Material Action 2 N.A.M.

Material Action 2 N.A.M.
Studio album by Merzbow
Released	1983
Recorded	September–October 1982 at Junktion Music Work, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	40:59
Label	Chaos
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Lowest Music 2 (1982) Material Action 2 N.A.M. (1983) Erotrograph (1983)

Material Action 2 N.A.M. is an album by the Japanese noise group Merzbow. It was the first non-cassette Merzbow release. The "2" in the title refers to Yantra Material Action, which was intended as the first Merzbow LP. Chaos was distributed by Eastern Works, which is sometimes listed as the label.^[1] The album was later included in the Merzbox.

On June 8, 2016, the album was reissued as a replica LP pressed on colored vinyl by Menstrualrecordings.

Track listing

Side this
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nil Ad Mirari"	22:47

Side other
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity"	18:12

Personnel

• Masami Akita – recording, mixing, tapes, junk percussion, electro-acoustical noise, organ, tape collage, artwork
• Kiyoshi Mizutani – tapes, synthesizer, violin, machine noise
• H. Kawagishi – engineering
• Mamoru Murayama/Ad Suprex – design, artwork

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Quantity
Japan	1983	Chaos	LP	CHAOS 00001	Unknown
Italy	June 8, 2016	Menstrualrecordings	LP	LH71	302

References

1. Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Extreme. ISBN 0-646-38326-4.

External links

• Material Action 2 N.A.M. at Discogs (list of releases)