John Merrik
Rubber EP
Deformat Records
https://deformatrecords.com/
Released: April 23rd 2026
Cat Num: DEFX005D
Tracklisting
A1 – Rubber
A2 – AMFMAMPM
A3 – Silicon Synths
B1 – Plastic
B2 – Bad Muther Fucker
B3 – Acetaminophen
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Description
Rubber is a collection of 6 songs, 5 of which were released previously on Deformat. They have all been mastered and brought to modern standards of formats (originally released as 128kb mp3)
I wanted to do something special for this one, as I always thought this was my best work for years. So I made new art for it, repaired WAV files, re-rendered (although changed nothing), and kept it as true of a remaster as I could.
Rubber was originally released about 20 years ago. The exact date isn’t exactly known, although 2008 saw it released on Deformat. Before that, these tracks were distributed on CD3 in Toronto and via slsk.
To the best of my knowledge, they were all written around 2005-2006 based on the final buzz files. They were released some time after that originally.
Because the exact date is unknown, this is close enough to a 20-year anniversary by my book. If you disagree with that, no one at all cares but you… And it is awesome to have something that makes you unique.
Additional Notes
Acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol, was released in a different version. It was tacked onto this as it best fit the mood of the EP for the Vinyl version. It is distributed as well with the digital for that reason.
Links
Deformat
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https://www.youtube.com/@deformat
John Merrik
https://www.instagram.com/wolfmerrik/
https://www.facebook.com/johnmerrik/
