Merzbow

Merzbow (メルツバウ, Merutsubau) is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita (秋田昌美, Akita Masami), best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork Merzbau, in which Schwitters transformed the interior of his house using found objects. The name was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic. In addition to this, Akita has cited a wide range of musical influences from progressive rock, heavy metal, free jazz, and early electronic music to non-musical influences like dadaism, surrealism and fetish culture. Since the early 2000s, he has been inspired by animal rights and environmentalism, and began to follow a vegan, straight edge lifestyle. In addition to being a prolific musician, he has been a writer and editor for several books and magazines in Japan, and has written several books of his own. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about music, modern art, and underground culture. His more renowned works were on the topics of BDSM and Japanese bondage. Other art forms Akita has been interested in include painting, photography, filmmaking, and Butoh dance. In 2000, Extreme Records released the 50 CD box set Merzbox. Akita's work has been the subject of several remix albums and at least one tribute album. This, among other achievements, has helped Merzbow to be regarded by some as the "most important artist in noise".

The Prosperity Of Vice, The Misfortune Of Virtue - 2025-05-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Vice Versa - 2024-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Variations for live performance 2023 - 2024-10-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Sphere Sessions - 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Circular Reference - 2024-08-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Animal Matiere - 2024-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Coronado - 2024-02-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Unintended Intention - 2023-12-18T00:00:00.000000Z

04092001 - 2023-10-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Klatter - 2023-10-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Plays - 2023-06-09T00:00:00.000000Z

XCIII - 2023-06-09T00:00:00.000000Z

CATalysis - 2023-04-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Tauromachine (Remastered) - 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Eternal Stalker - 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Animal Liberation - Until Every Cage is Empty - 2022-05-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Persimmon Mask - 2022-03-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Noisembryo / Noise Matrix - 2021-11-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Flare Blues - 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Scandal - 2021-06-11T00:00:00.000000Z

2R0I2P0 - 2020-12-11T00:00:00.000000Z

EXD - 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000000Z

StereoAkuma - 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Pulse Demon (Remastered) - 2019-11-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Noise Mass - 2019-07-12T00:00:00.000000Z