Masami Akita, better known by his stage name Merzbow, is a Japanese noise musician. He is best known for his style of harsh, confrontational noise exemplified on his 1996 release, Pulse Demon. Since 1980, he has released over 400 recordings, and has collaborated with various artists. (Wikipedia)
Masami Akita Biography / Wiki
Name | Masami Akita |
Also Know | Merzbow, 秋田昌美 |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Sound |
Place of Birth | Tokyo |
Date of Birth | 1956-12-19 |
Age(as in 2022) | 65 |
Deathday |
Masami Akita Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow | Himself | 1998-01-01 | Documentary about and with the Japanese electronic composer and artist Merzbow…. |
Nor Noise | Himself | 2004-07-01 | Nor Noise is the first norwegian documentary about noise music. Movie Maker Tom Hovinbøle has from the start in 2001 interviewed a number of artists… |
Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground | Himself | 1995-12-12 | An exploration of underground Japanese counter-culture…. |
Signal to Noise | Himself | 1998-06-29 | Short documentary on Japanese noise artist Merzbow by South African filmmaker Aryan Kaganof. Filmed on location at the Kamakura Temple, Japan, 1997…. |
Merzbow: Live July 5th, 1995 | Himself | 1996-01-01 | Live concert recorded at Brückenkopf in Mainz, Germany on July 5, 1995…. |
Merzbow: Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990 | Himself | 1993-02-01 | Live concert recorded at the Middle East cafe in Boston, MA on September 21, 1990…. |
Merzbow: Live in Germany 1996 | Himself | 2001-01-01 | Live concert recorded on the MS Stubnitz in Rostock, Germany on April 6, 1996…. |
日本ã®ãƒãƒƒã‚¯åé‘‘â‘ | Himself | 2004-05-26 | Live footage and interviews with Japanese acts Kirihito, U.G MAN, ECD, Merzbow, and S×O×B… |
Oh! Moro Volume 5 | Merzbow | 1992-10-01 | Kansai New Art Video Magazine – Noise Collection. Rare noise compilation of some of Japan’s top musicians in 1992. The first part includes an intervi… |
Good Alchemy Video | Himself | 1995-01-01 | Performances by Japanese Noise acts: Masonna, Incapacitants, Merzbow, Solmania, Hijokaidan…. |
Kingdom of Noise: Japanese Noise Selection | Himself | 1993-01-01 | Various life performances by Japanese Noise acts: Aube – Low Spin Drift / Incapacitants – Live At 20000V / Dislocation – Writing And Masturbation / Ma… |
Masami Akita Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri | Director | 1990-01-01 | Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan’s leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow. With a soundtrack by the director himself, this in… |
Sound
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow | Music | 1998-01-01 | Documentary about and with the Japanese electronic composer and artist Merzbow…. |
Scanning of Modulations | Music | 2001-11-20 | Eye-popping digital moving image work with an equally arresting soundtrack from noise music heavies…. |
Female Harakiri: Celebration | Music | 1990-01-01 | A woman in a nurse’s outfit sits in a dark room. She kneels on a mat and looks over a knife, touching it with her fingers and examining it. She runs… |
Routemaster | Music | 1999-01-01 | Routemaster is a montage of rhythmically organised repetitions and involves an abstraction of motion that increases in frequency and scale. The basic … |
Newscaster/Dragon/Maggots | Music | 2013-02-01 | The surreal film Newscaster/Dragon/Maggots is a transmission of what lurks in between the channels. This is a rotoscoped piece of animation created fr… |
The Sequence of Parallel Bars | Music | 1992-01-01 | The film opens with a rubber-clad woman stepping sensuously out of a limousine. The camera lovingly closes-up on her stilletoed foot… She enters a d… |
The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man | Music | 1994-04-10 | The Dead Man returns, but it’s too late to save us. We are already dead…. |
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri | Music | 1990-01-01 | Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan’s leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow. With a soundtrack by the director himself, this in… |
Asphalto | Music | 1998-09-25 | As a conceptual fiction, Asphalto describes the relationship of a man and a woman by means of metaphor and visual symbols related to asphalt, service … |
School Girl: Harakiri | Music | 1990-01-01 | A school girl kneels on her mat looking over an old photo album containing pictures of people committing seppuku. Becoming aroused by what she sees, s… |
True Romance: Live at MOMA | Music | 1992-01-01 | Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow… |
True Romance: Live at Nice, France | Music | 1992-01-01 | Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow… |
True Romance: Pleasure Room of Anti Education | Music | 1992-01-01 | Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow… |
True Romance: Live at Mandala 2 | Music | 1992-01-01 | Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow… |
セーラーæœãƒ»ç¸„無残 | Music | 1990-01-01 | Kinbaku film staring Mayumi Sayo… |
女囚拷å•ç¸„ | Music | 1992-01-01 | Kinbaku film staring Youri Sunohara… |
True Romance: Blood Orgy of the She Dolls | Music | 1992-01-01 | Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow… |
Nameless | Music | 2004-07-01 | Experimental gore horror film with music and samples from Merzbow, Tool and Aleister Crowley…. |
Other Info
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri | Script | 1990-01-01 | Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan’s leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow. With a soundtrack by the director himself, this in… |
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