Rock Dream

Rock Dream
Live album by Boris with Merzbow
Released	October 27, 2007
Recorded	November 18, 2006 at Earthdom, Tokyo
Genre	Noise, drone
Length	110:30
Label	Diwphalanx, Southern Lord
Producer	Boris with Merzbow
Boris with Merzbow chronology
Sun Baked Snow Cave (2005) Rock Dream (2007) Walrus / Groon (2007)
Boris chronology
She's So Heavy (2007) Rock Dream (2007) Smile (2008)
Merzbow chronology
Peace for Animals (2007) Rock Dream (2007) Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 (2008)
US Cover
Southern Lord version cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Tiny Mix Tapes	Favorable[2]

Rock Dream is a collaborative live album between Japanese experimental doom band Boris and Japan noise musician Merzbow.^[3][4] The release consists of material recorded at a live show from 2006 entitled "Boris with Merzbow Oneman". "Flower Sun Rain" is a cover of the Japanese super-group PYG.

"Evil Stack" is the second in a series of drone improvisation pieces using the title. Its first iteration was released on Damaged, while its third is included on Präparat.

Track listing

CD version

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Feedbacker" (Originally from Boris at Last: -Feedbacker-)	35:05
2.	"Blackout" (Originally from Pink)	5:19
3.	"Evil Stack"	5:04
4.	"Rainbow" (Originally from Rainbow)	4:30
Total length:		49:58

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pink" (Originally from Pink)	4:14
2.	"Woman on the Screen" (Originally from Pink)	2:37
3.	"Nothing Special" (Originally from Pink)	2:14
4.	"Ibitsu" (Originally from Akuma no Uta)	3:35
5.	"A Bao A Qu" (Originally from Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura")	4:35
6.	"The Evilone Which Sobs" (Originally from Dronevil)	13:41
7.	"Flower Sun Rain" (PYG cover, later released on Smile)	8:04
8.	"Just Abandoned My-self" (Originally from Pink)	13:21
9.	"Farewell" (Originally from Pink)	8:11
Total length:		60:32

LP version

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Feedbacker (Part One)"

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Feedbacker (Part Two)"
2.	"Black Out"

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Evil Stack"
2.	"Rainbow"
3.	"Pink"
4.	"Woman on the Screen"
5.	"Nothing Special"
6.	"Ibitsu"

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Bao A Qu"
2.	"The Evilone Which Sobs"

Side five
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flower Sun Rain"
2.	"Just Abandon My-self"

Side six
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Farewell"
2.	"Dyna-saur" (Bonus track, Originally from Heavy Rocks)

Personnel

Merzbow with Boris

• Takeshi – vocals, bass, guitar
• Wata – vocals, guitar, echo
• Atsuo – drums, percussion, vocals
• Masami Akita – EMS Synthi A, computer, hand made instruments, effects

Production

• Yasuaki Satake – P.A engineer
• Kazu – recording
• Souichiro Nakamura at Peace Music – mixing, mastering
• Fangsanalsatan – design [Diwphalanx]
• Shizu – drawing [Diwphalanx]
• SOMA – design [Southern Lord]
• Thomas Hooper – drawing [Southern Lord]
• Miki Matsushima – photo [Southern Lord]

Pressing History

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of Print?	Notes
2007	Diwphalanx	2CD	Japan	No
2007	Southern Lord	2CD	U.S.	Yes	Limited 5000
2008		3LP		Yes	Limited 3800

The Southern Lord version has a die cut cover and is limited to 5000 (machine numbered). The vinyl version contains the bonus track "Dyno-Saur" which is not available on the CD version. According to Southern Lord, a little over 3800 were pressed. Southern Lord carried the black vinyl version (limited to 1000) through their mailorder. There are also 1000 on red vinyl and 1000 on purple vinyl. The other colors of the remaining 800 include marble orange.

References

1. Rock Dream at AllMusic
2. Bowe, Miles (May 31, 2013). "Boris with Merzbow - Rock Dream". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
3. "Boris (3) With Merzbow - Rock Dream". Discogs. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
4. "Boris - Boris with Merzbow - Rock Dream". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

External links

• Rock Dream at MusicBrainz (list of releases)