Blasting Rod
Shah initiated the work of Blasting Rod in July 2006 e.v., keeping the project active as an improvised collective until it settled into a power trio performing pre-written compositions in 2013 e.v. Three years later Chihiro was consecrated as The Office of Babalon with Shah at the Feast of the Gods, and Blasting Rod's first limited edition CD was released on their own Low&Slow.Disk label. In 2018 e.v. bassist Yoshihiro Yasui (Crocodile Bambie/Outrage) replaced Shunji Miyoshi who departed to join Japanese metal stalwarts, Crowley. A live CD titled Blasting Rod II was released in the summer of V iv. The group’s first LP, in collaboration with southern California label Glory or Death Records, was released late in Vv. Work is currently underway on a new album projected for release sometime during the year Vvii. Tracks for The Hermetic Library’s Magick, Music, and Ritual 16 have been specially mixed and mastered by Yukito Okazaki (Eternal Elysium) at Studio Zen, Nagoya, Japan from recordings made during sessions for the upcoming album and are heard for the first time on this anthology.
Track list
Magick, Music and Ritual 16 - Mirror Moon Ascending [Yukito Okazaki Re-Mix] 03:26
Mirror Moon Ascending [Yukito Okazaki Re-Mix] (月鏡)
[Written and Arranged by S. Shah/Y. Yasui/Chihiro]
Blasting Rod:
S. Shah スティーブン: guitar/voice/percussion/☿
Yoshihiro Yasui 安井義博: bass guitar/percussion/☿
Chihiro: drums/percussion/♂
Additional Musicians:
Mark Hardy: keyboards
Produced by S. Shah
Executive Producer: Chihiro
Recorded by
Yoshikazu “Dabo” Tanaka for Paradise Kappa
Norihiro Nakamura at Studio Dubreel,
Mark Hardy on Pope John Paul II Drive, Chicago
Mixed and Mastered by Yukito Okazaki at Studio Zen
This Is Not An Hermetic Library Anthology Album -3 - Wheel Upon the Car of Dragonaut [Yukito Okazaki Re-Mix] 04:49
Wheel Upon the Car of Dragonaut [Yukito Okazaki Re-Mix] (ジャガンナートの山車に載って)
[Written and Arranged by S. Shah/Chihiro/Y. Yasui]
Blasting Rod:
S. Shah スティーブン: guitar/voice/percussion/☿
Yoshihiro Yasui 安井義博: bass guitar/percussion/☿
Chihiro: drums/percussion/♂
Additional Musicians:
Noriko O’sugi: vocals
Produced by S. Shah
Executive Producer: Chihiro
Recorded by
Yoshikazu “Dabo” Tanaka for Paradise Kappa
Norihiro Nakamura at Studio Dubreel, S. Shah at Om Guesthouse, Jagannath Mandir Road, and Bansphatak Road, Varanasi, India
Mixed and Mastered by Yukito Okazaki at Studio Zen
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Blasting Rod新曲内容：
アルバム：This Is Not An Hermetic Library Anthology Album -3（神秘主義図書館アンソロジーではありません其の3
曲：Wheel Upon the Car of Dragonaut [Yukito Okazaki Re-Mix] (ジャガンナートの山車に載って) 04:49
[Written and Arranged by S. Shah/Chihiro/Y. Yasui：作曲・編曲]
Blasting Rod:
S. Shah スティーブン: guitar/voice/percussion/electronics/☿
Yoshihiro Yasui 安井義博: bass guitar/percussion/☿
Chihiro: drums/percussion/♂
Additional Musicians: Noriko O’Sugi: vocals
Produced by S. Shah Executive Producer: Chihiro
収録 Recorded by
Yoshikazu “Dabo” Tanaka for Paradise Kappa
パラダイス・カッパ: ダボ田中
Norihiro Nakamura at Studio Dubreel
スタジオダブリール: NORI
S. Shah at Om Guesthouse, Jagannath Mandir Road, and Bansphatak Road, Varanasi, India
オーム・ゲストハウス、ジャガンナート・マンディール路とバンスパタク路、バラナシ、インドにて: スティーブン
Mixed and Mastered by Yukito Okazaki at Studio Zen
スタジオゼン: 岡崎幸人ミックスとマスタリング
Magick, Music and Ritual 13 - Faded Green (Viii Hermetic Remaster) 04:30
Faded Green (Viii Hermetic Remaster)
(Shah, Miyoshi, Suzuki)
Originally released on the Low&Slow.Disk, limited edition EP, “Blasting Rod” (BSR-012). Produced by Shah, Miyoshi, Suzuki. Mixed by Yukito Okazaki, Shah, Miyoshi, Suzuki. Engineered and Mastered by Okazaki at Studio ZEN, Nagoya, Japan
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