Discogs. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. Potter, Arthur (1989). RRReport. RRRecords (1). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Melbourne, Australia: Extreme Records. pp. 105–106. ISBN 0646383264.
  4. "Spotify- Ecobondage". Spotify. Spotify Technology S.A. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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