{{Infobox album | name = Cuts | type = studio | artist = [[Merzbow]], [[Mats Gustafsson]], [[Balázs Pándi]] | cover = Merzbow Pándi Gustafsson - Cuts.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|02|07}} | recorded = April 14, 2012 | venue = | studio = Metropolis Studio, [[Budapest]] | genre = [[Noise music|Noise]], [[free improvisation]] | length = {{Duration|m=71|s=48}} | label = [[RareNoiseRecords|RareNoise]] | producer = | chronology = [[Merzbow]] | prev_title = Duo | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = Cat's Squirrel | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Mats Gustafsson]] | type = studio | prev_title = Sin Gas | prev_year = 2013 | title = Cuts | year = 2013 | next_title = Shift | next_year = 2013 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Balázs Pándi]] | type = studio | prev_title = Katowice | prev_year = 2012 | title = Cuts | year = 2013 | next_title = One | next_year = 2013 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''[[The Quietus]]'' | rev1Score = mixed<ref name="quietusreview">{{cite web|last1=Burnett|first1=Joseph|title=Merzbow/Mats Gustafsson/Balázs Pándi|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/11910-merzbow-mats-gustafsson-balzs-pndi-cuts-review |date=10 April 2013|website=The Quietus|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> }}
'''''Cuts''''' is collaborative studio album by the Japanese [[noise music]]ian [[Merzbow]], Hungarian drummer [[Balázs Pándi]], and Swedish saxophonist [[Mats Gustafsson]]. It was recorded during a stop on the trio's East European tour in April 2012.
This album was followed up in January 2015 by ''Live in Tabačka 13/04/12'', which was recorded live the day before ''Cuts'' in [[Slovakia]]. (Limited edition of 400 Lps)
''[[Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper]]'', a studio album with the addition of [[Thurston Moore]], was released in 2015.
''Cuts Up Cuts Out,'' a live album was recorded in 2016 with [[Thurston Moore]] was released in March 2018.
''Cuts Open,'' a live album recorded in 2018 was released in March 2020.
The '''''Cuts''''' album was recorded in several improvised sessions at Metropolis Studio in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. Masami Akita then edited and mixed it at his Munemihouse studio in [[Tokyo]], he didn't change the structure much except for moving a sax part.<ref name="quietus">{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/11806-merzbow-interview |title=Razor Blades In The Dark: An Interview With Merzbow |last=Burnett |first=Joseph |date=April 3, 2013 |website=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=January 25, 2015}}</ref> Pándi mixed his drums in Budapest.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Valcic |first=Vuk |date=February–March 2013 |title=Q&A Mats Gustafsson |journal=[[Rock-A-Rolla]] |publisher=V-Squared Publishing |issue=42 |pages=8–9 }}</ref> The track titles come from [[Leif Elggren]]'s book ''Something like seeing in the dark''.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 71:48 | all_music = [[Merzbow|Masami Akita]], [[Mats Gustafsson]], and [[Balázs Pándi]] | title1 = Evil Knives. Lines. | length1 = 17:55 | title2 = Deep Lines. Cuts. | length2 = 19:07 | title3 = The Fear Too. Invisible. | length3 = 7:35 | title4 = Like Razor Blades in the Dark. | length4 = 20:55 | title5 = Like Me. Like You. | length5 = 6:16 }}
==Personnel== All personnel credits adapted from the album notes.<ref name=albumnotes>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Cuts |others=[[Merzbow]], [[Mats Gustafsson]], [[Balázs Pándi]] |year=2013 |type=album notes |publisher=RareNoiseRecords |id=RNR030 |location=London}}</ref> ;Musicians *[[Merzbow|Masami Akita]] – noise electronics *[[Mats Gustafsson]] – baritone sax, G-clarinet, live electronics *[[Balázs Pándi]] – drums, percussion ; Technical and design personnel *Daniel Sandor – engineering *Gabor Borosi – engineering *[[James Plotkin]] – mastering *Péter Szabó – cover photos *Roki – cover art, design
==Release history== {| class="wikitable" ! Region !! Date !! Label !! Format(s) !! Catalog |- | rowspan=3|United Kingdom || February 7, 2013 || rowspan=3|RareNoise || [[MP3]], [[FLAC]], [[High-resolution audio|HD]] FLAC || RNR030 |- | February 19, 2013 || [[Compact disc|CD]] || RNR030 |- | March 2013 || 2×[[LP record|LP]] (180 gram) || RNR030LP |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|521249|Cuts}} *{{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=b4903af5-5a5d-4fcf-9bf4-2f58b6c3f270|name=Cuts}}
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