A Perfect Pain (CSR23CD/LP), by Merzbow / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

A Perfect Pain (CSR23CD/LP)

by Merzbow / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

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meow meow Merzbow. Genesis. Perfect. Painful. A pleasure for us noise freaks and GPO lovers. XOXOXXX.

Axphordixe This is DEFINITELY a trip to take, it felt like i was in the center of cultists, bound in ropes stripped down to nothing but the ropes and them chanting the lyrics of the album.

A solid 5/5 for me but i have the feeling i should just listen to the album once just for the experience!

ieure dripping with evil Favorite track: Kreeme Horne.

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD edition in digipak. 8-page booklet with all lyrics.

Includes unlimited streaming of A Perfect Pain (CSR23CD/LP) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

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Includes bonus vinyl edits of each track.

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Bundle - Ltd Flaxen Gold LP + Black LP + CD Digipak
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
1. Ltd 300 copies LP on 180g flaxen gold coloured vinyl.
2. LP on 180g black vinyl.
3. CD edition in digipak

Includes unlimited streaming of A Perfect Pain (CSR23CD/LP) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

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Ltd LP on 180g flaxen gold coloured vinyl
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Ltd 300 copies LP on 180g flaxen gold coloured vinyl. Printed inner sleeve with all lyrics.

Includes unlimited streaming of A Perfect Pain (CSR23CD/LP) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

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LP on 180g black vinyl
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
LP on 180g black vinyl. Printed inner sleeve with all lyrics.

Includes unlimited streaming of A Perfect Pain (CSR23CD/LP) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

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1.	A Perfect Restraint 03:22	buy track
2.	Flowering Pain Give Space 10:55	buy track
3.	Source Are Rare 25:02
4.	Kreeme Horne 05:14	buy track
5.	All Beauty Is Our Enemy 12:13	buy track

about

The incredible power created by GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE (Psychic TV / Throbbing Gristle) - the founding father of the Industrial world, and MERZBOW - the undisputed king of Japanese Noise. Recorded exclusively for Cold Spring, with five brand new tracks, "A Perfect Pain" has been hailed as an important album and an extremely successful collaboration.

Remastered for both CD and vinyl by The Cage Studios.

First edition on vinyl (180g), third edition of CD (first time in digipak) - OUT 25th OCTOBER

Standard Black Vinyl
Limited Flaxen Gold Coloured Vinyl x 300 copies (via Cold Spring only).

"a long overdue collaboration from these two living
legends of experimental music... This disc will scare
the shit out of most people... it's almost a modern day
take on the simultaneous beauty/brutality aesthetic
of Throbbing Gristle" (Brainwashed)

"…easily the finest material Merzbow has made in
some time... pure data trash of the highest quality…"
(The Wire).

credits

released October 15, 2018

Electronics, Drum Machine, Effects - Masami Akita
Producer - Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Engineer - Bryin Dall
Editing - Dave Kirby
Original Artwork - Charles Acethorpe, Richard Crónín
Original Design, Layout - Associated Distortion
Photography of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge - Francis Polk

2018 reinterpretation and layout - Abby Helasdottir
2018 remastering - Martin Bowes, Cage Studios

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Cold Spring England, UK

We are a UK-based record label / mailorder store / distributor, specialising in all forms of esoteric / industrial music, but particularly: Industrial, Dark Ambient, Black Ambient, Japanese Noise, Neoclassical, Dark Folk, Orchestral, Power Electronics, Noise, Drone, Doom, Death Industrial, Dark Soundtracks and Experimental music. ... more

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