Absolutego is a Metal album by Boris, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
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Absolutego is the debut studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris. It was released in 1996 by Fangs Anal Satan. This album shows inspiration from the Melvins and, most prominently, Earth. Excluding the Merzbow collaboration Sun Baked Snow Cave, it is the only "one-long-song" Boris album that is not broken down into multiple parts. A song with the same title also appears in the 2017 album Dear. In 2001 Southern Lord Records re-released this album remastered with an alternative cover and relabeled as Absolutego+ (Special Low Frequency Version) in homage to Earth 2. This reissue included a bonus drone track recorded in 1997; its title would be reused 4 years later for an album also called Dronevil (a trend which continued with two albums titled Heavy Rocks, one in 2002 and another in 2011). Southern Lord also released the 2001 remaster on vinyl in 2011 with new artwork, splitting the title track arbitrarily with cutoffs to fill the first three sides; the fourth side contains the final 9:35 and bonus track "Dronevil 2." Notably, up until Amplifier Worship, Takeshi had been called "Ohtani" and was credited as such on the original release. This would be later corrected in the reissue of the album. Atsuo Mizuno - Vocals, Drums (on Dronevil 2) | Takeshi Ohtani - Bass | Wata - Guitar | Nagata - Drums Kakinuma - Engineer | Boris - Producer | Just Play Design Uechi - Artwork and Typography (Logo Type).
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Tracklist
- 1Absolutego60:22
- 2Dronevil 27:53
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Doom Metal
- cavernous
- brooding
- nocturnal
First released on Boris' own label Fangs Anal Satan in 1996 as a single track, 60:15 CD. The band also stated in interviews that they regard this as a single, rather than an album.
It was extended in 2001 with the additional track "Dronevil2" from 1997 and issued on CD as "Absolutego+ (Special Low Frequency Version)" by Southern Lord. The contained version of the track Absolutego is more than 5 minutes longer.
First appeared on vinyl in 2010, also on Southern Lord as "Absolutego+" (again with "Dronevil2").
Both media were marketed as album(s).
2020 saw a remastered reissue on, with the original 60.15 version of "Absoluteego" and "Dronevil2" on vinyl and on all major digital / streaming platforms. This is both referred to as "single" and "album".
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- AtsuoDRUMS, VOCALS
- OhtaniBASS
- TakeshiBASS
- WataGUITAR
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