Merzbow
Sign in to saveis a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Merzbow
- Musical artist.image
- Merzbow at Issue Room Project.jpg
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.alt
- Akita stands behind a folding table covered in laptops and cords with green lighting on the walls behind.
- Musical artist.caption
- Masami Akita performing live at ISSUE Project Room in 2010
- Musical artist.background
- group_or_band
- Musical artist.origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Musical artist.years_active
- –present
- Musical artist.discography
- Masami Akita discography
- Musical artist.website
- www.merzbow.net
- Musical artist.current_members
- Masami Akita
- Musical artist.past_members
- Kiyoshi Mizutani Reiko Azuma Tetsuo Sakaibara
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Merzbow
- Official website
- hatomasamune.easter.ne.jp/merzbow
- Image
- Merzbow at Issue Room Project.jpg
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- Commons category
- Merzbow
- name in kana
- メルツバウ
- social media followers
- 15176
- inception
- 1979-00-00
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
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19 sectionsContents
- Masami Akita
- Early life
- Personal life
- Bibliography
- History
- Beginning (1979–1989)
- Noise electronics era (1989–1999)
- {{Anchor|Laptop era}} Laptop era (1999–2009)
- Current era (2009–present)
- Musical style
- Side projects
- Aliases
- Groups
- Discography
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, 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.