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Merzbow (メルツバウ) is an experimental music project created in Tokyo in 1979 under the direction of musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美). Since 1979, Akita has formed two record labels and has contributed releases to numerous independent record labels. As well as being a prolific artist, he has also written a number of books and has been the editor of several magazines in Japan. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde music and post-modern culture. His more renowned works have been on the topics of BDSM and fetish culture. Other artforms Akita has been interested in include directing and Butoh dance.
The name “Merzbow” comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters’ artwork, Merzbau. This was chosen to reflect Akita’s dada influence and junk-art aesthetic. In addition to this, Akita has cited a wide range of influences from various progressive rock artists such as Frank Zappa and King Crimson to Japanese bondage.
In 2000, Extreme Records released the 50 CD box set known as the Merzbox. From 2004 onwards, he has been a supporter of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) which has influenced a number of animal-themed releases as well as Akita becoming vegan. Akita’s work has been the subject of several remix albums and at least one tribute album. Akita is a prolific musician and has produced over 200 releases since 1980. This, among other achievements, has helped Merzbow to be regarded as the “most important artist in noise music”.
The name “Merzbow” comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters’ artwork, Merzbau. This was chosen to reflect Akita’s dada influence and junk-art aesthetic. In addition to this, Akita has cited a wide range of influences from various progressive rock artists such as Frank Zappa and King Crimson to Japanese bondage.
In 2000, Extreme Records released the 50 CD box set known as the Merzbox. From 2004 onwards, he has been a supporter of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) which has influenced a number of animal-themed releases as well as Akita becoming vegan. Akita’s work has been the subject of several remix albums and at least one tribute album. Akita is a prolific musician and has produced over 200 releases since 1980. This, among other achievements, has helped Merzbow to be regarded as the “most important artist in noise music”.
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mimi_do wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Консервированная+Нина+Дробышева
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SWCHNO wrote:
Im Dschungel des Musikbusiness....
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lunacyfreak wrote:
http://bandlogos.descentrecords.com/ <-- How come there's still no nice Merzlogo added?
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Bleach00 wrote:
Bora02: Fuck that Throb Ogre was way better than that bullshit
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Bleach00 wrote:
It's true,
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Zanrook wrote:
Gay music for gay people
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Kapitol21 wrote:
Niwatori is a damn groovy Japanese bird.
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HareMettleAdlib wrote:
What happened the usual denizens of this trollbox?
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Ackibear wrote:
His collab with Keiji Haino is fucking great.
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Pentfixion wrote:
merzbrofist
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Bora-02 wrote:
sonic devil was better.
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Kapitol21 wrote:
Frequency LSD and Spectrum Ripper are like a whole 'nother world Merzbow has dipped into. No, not really...
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Dirtynigress wrote:
my favourite Merzbow album is probably Frequency LSD. Some good sound waves on that album.
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Fareday wrote:
this used to be funny... (or at least retard)
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MASONNY wrote:
wHy im so obSessed with him X_X
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ColonelTheSlav wrote:
Start with Transilvanian Hunger.
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Fareday wrote:
this is electronic right? so he does not sing, right? i hope so, i can't stand to that freaking wapanese accent while singing english... and I don't like the wapanese language singing neither.
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Fareday wrote:
what's a good album to start? i am really interested in listening to merzbow and all this j-music stuff.
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Shru wrote:
Its funny how people come to artists' pages and bitch about how they suck and how they would never listen to them when afterwards they would go and say something totally opposite on another artists page. Everyone has different taste. If we all liked the same music then no one would be good. because good is just saying that they are not bad compared to other artists. So we couldn't compare artists because we all like the same ones. So really when you do that you're looking pretty stupid. So when no one replys to your comment, don't think you've won. Because the truth is, that one comment out of houndreds maybe thousands isn't worth anyones time.
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Dreagan_luna wrote:
hiranya and camouflage are the only good albums this year so far.. I expected more.. :-(
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lunacyfreak tagged Merzbow with ‘dada’. 3 hours ago
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NecropedeDeath, blackdreams01 and Tristan333 added Merzbow to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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JakiWiu tagged Merzbow with japanoise and noise. yesterday evening
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CEZARY-GAPIK added Merzbow to CEZARY-GAPIK’s library. yesterday evening
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sxzx tagged Merzbow with harsh noise and noise. yesterday afternoon
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euclidorphee tagged Merzbow with industrial and noise. yesterday morning
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Pol1truK shared Merzbow with Schnaps1990. Wednesday evening
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