Members andtrea Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hello to everyone.It's about two weeks that I can't stop to listen the new Boris album. I love it but now I'm desperate 'cause there are incredible (and for now) unique sounds.I knew the mega-sludge-drone-stoner power of Boris but reading over webzines and album reviews everyone was speaking only about the "legendary japanese guitar player Michio Kurihara", that I never heard before.Well, in this record Boris are strangely quiet and at about 2:10 of the second track (Rainbow, like the album title) I had the illumination. Listen to the tracks Rainbow and Starship Narrator, or the You Laughed Like a Water Mark solo HERE... So I start searching all over the web and the only picture of Michio's gear is THISand that little stompbox with 5 knobs...mmm :wink: Fuzz Factory? Scrambler? I already own a hand-made fuzz pedal (the italian t-fuzz), and I am very satisfied about it, but I can't get "octave interpolation" (fantastic english, I know). Do you think it is possible with Fuzz Factory to get that incredible sound? Or is a combination of different effects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zlandicar Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 It's some old Muffs and a Graphic Fuzz, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zlandicar Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Various incarnations of her rig: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voerking Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 listening now. you can definitely do that with a fuzz factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tenine Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Various incarnations of her rig: Hehe, I'm hosting those 3 Has this album had a UK release yet? I've heard nothing about it until now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jussi_k Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hey, excuse my ignorance but what is that grey Boss-pedal there? The second from left... Boris rocks! And gotta love that huge gong the drummer has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trlkvsky Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Which album are you guys refering to exactly? Boris put out quite a bit of stuff in 2006... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 What is the ORANGE boss pedal? it has two words on it, but i can not read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Zlandicar Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Second one from the left. It's a Boss RV-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tenine Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Which album are you guys refering to exactly? Boris put out quite a bit of stuff in 2006... I mean Rainbow. I haven't seen it in the UK yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andtrea Posted February 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Wow, I already knew the Boris setup. but thanks anyway for the great pics. The mystery for me is the ultra-acid fuzz (with octave modulation sometimes, I can't really understand) of Michio Kurihara solos that I linked. * Does anybody know if there are real sound or realibility differences between the Vexter and the Handpainted series? (over the official words of Z.Vex 'cause I am thinking to buy a Vexter one veeery seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voerking Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 i've had vexters and handpainted - no difference other than the paint. go vexter. thanks for the post with the clips of that album - i liked it enough to order it. i had always been a bit lukewarm about boris' collaboration cd's (merzbow, keiji haino, even the one with sunn), but that one pretty much seems like it rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzinator Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 The album with Michio Kuihara rules. I'm a huge fan of both artists.Michio plays in Ghost and he used to be in a couple of bands in the 90s (White Heaven, Marble Sheep). The Japanese made the BEST psych rock in the 90s. If you like this collaboration, get Michio's solo album from last year. It's called Sunset Notes. Awesome guitar playing on it. And Drag City is putting Rainbow out in May. Right now it's a pricy Japanese import. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zarathustra1978 Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 Various incarnations of her rig: I think he was referring to Michio Kurihara's gear, not Wata's. When he played with Ghost and Stars, he was known to use a Bee-Baa pretty frequently. Some of the tones on Rainbow sound to me like they could be from a Bee-Baa. Others sound like fairly standard Muff tones, but I'm guessing those are mostly from Wata. That's such a great album, one of the few Boris collaborations that's as good as, if not better than, their solo stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andtrea Posted February 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 voerking: Boris are fantastic, they change musical genre and partners every three months, but every record is a new masterpiece . Fuzzinator: I'll get that album, for sure. I know Ghost too, they made the best record of 2004 according to the mad hitlist of Piero Scaruffi (link) , one of most important (and discussed) italian rock critic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zlandicar Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 I think he was referring to Michio Kurihara's gear, not Wata's. Yeah, it dawned on me after I posted. Got confused 'cause it's Wata in the pic he posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zarathustra1978 Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 That's not Wata, but no worries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 What is the ORANGE boss pedal? it has two words on it, but i can not read. good question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 good question... don't tell me you're refering to the ds-1 that seems to be on her pedalboard, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 don't tell me you're refering to the ds-1 that seems to be on her pedalboard, are you? Since i am pretty sure you don't spell "Distortion" with two words I have a hard time believing it is a DS-1.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 It looks like it though. I went through all the boss area registry and the closest pedal I found was that one.3 knobs, orange, and with a bit of paint taken off it could be that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 I know it looks the part of a DS-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzinator Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 It's a DS-1. One word. DISTORTION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 Various incarnations of her rig: in this picture it looks like two words.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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