Hannover Interruption

Hannover Interruption
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	1991
Recorded	1990 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Genre	Noise
Length	41:11
Label	Dradomel
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Artificial Invagination (1991) Hannover Interruption (1991) Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi (1991)

Hannover Interruption (干渉ハノーバー Kanshō Hannover) is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was released by Dradomel, a joint venture of Dragnet Records and Dom Elchklang. The A-side includes material recorded live at University of Massachusetts Lowell on September 18, 1990.^[1] An excerpt from the original recording is included on Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"鉄の分身、夜よ速く" (Tetsu no Bunshin, Yoru yo Hayaku)	20:07

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"干渉ハノーバー／ミケランジェロと不定形" (Kanshō Hannover / Michelangelo to Futeikei)	21:04

Personnel

All personnel credits are adapted from the album sleeve.^[1]

• Merzbow – Iron, aluminum, motor, mixer/feedback loop, various effects, tape, scratched compact disc, relaxation trainer, spring, contact mic, etc., performer, editing
• Abtechtonics – design
• Support: Reiko Azuma, Ron, Due Process, Achim Flaam

Release history

Over 90% of the first pressing was warped, so all but about 40–50 copies were trashed.^[2]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Quantity	Catalog	Notes
Germany	1991	Dradomel	LP	N/A	DRADOMEL 02
	N/A					Repress

References

1. 干渉ハノーバー [Hannover Interruption] (sleeve) (in Japanese). Merzbow. Dradomel. 1991. DRADOMEL 02.
2. "MERZBOW - HANNOVER INTERRUPTION - LP". scoutreleases.blogspot.com (in German). February 11, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

External links

• Hannover Interruption at Discogs (list of releases)