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.
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 Recordsare 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.
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
昨年よりアメリカ、ヨーロッパと合計１２週間のツアーを遂行中のBoris。帰国後の7/19にBoris with Merzbow名義でのスペシャルライブの開催決定。
両者のコラボレーションは2020年2月のオーストラリア・メルボルンでの公演以来となる。このBoris with Merzbow名義でのライブを最後にコロナ禍に突入、音楽活動が困難な状態になった同年12月にレクイエムとも言えるアルバム”2R0I2P0″を発表した。このような時期でさえその表現を押し進めた本作品は世界中で絶賛された。それから3年を経た本公演は、ポストパンデミック時代の明確な目覚めを謳う公演となるだろう。
Borisは現行ツアー”Heavy Rock Breakfast”のセットをブラッシュアップ、Merzbow音響の融合により、また新たな”現象”が生まれる夜。
ele-kingから刊行された『現代メタルガイドブック』でもBoris with Merzbowが巻頭で取り上げられ、現代におけるメタル/エクストリームミュージックの領域を拡張し続ける両者の存在感は増すばかりだ。そのリアルな音を実感せよ。
会場：吉祥寺 Club SEATA
開催日：2023年7月19日（水）
開場：18:30 / 開演：19:30
前売：6000円＋d
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.
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
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Bright New Disease is the Boris & Uniform collaborative album. Written and recorded in the darkest days of the pandemic, it is the sound of frustration, but one founded on resilience.
2023年4月22日（土）Record Store Dayに、Sunn O))) / Boris “Altar”がLP2枚組デラックスバージョンで復活。
このアルバムは2006年10月31日にSouthern Lord Recordsからリリース。
SunnO)))とBorisのメンバーに加え、Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)、Joe Preston (Earth, Thrones, Melvins, High on Fire)、Dylan Carlson (Earth)、Phil WandscherとJesse Sykes (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafterの両名)といったシアトル音楽シーンの主要人脈をはじめとする、多くのゲストミュージシャン／コラボレーターが参加。
現代におけるDrone Metalの概念を確立した、記念碑的作品を是非この機会に。
Out of print for over 15 years, Altar will finally return on double LP. The album is a collaboration between experimental music groups Boris and Sunn O))), originally released on October 31, 2006 through Southern Lord Records. In addition to major players Sunn O))) and Boris, Altar also boasts an extensive roster of guest musicians/collaborators such as Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Joe Preston (Earth, Thrones, Melvins, High on Fire), Dylan Carlson (Earth), Phil Wandscher and Jesse Sykes (both of Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter) as well as long time Sunn O))) collaborators TOS Niewenhuizen and Rex Ritter.
“We had a lot of fun making Altar— we transcended all barriers and boundaries to create our own sonic language that still strongly resonates. It was incredibly adventurous for us at that point in time. We played in the moment without a preconceived direction then arrived at a beautifully heavy place together. Altar is a monumental documentation of some early experiments with collaboration. We learned a lot from working with Boris and engineer/producer: Randall Dunn as well as Bill Herzog, Jesse Sykes, Joe Preston etc. We definitely carried those ideas and spirit into recordings that followed Altar.”
Boris and Sunn O))) continue to circle each other with reverence; most recently, Boris’s Wata and Takeshi did a session with Sunn O)))’s “Life Pedal” which you can watch now courtesy of EarthQuaker Devices.
Watch / share the Boris Life Pedal session on YouTube（English version)
The song appears on their latest release, fade. // Released digitally last December via Bandcamp, fade arrives on double LP format today. The deluxe, 180g vinyl release comes in pink and black variants with laminated gatefold jacket. The albums were manufactured by Third Man Pressing and released by fangsanalsatan, and are available for pre-order through Sacred Bones.
そして昨年12月にBandcamp でデジタル リリースされた“fade”が、2x LP フォーマットでリリースされます。
ラミネート加工された見開きジャケット＋ ピンクまたはブラックの180g重量盤でリリース。プレスは Third Man Pressing 、リリースはfangsanalsatan 。本日からSacred Bones にてプリオーダー開始。通常盤は2/17から発売です。
Boris release their latest artwork as an animated music video, a collaboration with award-winning director/animator Nalani Williams.
The animated work is a depiction of an expanded surrealistic world visualizing a song off of boris’s most recent album, fade, which is the third album they released last year for their 30th anniversary as a band. The video is a work of art made using scrupulous frame-by-frame stop motion animation.
Just announced today.
Boris’ Euro & UK tour “Heavy Rock Breakfast” will run from April 29 to June 8, 2023.
The tour will feature special guests Pupil Slicer from London (first half of the dates) and Asunojokei from Japan (second half of the dates), and will tour Europe and the UK for the first time in 4 years!
Boris will play at big festivals such as Desertfest in London , Primavera Sound in Spain.
Please wait for further information !!
Originally art work by Uechi (just play design)
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