Graft (album)

Graft
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	March 10, 2010
Recorded	November 2009 at Munemi House, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	37:06
Label	Cold Spring
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Another Merzbow Records (2010) Graft (2010) Ouroboros (2010)

Graft is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.^[1] The recording was inspired by the plant illustrations in the Voynich manuscript, and the design was inspired by a 1970s Jethro Tull bootleg called My God.^[2] The artwork for Hiranya was also inspired by a Jethro Tull album.

An unreleased work called "samidara1" was played during an event at ohrenhoch in Berlin, Merzbow described it as "using the method of several granular synthesis programs and random process of the composition.", and referenced Graft, Chabo, Jigokuhen, and Ouroboros as having the same concept.^[3]

Track listing

LP

All music composed by Masami Akita.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"graft#1"	18:15

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"graft#2"	18:51

Bonus 7"

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled	4:22

Side two
No.	Title	Length
2.	Untitled	4:51

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Quantity	Catalog	Sold Out
United Kingdom	March 10, 2010	Cold Spring	LP	400	CSR129LP	Yes
			LP + 7"	150		Yes

The LP is pressed on lime green vinyl, and comes in a plain white sleeve stamped with the name "Merzbow" and sealed with a sticker featuring the album notes. The first 150 mail order copies include a bonus 7" (on black vinyl). It was deleted when it sold out and will never be reissued on CD.^[4]

References

1. "Merzbow - Graft (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
2. "Graft | blog". merzbow.net. March 23, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
3. "samidara1". ohrenhoch. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
4. "CSR129LP". Cold Spring. Retrieved August 24, 2012.