Merzbow
Merzbow is the noise project of Tokyo-born artist Masami Akita, active since 1979 and named after Kurt Schwitters' Dadaist Merzbau installation. One of the most prolific artists in any genre, Akita has released over 500 recordings of dense, abrasive harsh noise, with landmark releases including Venereology (1994), Pulse Demon (1998), and the fifty-disc Merzbox (2000). Beginning as a cassette-trading project in the early 1980s, Merzbow has remained the defining name in Japanese noise music for over four decades.
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