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Otomo Yoshihide
Memory Defacement

Single JP 1997 on Japan Overseas label
Electronic (Musique Concrète, Noise, Free Improvisation)

Memory defacement & Experimental defacement recorded in Tokyo, Japan, April 1997. Live defacement recorded live June 14, 1997 at Xebec Hall (Kobe, Japan). Mixed at Omega Sound (Osaka, Japan). "Memory defacement is different from the performances and recordings I have done in the past. It is the project which shows the entire four stage-processes that took place in half a year. Releasing this double-vinyl is its last stage. The first stage was to compose and record the sound resource for the black vinyl. I cracked a record, and based on the cracks I decided precisely where all the sound should be recorded; I put the collage sound in 87 spots with exactly the same timing on the A & B sides are different; I used a variety of music from the 20th century for the A side, and avant-grade music, especially electric sound, for the B side. The second stage was to press 500 analog disks of the sound, and to play them continuously on 10 turntables for 3 weeks at Xebec Hall in Kobe. My initial plan was to use many more turntables and play the records for a longer period, so the songs of the 20th century and the various experiment recorded on the A & B sides would sink into the sea of scratch noise. Unfortunately, the plan did not reach that far and the records were not so damaged. Hopefully, you will play this record continuously until the fragments of this 20th century legacy return to sea of noise. The third stage was to have the live performance at Xebec Hall using the original sound resources, and press it on the clear vinyl." - Otomo Yoshihide Side four is left blank. Liner notes in Japanese and English. Limited edition of 500.

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	Otomo Yoshihide ttbl, g, *1959 JP producer, turntables, other, liner notes, album by
	Sachiko M sampler, *1970 JP sampler

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