Merzbow discography
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| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 273 |
| ↙Live albums | 71 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 5 |
| ↙EPs | 30 |
| ↙Soundtracks | 13 |
| ↙Tribute and cover albums | 2 |
| ↙Remix albums | 3 |
| ↙Box sets | 14 |
| ↙Compilation tracks | 226 |
| ↙Splits | 39 |
| ↙Appearances | 108 |
The following is a partial discography of Japanese noise musician Masami Akita as Merzbow and many other aliases. No complete discography exists due to his extensive music catalogue.
Reissues and compilation tracks taken from albums are not included. The infobox count includes the previously unreleased albums from the Merzbox (19 studio and 1 live).
As Merzbow
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Fuckexercise | Lowest Music & Arts | only a few copies distributed |
| 1981 | Remblandt Assemblage | ||
| Metal Acoustic Music | |||
| Material Action for 2 Microphones | |||
| E-Study | |||
| Collection 001 | |||
| Collection 002 | |||
| Collection 003 | |||
| Collection 004 | |||
| Collection 005 | |||
| Collection 006 | |||
| Collection 007 | |||
| Collection 008 | |||
| Collection 009 | |||
| 1982 | Collection 010 | ||
| Normal Music | |||
| Tridal Production | |||
| Le Compte | |||
| Expanded Music | |||
| Expanded Music 2 | |||
| Solonoise 1 | |||
| Solonoise 2 | |||
| Lowest Music | |||
| Lowest Music 2 | |||
| Tatoo Junk | Stratosphere Music | with Masaki | |
| 1983 | Material Action 2 N.A.M. | Chaos | distributed by Eastern Works |
| Erotograph | Lowest Music & Arts | ||
| Yantra Material Action | |||
| Musick for Simulation World | Lowest Music & Arts / Produktion | ||
| Dying Mapa I | Aeon | ||
| Dying Mapa II | |||
| Dying Mapa III | |||
| Kibbutz | ADN | ||
| Mechanization Takes Command | ZSF Produkt | ||
| Yahatahachiman | |||
| Worker Machine | |||
| Escape Mask | |||
| Musick for Screen | |||
| Sexplan Project 3 | Magisch Theatre Productions | ||
| Le Cuisinier | Stratosphere Music | ||
| Merzbow Life Performance Series Vol. 1 | ZSF Produkt | ||
| Merzbow Life Performance Series Vol. 2 | |||
| 1984 | Merzbow Life Performance Series Vol. 3 | ||
| Merzbow Life Performance Series Vol. 4 | |||
| Merzbow Life Performance Series Vol. 5 | |||
| Sonic Command | reissued as Live Drum Ensemble | ||
| Dadavida | |||
| Aka Meme | ZSF Produkt / V2_Archief | ||
| Age of 369 | ZSF Produkt | ||
| Chant | |||
| Pornoise/Extra | |||
| Merzbow / The Hanatarashi | ZSF Produkt / Condome Cassex | with The Hanatarashi | |
| Régelade | ZSF Produkt / Active Productions | with L'Éponge Synthétique | |
| Aerovivanda #1 | ZSF Produkt | with Xerosx | |
| Aerovivanda #2 | ZSF Produkt | ||
| Le Sang et la Rose | with Lotus Club | ||
| 1985 | Sadomasochismo | ||
| The Lampinak | ZSF Produkt / Réseau Phallus 3 | ||
| Ushi-Tra | Cause and Effect | ||
| Live Performance Feb. 85 | ZSF Produkt / Le Syndicat | reissued as Nil Vagina Mail Action | |
| Chant 2 | ZSF Produkt | ||
| 1986 | Antimonument | ZSF Produkt | |
| Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets | RRRecords | ||
| Nil Vagina Mail Action | ZSF Produkt | free paper anti-record | |
| 1987 | Ecobondage | ||
| Enclosure | |||
| Vratya Southward | |||
| Merzbow & The Haters | ZSF Produkt / Banned Production | with The Haters | |
| A Collaboration Tape | ZSF Produkt / Afflict Records | with S·Core | |
| Merzbowkapottemuziek | ZSF Produkt / Therapie Organisatie | with Kapotte Muziek | |
| 1988 | Storage | ZSF Produkt | |
| Khabarovsk Materials | |||
| Crocidura Dsi Nezumi | ZSF Produkt / Banned Production | ||
| Collaborative | Extreme | with S.B.O.T.H.I. | |
| 1989 | Flesh Metal Orgasm | ZSF Produkt / Nihilistic Recordings | |
| Je Rumpelsturz Desto Burzelblock | Schimpfluch and RRRecords | with Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck and Due Process | |
| The Time Stream | Sound of Pig | with John Hudak | |
| 1990 | Cloud Cock OO Grand | ZSF Produkt | |
| Rainbow Electronics | Alchemy | ||
| Fifty | RRRecords | with S.B.O.T.H.I. and P16.D4 | |
| 1991 | Music for Bondage Performance | Extreme | |
| Documentation/Collaboration | Korm Plastics | with Kapotte Muziek | |
| Grav | Silent | with PGR and Asmus Tietchens | |
| 1992 | Hannover Interruption | Dradomel | |
| Metal Mad Man | Stinky Horse Fuck | ||
| Recycled Music | RRRecords | ||
| 1993 | Batztoutai with Material Gadgets | includes Loop Panic Limited | |
| Sleeper Awakes on the Edge of the Abyss | Streamline | with Christoph Heemann | |
| Continuum | Cheeses International | with Kapotte Muziek | |
| 1994 | Venereology | Release Entertainment | |
| Noisembryo | Releasing Eskimo | ||
| Flare Gun | Ten Bob Swerver | ||
| Hole | Heel Stone Records | ||
| 1995 | Dadarottenvator | Praxis Dr. Bearmann | |
| Green Wheels | Self Abuse Records | ||
| The Science of Dissecting Society | Praxis Dr. Bearmann | with Richard Ramirez | |
| Horn of the Goat | Freek Records | with Consumer Electronics | |
| 1996 | Music for Bondage Performance 2 | Extreme | |
| Pulse Demon | Release Entertainment | ||
| Pinkream | Dirter Promotions | ||
| Magnesia Nova | Perverse Series and Staalplaat | ||
| Spiral Honey | Work in Progress | ||
| Mercurated | Alchemy | ||
| Oersted | Vinyl Communications | ||
| Electric Salad | Etherworld | ||
| Project Frequency | A.I.P.R. | ||
| Rainbow Electronics 2 | Dexter's Cigar | ||
| Brisbane-Tokyo Interlace | Cold Spring | with John Watermann | |
| Merzbow Loves Emil Beaulieau | Pure | with Emil Beaulieau | |
| 1997 | Space Metalizer | Alien8 | |
| Hybrid Noisebloom | Vinyl Communications | ||
| Rectal Anarchy | Release Entertainment | with Gore Beyond Necropsy | |
| Merzbow Mixed Total | Sterilized Decay | with Total | |
| 1998 | Psychorazer | Kubitsuri Tapes | |
| 1930 | Tzadik | ||
| Tauromachine | Release Entertainment | ||
| Maschinenstil | Dual Plover | ||
| Aqua Necromancer | Alien8 | ||
| New Takamagahara | [OHM] Records and Jazzassin Records | ||
| Vibractance | E(r)ostrate | ||
| 1999 | Blues Maggots | ZSF Produkt | |
| Paradise Pachinko | Tochnit Aleph | ||
| Tentacle | Alchemy | ||
| Door Open at 8 am | Alien8 | ||
| A Perfect Pain | Cold Spring | with Genesis P-Orridge | |
| 2000 | Collapse 12 Floors | [OHM] | |
| 2001 | Hard Lovin' Man | Anoema Recordings | |
| Dharma | Hydra Head and Double H Noise Industries | ||
| Frog | Misanthropic Agenda | ||
| Puroland | [OHM] | ||
| 2002 | Ikebukuro Dada | Circumvent Recordings | |
| Amlux | Important | ||
| A Taste Of... | Mego | ||
| Merzzow | Opposite Records | ||
| Merzbeat | Important | ||
| Fantail | Clu Clux Clam | ||
| 2003 | Cycle | Very Friendly | |
| Animal Magnetism | Alien8 | ||
| SCSI Duck | Fourth Dimension | ||
| 2004 | Tamago | Plan-DX17 | |
| Offering | Tantric Harmonies | ||
| Yoshinotsune | Clu Clux Clam | ||
| Rondo / 7Phases / Blowback | Sub Rosa | with Kim Cascone | |
| Partikel | Cold Spring | with Nordvargr | |
| Electro Magnetic Unit | Los Apson? | ||
| The Ten Foot Square Hut | Hypnagogia | with The New Blockaders | |
| Sha Mo 3000 | Essence Music | ||
| Merzbird | Important | ||
| 1633 | En/Of | ||
| 2005 | Bariken | Blossoming Noise | |
| Dust of Dreams | Thisco | ||
| Rattus Rattus | Scarcelight | ||
| Merzbuddha | Important | ||
| Sphere | Tzadik | ||
| Tranz | Caminante Recordings | with Elliott Sharp | |
| Scene | Waystyx | ||
| Early Computer Works | |||
| Senmaida | Blossoming Noise | ||
| Merzbuta | Important | ||
| Multiplication | Misanthropic Agenda | with John Wiese | |
| 2006 | Merzbow vs. Tamarin | Artificial Music Machine | with Tamarin |
| Minazo Vol. 1 | Important | ||
| Bloody Sea | Vivo Records | ||
| Merzdub | Caminante | with Jamie Saft | |
| F.I.D. | Fourth Dimension | ||
| Minazo Volume Two | Important | ||
| Metamorphism | Very Friendly | ||
| 2007 | Partikel II | Cold Spring | with Nordvargr |
| Merzbear | Important | ||
| Coma Berenices | Vivo | ||
| Zophorus | Blossoming Noise | ||
| Peace for Animals | Quasi Pop Records | ||
| Higanbana | Vivo | ||
| 2008 | Here | L. White | |
| Arijigoku | Vivo | ||
| Eucalypse | Soleilmoon | ||
| Dolphin Sonar | Important | ||
| ...And the Devil Makes Three | Truth Cult | with Porn | |
| Anicca | Cold Spring | ||
| Keio Line | Cuneiform / Dirter Promotions | with Richard Pinhas | |
| Protean World | Noiseville Records | ||
| Dead Leaves | licht-ung | ||
| Tombo | Fellacoustic Records | ||
| Hodosan | Vivo | ||
| 2009 | Camouflage | Essence Music | |
| Somei... | Low Impedance Recordings | ||
| Suzume: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 1 | Important | ||
| Fukurou: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 2 | |||
| Yurikamome: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 3 | |||
| Karasu: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 4 | |||
| Hiranya | Noiseville | ||
| Uzura: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 5 | Important | ||
| Kamo: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 6 | |||
| Don't Steal My Coat | No Music Records and Olmolungring | ||
| Kujakubato: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 7 | Important | ||
| Kokuchou: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 8 | |||
| Hiyodori: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 9 | |||
| Niwatori: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 10 | |||
| Microkosmos | Volume 1 | Blossoming Noise | ||
| Shirasagi: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 11 | Important | ||
| Tsubame: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 12 | |||
| 2010 | Chabo: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 13 | ||
| Graft | Cold Spring | ||
| Ouroboros | Soleilmoon | ||
| Marmo | Old Europa Cafe | ||
| Untitled Nov 1989 | Gift Tapes | ||
| 9888A | 905 Tapes | ||
| Spiral Right / Spiral Left | Cold Spring | with Z'EV | |
| 2011 | Jigokuhen | Important | |
| April 1992 | Green Records and Tapes | ||
| Kamadhenu | Hypnagogia | ||
| Variations for Electric Fan | Rainbow Bridge Recordings and Phage Tapes | ||
| Yaho-Niwa | Nuun Records | ||
| Dead Zone | Quasi Pop | ||
| Surabhi | Hypnagogia | ||
| Lop Lop | Rustblade | ||
| 2012 | Mer Mar | Editions Mego | with Lasse Marhaug |
| Gman//HJYUGTF2 | Midnight Sea Records | ||
| Merzbuddha Variations | Duenn | ||
| Uzu Me Ku | Samboy Get Help! Recordings | ||
| Kibako | Rustblade | ||
| 2013 | Cuts | RareNoiseRecords | with Balázs Pándi and Mats Gustafsson |
| Takahe Collage | Handmade Birds | ||
| Partikel III | Cold Spring | with Nordvargr | |
| Samidara | Placenta Recordings | ||
| Grand Owl Habitat | The Death of Rave | ||
| No Closure | Dead Section Records / Wands / Cold Spring | with Scott Miller and Lee Camfield | |
| Merzbow Meets M.B. | Menstrualrecordings | with M.B. | |
| Tamayodo | Rustblade |
Live albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Paradoxa Paradoxa | Lowest Music & Arts | aka Live at Kid Ailak Hall |
| 1983 | Pestis | ||
| 1984 | Live Performance Vol. 1 | ZSF Produkt | with Nord |
| Live Performance Vol. 2 | |||
| Live Performance Vol. 3 | |||
| Live Performance | with Secrets | ||
| 1987 | Fonctionnarisation | 3Rio Tapes | |
| 1988 | Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP – "I'm Proud by Rank of the Workers" | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1989 | Live at I.C.O.E. | ||
| 1991 | Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi | Alchemy | |
| Live in Chicago | RRRecords | with Emil Beaulieau | |
| 1992 | Dutch Tour 1989 | V2_Archief | |
| Eleven Live Collaborations | Selektion | with Achim Wollschied | |
| US Tour 1990 (1990-09-05 Kaleidoscope) | Loawai Tapes | ||
| US Tour 1990 (1990-09-08 Armpit, San Francisco) | |||
| 1993 | Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990 | Vanilla Records | |
| 1996 | Noizhead | Blast First | |
| Akasha Gulva | Alien8 | ||
| Live at 20000V 30 Sep 1995 | Blackbean and Placenta Tape Club | ||
| Live July 5th, 1995 | Selektion | ||
| 1998 | Mort Aux Vaches: Locomotive Breath | Mort Aux Vaches | |
| 2000 | Live at Radio 100 | ER | |
| 2001 | Live at Molde International Jazz Festival | Smalltown Supersound | with Jazzkammer |
| Live in Germany 1996 | Ars Macabre | ||
| 2003 | Live Magnetism | Caminante Recordings | |
| V | Les Disques Victo | with Pan Sonic | |
| Live CBGB's NYC 1998 | Digital Hardcore | with Alec Empire | |
| 2005 | Live in Geneva | Walnut + Locust | |
| 2007 | Electric Dress | No Fun Productions | with Carlos Giffoni and Jim O'Rourke |
| Synth Destruction | Important | with Carlos Giffoni | |
| Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 | No Fun Productions | ||
| 2008 | SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth | Sonic Youth Recordings | with Sonic Youth and Mats Gustafsson |
| 2010 | Live at Henie Onstad Art Centre | Prisma Records | |
| Live at Fluc Wanne, Vienna 2010/05/18 | Dry Lungs Records | with Balázs Pándi | |
| 2011 | Lou Lou... In Tokyo | Daymare Recordings / SIGE Records | with Mamiffer and House of Low Culture |
| Rhizome | Cuneiform | with Richard Pinhas | |
| Paris 2008 | |||
| Ducks: Live in NYC | Ohm Resistance | with Balázs Pándi | |
| 2012 | Katowice | Instant Classic | |
| Victoriaville Mai 2011 | Les Disques Victo | with Richard Pinhas and Wolf Eyes | |
| OAT | Ototoy | digital download | |
| 2013 | Cat's Squirrel | Black Truffle Records / Hospital Hill | with Oren Ambarchi |
| Kookaburra | Hospital Hill |
Compilation albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Age of 369/Chant 2 | Extreme | |
| 1998 | Merzbox Sampler | ||
| 2010 | Another Merzbow Records | Dirter Promotions | |
| 2011 | Kali-Yuga Karma | Hypnagogia | with The New Blockaders and Anomali |
| 2012 | Works 1987–1993 | Korm Plastics | with Kapotte Muziek |
EPs and singles
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Artificial Invagination | Vanilla Records | |
| 1993 | Neo Orgasm | Vertical | |
| Rod Drug 93 | The Way Out Sound | aka The Art of Merzbow | |
| Nil Vagina for Mice | Banned Production | ||
| 1994 | White Blues | Self Abuse Records | aka Now |
| Electroploitation | Lunhare and Hax | ||
| Music for Man with No Name | Fusetron and Stuart Records | with Cock E.S.P. | |
| Merzbow / John Goff | The Way Out Sound | with John Goff | |
| 1995 | Electroknots | Cold Spring and Dirter Promotions | |
| Wakantanka / Aboriginie of Anniversary 50 Years After War | Syntactic | ||
| Music for the Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man | Robot Records | ||
| Rectal Grinder | Mangrove | with Gore Beyond Necropsy | |
| Whizzerbait | Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers and Oska | with Tea Culture | |
| 1996 | Red 2 Eyes | V2_Archief | |
| 1997 | Tint | Vinyl Communications | |
| 1999 | Happenings 1000 Years Time Ago | iDEAL Recordings | |
| 2001 | Hummingbird | L.S.D. Organisation | |
| 2004 | Mini Cycle / Yoshino Tamago / Yonos Bigfoot | [OHM] Records | |
| Oumagatoki | Hypnagogia | with The New Blockaders | |
| 2005 | Free Piano | Misanthropic Agenda | with John Wiese |
| 2006 | Black Bone, Part 5 | Blossoming Noise | |
| 2009 | Tempi / Matatabi | Dot Dot Dot Music | |
| 2011 | ZaRa | licht-ung | |
| 2012 | Ko To No O To | Retort Records |
Tributes
| Year | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | America Salutes Merzbow | various artists | Vinyl Communications |
| 1997 | Dedicated to Masami Akita | Emil Beaulieau | Pure |
Remix albums
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Scumtron | Blast First |
| 2003 | Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled | Important |
| Frog Remixed and Revisited | Misanthropic Agenda |
Box sets
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Pornoise/1kg | ZSF Produkt |
| 1993 | Metalvelodrome | Alchemy |
| 2000 | Merzbox | Extreme |
| 2002 | 24 Hours – A Day of Seals | Dirtier Promotions |
| 2003 | Timehunter | Ant-Zen |
| 2004 | Last of Analog Sessions | Important |
| 2005 | Houjoue | Dirtier Promotions |
| 2006 | Turmeric | Blossoming Noise |
| 2010 | Ecobag / 13 Birds in a Bag +1 | Important |
| Merzbient | Soleilmoon | |
| 2012 | Merzphysics | Youth Inc. |
| Merzmorphosis | ||
| Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983 | Vinyl On Demand | |
| Duo | Tourette Records |
Splits
| Year | Title | Label | With |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Axx / Spooning | ZSF Produkt / SPH | SCUM |
| AUC #5 Cassetticket | Another Umbrella Corporation and Ubuibi | The Haters and Big City Orchestra | |
| 1991 | Live Deformation/Holland / Bordeaux | Midas Music | THU20 |
| Ars Elektroica | Drahtfunk-Products | Das Konzentrat | |
| Latex Gold / Latex Black | ZSF Produkt and Coquette | Masonna | |
| 1993 | Sniper | Banned Production | The Haters and AMK |
| 1994 | Metaanalgaaaam / Bondage Playground | Deadline Recordings | Black Leather Jesus |
| 1996 | Voice Pie | Release Entertainment | Bastard Noise |
| Smegma Plays Merzbow Plays Smegma | Tim/Kerr | Smegma | |
| Arctic Twilight / Anthem of the Sun | Dirter Promotions | Slugbait | |
| Merzbow / Lasse Marhaug | Jazzassin Records | Lasse Marhaug | |
| Destructible Foundation / Drain | Self Abuse Records and Mother Savage Noise Productions | MSBR | |
| Merzbow / Xome | Gentle Giant Records | Xome | |
| Seven Inches Inside Vagina | Stinky Horse Fuck | Smell and Quim | |
| 1997 | Soft / Lärm, Hitze und faulige Gerüche | Dreizehn | Kadef |
| Milanese Bestiality / Drunk on Decay | Old Europa Cafe | The Haters | |
| Balance | Human Wrechords | Ladybird | |
| 1999 | Merzbow / Aural Torture Mechanism | Fistfight Records and Counterattack Experimental Arts | Aural Torture Mechanism |
| Subsidia Pataphysica | Manifold Records | DJ Spooky | |
| Split Series #4 | Fat Cat | AMM | |
| 2000 | Necro 2000 / Reality Is Much Worse | Klanggallerie | Statik |
| 2001 | Merzbow / Kouhei Matsunaga | Tigerbeat6 | Kouhei Matsunaga |
| Crash of the Titans | Merciless Core and Napalmed | Napalmed | |
| Split Ver 0.5 | Less Than TV | Struggle for Pride | |
| Split Ver 1.0 | Less Than TV | Struggle for Pride | |
| 2002 | INTO111115&111521849 / Mode for Value & Intention | Cross Fade Enter Tainment | Kouhei Matsunaga |
| Switching Rhetorics | Bisect Bleep Industries | Shora | |
| 2008 | Insect / Reptile | Dirter Promotions | Band of Pain |
| Merzbow / Sutcliffe Jügend / Satori | Cold Spring | Sutcliffe Jügend and Satori | |
| 2010 | Oh Lucy!!! / Tipping Foul into the Dirt | Chrome Peeler Records | The Guilt Øf... |
| 2011 | Guya / Greed | CX Records | Cris X |
| 2012 | Freak Hallucinations | Obfuscated Records | Actuary |
| 2013 | Amniocentesi / Envoise 30 05 82 | Menstrualrecordings | M.B. |
Compilation tracks
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Envois 216" | Foam (沫 Awa) | Ylem | |
| 1983 | "Envoise 1-83" | 40 Days / 40 Nights (四十日四十夜) | Stratosphere Music | |
| "Kimigayo" | Anthems | Trax | ||
| "Awa Dance", "Hannya-Haramitta" | Paris-Tokyo | Tago Mago | ||
| "Envoise 24882" | Sensationnel No. 1 | Illusion Production | ||
| "Envois #4 (excerpt)", "Envois #5 (excerpt)" | Insane Music for Insane People Vol. 3 | Insane Music | with ∝ | |
| untitled | Double Trouble | The 5th Column Tapes | ||
| "Kundalini", "Mantra Tendai" | Küçük Eksik Compilation | Schwabenstolz Tapes and ZSF Produkt | ||
| 1984 | "Envoice 14/7/83" | Assemblée Générale 4 | Ptôse Production Présente | |
| "Der-Dom" | FE Tape | Condome Cassex | ||
| "D.D.T." | Home-Made Music for Home-Made People Vol. 2: "Bloody But Chic" | Insane Music | ||
| untitled, untitled | Katacombe Vol. 4 | Schrei Records / Industria Tepa | ||
| "Envoise" | Rising from the Red Sand (Volume Five) | Third Mind Records | ||
| "ZSF Product" | Sex & Bestiality | Bain Total | ||
| "Amaroxes" | Sexorama 1 | ZSF Produkt | ||
| "Rape Insects" | Sexorama 2 | |||
| "Xa-Bungle" | Three Minute Symphony | X Tract | ||
| "Heat Obsession", "Sangro" | Illuminated №2 | Alien Artists | ||
| "Astral Left" | Independent World Vol. 1 | Monochrome Tapes | ||
| Gomi | Shoni-Byoto | |||
| CM Arts | Mental Screen | |||
| Inter Mirgin | Kinky Tape Collection | |||
| א | Kakuseikōbō (覚醒工房) | |||
| September '84 | ||||
| October '84 | ||||
| 1985 | "Itomakiei" | 6x10=60 Vol. 1 | Korm Plastics | |
| "Vermin with Carcass" | Dry Lungs | Placebo Records | ||
| "Akasa", "Tana" | Einsamkeit als Mensch | Technological Feeling | ||
| "White Pricks" | L'Enfer Est Intime | VP 231 | ||
| "Totetsu Pattern" | Musica Venenæ: Industrial Culture Music Volume 1 | Inner-X-Musick | ||
| "Re-Mark" | Out of Context | Banned Production | ||
| "4th Innocent Victim", "My Night of Terror" | Sexorama Vol. 3 | ZSF Produkt | ||
| "Egyptian Ghost" | The Way of the Sacred | Inner-X-Musick | ||
| "Exert "Corruption"", "Exert "Corruption"" | Homo Sexpiens Project | 3Rio Tapes | ||
| "Pinheads on UFO" | Poltergeist I: A Compilation of Mutated Music | Dill Prod. | ||
| "Envoice 28485" | Anti-Music for Snobism | Beast 666 Tapes | ||
| Mental Flag | Organic Mind Workshop | |||
| Trude Engels | ||||
| 1986 | "Smichion", "Venoayasama", "Small Motor-Byke Accident Wounded Lay on the Road of Asagaya" | Best Text of Japan | Cause and Effect | |
| "Fushimi-Bongo" | Caustic Showers | Caustic Tapes | ||
| "So Small Atropin" | Intrendent International 2-1 | MAM-Aufnahme, Ffm | ||
| "New Wakamatzu" | Necronomicon 3 | Necronomicon | ||
| "Gamma-Titan" | Tellus #13 – Power Electronics | Tellus | ||
| "Kangun no Uta" (官軍の歌) | Sexorama Vol. 4 | ZSF Produkt | ||
| "3 Types of Industrial Pollusion" | Infidel Psalm Vol. 1 | Mental Decay | ||
| "Peeping" | Phallophorie | Réseau Phallus 3 | ||
| "Untitled" | Helter Skelter | Beast 666 Tapes | with Le Syndicat | |
| 1987 | "Truk for Microphysic" | Bad Alchemy Nr 7 | Bad Alchemy | |
| "Separation" | Die Schönste Musik of Japan Vol. 1 | Geschmack Records | ||
| "Susanou (Devil of the Storm)" | Infera Sinfonia | Bruno Cossano Corporation | ||
| "Invisible Tatara (Extract 1 & 2)" | Journey into Pain | Beast 666 Tapes | ||
| "Anna Blume '87" | Korm Merz | Korm Plastics | ||
| "Nirvana for the Seven Sermons (Excerpt)" | There Is No God and He Is Your Creator | GGE Records | ||
| "Toutetsu Pateern 2" | Tainai Label Omnibus (胎内レーベルオムニバス) | Tainai Label (胎内レーベル) | ||
| "Enchainement 38" | Les Déportés N°8 | Les Déportés | ||
| 1988 | "Environmental Pecrssion #4" | Angelic Tecnology 1 | Angakok | |
| "Message from Milton Meinung" | Durchschnittsanfall 3/4 | Prion | ||
| "Corpus/Economie", "Dead of Michel Foucault" | Heroes to Ecstasy | Strength Through Awareness | ||
| "Everywhere It's Machine (Grid Module 3)" | Massaconfvsa | O. Crow | ||
| "De-Soundtracks No-1 /The Roaling Steel Monster (Japanese Early Science Movies Series)" | Ne | Banned Production | ||
| "Fission/Dialogue" | Zondig | Midas Music | ||
| "Little Boy '85", "Economy 2" | Trans·Gressed·Body | Corrosive Tapes | ||
| untitled | Transmission | Tonspur Tapes | ||
| "Trouble Coming Everyday" | Gears=Sextwo | eMpTy Records | ||
| "An Man Do" | The Call of Madonna Luisa Ciccone | A/I/I/P | with Aoniyashiagam | |
| 1989 | "Swap No-1" | Lapse from Virtue | Sound of Pig | |
| "Untitled" | Motop 1 | IF Records | ||
| "Live 19/6/88" | Voices in a Dark Room | Honeymoon Production | ||
| "Scratchin' S.C.U.M." | Your Biggest Problem Is Behind You | RRRecords and Tedium House Publications | ||
| "Itch" | Neue Muster Volume 5+6 | Tonspur Tapes | ||
| "My Rubber Dutch Wife" | Nice Noise Volume 3 | Nihilistic Recordings | ||
| untitled, untitled | 5th Anniversary Boxset Thing | RRRecords | with Due Process | |
| 1990 | "Fragment 14" | Detonator | Bestattungsinstitut | |
| untitled | 0607131089 | Sounds for Consciousness Rape | ||
| "Libido/Economy" | Enkele Gemotiveerde Produktiemedewerkers | Midas Music | ||
| "Great Masturbator" | I'm Stupid | Beast 666 Tapes / Vanilla Records | ||
| "Untitled 15989" | Mumbo Jumbo | SSSM | ||
| "Libido Economy No. 2" | Network 77 | Network 77 | ||
| 1991 | "HGL Made a Race for the Last Brain" | Altered States of Consciousness | UPD Organization | |
| "Untitled, April 1991" | Antebellum Vol. 3 | Antebellum | ||
| "No 3-10 Max" | Ohrenschmalz | Unclean Production | ||
| "One Minutes from Big Heart City" | Tawamure (戯れ) -Come Again- | Vanilla | ||
| "Hiturbo No. 4" | X-X Section | Extreme | ||
| "DC-AC Live" | Absolut CD #2: The Japanese Perspective | Ear Magazine | ||
| "Speedback Variation Nr.1 (KP 0BO)" | Motop 2 | IF | with Kapotte Muziek | |
| "Heap/On the Move" | Sociometric Test | SSSM | with Dislocation | |
| "Untitled/Razors" | Trans-Action | Divided | with Hamas | |
| 1992 | "Onorikomorico" | Atomic Zen | Dedali Opera | |
| "V2 Live (excerpt)" | CD Voor De Instabiele Media | V2_Archief | ||
| "Man-Plug" | Dry Lungs V | Subterranean / Dark Vinyl Records | ||
| "No. 28" | EARTV | TapesOfPeaceInTimeOfWar | ||
| "Suzunne Erica Is Sunohara Yuri" | Melt | Work in Progress | ||
| "Travelling" | Noise Forest | Les Disques du Soleil | ||
| "Live in Kong-Tu, Korea, 1. AUG, 1991", "Live at Maya Kanko Hotel, Kobe, 14~15 SEP, 1991" | Oh! Moro Volume 5 | Maru Ka Batsu (○か×) | ||
| "Elysia, Valley of the Metal" | World Record | Alchemy | ||
| "WEBO, NYC" | Testament | RRRecords | ||
| "Speedback Variation Nr. 2 (Kapot Produkt oBZ)" | Neue Muster Volume 8+9 | Tonspur Tapes | with Kapotte Muziek | |
| 1993 | "Super Head" | Come Again II | Silent | |
| "Piss for Yves Klein" | Kingdom of Noise | Endorphine Factory | ||
| "Moon Over the Bwana A" | Land of the Rising Noise | Charnel Music | ||
| "True Romance Soundtrack for Moma" | Neo, Noise Punishment | Kubitsuri Tapes | ||
| "NRT" | Redemption Vol. 1 1986–1993 | Zero Cabal | ||
| "Death Acid When Sex Was Darty" | Stinky Horse Fuckers | Stinky Horse Fuck | ||
| "Sub-Urban" | Of Sound Mind | Godsend Magazine | with Arthur Potter | |
| untitled | RRR 100 | RRRecords | ||
| 1994 | "Phillo-Jazz Electronica" | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy | Fool's Paradise | |
| "Twisted Domiano" | Cataclastic Fracture | Deadline Recordings and Lazy Squid | ||
| "Marfan Syndrome for Blue" | Eternal Blue Extreme: An Asian Tribute to Derek Jarman | Somnus | ||
| "Glass", "20" | Extreme Music from Japan | Susan Lawly | ||
| "Ram Me, Ream Me, You Lusty Cunts" | Ne Shi | Banned Production | ||
| "Brain Ticket Saison" | Noise War | Mother Savage Noise Productions | ||
| "Twisted Damiano 2" | Violent Ambient | Chocolate Monk | ||
| "Ooga Booga" | Wohlstand | Human Wrechords | ||
| untitled | Mail-Music: All We Make Are Memories | Psychic Rally | ||
| 1995 | "Tiab Guls" | Entertainment Through Pain: A Tribute to Throbbing Gristle | RRRecords | |
| "Live at Easy Gallery Tokyo", "Live at 2B, Eindhoven" | Good Alchemy Video | Alchemy | ||
| "Elephants Memory" | Indiscreet Stereo Test Record | Discreet/Indiscreet | ||
| "Phyllo-Noisegrams" | No Machine Is Silent | Realization Recordings | ||
| "Last Splash" | Organismus 3 – The Final Compilation | Escape 3 Organisation | ||
| "Crack Groove" | Release Your Mind | Release Entertainment | ||
| "Snowblind" | The Japanese / American Noise Treaty | |||
| 1996 | "Sound Check for Doushisha University Performance" | A Fault in the Nothing | Ash International | |
| untitled | An Evening of Serious Noise | Statutory Tape | ||
| "Iro Moyo" | Disco Sucks | Ché Trading | ||
| "Talipes" | Mimikaki | Kuwagata Records | ||
| "Pretties for You" | Music Should Hurt | Self Abuse Records | ||
| "Silent Night" | The Christmas Album | Sony | ||
| "Iro Moyo 2 (Colour Decola 2)" | Tinker Compilation | Tinker Recordings | ||
| "Seishoku Titi" | Great Blue Thing | O'Great Blue Thing | ||
| "Centipede" | Comp #3: Lily's S'ghetti Factory | Blackbean and Placenta Tape Club | ||
| 1997 | "Morbid Angelfish" | alt.noise | Switch Records | |
| "Yahowa Stackridge" | Conception: The Dark Evolution of Electronics Vol. 1 | Ava/Live Bait | ||
| "Hummingbird" | Four Years in 30 Seconds | Dirter Promotions | ||
| "Untitled" | Screw | Entartete Kunst Records | ||
| "Kleine Blaue Hybriden" | Tulpas | Selektion | ||
| "Decomposition 002.1.1" | Untitled (Ten) | Extreme | ||
| "Trade Deficit", "Techno Grave" | We Hate You: A Small Tribute to Throbbing Gristle | Jazzassin Records | ||
| "Audio Pubic" | Rebirth of Fool: Volume One | Dual Plover | ||
| 1998 | "Landing on Audio" | Freak Animal #11 | Freak Animal Records | |
| "The Amazing Maya Hiromi" | Disco-Mortem | Releasing Eskimo | ||
| "Song for Fandango" | MIT #01 | Sordide Sentimental | ||
| COS Tape #4 | COS Edition | with Monde Bruits and Dislocation | ||
| untitled | Audio Terrorism: The Soundtrack for Weirdness and Blind Hostility | Chaotic Noise Productions, Satans Pimp and Heartplug Records | ||
| 1999 | "Redskin" | Coalescence | Alien8 | |
| "Fireball" | Sadomachinism | Misanthropic Agenda | ||
| "Ab Hunter" | Split Series 1–8 | Fat Cat | ||
| 2000 | "Routemaster" | Avanto-00 | Avanto Recordings | |
| "2000" | Immersion | Starkland Recordings | ||
| untitled, untitled, untitled, untitled | lockERS | ESR | ||
| "83mb" | Masters of Japanese Electronic Music | Far East Experimental Sounds | ||
| "Gateway to Itabashi" | Tokyo EP | Plastic Cowboy | ||
| "Cannon Balls 2" | Aiyoku Jinmin 21 Seiki (愛欲人民二十一世紀) | Alchemy | ||
| "Ikebukuroà Dadatexture" | Mutations – Sonic City | Arc en rêve | ||
| 2001 | "Cannon Balls" | State of the Union 2.001 | Electronic Music Foundation | |
| "Sound: Papier Wellen / Push Paper into Waves" | One Word One Sound | Intermedium Records | ||
| "Horiwari / Pass By" | Mutations – Sonic City | Airplane Label | ||
| "Condition #1" | Scanning of Modulations | Uplink Records | with L?K?O | |
| "Pulse Groon" | Megalomaniacs Show Time!! | Oto Genome (オトゲノム) | ||
| 2002 | "Bamboo Honey" | Deprogramming Music Volume One | Sacred Noise | |
| "Flyingsushi_x" | Fals.ch 02 | Falsch | ||
| "Lux Automobile (Krokodil Rock mix)" | Japanese Avant-Garde | Sub Rosa | ||
| "Untitled" | Nanoloop 1.0 | Disco Bruit | ||
| "In to the Void" | The Void – A Selection by Akiko Miyake | CCA Kitakyushu | ||
| "Quiet Men & Noisy Animals" | Open Mind | Mori Art Museum | ||
| 2003 | "Untitled Peace" | 60 Sound Artists Protest the War | Atak | |
| "Door No. 2" | Ctrl Alt Del | Nomad | ||
| "Untitled" | Frequencies [Hz] | Raster-Noton | ||
| "Untitled" | Jpech | Jpech | ||
| "Routemaster – Tokyo Mix Live" | Routemaster Remix Project Live | Crystal Eye | ||
| 2004 | "Baliken (Vers. 01)" | 2x5" | Punk Kein Rock | |
| "Requiem" | 2xH vs. HHR Vol. 1 "Where Is My Robotic Boot?" | Hydra Head and Double H Noise Industries | ||
| "Fear of God" | The End of the Fear of God | Tochnit Aleph | ||
| "Birds and Warhorse" | An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music / Third A-Chronology 1952–2004 | Sub Rosa | ||
| "バリケン (Loft version)" | Nippon no Rock Meikan 1 (日本のロック名鑑①) | Media Factory | ||
| 2005 | "Untitled for John" | Epitaph for John | Korm Plastics | |
| untitled | Blank Field | Alien8 | ||
| "Excerpt from Death of 250,000 Chickens" | Improvised Music from Japan 2005 | Improvised Music from Japan | ||
| 2006 | "風のはるか" | Belly of the Whale | Important | |
| "Oumagatoki Part 3" | Viva Negativa! – A Tribute to The New Blockaders Volume II | Vinyl On Demand | ||
| untitled, untitled, untitled, untitled, untitled | Yokomono 03: 55 Lock Grooves | Staalplaat | ||
| "Partikel MN2" | Swarm | Cold Spring | with Nordvargr | |
| 2007 | "September, 06" | Radio Interference from Unknown Orgasm | Somnimage | |
| 2008 | "Habeus Corpus" | Paper & Plastic | Suitcase | [sic] title as on release |
| "Voices of Animals" | Manifesto Rumorarmonico Post Futurista | Old Europa Cafe | ||
| 2010 | "Bloody Sea of Taiji. Stop the Mass Slaughter of Dolphine in Japan." | Geluidpost | Lokaal 01 and Universaal Kunst | |
| 2012 | "Lostbariken" | Yokomono 03.5 | Staalplaat | |
| "Musashi" | No Red Seas – A Benefit Compilation for Sea Shepherd | No Red Seas |
Appearances
| Year | Role | Track(s) | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Flute | "Les Honteuses Alliances" | Distruct | P16.D4 | Selektion |
| 1987 | Audio sources | Slicktrickflick | Thicknicksick | ZH27 | |
| Raw sound material | The Impossible Humane | Mixed Band Philanthropist | Selektion | ||
| Featuring | RRRadio 1–5 | Due Process | RRRecords | ||
| 1988 | Material | "Montage 4: 7 April 1988" | Montage #03 / #04 | Montage | Art & Noise Editions |
| 1989 | Featuring | "Zur Genese der Halbbildung" | Acrid Acme (Of) P16.D4 | P16.D4 | Selektion |
| Featuring | Psychic Rally No.3 18/5/1989 | Psychic Rally | Psychic Rally | ||
| Material | "Montage #15: 2 May 1989", "Montage #16: 6 June 1989" | Montage #15 / 16 | Montage | Art & Noise Editions | |
| 1990 | Mixed | The Same Thing Makes Always Her Laugh | Kiyoshi Mizutani | ZSF Produkt | |
| Featuring | 3-90 | Psychic Rally | Psychic Rally | ||
| Source materials | "MMMMMM" | History Is What Was | Kapotte Muziek | IF Records | |
| Featuring | "MMMMM 2" | Utilities (An Album of Collaborations) | Kapotte Muziek | Petri Supply | |
| Featuring | Interaction | Kapotte Muziek | Industrial Therapy Unit / Sounds for Consciousness Rape | ||
| Featuring | Friends | De Fabriek, Andrew Szava-Kovats, Mark Lane, and Gen Ken Montgomery | De Fabriek | ||
| 1991 | Contribution | Stuhlgangblockade N! | Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck | Schimpfluch | |
| 1992 | Raw material; transform | "HRUM", "Murcle/Kpeth"; "Merzbow Transformed Hands To" | Rework / Odiom | Hands To | E'ostrate |
| 1993 | Featuring | All or Nothing | Peter Duimelinks | RRRecords | |
| Tapes | "Scene 2" | Macbeth | Tetsuo Furudate | SSE Communications | |
| Source material | "Alles" | Peter Duimelinks / Frans de Waard | Peter Duimelinks and Frans de Waard | V2_Archief and Korm Plastics | |
| 1994 | With | "All Set to Go" | Verder | Kapotte Muziek | Harsh Dept. Productions |
| 1995 | Electronics | "Live in Tokyo with Merzbow", "Live in Osaka with Merzbow and Masonna" | ¥en for Noise | Roughage | Scratch Records |
| Musik, texte | Der gefaßte Raum | Achim Wollscheid | |||
| With | "Outro", "裂け目 Une Breche" | Coruscanto (きらめく) | Reiko.A | Nekoisis | |
| Re-used | "Merz Bow-Wow-Wow" | Kill the All-Noise Japanese Artists | Emil Beaulieau | Pure | |
| 1996 | Sound material | Luisteren naar Kapotte Muziek | Kapotte Muziek | Meeuw Muzak | |
| 1998 | Remix | "National Enhancer" | Root | Thurston Moore | Lo |
| Featuring | "Rate" | Upside Down | Kouhei Matsunaga | Mille Plateaux | |
| 2000 | Remix | "(Gloop)" | Bit Sand Riders | Pluramon | Mille Plateaux |
| Featuring | "Omisoshilu (Miso Soup)" | Gift | Hanayo | Geist | |
| Composition | "Black Mass" | Amsterdam x Tokyo | Tomoko Mukaiyama | BVHaast | |
| Remix | "Hürens Jung" | Musik Wird Überflüssig – The Freemixes | Trickbeat | Human Wrechords | |
| 2001 | Remix | "Book of Sunday" | Rewriting the Book | Aube | Elsie & Jack Recordings |
| Remix | "Decomposed" | Conquest : Writhe | Burst | Prank / Putrid Filth Conspiracy | |
| Featuring | "Seekh Kebab and Nan" | The Meat and Bread Variations | Jowonio Productions | leohtan | |
| 2002 | Remix | "CHK Error Remix" | Rolex | Jazzkammer | Smalltown Supersound |
| Remix | "0.000 Remix" | Inflation (*0 "0.000" Remix) | *0 | Mu Label | |
| Remix | "Persepolis Remix" | Persepolis + Remixes Edition 1 | Iannis Xenakis | Asphodel | |
| Electronics, composition | "Crack Groove", "Yahowa Stackridge" | Noise \ ... [Lärm] | Zeitkratzer | Tourette | |
| Sound-bank | CyclOcean | Artificial Memory Trace | Planktone Unlimited Editions | ||
| 2003 | Remix | "Vow Me Ibrzu" | 1993–2003: 1st Decade in the Machines | Ulver | Jester |
| Remix | "God O.D. – Parts 2 (Merzbow mix)" | Storm the Studio RMXS | Meat Beat Manifesto | Tino Corp. | |
| Music | "Rockets Against Stones" | No Games No Fun | Hanin Elias | Fatal | |
| Featuring | Soun – An Anonymous and Random Compilation / Composition | Gameboy Records | |||
| Remix | "../." | Winter Was Hard Too | h/ybrid s/ound s/ystem | Tourette | |
| 2004 | Remix | "Janik Top II / Angel Choirs" | Dogma V: Decomposing Dogma | Asterisk* | Lady Godiva Operations |
| 2005 | Sound source | Sirocco | Daniel Menche | Important | |
| Remix | "The Inalienable Dreamless (Complete)" | Our Last Day | Discordance Axis | Hydra Head | |
| Original sounds | Kommerz – Merzbow in the Hands of Origami Replika | Origami Replika | Segerhuva | ||
| Featuring | "Threnody" | Epitaph for John | Freiband | Korm Plastics | |
| Various fragments | Japanese Noise Pt. 1 & 2 & 3 | Alec Empire | |||
| 2006 | Remix | "Agorzbow Merzbleed Mix" | PCP Torpedo/ANbRx | Agoraphobic Nosebleed | Hydra Head and Double H Noise Industries |
| Performance | "November 1952" | Folio and Four Systems | Earle Brown | Tzadik | |
| 2008 | Featuring | "<羽毛に纏わる水滴無限循環> Dedicated to アヒル (Duck)" | Zoundtrack | Ukawanimation! | Avex Trax |
| Remix | "Cold World vs Merzbow" | Hands Off Our Music | Cold World | Short Fuse Record | |
| 2009 | Featuring | "Killing Friends" | Our Earth's Blood IV | Bastard Noise | Cathartic Process |
| BMG | "山のコドモ" | 朗読CD | Etsuko Yakushimaru | Studio Voice | |
| Harsh noise injection | "Inferno Nel Ghetto (Xu(e) remix)" | Variante Alla Morte / No Matter If People Die | Cripple Bastards | Power It Up | |
| Remix | "SNOW REM REM IBVZ" | Chicken Switch | Melvins | Ipecac | |
| Featuring | "Census Taker" | Attack of the Killer Black Eye Ball | XXX Residents | yamaha A&R | |
| 2010 | Source material | Mixed Metaphor / Into a Bad Way | John Wiese | Phage Tapes | |
| Electronics, composition | "Depression (Loukoum)", "Hysteria (Palladium)", "Schizophrenia (Silver)" | Metal / Crystal | Richard Pinhas | Cuneiform | |
| Remix | "House of Low Culture Remix" | Housing Tracts | House of Low Culture | SIGE Records | |
| 2011 | Arranged, mixed | "Land" | Alchemic Heart | Vampillia | Important |
| Remix | "Maguro (Merzbow remix)" | Bo Ningen | Bo Ningen | Knew Noise Recordings | |
| Remix | "Dynamite Music (Merzbow RMX)" | EDGE OF CHAOS reCONSTRUCTION / LIVE&REMIXXX | Wrench | Blues Interactions | |
| Remix | "Versprochen (Merzbow-Remix)" | .Käfer.Maden.Würmer.Spinnen. | Samsas Traum vs. Weena Morloch | Trisol | |
| 2012 | Remix | "Sudden Moment (Merzbow remix)" | The Cherry Thing Remixes | Neneh Cherry and The Thing | Smalltown Supersound |
| 2013 | Noisecall | "Mutations" | Error 500 | Mutation | PledgeMusic |
As Masami Akita
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Collaboration Through the Mail 1983–84 | DMA2 | with Jean-Louis Houchard |
| 1990 | Mirror Pulse | Extreme | with John Duncan |
| 1997 | The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue – Electro-Music for Romantica | i | |
| Ich Schnitt Mich In Den Finger | Mego | with Reiko Azuma, Russell Haswell, and Tetsuo Sakaibara | |
| 2002 | Satanstornade | Warp | with Russell Haswell |
| 2011 | One Bird Two Bird | Editions Mego | with Mats Gustafsson and Jim O'Rourke |
Compilation tracks
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "T.V.Ring" | Lucky Bag Tape | The 5th Column Tapes | |
| untitled | Mail Music Project | Armadio Officina Audio Editions | ||
| "Fun in Thibet Pt 1" | OSLWMMGIB? | Sex on Sunday | ||
| 1984 | "Music for Wall 627" | International Experimental Audio Communication Compilation N° 2 | 3Rio Tapes | |
| 1988 | untitled, untitled | Lost Trax | Trax | with Reiko.A |
| 1990 | untitled | 0607131089 | Sounds for Consciousness Rape | with GX Jupitter-Larsen |
| 1993 | untitled | Gomi-Akta | Coquette | |
| 1999 | "The Full Tide in Crimson" | Modulation & Transformation 4 | Mille Plateaux | with Kouhei Matsunaga |
Soundtracks
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 19?? | Sailor fuku: Nawa muzan (セーラー服・縄無残) | Fuji Planning (不二企画 Fuji Kikaku) / Right Brain |
| Joshū gōmon nawa (女囚拷問縄) | ||
| 1989 | Onna inu (おんないぬ) | |
| 1990 | Onna harakiri: Sange (女腹切り・散華) | |
| Jogakusei: Harakiri (女学生・腹切り) | ||
| Onna harakiri: Seisan (女腹切り・聖餐) | ||
| Lost Paradise (【失楽園】乗馬服女腹切り (Shitsurakuen) Jōbafuku onna harakiri) | ||
| Hōtai kaibō onna (包帯解剖女) | ||
| 1992 | Le séquence des barres parallèles | Ian Kerkhof |
| 1994 | The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man | |
| 1998 | Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening | |
| 1998 | Asphalto | Ilppo Pohjola |
| 2000 | Routemaster |
Appearances
| Year | Role | Track(s) | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Guest | The Cop Killers | The Cop Killers | Trax | |
| 1983 | Additional vocals, tapes | Will | Hunting Lodge | S/M Operations | |
| 1985 | Japanese translation | "Alone (Second Part)" | The 35th Human Attempt | Human Flesh | Insane Music |
| 1991 | Drums | "Live 910608" | Windom | Hijokaidan | Alchemy |
| 1992 | Drums | "Noisedelicatessen", "Kept Waiting So Long – Live at Antiknock 920613" | The Neverending Story of the King of Noise (雑音伝説) | Hijokaidan | Alchemy |
| 1993 | Drums | "Live at La Mama 22 Apr 1993" | Kingdom of Noise | Hijokaidan | Endorphine Factory |
| Drums | "Cancer of Music" | Dedication -Zweite Auslese- | Hijokaidan | Artware Production | |
| Music, commentary | 緊縛美 Bondage Art Kinbakubi | CineMagic Co. | |||
| 1994 | Music, commentary | 緊縛美 2 | CineMagic | ||
| Featuring | untitled | Junkie | Meat Shop Rapist | Deadline Recordings | |
| Concept advisor, artwork | Selected Noise Works 93–94 | Monde Bruits | Endorphine Factory | ||
| 1995 | Featuring | "Dang Dong" | Dang Dong | Hanayo | Media Remoras |
| 1996 | Featuring | Nation of Rhythm Slaves | Violent Onsen Geisha | Rail Recordings | |
| 1997 | Drums | Ferocity of Practical Life | Hijokaidan | Fourth Dimension | |
| Drums | Sound of the Sea | Hijokaidan | Xn Recordings | ||
| Drums | "What a Nuisance!" | Noise from Trading Cards | Hijokaidan | Alchemy | |
| Electronics | "Nikola Tesla" | Jouhou | Discordance Axis | Devour | |
| Featuring | "A Leaden Stride to Nowhere" | Necropolitan | Discordance Axis | HG Fact | |
| 1998 | Remix | "Surfing with Carl Palmer" | INONOUT | Surfers of Romantica | ZK Records |
| 1999 | Special guest | untitled, untitled | Ins Gefängnis geworfene blind Sklaven | Enema Syringe | Selfish Records and Mondo |
| Recorded | "Hallelujah" | Monde Bruits | Monde Bruits | Alchemy | |
| 2000 | Performer | Mort Aux Vaches: Meltdown of Control | Senssurround Orchestra | Mort Aux Vaches | |
| Electronics | "子宮と人" | Big Boobs | Miki Sawaguchi | Alchemy | |
| Macintosh | "子宮と人 (remix)" | Uterus and Human | Miki Sawaguchi, Jojo Hiroshige, and Masahiko Ohno | Alchemy | |
| 2001 | EMS Synthesizer | "Serene" | Flutter | Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet | Tzadik |
| 2002 | Powerbook | "Death Valley" | Heavy Rocks | Boris | Quattro/UK Discs |
| Mixed | "O))) Bow 1", "O))) Bow 2" | Flight of the Behemoth | Sunn O))) | Southern Lord / Bisect Bleep Industries | |
| 2006 | Noise | "Part IV" | Hidden Doors | The Missing Ensemble | Mondes Elliptiques |
| Performer | "Live @ Sonar 2000, Barcelona, 06.16.00" | Absolute Noise Ensemble | Francisco López | Blossoming Noise | |
| 2007 | Electronics, mixed, recorded | "O))) Bow 3", "O))) Bow 4" | Flight of the Behemoth | Sunn O))) | Daymare Recordings |
| 2008 | Drums | "1992.9.19 at Shinjuku ANTIKNOCK, Tokyo" | Legendary Live Collection of Hijokaidan Vol. 4 | Hijokaidan | Alchemy |
| Drums | "Live at Mount Fuji Rock Festival 2001" | Sixteen Years of Video Material | Alec Empire | Monitorpop Entertainment | |
| 2009 | Drums | The Noise | Hijokaidan | Alchemy | |
| 2012 | Electric percussion | "Yumbo" | Mimi-Nuki: Secondary Works of Satoshi Sonoda 1982–1989 (耳抜き) | Vel | P.S.F. Records |
As Abe Sada
with S.M.U.T.
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Original Body Kingdom / Gala Abe Sada 1936 | Stomach Ache |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | untitled | RRR 500 | RRRecords |
| Year | Role | Track(s) | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sound source | "Abby Soda" | Dedicated to Charlie Ward | Emil Beaulieau | Pure |
As Boris with Merzbow
with Boris
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Megatone | Inoxia |
| 2004 | 04092001 | |
| 2005 | Sun Baked Snow Cave | Hydra Head and Double H Noise Industries |
| 2007 | Walrus / Groon | Hydra Head |
| Rock Dream | Diwphalanx / Southern Lord | |
| 2011 | Klatter | Daymare Recordings |
As Bustmonsters
with Zev Asher, Shohei Iwasaki, Fumio Kosakai, Masahiko Ohno, Tetsuo Sakaibara, and Yamazaki Maso
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Weedhead E.P. | Wild West Records | |
| 1993 | Whitehouse / You Don't Have to Say Please | RRRecords | split with Xper Xr |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Live at Donzokohouse, Kyoto, 14.DEC, 1991" | Oh! Moro Volume 5 | Maru Ka Batsu (○か×) |
As Flying Testicle
with Zev Asher and Yamazaki Maso
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Lamerican Sextom | ZSF Produkt |
| 1993 | Space Desia | Charnel Music |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Testicle Rider" | Come Again II | Silent |
As House Hunt Hussies
ZSF Produkt listed as contact address
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Shagging Cherri" | Sexorama 1 | ZSF Produkt |
As Kikuri
with Keiji Haino
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Pulverized Purple | Les Disques Victo |
As Maldoror
with Mike Patton
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | She | Ipecac |
As MAZK
with Zbigniew Karkowski
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sound Pressure Level | Or | |
| 2001 | 湯島の白梅 | Tigerbeat6 | |
| 不味苦 | Noise Asia | ||
| 2005 | In Real Time | Ytterbium | |
| Equilibratura Elettronica | AV Recordings | with Ogino Knauss |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Not Knowing What Is and Is Not" | OR MD comp | Or |
| Year | Role | Track(s) | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Music | "Mental" | 3plicity | Ogino Knauss | AV |
As Merzbannon
with Racebannon
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Merzbannon | Tizona |
As Merzbow Null
with Kazuyuki Kishino
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Darh Eroc Evil | ZSF Produkt / Nux Organization | |
| Yapnord Rasa | ZSF Produkt | ||
| Falso 800 | |||
| Mondo Bizzaro | with Tetsuo Furidate | ||
| Babilonia | |||
| 1984 | Numen Quad Habitat Simulacro / Punka Overie | with Tibeta Ubik | |
| Tokyo 260384 | |||
| Live Documental | |||
| Zeekfeedz Acme | |||
| Das | ZSF Produkt / Nux Organization | ||
| Tentatool Komestool | ZSF Produkt | ||
| Deus Irae | |||
| Sonic Command & Sculpture | with Hideharu Suzuki | ||
| B-Semi Live | with Nord | ||
| Merzbow Null & Produktion | with Produktion | ||
| Disembody | ZSF Produkt / Nux Organization | with The Hanatarashi |
As Pornoise
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "New Cunts" | Sexorama 2 | ZSF Produkt |
As Satanstornade
with Russell Haswell
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Live at the Neils Yard Rough Trade Shop London | Falsch |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "01.DAT.128.mp3", "03.DAT.128.mp3" | Falsch | Falsch |
| 2002 | "Enhanced Amalgamated Computer Experience" | All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 | ATP |
As SCUM
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Scissors for Cutting Merzbow | ZSF Produkt | |
| Severances | Discordia/Concordia and ZSF Produkt | ||
| Scan Has Undergone Several Minor Revisions | ZSF Produkt / Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen | ||
| 1990 | Steel Cum | ZSF Produkt | |
| Axx / Spooning | SPH / ZSF Produkt | with Merzbow |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Rute No.-1" | Rectangle Overtures | Ache |
| Year | Role | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Featuring | Psychic Rally 10/August/1989 | Psychic Rally | Psychic Rally |
As Secrets
with Tetsuya Mugishima
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Live Numbers in Studio | Stratosphere Music | |
| Live at Club 49 Vol. 1 | |||
| Live at Club 49 Vol. 2 | |||
| 1984 | Live Performance | ZSF Produkt | with Merzbow |
As Tibeta Ubik
with Kazuyuki Kishino
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Twilight Oaum | ZSF Produkt | |
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| Numen Quad Habitat Simulacro / Punka Overie | with Merzbow Null |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "N.A.M 24" | Overload Extasya | Nux Organization |
As True Romance
with Tetsuo Sakaibara and Toshiyuki Seido
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Music of True Romance for Hyper Meat Performance | Membrum Debile Propaganda |
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Blood Orgy of the She Dolls | ZSF Produkt |
| Live at Mandala 2 | ||
| Live at Moma | ||
| Live at Nice, France | ||
| Pleasure Room of Anti Education |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Live at P3 Art & Environment" | Macrocephalous Compost II° | Old Europa Cafe |
| "Electronic Love Medical" | Pathological Resonance | Anomalous Records |
As Universal Indians
with Tetsuo Sakaibara
| Year | Role | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Featuring | Live at Liquid Room 2.22.1997 | Crystal Fist | Zero Gravity |
Forthcoming
| Title | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Calling the Rain | Black Drone | 7" |
| Merzgrind | Relapse | with Balázs Pándi and Trevor Dunn |
| Partikel I–III | Cold Spring | 3×LP reissue on colored vinyl |
| Pulse Vegan | Elevator Bath | 7" |
| Sun Baked Snow Cave | Hydra Head | 2×LP reissue |
| TBA | RareNoise | live DVD with Balázs Pándi, Mats Gustafsson, and Attila Csihar |
References
- Primordial 2: 2–3. 1985.
- Wehowsky, Ralf (1987). "Masami Akita aka Merzbow: Eine Cassettographie". Bad Alchemy 7: 45–46.
- "Merzbow". Archived from the original on April 17, 2001. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Melbourne, Australia: Extreme Records. ISBN 0646383264.
- Merzbow discography at Discogs
External links
- Merzbow discography at Discogs
- Merzbow discography at MusicBrainz
- Merzbow discography at Rate Your Music
- The Incomplete Merzbow Discography
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