''Sun Baked Snow Cave'' is a collaborative album between Japanese

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band Boris and Japanese

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. The album consists of a single track that clocks in at over an hour in length. The album artwork was done by

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member and regular Hydra Head designer Stephen O'Malley.

Composition

Structurally, the album has three distinct sections: the opening 18 minutes consist primarily of quiet, sparse acoustic guitar strums backed by distant whirs and machine noises; a lengthy crossfade shifts the album into

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, with Merzbow's accentuation via harsh noise layers; eventually, the loud half-hour settles through movements of noise into 6 minutes of a quiet electric guitar and ambience coda.

Release

In 2014, the album was released as a double LP. Released as a limited edition of 1,200 copies pressed on black, white, electric blue, or clear with blue streaks vinyl. Initially available on August 16, 2014 as a limited release on the Hydra Head online store and from Boris on tour. A general release followed on September 23. It was repressed in March 2015 on clear/blue splatter in an edition of 500 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

;Boris with Merzbow *Masami Akita – computer *Takeshi – guitar, bass guitar *Wata – guitar, echo *Atsuo – feedback conduction, computer ;Production *Fangs Anal Satan – mixing * Stephen O'Malley – artwork

Notes

*Mastering at Peace Music 6 October 2004

Release history

References

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