Vratya Southward

Vratya Southward
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	1987
Recorded	End of 1986
Genre	Noise
Length	42:11
Label	ZSF Produkt
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Enclosure (1987) Vratya Southward (1987) Storage (1988)

Vratya Southward is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.^[1] It is one of two cassettes made with raw material from Ecobondage, Enclosure being the first. It includes a field recording of the Menkake gyōretsu (面掛行列^?, mask procession) festival at the Goryō shrine in Kamakura.^[2] Masami Akita posted photos of the procession on his blog in 2010.^[3]

It was later included in the Merzbox with a bonus track.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"101 Ring"	7:33
2.	"Bards"	2:59
3.	"Cellage/Microbe"	13:20
Total length:		23:52

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strategy for Billiards"	7:00
2.	"Environments"	2:23
3.	"Environments"	6:05
4.	"Environments"	2:51
Total length:		18:19

Personnel

• Masami Akita – performer
• Kiyoshi Mizutani – organ on "Cellage/Microbe"

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Quantity	Catalog	Sold Out
Japan	1987	ZSF Produkt	C46	31	ZFS 201	Yes

References

1. "Merzbow - Vratya Southward (Cassette)". Discogs. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
2. Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Melbourne, Australia: Extreme Records. ISBN 0646383264.
3. "面掛行列". blog.merzbow.net. September 19, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2013.