Merzbow
Pig AY
Label: Slowdown Records
Series: Merzbow Archive Series / Computer Era (2001-2003)
Format: CD
Genre: Experimental
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Pig AY extends animal-themed titles becoming prominent following Akita's veganism adoption in 2003. The pig - intelligent, social, routinely abused by industrial agriculture - would become a recurring figure in later work. This early reference suggests themes gestating before full ideological commitment.
Pigs possess intelligence comparable to dogs and young children, yet endure conditions unthinkable for companion animals. Akita's interest in pigs reflects both their abuse by human systems and their status as thinking, feeling beings deserving moral consideration.
