Masami Akita
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Biography
BIOGRAPHY
Masami Akita was born in Tokyo in 1956. He began his career in music at age 15 as a drummer in a high school band. At the time he listened to psychedelic music, progressive rock and later free jazz, and all have influenced his music. Later he went to Tamagawa University to study art. It was there that he learned of Kurt Schwitters’ Merz, or art made from rubbish, including Schwitters’ Merzbau, or “Merz building”. This is the source of the name Merzbow.
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The Early days
His earliest music was made with tape loops and creatively recorded percussion and metal, and has been compared to Throbbing Gristle and Nurse With Wound (an acknowledged influence). Early methods included what he referred to as “Material Action”, in which he would closely amplify small sounds so as to distort them through the microphone; later, he made several albums of “SCUM” (“Scissors for Cutting Up Merzbow”/”Society for Cutting Up Merzbow”), for which he would cut up previous Merzbow albums until they resembled something new. His tendency to work in themed phases recalls his training as a visual artist.
He released his music on cassettes through his own record label, Lowest Music & Arts, which was founded in 1979. In the early 1980s, after meeting the Italian avant-gardist noise artist Maurizio Bianchi/M. B. in Milan, he founded a second label, ZSF Produkt.
Later recordings
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The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue
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TrelawneySK
Pulverized Purple has been a jolly good listen in my moody morning
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John_Spectre
@viperetta: This is what they call "irony". They say it's a pretty serious condition, so I think outrenoir is probably dead by now.
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rabutol
goooood!
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viperetta
"outrenoir tagged Masami Akita with ‘wannabe merzbow’. last week" lolwut?
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Yoki-onna
Академично.
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Laamp
WHYYY not release under merzbow? ;(
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PMSingGremlin
Masami Akita has Lower similarity to Merzbow.
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johntardsbaby66
lol merzbow isnt on the connected artists
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