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Merzbow

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.

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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Contents

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.