Aqua Necromancer

Aqua Necromancer is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is one of his first releases to use sampled beats. Door Open at 8 am is from the same sessions, but samples jazz instead of progressive rock.

Aqua Necromancer
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	October 19, 1998
Recorded	April–May 1998
Studio	ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	50:38
Label	Alien8
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Maschinenstil (1998) Aqua Necromancer (1998) New Takamagahara (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Brainwashed	favorable[2]

The title track samples "Aquarian" and "Necromancer", two songs from Van der Graaf Generator's The Aerosol Grey Machine. Other artists who were sampled include Soft Machine, Le Orme, Patto, Fusioon, and Formula 3. Masami Akita intended "... to create Southern European atmosphere by using Italian and Spanish progressive rock".[3][4]

The photos were taken at the Hyōkeikan building of the Tokyo National Museum and at the National Museum of Nature and Science, both located in Ueno Park.[5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Aqua Necromancer"	7:34
2.	"Contrapuntti Indian"	12:42
3.	"Soft Drums"	9:10
4.	"Contrapuntti Patto"	17:19
5.	"Farsa Del Buen Vivir"	3:53

Personnel

• Masami Akita – tapes, noise electronics, Moog, EMS, devices
• Abtechtonics – "artwerks"
• Sean O'Hara – layout
• Stefan Figiel at Numerix – mastering

References

1. Couture, François. Aqua Necromancer at AllMusic
2. D'Amico, Anthony (April 18, 2010). "Merzbow, "Aqua Necromancer"". Brainwashed. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
3. "Aqua Necromancer". Alien8 Recordings. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
4. "Merzbow/Fennesz/Antenna Farm". Friend Of The Devil. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
5. "Merzbow - Aqua Necromancer (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved February 4, 2012.