ALBUMInside Richard Serra SculpturesPedro Vian & Merzbow
ALBUMExtinctMerzbow & Meat Beat Manifesto
ALBUMGecko RagaMerzbow
ALBUMAnimal MatiereMerzbow
ALBUMHinawaveMerzbow
ALBUMMagnetic rainMerzbow
ALBUMMukogeneratorMerzbow
ALBUMMukomodulatorMerzbow
ALBUMMukotronicsMerzbow
ALBUMCoronadoMerzbow & Sissy Spacek
ALBUMNoise 5706Merzbow
ALBUMOrthogenesisMerzbow
ALBUM450QMerzbow
ALBUMBluedronMerzbow
ALBUMLacrimaMerzbow
ALBUMNil ClusterMerzbow
ALBUMUnintended IntentionVariát & Merzbow
ALBUMCafe OTOMerzbow
ALBUMKlatterBoris & Merzbow
ALBUM04092001Boris & Merzbow
ALBUMPlaysMerzbow & Smegma
ALBUMXCIIISmegma & Merzbow
ALBUMCATalysisMerzbow
ALBUMHopeMerzbow
ALBUMRETRIBUTION BY ALL OTHER CREATURESThe Bastard Noise & Merzbow
ALBUMEternal StalkerMerzbow & Lawrence English
ALBUMAnimal Liberation - Until Every Cage is EmptyMerzbow
ALBUMMaterial Action 2 (N-A-M)Merzbow
ALBUMPersimmon MaskMerzbow
ALBUMWhite BirdMerzbow
ALBUMBeetleMerzbow
ALBUMSeven SidesMerzbow
ALBUMJanus GuitarMerzbow
ALBUMPurple FishMerzbow
ALBUMDouble Beat Sequencer, Vol. 5Merzbow
ALBUMDouble Beat Sequencer, Vol. 6Merzbow
ALBUMDouble Beat Sequencer, Vol. 3Merzbow
ALBUMDouble Beat Sequencer, Vol. 4Merzbow
ALBUMDouble Beat Sequencer Vol.1Merzbow
ALBUMDouble Beat Sequencer, Vol. 2Merzbow
ALBUMFlare BluesMerzbow
ALBUMGman+Merzbow
ALBUMKotorhizomeMerzbow
ALBUMBit BluesMerzbow
ALBUMSugamo FlowerMerzbow
ALBUMInsect 801Merzbow
ALBUM雲の絶対値 Kumo No ZettaichiMerzbow
ALBUMGroon LessonMerzbow
ALBUMTriwave PagodaMerzbow
ALBUMScandalMerzbow
ALBUMArijigokuMerzbow
ALBUMRed BrickMerzbow
ALBUMDrumorphMerzbow
ALBUMBlack Crows CyborgMerzbow & Prurient
ALBUMYono's JourneyMerzbow
ALBUMBloodourMerzbow
ALBUMComa TestMerzbow
ALBUM15 August 2006Merzbow
ALBUM27 August 2006Merzbow
ALBUMElectronic UnionMerzbow
ALBUM2R0I2P0Boris & Merzbow
ALBUMPlasma DoorMerzbow
ALBUMScreaming DoveMerzbow
ALBUM1633+Merzbow
ALBUMCuts OpenMerzbow, Mats Gustafsson & Balazs Pandi
ALBUMTubular Waves 4548 from 3rd Of May Vol.1Merzbow
ALBUM3rd Of May Vol.2Merzbow
ALBUMSCSI Duck 2Merzbow
ALBUMYoshinotsune Metamo – AbhunterMerzbow
ALBUMEXDMerzbow
ALBUMMaterial For Structure IMerzbow
ALBUMPig AYMerzbow
ALBUMNecro 2000Merzbow
ALBUMProcess 9611Merzbow
ALBUMTenshinkakuMerzbow
ALBUM雀色1 Sparrow Color 1Merzbow
ALBUM雀色2 Sparrow Color 2Merzbow
ALBUMMighty AceMerzbow
ALBUMWaMerzbow
ALBUMMedamaya-OMerzbow
ALBUMSpring Harp-OMerzbow
ALBUMStereoAkumaMerzbow
ALBUMTauro-O1Merzbow
ALBUMTauro-O2Merzbow
ALBUMCat Of Shell Vol.1Merzbow
ALBUMCat Of Shell Vol.2Merzbow
ALBUMBroken LandscapesGareth Davis & Merzbow
ALBUMChameleon BodyMerzbow
ALBUM小品集 Selected Small Works Vol.1Merzbow
ALBUM小品集 Selected Small Works Vol.2Merzbow
ALBUMBluedelic+Merzbow
ALBUMPhillo JazzMerzbow
ALBUMBecome the Discovered, Not the DiscovererMerzbow, Keiji Haino & Balazs Pandi
Artist Playlists
Merzbow Essentials
The godfather of harsh noise.
Merzbow: Influences
His purifying noise is rooted in rock and free jazz.
Inspired by Merzbow
Harsh noise and experimental sounds inspired by this Japanese maverick.
Merzbow: Deep Cuts
The noise king tears apart collaborations to devastating effect.
About Merzbow
Artist Biography
A vanguard figure in Japanese music, Masami Akita has done more than any other artist to demonstrate the most thrilling and liberating properties of noise. Born in Tokyo in 1956, Akita was inspired by his interests in art movements like dada and surrealism and his love of free jazz and psychedelic rock to devise his own musical experiments using tape loops, distortion and feedback. Initially the name of a duo with Kiyoshi Mizutani, Merzbow became Akita’s main handle for the abrasive music he began releasing on cassettes in 1979. Over the course of the hundreds of releases that followed—some of which Akita compiled for an instantly infamous 50-CD set named Merzbox in 2000—Akita gradually incorporated synthesisers and computers alongside his more analogue means of creating maelstroms of sound. Meanwhile, his collaborations with artists like Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and the Japanese band Boris expanded his harsh palette to include discernible shards of electronic music, jazz, industrial and metal, too.
Hometown
Tokyo, Japan
Genre
Alternative
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