Präparat

Präparat
Studio album by Boris
Released	March 6, 2013 (2013-03-06)
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	40:39
Label	Daymare Recordings
Producers	Boris, Shinobu Narita
Boris chronology
Attention Please (2011) Präparat (2013) Noise (2014)

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Präparat is the seventeenth studio album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. The album was announced on March 6, 2013, along with two other releases. Präparat features the participation of musicians like Michio Kurihara and Gisèle Vienne. It was first released exclusively on vinyl and only in Japan, and it sold out upon release. A second limited domestic pressing was released on April 28, 2014. Since October 2, 2020, it has also been available as a digital release on Bandcamp.

"Evil Stack 3" is part of a series of drone pieces across multiple Boris albums, including the Damaged split and Rock Dream.{{Citation needed}}

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"December"	03:58
2.	"哀歌" ("Elegy")	04:23
3.	"Evil Stack 3"	00:58
4.	"砂時計" ("Monologue")	04:32
5.	"Method of Error"	07:15

Side B

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Bataille Sucre"	04:38
7.	"Perforated Line"	00:34
8.	"コップの内側" ("Castel in the Air"; misspelling of "Castle"; kept on re-releases.)	00:07
9.	"Mirano"	02:29
10.	"カンヴァス" ("Canvas")	04:30
11.	"Maeve"	08:34

Personnel

• Takeshi - vocals, guitar, and bass
• Wata - guitar and echo
• Atsuo - vocals, percussion, and electronics
• Michio Kurihara - guitar ("Evil Stack 3" and "Method of Error")
• Gisèle Vienne - spoken word ("Bataille Sucre")
• Composition, lyrics, and production by Boris
• Recording, mixing, photography, and design by Fangsanalsatan
• Mastering by Soichiro Nakamura
• Shinobu Narita - production ("Elegy" and "Canvas")
• Tadashi Hamada - management