Merzbow

  • Listeners

    218.7K

  • Scrobbles

    4M

  • Listeners

    218.7K

  • Scrobbles

    4M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Years Active
1979 – present (46 years)
Founded In
Tokyo, Japan
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 interes… read more
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 wri… read more
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 J… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Masonna

  2. Avatar for Incapacitants

  3. Avatar for C.C.C.C.
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Pulse Demon Woodpecker No. 1
  • Loading
 546 listeners
2 Play track Why Is the Courtesy of the Prey Always Confused with the Courtesy of the Hunters... Pt. I Why Is the Courtesy of the Prey Always Confused with the Courtesy of the Hunters... Pt. I
  • Loading
 226 listeners
3 Play track Merzbeat Promotion Man
  • Loading
 193 listeners
4 Play track Pulse Demon Woodpecker No. 2
  • Loading
 192 listeners
5 Play track Pulse Demon Spiral Blast
  • Loading
 140 listeners
6 Play track Pulse Demon My Station Rock
  • Loading
 105 listeners
7 Play track Pulse Demon Ultra Marine Blues
  • Loading
 103 listeners
8 Play track Pulse Demon Tokyo Times Ten
  • Loading
 90 listeners
9 Play track Pulse Demon Yellow Hyper Balls
  • Loading
 81 listeners
10 Play track Pulse Demon Worms Plastic Earthbound
  • Loading
 66 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 94,091 listeners

    28 May 1996 · 8 tracks

    Pulse Demon
    • Loading

  2. 52,176 listeners

    2006 · 5 tracks

    Merzbeat
    • Loading

  3. 29,038 listeners

    22 Jul 2016 · 7 tracks

    An Untroublesome Defencelessness
    • Loading

  4. 23,091 listeners

    18 May 1998 · 5 tracks

    1930
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
341
371
713
522
493
458
544
457
459
403
309
319
377
354
387
404
351
340
345
342
345
358
338
337
309
316
336
338
337
329
309
289
308
337
329
281
339
322
294
276
307
351
328
344
330
295
332
362
335
355
345
321
290
283
389
344
334
321
319
267
303
326
323
333
357
305
293
298
328
326
366
333
372
270
295
329
356
336
331
340
344
300
368
294
350
324
332
302
316
318
347
339
427
378
339
297
328
341
355
337
353
308
272
351
317
321
378
330
289
301
324
313
320
323
321
258
241
342
356
331
322
319
313
314
370
388
375
376
331
285
280
331
309
336
376
313
272
303
350
480
420
411
371
326
343
377
341
320
337
332
279
286
338
311
299
286
287
266
273
278
311
280
322
332
274
274
316
331
319
318
295
335
298
281
299
329
336
274
251
240
259

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 45,250 listeners

    Avatar for Masonna

  2. 15,983 listeners

    Avatar for Incapacitants

  3. 6,304 listeners

    Avatar for C.C.C.C.

  4. 28,327 listeners

    Avatar for The Gerogerigegege

  5. 88,814 listeners

    Avatar for Prurient

  6. 26,787 listeners

    Avatar for Boris with Merzbow

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss