Merzbow (Japanese noise project)

~ Group

Relationships

members:	秋田昌美 (Japanese noise musician; Merzbow) (from 1979 to present) 水谷聖 (Japanese noise / field recording artist) (from 1979 until 1989)
supporting artists:	東玲子 (Japanese noise musician; Reiko A) (from 1983 until 1999) 坂井原哲生 (Butoh performer and noise musician) (from 1991 until 1999)

has personal label:	Lowest Music & Arts

fan pages:	http://merzbow.wikia.com/ [info]
purchase music for download:	https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id21317692 [info] https://ototoy.jp/_/default/a/78949 [info] https://www.beatport.com/artist/merzbow/49521 [info] https://www.junodownload.com/artists/Merzbow/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/12551 [info]
official homepages:	http://merzbow.net/ [info] http://hatomasamune.easter.ne.jp/merzbow/ [info] (from 2002 until 2004)
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001064713 [info] http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016034405 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14027441h [info] https://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/M/Merzbow/ [info] https://ra.co/dj/merzbow [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/merzbow [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/48221/ [info] https://www.whosampled.com/Merzbow/ [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2841d983-f8c3-432a-af02-7407a84580a8 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
social networking:	https://twitter.com/MerzbowOfficial [info] https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMerzbow [info] https://www.tiktok.com/@merzbowofficial [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/5UezsklPScipW64XJm7qql [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/8583 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/artists/Merzbow [info]
blogs:	https://merzbow-blog.tumblr.com/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000884057 [info]
SoundCloud:	https://soundcloud.com/merzbow [info]
VIAF ID:	66664941 [info] 134024400 [info]
Wikidata:	Q452011 [info]
interviews:	https://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=73 [info] https://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=150 [info] https://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=229 [info]
Bandcamp:	https://masamiakita.bandcamp.com/ [info] https://masamiakitamerzbow.bandcamp.com/ [info] https://merzbow.bandcamp.com/ [info] https://merzbowhh.bandcamp.com/ [info] https://slowdown-merzbow.bandcamp.com/ [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/556028 [info]
setlist.fm:	https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/merzbow-33d6c875.html [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Merzbow [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited As	Attributes	Artist	Length
	DJ-mixed
	2020-01-21: NTS Radio			Merzbow	1:09:50
	2022-02-18: NTS Radio			Merzbow	1:09:30
	2022-05-20: NTS Radio			Merzbow	1:00:30
	2022-08-31: NTS Radio			Merzbow	1:00:11
	holds phonographic copyright (℗) for
	A Gate of Light			Merzbow & Lawrence English	3:51
	A Thing, Just Silence			Merzbow & Lawrence English	5:37
	Black Thicket			Merzbow & Lawrence English	5:58
	Magnetic Traps			Merzbow & Lawrence English	5:22
	The Golden Sphere			Merzbow & Lawrence English	6:23
	The Long Dream			Merzbow & Lawrence English	4:15
	The Visit			Merzbow & Lawrence English	6:55
	instruments
1982-11	[untitled]		synthesizer	Merzbow & Masaki	?:??
1982-11	[untitled]		guitar	Merzbow & Masaki	?:??
1982-11	[untitled]		tape [tapes, tapeloop]	Merzbow & Masaki	?:??
1982-11	[untitled]		synthesizer	Merzbow & Masaki	?:??
1982-11	[untitled]		guitar	Merzbow & Masaki	?:??
1982-11	[untitled]		tape [tapes, tapeloop]	Merzbow & Masaki	?:??
1996-07	Anthem of the Sun		other instruments [material submitted]	Merzbow	21:26
2005-07-01	Andre sider af Sonic Youth (live, 2005-07-01: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark)		electronic instruments [laptop]	Sonic Youth med Mats Gustafsson og Merzbow	57:32
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Chaos Line		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	21:45
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Chaos Line		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	21:45
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Fuck the Power (And Fuck Global Players)		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	16:29
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Fuck the Power (And Fuck Global Players)		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	16:29
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Ikebukuro: Tout le monde descend !		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	17:36
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Ikebukuro: Tout le monde descend !		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	17:36
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Merzdon/Heldow Kills Animal Killers		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	8:17
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Merzdon/Heldow Kills Animal Killers		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	8:17
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Shibuya AKS		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas and Merzbow	8:58
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Shibuya AKS		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	26:28
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Shibuya AKS		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	26:28
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Shibuya AKS		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas and Merzbow	17:54
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Shibuya AKS		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas and Merzbow	17:54
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Shibuya AKS		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas and Merzbow	8:58
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Tokyo Electric Guerilla		synthesizer [EMS Synthi A]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	18:29
2007-10-25 – 2007-10-26	Tokyo Electric Guerilla		electronic instruments [all noises]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	18:29
2008-11-12	Paris One		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	12:07
2008-11-12	Paris Three		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	19:30
2008-11-12	Paris Two		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	7:47
2010-09-24	Rhizome 1 – 010011010011011		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	16:09
2010-09-24	Rhizome 2 – 100101000111010		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	12:35
2010-09-24	Rhizome 3 – 001101010011001		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	14:06
2010-09-24	Rhizome 4 – 110100100010000		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	9:33
2010-09-24	Rhizome Encore – 0110101011		electronic instruments [laptop]	Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	11:13
2012-04-13	[untitled] (live, 2012-04-13: Tabačka Kulturfabrik, Košice, Slovakia)		electronic instruments [electronics]	Merzbow, Gustafsson, Pándi	?:??
2012-04-13	[untitled] (live, 2012-04-13: Tabačka Kulturfabrik, Košice, Slovakia)		electronic instruments [electronics]	Merzbow, Gustafsson, Pándi	?:??
2013-09-07	[untitled] (live, 2013-09-07: Neptune’s Parlour, Raleigh, NC, USA)		electronic instruments [electronics] and guest	Polyorchard + Merzbow	1:05:02
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 1		drums (drum set)	3RENSA	22:30
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 1		electronic instruments [electronics]	3RENSA	22:30
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 1.1		drums (drum set)	3 Rensa	5:20
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 1.1		electronic instruments [electronics]	3 Rensa	5:20
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 1.2		electronic instruments [electronics]	3 Rensa	5:57
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 1.2		drums (drum set)	3 Rensa	5:57
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 2		drums (drum set)	3RENSA	20:21
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 2		electronic instruments [electronics]	3RENSA	20:21
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 2.1		electronic instruments [electronics]	3 Rensa	7:03
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 2.1		drums (drum set)	3 Rensa	7:03
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 2.2		drums (drum set)	3 Rensa	5:59
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 2.2		electronic instruments [electronics]	3 Rensa	5:59
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 3		drums (drum set)	3RENSA	21:35
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 3		electronic instruments [electronics]	3RENSA	21:35
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 3.1		electronic instruments [electronics]	3 Rensa	5:22
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 3.1		drums (drum set)	3 Rensa	5:22
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 3.2		drums (drum set)	3 Rensa	5:42
2017-08-03	Redrum Session 3.2		electronic instruments [electronics]	3 Rensa	5:42
2020-01-18	space_echo01		electronic instruments [electronics]	大野松雄×3RENSA	26:10
2020-01-18	space_echo03		electronic instruments [electronics]	大野松雄×3RENSA	21:26
	Bleed Like You (Merzbow mix)		additional and electronic instruments [electronics, noise]	Mortiis	4:57
	Bordeaux		tape [submitting noise-material]	THU20	20:29
	Corpus		electronic instruments [electronics]	Phallus Dei	15:42
	Depression (Loukoum)		electronic instruments [electronics]	Richard Pinhas	28:54
	HRUM		additional and other instruments [raw material]	Hands To	?:??
	Hysteria (Palladium)		electronic instruments [electronics]	Richard Pinhas	28:21
	Les honteuses alliances		flute	P16. D4	3:42
	MURCLE / KPETH		additional and other instruments [raw material]	Hands To	?:??
	Mutations		electronic instruments [noise]	Mutation	2:40
	mybodyisnotwhole		electronic instruments [noise]	AngelMaker	1:00
	November 1952		effects [ring modulator]	Merzbow	8:13
	November 1952		electronic instruments [computer]	Merzbow	8:13
	November 1952		acoustic guitar [prepared acoustic guitar]	Merzbow	8:13
	November 1952		synthesizer [Synthi 'A']	Merzbow	8:13
	Scene 2		tape	Tetsuo Furudate	9:43
	Schizophrenia (Silver)		electronic instruments [electronics]	Richard Pinhas	28:38
	Stigmata		electronic instruments [electronics]	Phallus Dei	19:47
	mixed
	Aerovivanda 1			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 2			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 3			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 4 (Part 1)			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 4 (Part 2)			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 5			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 6			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 7			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 8			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 9			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 10			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 11			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Aerovivanda 12			Merzbow & Xerosx	?:??
	Downlink Mix (by Merzbow)			3RENSA	20:46
	Materials			S·Core + Merzbow	?:??
	Redrum Session 1			3RENSA	22:30
	Redrum Session 1.1			3 Rensa	5:20
	Redrum Session 1.2			3 Rensa	5:57
	performed
2008-11-11	The Koln ConZert, Part 1 (live, 2008-11-11: Stadtgarten Köln, Cologne, Germany)			Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	21:51
2008-11-11	The Koln ConZert, Part 2 (live, 2008-11-11: Stadtgarten Köln, Cologne, Germany)			Richard Pinhas & Merzbow	23:41
	Census Taker			XXX Residents	3:11
	CODA			Richard Pinhas / Merzbow	20:42
	PostCODA			Richard Pinhas / Merzbow	21:16
	Rate		guest	Kouhei Matsunaga	25:42
	Régalade, Partie 1			L’Éponge synthétique & Merzbow	12:32
	Régalade, Partie 2			L’Éponge synthétique & Merzbow	15:45
	Régalade, Partie 4			L’Éponge synthétique & Merzbow	12:10
	Rockets Against Stones		guest	Hanin Elias	5:14
	淡赤		additional	Gezan	5:55
	produced
	A bao a qu (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	4:35
	Black Out (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	5:20
	Evil Stack (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	5:05
	Farewell (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	8:11
	Feedbacker (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	35:06
	Feedbacker, Part 1 (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	20:02
	Feedbacker, Part 2 (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	15:11
	Flower Sun Rain (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	8:05
	Ibitsu (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	3:35
	Just Abandoned My-Self (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	13:21
	Nothing Special (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	2:14
	Pink (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	4:14
	Rainbow (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	4:30
	The Evilone Which Sobs (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	13:42
	Woman on the Screen (live, 2006-11-18: Earthdom, Tokyo, Japan)			Boris with Merzbow	2:37
	remixed
1996-07	Arctic Twilight			Slugbait	29:17
1999	Merzbow (HoLC remix)			Merzbow / House of Low Culture	13:57
2002	[untitled]			Merzbow	7:01
	[Merzbow Remix] Frayed Life / Musty Basement / Lack / Not Exist			Juri Suzue	20:28
	[untitled] (Merzbow remix)			Thurston Moore	3:45
	Bleed Like You (Merzbow mix)			Mortiis	4:57
	CHK Error Remix			Jazzkammer	6:46
	Chk Error Remix (Merzbow remix)			Jazzkammer	6:46
	Decomposed			Burst	3:23
	Dynamite Music (Merzbow rmx)			Wrench	4:20
	Gargouille (Merzbow remix)			Kentaro Hayashi	7:02
	Gloop (Merzbow remix)			Pluramon	8:32
	God O.D. Part 2 (Merzbow mix)			Meat Beat Manifesto	8:23
	Janik Top II / Angel Choirs			Asterisk*	14:17
	Maguro (Merzbow remix)			Bo Ningen	?:??
	Merzbannon I			Merzbow & Racebannon	9:23
	Merzbannon II			Merzbow & Racebannon	9:24
	Merzbow remix (← JASSS version ← Francisco Meirino / You Think You Know It All remix ← 3RENSA mix by Nyantora)			Merzbow.duenn.Nyantora	13:57
	Perks of Being a Perv (Merzbow remix)			Controlled Bleeding	12:28
	SNOW REM REM IBVZ			Merzbow	5:56
	Sudden Moment (remixed by Merzbow)			Neneh Cherry & The Thing	8:23
	Surfing With Carl Palmer			Surfers of Romantica	7:30
	The Inalienable Dreamless (complete version)			Merzbow	16:29
	Untitled (Agorzbow Merzbleed mix)			Agoraphobic Nosebleed	2:08
	Versprochen (Merzbow-Remix)			Weena Morloch	3:49
	Vow Me Ibrzu			Merzbow	10:01
	artwork
	Collapse 12 Floors			Merzbow
	Documentation/Collaboration			Merzbow Kapotte Muziek
	Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP: “I’m Proud by Rank of the Workers”			Merzbow
	Storage			Merzbow
	holds copyright (©) for
1985	抜刀隊 With Memorial Gadgets			Merzbow
1986	Antimonument			Merzbow
1987	Vratya Southward			Merzbow
1988	Flesh Metal Orgasm			Merzbow
1992	Paradise Pachinko			Merzbow
1994	Noise Mass			Merzbow
1995 – 1996	Spiral Honey			Merzbow
1997	Psychorazer			Merzbow
1997	Vibractance (red/blue cover)			Merzbow
1997	Vibractance			Merzbow
1997	Vibractance (green/purple cover)			Merzbow
2010	Flesh Metal Orgasm			Merzbow
2011	Klatter			Boris with Merzbow
2014	Gensho			Boris with Merzbow
2015	Ecobondage			Merzbow
2016	Aodron			Merzbow
2016	Muen			Merzbow
2016	Storage			Merzbow
2016	現象 -Gensho- (expanded edition)			Boris with Merzbow
2017	Kaoscitron			Merzbow
2017	Pornoise			Merzbow
2018	Agni Hotra (2nd mix)			Merzbow
2018	Antimonument Tapes			Merzbow
2018	Antimony			Merzbow
2018	Batztoutai Mix			Merzbow
2018	De‐Soundtrack			Merzbow
2018	Exoking			Merzbow
2018	Indigo Dada			Merzbow
2018	Jinrinkinmouzui			Merzbow
2018	Kaerutope			Merzbow
2018	Loop & Collage			Merzbow
2018	Scissors for Cutting Up Merzbow			Merzbow / SCUM
2019	Cloud Cock OO Grand (another mix)			Merzbow
2019	Crash for Hi‐Fi Tapes			Merzbow
2019	Crocidura Dsi Nezumi			Merzbow
2019	Dead Lotus			Merzbow
2019	Ecobondage (another mix)			Merzbow
2019	Enclosure			Merzbow
2019	Environmental Percussion, Vol. 1			Merzbow
2019	Environmental Percussion, Vol. 2			Merzbow
2019	Hermerzaphrodites			Merzbow
2019	Material H2			Merzbow
2019	Metalvelodrome			Merzbow
2019	Noise Mass			Merzbow
2019	Strings & Percussion			Merzbow
2019	Tapestry of Noise			Merzbow
2019	Travelling			Merzbow
2019	Untitled 1991, Vol. 1			Merzbow
2019	Untitled 1991, Vol. 2			Merzbow
2019	Untitled 1991, Vol. 3			Merzbow
2020	2R0I2P0			Boris with Merzbow
2020	2R0I2P0 (neon magenta)			Boris with Merzbow
2020	2R0I2P0			Boris with Merzbow
2020	3rd of May, Vol. 1			Merzbow
2020	3rd of May, Vol. 2			Merzbow
2020	15 August 2006			Merzbow
2020	27 August 2006			Merzbow
2020	1633+			Merzbow
2020	Black Rome			Merzbow
2020	Bloodour			Merzbow
2020	Coma Test			Merzbow
2020	Electronic Union			Merzbow
2020	Feedback Purple Yellow			Merzbow
2020	Go Vegan			Merzbow
2020	Laptop Noise			Merzbow
2020	Material for Structure I			Merzbow
2020	Merzbird Variation			Merzbow
2020	Mighty Ace			Merzbow
2020	Necro 2000			Merzbow
2020	Pig AY			Merzbow
2020	Plasma Door			Merzbow
2020	Process 9611			Merzbow
2020	SCSI Duck 2			Merzbow
2020	Ship of Chicken			Merzbow
2020	Sphere Sessions			Merzbow
2020	Tenshinkaku			Merzbow
2020	Tentacle (1st mix)			Merzbow
2020	Wa			Merzbow
2020	Yono’s Journey			Merzbow
2020	Yoshinotsune Metamo			Merzbow
2020	雀色1			Merzbow
2020	雀色2			Merzbow
2021	Arijigoku (test mix)			Merzbow
2021	Bit Blues			Merzbow
2021	Double Beat Sequencer			Merzbow
2021	Double Beat Sequencer, Vol. 1			Merzbow
2021	Double Beat Sequencer, Vol. 2			Merzbow
2021	Double Beat Sequencer, Vol. 3			Merzbow
2021	Double Beat Sequencer, Vol. 4			Merzbow
2021	Double Beat Sequencer, Vol. 5			Merzbow
2021	Double Beat Sequencer, Vol. 6			Merzbow
2021	Drum & Noise			Merzbow
2021	Drumorph			Merzbow
2021	Ensemble Drums			Merzbow
2021	Gman+			Merzbow
2021	Groon Lesson			Merzbow
2021	Horizon			Merzbow
2021	Insect 801			Merzbow
2021	Kotorhizome			Merzbow
2021	Pi‐Eggplant			Merzbow
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	holds phonographic copyright (℗) for
2023	CATalysis 猫媒			Merzbow
	The Lampinak			Merzbow
	produced
1982	Dying Mapa I	Merzbow Lowest Music & Arts		Merzbow
1982	Dying Mapa II	Merzbow Lowest Music & Arts		Merzbow
1982	Dying Mapa III	Merzbow Lowest Music & Arts		Merzbow
	04092001			Boris with Merzbow
	Keio Line			Richard Pinhas and Merzbow
	Klatter			Boris with Merzbow
	Megatone			Boris with Merzbow
	Walrus / Groon (black vinyl)			Boris with Merzbow
	tribute albums
	America Salutes Merzbow			Various Artists
	composed
	[untitled] (Persepolis)

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