Studio albums 288 Compilation albums 5 EPs 31 | Live albums 77 Video albums 9 Tribute albums 2 | |
This is a comprehensive discography of the Japanese noise musician Masami Akita, better known by his stage name Merzbow. Since 1980 he has released hundreds of recordings, collaborated with dozens of musicians, contributed over two hundred exclusive tracks to compilations, and made numerous guest appearances on recordings by other artists.
Contents
- As Abe Sada
- As Bustmonsters
- As Flying Testicle
- As House Hunt Hussies
- As Kikuri
- As Maldoror
- As MAZK
- As Merzbow Null
- As Pornoise
- As Satanstornade
- As SCUM
- As Secrets
- As Tibeta Ubik
- As True Romance
- As Universal Indians
- References
Akita has released recordings on over a hundred independent labels all over the world. Some of the labels which have made multiple releases include: Alchemy, Alien8, Blossoming Noise, Cold Spring, Cuneiform, Dirter Promotions, Extreme, Hydra Head, Important, Mego, Release Entertainment (a sublabel of Relapse), RRRecords, Rustblade, Soleilmoon, Tzadik, and Vivo. In the 1980s, he released five LPs and dozens of homemade cassettes on his own labels Lowest Music & Arts and ZSF Produkt.
Note: Release reissues and compilation tracks taken from albums are not listed. The infobox count includes all aliases, as well as the previously unreleased albums from the Merzbox (18 studio and 2 live).
As Abe Sada
with S.M.U.T.
As Bustmonsters
with Zev Asher, Shohei Iwasaki, Fumio Kosakai, Masahiko Ohno, Tetsuo Sakaibara, and Yamazaki Maso
As Flying Testicle
with Zev Asher and Yamazaki Maso
As House Hunt Hussies
As Kikuri
with Keiji Haino
As Maldoror
with Mike Patton
As MAZK
with Zbigniew Karkowski
As Merzbow Null
with Kiyoshi Mizutani, Kazuyuki Kishino, Yuji Okano, and others
As Pornoise
As Satanstornade
with Russell Haswell. They later released the album Satanstornade under their real names.
As SCUM
As Secrets
with Tetsuya Mugishima
As Tibeta Ubik
with Kazuyuki Kishino
As True Romance
with Tetsuo Sakaibara and Toshiyuki Seido
As Universal Indians
with Tetsuo Sakaibara