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''13 Japanese Birds'' is a 15 album series by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was inspired by Olivier Messiaen's ''Catalogue d'oiseaux'' (Catalog of birds), but has no direct musical relationship. ==Release history== The series originally consisted of 13 albums released on a monthly basis from January 2009 to January 2010. They were also recorded one a month, and Masami Akita frequently revisited older recordings. It was also part of his then-recent return to live drums.〔 Jenny Akita's cover art depicts illustrated birds on top of photographs. Each CD is limited to 1,000 copies. The series was also available by subscription; as just the CDs, or with a custom-made bamboo box. Also available only with purchase of the box was an acrylic-on-bamboo painting by Akita himself. In March 2010, Important released ''Ecobag/13 Birds in a Bag +1'', this set included the original 13 CDs, a bonus CDR of additional material from the sessions, and a piece of original xerox art made by Akita in the mid-90s. All packaged together in a tote bag and limited to 200 copies. After the ''Ecobag'' sold out, the label released the ''Ecoblock'' or ''Bird Block'' in April 2012, with just the original 13 albums and a T-shirt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec294 )〕 In 2009, Important announced that an LP named ''Jigokuhen'' would be released to celebrate the completion of the series.〔(Jigokuhen announcement on Twitter )〕 Originally scheduled for the first anniversary of the completion of the original series (January 2011), but it was delayed until March. The album is the 15th and final volume of the ''Japanese Birds'' series, but is a stand-alone release.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec321 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「13 Japanese Birds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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