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Variations

by beautifulnoise/skin

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How can there be pleasure? How can there be joy? When the whole world is burning What joy is there in this body Seeing these discarded bones Scattered here and there Where they were tossed upon the ground Through the same moment of the night Humans first emptied in the womb The journey of their life to death begins Once gone there is no turning back At daybreak many people are seen At evening one is gone from sight At evening many people can be seen Next morning one is gone from sight Nights are long when one can't sleep The road seems long for those exhausted Life's obliterated so soon Some die when they are in the womb Some on the ground where they were born Some die just as they learn to crawl And some just as they learn to walk Some die old and some die young Some in the very prime of life All people pass away in term Just like the fall of ripened fruit As all ripe fruit always falls and rots So all who are born by their deaths destroyed Collection in the end dispersed Whatever rises must also fall All meetings end in seperation The final end of life is death Sorrow arises from all beauty From all beauty arises fear When all beauty is given up Neither sorrow nor fear exist And the law is Imperium Imperium, imperium, imperium, imperium
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about

Originally Released in 2001 when we were called Jowonio Productions, this record came as a 3" CD called The Meat And Bread Variations. This album and its tracks have been retitled at the request of our friend Masami Akita (Merzbow). This edition of the album features 2 additional tracks recorded around the same time as the original album sessions, and beautiful cover art that we've had for years but for some reason never used.

Featuring Contributions from Merzbow, Big Block 454, Chris Robinson, & Amenti Suncrown

Review from Compulsion:
The follow-up to the acclaimed hands/birds EP. Variations features icy electronics and a dash of controlled noise with Japanese noisenik Merzbow, toy town electro beats, and a remarkable cover version of Current 93's Imperium II. Each track displays a different facet to this experimental outfit.

Forget the full on noise assault, the Merzbow collaboration here is restrained and atmospheric, several tracks adopt a warped electronica feel using locked grooves. Great work.

From Boomkat
This excellent release sees a song like approach creeping into the shape of Beautifulnoise/skin's fractured excursions. 'Variations' sees him teaming up with Japanese noise god Merzbow for a true genre crushing collaboration, his old mucker Chris Robinson, and the wacked out boys from Big Block 454. They have also been drawn to doing their first cover version in the form of the mighty Current 93's 'Imperium II'. It has been said of them that beautifulnoise/skin are the first outfit to actually make noise listenable and who are we to disagree?

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credits

released August 4, 2017

Beautifulnoise/skin - Many Things
Merzbow - Power Electronics
Chris Robinson - Turntables
Big Block 454 - Balalaika & Some Guitar
Current 93 - Love and Yes
Amenti Suncrown - Flutes and a Million
Lee Effio - Cover Art

Beautifulnoise/skin Equipment on This Record:
Fresher Flying V
Yamaha CS-01
Casio SK1
Casio VL1
Bowed Cymbal
Colorsound Wah, Fuzz, Swell
Guitar Pedals
Akai S2000
Apple Mac Running Cubase
Yamaha MT4X Multitrack Cassette Recorder
Soundcraft 12 Channel Mixer
Sony TCD8 DAT

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