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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

Masami Akita Biography / Wiki

NameMasami Akita
Also KnowMerzbow, 秋田昌美
GenderMale
Known ForSound
Place of BirthTokyo
Date of Birth1956-12-19
Age(as in 2022)65
Deathday

Masami Akita Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by MerzbowHimself1998-01-01Documentary about and with the Japanese electronic composer and artist Merzbow….
Nor NoiseHimself2004-07-01Nor 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 UndergroundHimself1995-12-12An exploration of underground Japanese counter-culture….
Signal to NoiseHimself1998-06-29Short 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, 1995Himself1996-01-01Live concert recorded at Brückenkopf in Mainz, Germany on July 5, 1995….
Merzbow: Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990Himself1993-02-01Live concert recorded at the Middle East cafe in Boston, MA on September 21, 1990….
Merzbow: Live in Germany 1996Himself2001-01-01Live concert recorded on the MS Stubnitz in Rostock, Germany on April 6, 1996….
日本のロック名鑑①Himself2004-05-26Live footage and interviews with Japanese acts Kirihito, U.G MAN, ECD, Merzbow, and S×O×B…
Oh! Moro Volume 5Merzbow1992-10-01Kansai 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 VideoHimself1995-01-01Performances by Japanese Noise acts: Masonna, Incapacitants, Merzbow, Solmania, Hijokaidan….
Kingdom of Noise: Japanese Noise SelectionHimself1993-01-01Various life performances by Japanese Noise acts: Aube – Low Spin Drift / Incapacitants – Live At 20000V / Dislocation – Writing And Masturbation / Ma…

Masami Akita Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit HarakiriDirector1990-01-01Directed 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 NameJobRelease DateOverview
Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by MerzbowMusic1998-01-01Documentary about and with the Japanese electronic composer and artist Merzbow….
Scanning of ModulationsMusic2001-11-20Eye-popping digital moving image work with an equally arresting soundtrack from noise music heavies….
Female Harakiri: CelebrationMusic1990-01-01A 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…
RoutemasterMusic1999-01-01Routemaster is a montage of rhythmically organised repetitions and involves an abstraction of motion that increases in frequency and scale. The basic …
Newscaster/Dragon/MaggotsMusic2013-02-01The 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 BarsMusic1992-01-01The 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 ManMusic1994-04-10The Dead Man returns, but it’s too late to save us. We are already dead….
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit HarakiriMusic1990-01-01Directed 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…
AsphaltoMusic1998-09-25As 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: HarakiriMusic1990-01-01A 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 MOMAMusic1992-01-01Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow…
True Romance: Live at Nice, FranceMusic1992-01-01Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow…
True Romance: Pleasure Room of Anti EducationMusic1992-01-01Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow…
True Romance: Live at Mandala 2Music1992-01-01Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow…
セーラー服・縄無残Music1990-01-01Kinbaku film staring Mayumi Sayo…
女囚拷問縄Music1992-01-01Kinbaku film staring Youri Sunohara…
True Romance: Blood Orgy of the She DollsMusic1992-01-01Video by True Romance, the performance art offshoot of Merzbow…
NamelessMusic2004-07-01Experimental gore horror film with music and samples from Merzbow, Tool and Aleister Crowley….

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit HarakiriScript1990-01-01Directed 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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