{{Infobox album | name = An Untroublesome Defencelessness | type = studio | artist = [[Merzbow]] / [[Keiji Haino]] / [[Balázs Pándi]] | cover = Merzbow Haino Pándi - An Untroublesome Defencelessness.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2016|06|24}} | recorded = April 15, 2015 | venue = | studio = Gok Sound, Tokyo | genre = [[Free improvisation]], [[Noise music|noise]] | length = {{Duration|m=55|s=04}} | label = RareNoise | producer = | chronology = [[Merzbow]] | prev_title = Atsusaku | prev_year = 2016 | next_title = Kakapo | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Keiji Haino]] | type = studio | prev_title = I Wonder If You Noticed "I'm Sorry" Is Such a Lovely Sound It Keeps Things from Getting Worse | prev_year = 2016 | title = An Untroublesome Defencelessness | year = 2016 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Balázs Pándi]] | type = studio | prev_title = Strength & Power | prev_year = 2016 | title = An Untroublesome Defencelessness | year = 2016 | next_title = Live at FAC251 | next_year = 2016 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''[[All About Jazz]]'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allaboutjazz">{{cite web|last=Corroto|first=Mark|title=Merzbow/Keiji Haino/Balazs Pandi: An Untroublesome Defencelessness|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/an-untroublesome-defencelessness-merzbow-keiji-haino-balazs-pandi-rarenoiserecords-review-by-mark-corroto.php |date=22 July 2016|website=All About Jazz|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Allmusic]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0002945150 |last=Jurek |first=Thom |access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' | rev3Score = 8/10<ref name="dis">>{{cite web|last1=Macmillan|first1=Pieter J|title=Album Review: Merzbow, Keiji Haino and Balázs Pándi – An Untroublesome Defencelessness|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19525/reviews/4150227|date=22 July 2016|website=Drowned in Sound|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-date=23 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823124307/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19525/reviews/4150227|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Louder Than War (website)|Louder Than War]]'' | rev4Score = favorable<ref name="louder">{{cite web|last1=Newall|first1=Phil|title=Merzbow / Keiji Haino / Balazs Pandi 'An Untroublesome Defencelessness' – album review|url=http://louderthanwar.com/merzbow-keiji-haino-balazs-pandi-untroublesome-defencelessness-album-review/ |date=9 July 2016|website=Louder Than War|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The Quietus]]'' | rev5Score = mixed<ref name="quietus">{{cite web|last1=Andrews|first1=Euan|title=Merzbow / Keiji Haino / Balazs Pandi|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/20703-merzbow-keiji-haino-balazs-pandi-an-untroublesome-defencelessness-album-review |date=9 August 2016|website=The Quietus|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Something Else!'' | rev6Score = favorable<ref name="somethingelse">{{cite web|last1=Aaron|first1=S. Victor|title=Merzbow / Haino / Pandi – An Untroublesome Defencelessness (2016)|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2016/07/19/merzbowhainopandi-untroublesome-defencelessness-2016/|website=Something Else!|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> }}
{{Nihongo|'''''An Untroublesome Defencelessness'''''|迷惑をかけない無防備|Meiwaku o kakenai mubōbi}} is a collaborative studio album by the Japanese [[noise music]]ian [[Merzbow]], Japanese guitarist [[Keiji Haino]], and the Hungarian drummer [[Balázs Pándi]]. Merzbow and Pándi have worked together since 2009; Merzbow and Haino previously played together as Kikuri, and released the album ''[[Pulverized Purple]]'' on Les Disques Victo in 2008.<ref name="rnr">{{cite web|title=Merzbow Haino Pandi|url=http://www.rarenoiserecords.com/merzbow-haino-pandi|website=RareNoiseRecords|access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 55:04 | all_music = [[Merzbow|Masami Akita]], [[Keiji Haino]], [[Balázs Pándi]] | title1 = Why Is the Courtesy of the Prey Always Confused with the Courtesy of the Hunters... (Part I) | note1 = {{Nihongo2|食われるものの礼儀と食うものの礼儀と騙され続けていることとは・・・}} | length1 = 2:55 | title2 = Why Is the Courtesy of the Prey Always Confused with the Courtesy of the Hunters... (Part II) | note2 = {{Nihongo2|食われるものの礼儀と食うものの礼儀と騙され続けていることとは・・・}} | length2 = 9:50 | title3 = Why Is the Courtesy of the Prey Always Confused with the Courtesy of the Hunters... (Part III) | note3 = {{Nihongo2|食われるものの礼儀と食うものの礼儀と騙され続けていることとは・・・}} | length3 = 13:51 | title4 = How Differ the Instructions of the Left from the Instructions of the Right? (Part I) | note4 = {{Nihongo2|右側にある注意書きと左側にある注意書きの違いは？}} | length4 = 5:27 | title5 = How Differ the Instructions of the Left from the Instructions of the Right? (Part II) | note5 = {{Nihongo2|右側にある注意書きと左側にある注意書きの違いは？}} | length5 = 8:55 | title6 = How Differ the Instructions of the Left from the Instructions of the Right? (Part III) | note6 = {{Nihongo2|右側にある注意書きと左側にある注意書きの違いは？}} | length6 = 6:13 | title7 = How Differ the Instructions of the Left from the Instructions of the Right? (Part IV) | note7 = {{Nihongo2|右側にある注意書きと左側にある注意書きの違いは？}} | length7 = 7:50 }}
==Personnel== All personnel credits adapted from the album notes.<ref name=albumnotes>{{Cite AV media notes |title= An Untroublesome Defencelessness |others=[[Merzbow]] / [[Keiji Haino]] / [[Balázs Pándi]] |year=2016 |type=album notes |publisher=RareNoiseRecords |id=RNR061LP |location=London}}</ref> ;Musicians *[[Merzbow|Masami Akita]] – [[Electronic musical instrument|electronics]] *[[Keiji Haino]] – guitar, vocals, electronics *[[Balázs Pándi]] – drums ;Technical personnel *Yoshiaki Kondo – [[Audio engineer|engineering]] *Daniel Sandor – [[Audio mixing|mixing]] *[[James Plotkin]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]] *Rok – artwork, [[Graphic design|design]]
==Release history== {| class="wikitable" ! Region !! Date !! Label !! Format(s) !! Catalog |- | rowspan=3|United Kingdom || June 24, 2016 || rowspan=3|RareNoise || [[MP3]], [[FLAC]], [[High-resolution audio|HD]] FLAC || RNR061 |- | July 2016 || CD || RNR061 |- | July 2016 || 2×[[LP record|LP]] (180 gram) || RNR061LP |}
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==External links== *[http://www.rarenoiserecords.com/merzbow-haino-pandi Merzbow Haino Pandi] on RareNoiseRecords *{{Discogs master|1021117}}
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