Dead Zone (album)
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Dead Zone is an album by the Japan
ese noise musician Merzbow
. The album was released in an eco-pack and is limited to 500 copies.
According to Masami Akita, this album was originally called Flax
, inspired by its used in a vegetarian diet. But, while the album was in recording stages, the 2011 Japanese Earthquake
struck and the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents
just after that. It then came to Akita's attention that it was going to be the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
and the theme of the album was changed to nuclear accidents and the connections between Fukushima and Chernobyl. The CD is dedicated to the worldwide anti-nuclear movement.
The album photos were taken at Prypiat, located in the Chernobyl dead zone.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese noise musician Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...
. The album was released in an eco-pack and is limited to 500 copies.
According to Masami Akita, this album was originally called Flax
Flax
Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent...
, inspired by its used in a vegetarian diet. But, while the album was in recording stages, the 2011 Japanese Earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
struck and the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents
2011 Japanese nuclear accidents
This is a list of articles describing aspects of the nuclear shut-downs, failures, and nuclear meltdowns triggered by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.-Fukushima nuclear power plants:* Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant...
just after that. It then came to Akita's attention that it was going to be the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
and the theme of the album was changed to nuclear accidents and the connections between Fukushima and Chernobyl. The CD is dedicated to the worldwide anti-nuclear movement.
The album photos were taken at Prypiat, located in the Chernobyl dead zone.
Track Listing
Personnel
- Masami Akita – performer
- Ira Solomykina – photography
- Pavel Shevchuk – photography
- Alexander Khaverchuk – photography