Boris North American Tour 2024 “Amplifier Worship Service”

In 2024, Boris will undergo a tour performing all the songs off their first album. We have already reached a quarter-century since the release of that 1st album, “Amplifier Worship”. Boris has been in constant pursuit of their own ideal “heavy” since their formation in 1992. From the outset they became like a chimera, evolving at a rapid pace, establishing a unique style with extreme downtuning and megavolume. Their broad sense of “Heavy Rock” swelled grotesquely, as it engulfed powerviolence, ambient and drone, with a trance component of krautrock and so on.

From Tokyo to the world, Boris spread out from the underground community to have their name become more widely known. Five years after their formation, Boris went deep into the beyond of heavy music to make their first album, one that can be said to be a palace constructed in unexplored realms. However, the album by no means serves as a peaceful “end” or resting place/”gravestone” for those compositions. Rather, it was a map to the “beyond” that Boris drew up at the time, a blueprint pointing to the future. 25 years after the release of “Amplifier Worship”, that guidance has been revealed: a full length tour for performing all of the songs on the album in a double-drum-format Drone Set.

As a pioneering effort in Drone Metal, a palace under the name of “Amplifier Worship” was constructed and revealed as both a point of departure as well as a destination. Amplified oscillations and volume, going from anguish to pleasure and back, being in fear as well as in awe at what can be called heavy— we venture into this palace of worship together.
For this tour Boris are taking along Starcrawler, a band that intensifies the prayer of rock ‘n’ roll. This only takes us further into the “beyond,” embarking on this worship service. Welcome to the ceremony!

“and 2 Years Later”

In 1994, a live recording on 8-track analog open-reel tape was unearthed and released.
After Pandemic, the formation with Atsuo in charge of Vocal is becoming a standard set.
For the first four years after Boris was formed, Atsuo was originally in charge of Vocal.
In 1996, drummer Nagata left the band, and Atsuo became the drummer and vocalist.
Boris, who had been self-recording since the beginning, brought an open-reel analog 8-track tape recorder to the venue to record.
This is a documentary album made two years after the beginning.

1994年、8トラックのアナログオープンリールテープで録音されていたライブ盤を発掘。
パンデミック以降はAtsuoがVocalを執る編成がスタンダードセットになりつつある。
Borisを結成して4年間、Atsuoのパートは元々Vocalであった。
96年にドラムのNagataが脱退し、AtsuoがドラムとVocalを兼任することとなる。
当初からセルフレコーディングを行なっていたBorisは、会場にオープンリールのアナログ
トラックテープレコーダーを持ち込み、この録音をおこなっていた。

これは始まりから2年後のドキュメンタリー作品。

“ア バオ ア ク -boris performing fade-”

A live recording of boris performing all of the songs from their album “fade” will be released.

The album “fade” was released under their all-lowercase moniker “boris” as the 3rd of three albums released in the Boris 30th Anniversary Year of 2022. In commemoration of this double-vinyl release, boris performed a special show of all the songs on the album on April 2, 2023.
With a stack of amps far exceeding any usual amount projecting mega volume that those in witness could feel through all of their organs, in a natural sense the live performance was akin to a “ritual” of becoming one with the music— a night that widely opened the audience’s doors of perception. This live recording fully captures and translates that ultimate dynamism as a documentary work. The range of a “thunderous roar” beyond description— you will now come to know a part of it and its meaning.

“ア バオ ア ク -boris performing fade-”

borisのアルバム『fade』全曲を披露した公演のライブ盤がリリースされる。

Boris結成30周年の2022年にアルバム三連作の締めくくりとしてリリースされた小文字表記borisアルバム『fade』。
その2枚組アナログ盤リリースを記念し、収録曲全てを披露したスペシャルライブが2023年4月2日に行われた。
尋常ではない物量のアンプ群から放たれる大音量を身体の全器官により感じ、本来的な意味で音楽と一体となる”儀式”と言えるこの公演は、
オーディエンスの知覚の扉を大きく開く夜となった。
このライブ盤はその究極のダイナミズムを余すところなく記録、翻訳したドキュメント作品である。
筆舌に尽くしがたい領域の”轟音”、その一端と意味をあなたは知ることになる。

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Just announced.
The Boris with Merzbow albums “04092001” and “Klatter” have been reissued after being previously released in analog-only format and long out of print.
The specially printed artwork has been faithfully reproduced, just like the originals.
Don’t miss this opportunity!

https://www.relapse.com/collections/boris-with-merzbow

We are going to launch the Patreon
“Wata of Borisheavyrocks”.
Let’s join to us!
https://www.patreon.com/WataofBorisheavyrocks

The split with BAREBONES, originally released independently in 1996, is being reissued as a 12″,remastered from the CD version of that time.
The release is once again a team effort with Dog Knights Productions.
More details regarding the specifications and preorders for this 12″ will be announced soon.

1996年に自主リリースされたBAREBONESとのスプリットが、当時のCDバージョンをリマスタリングし、12インチとなって再発されます。
Dog Knights Productionsと再びタッグを組んでのリリースです。
この12インチの仕様やプリオーダーに関しての詳細は、また後日すぐにアナウンスされます。
Originally art work by Uechi (just play design)

The album, never-before-released on vinyl or digital formats, will be available 8/18 (DL) and 9/8 (CD/LP).

21 years since it first surfaced, Boris’ landmark album Heavy Rocks (2022) will finally be reissued. Its original release in 2002 circulated only domestically in Boris’ home base of Japan, leaving worldwide listeners eager for physical copies of the album.  At the time, as record pressings were in production, a fire broke out at the plant and the stamper was lost, rendering the album out-of-print for many, many years — and it quickly became a cult classic.

Now, Boris and Third Man Records are excited to present Heavy Rocks (2022) on LP and digital formats for the first time ever (+ a CD format re-press).  The reissue, out digitally on August 18th and physically on September 8th, was restored from the original TD master.

“Heavy Rocks” is a consistent theme and symbol for Boris, so it is all-too fitting that the now-classic album that first used the term has now come again, at long last. 

https://orcd.co/heavyfriends

2002年にリリースされた『Heavy Rocks』(通称・オレンジバージョン)が21年の時を経て、世界初アナログ＆デジタル、CDでリイシュー。当時は日本国内のみの流通だったため、海外へは耳ざとい一部のリスナーに届いただけであり、早々にカルトクラッシックと化していたアルバムである。その後プレス工場が火災に遭い、スタンパーが消失するなどの諸事情も重なり長らく廃盤となっていた。今回のリイシューではTDマスターまで遡り音像を一新。今年8月下旬から行われるMelvinsとのスプリットツアーに合わせ、Third Man Recordsからリリースされる。Borisの象徴であり、一貫したテーマでもある“Heavy Rocks”が初めて掲げられた歴史的名盤が今再び。

The release of Heavy Rocks (2022) will coincide with the newly-announced Boris + Melvins U.S. tour this summer and fall.  The bands have circled each other with reverence for many years; they first played a show together in 1999 during Melvins’ first time in Japan, and ever since they have deepened their friendship and enjoyed opportunities to play together whenever possible. This time, for their first ever tour together, Boris and Melvins will be playing a full set of songs from their classic albums: Bullhead from Melvins and Heavy Rocks (2022) from Boris. 

Tickets for the Boris + Melvins “Twins of Evil Tour” will go on sale Friday, June 9th at 10am

BorisとMelvinsが一緒に全米ツアーをする、この驚きのトピックを誰が想像し得ただろうか？1980年代中期からヘヴィミュージックのみならずあらゆるジャンルのアーティストに多大な影響を与え、数多くのフォロワーを生み出したMelvins。
1991年のアルバム『Bullhead』の1曲目をバンド名にしたBorisもその影響受けた一つであることは言うまでもない。
1999年のMelvins初来日の際に両者は初めて共演しており、以降その親交を深めながら幾度かの共演を果たしている。

今回行われる2ヶ月近くに及ぶツアーではお互いがそれぞれのクラシックアルバム（Melvinsは『Bullhead』、Borisは『Heavy Rocks (オレンジバージョン)』）を全曲披露、Borisはこのツアーに合わせ21年ぶりに『Heavy Rocks (オレンジバージョン)』をThird Man Recordsからリイシュー＆リリース。

“Twins of Evil Tour”と名付けられたこの歴史的なツアーは単に過去を振り返るものではない。
両者が育んできたヘヴィロックの進化の遺伝子をより固く結び合わせ、次へと継承していく新たな始まりなのだ。

On June 16th, Boris and Uniform will unleash their ferocious collaborative LP Bright New Disease.  The album captures the fearless exploration and unbridled power of both bands’ live performances.  Boris’s rock heroics, lysergic sprawl, and monolithic sludge are met by Uniform’s mechanized bombardments and frenzied assaults.  “It sounds like the crystalized essence of both bands at the heights of their creative abilities,” says Uniform’s Michael Berdan. “It is a testament of friendship and hope in the face of a world on fire.”

Today, the album’s harrowing second single “Not Surprised” has surfaced.  The track— the album’s closer— was written with its position on a setlist in mind. “I thought it would be appropriate for the last song on the album,” says Boris’s Atsuo, “and I imagined that it would be just as cathartic if we played it at the end of the show as well.”  On “Not Surprised,” the amps are on ten; the sparring drums collide and collapse; everything vibrates to the same gut-liquifying frequency.

Also, 1st single music video You are the Beginning here.

6月16日、Boris x UniformはコラボレーションLP「Bright New Disease」を発表する。
このアルバムは、両バンドのライブパフォーマンス/音楽的探究心の奔放なパワーを捉えたもの。
UniformのMichelはこのアルバムについて「両バンドの創造力の頂点にあるエッセンスが凝縮されたようなサウンドであり、それは燃え盛る世界を前にした友情と希望の証である」と言っている。

今日、このアルバムのセカンドシングル「Not Surprised」が公開。  この曲はアルバムのクローザーの位置づけを念頭に置いて書かれており、BorisのAtsuoも「アルバムの最後の曲としてふさわしいと思った」と述べている。1st single You are the BeginningのMVはこちら。

BORIS AND UNIFORM SHARE VIDEO FOR “NOT SURPRISED”
(DIRECTED BY A.F. CORTES)

THE COLLABORATIVE ALBUM BRIGHT NEW DISEASE IS OUT 16TH JUNE VIA SACRED BONES

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW