Lowest Music 2

Reissue cover

Studio album by Merzbow

Released

1982 (Original)
1990 (Reissue)

Recorded

1982

Genre

Noise

Length

61:34

Label

Lowest Music & Arts

Producer

Masami Akita

Merzbow chronology

Lowest Music
(1982)

Lowest Music 2
(1982)

Material Action 2 N.A.M.
(1983)

Lowest Music 2 is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.^[1]^[2] It was included in the Merzbox in 2000.

Track listing

All music composed by Masami Akita.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nil Vagina Tape Loops 1"	35:00

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nil Vagina Tape Loops 2"	26:34

Notes

Reissue version

Recorded and made on very cheap equipment in 1982.
Remixed in 1990 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo, Japan.

Personnel

Masami Akita – composer, performer
Fabio Ongarato, Extreme – graphic design [reissue]

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan	1982	Lowest Music & Arts	C46	Unknown
Australia	1990	Extreme	C60	XCT.010

References

↑ Primordial 2: 2. 1985. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Merzbow-Lowest Music And Arts* - Lowest Music 2 (Cassette)". Discogs. Retrieved July 6, 2014.

Merzbow

Full discography
Forthcoming

1980–1989 (selected discography)

Studio albums

1981	Remblandt Assemblage Metal Acoustic Music Material Action for 2 Microphones E-Study Collection 004 Collection 005 Collection 009

1982	Normal Music Tridal Production Solonoise 1 Lowest Music 2

1983	Material Action 2 N.A.M. Dying Mapa I Dying Mapa II Dying Mapa III Kibbutz Mechanization Takes Command Worker Machine Le Cuisinier

1984	Sonic Command Dadavida Aka Meme Age of 369 Chant Pornoise/Extra

1985	Sadomasochismo The Lampinak Ushi-Tra Live Performance Feb. 85

1986	Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets Antimonument

1987	Ecobondage Enclosure Vratya Southward

1988	Storage Crocidura Dsi Nezumi

1989	Flesh Metal Orgasm Scissors for Cutting Merzbow Severances

Live albums

Paradoxa Paradoxa (1982)

Box sets

Pornoise/1kg (1984)

1990–1999

Studio albums

1990	Steel Cum Cloud Cock OO Grand Rainbow Electronics

1991	Music for Bondage Performance Hannover Interruption

1992	Metal Mad Man Recycled

1993	Batztoutai with Material Gadgets

1994	Venereology Noisembryo Flare Gun Hole

1995	Dadarottenvator Pinkream Green Wheels Magnesia Nova

1996	Music for Bondage Performance 2 Pulse Demon Spiral Honey Mercurated Oersted Electric Salad Project Frequency Rainbow Electronics 2

1997	Space Metalizer Hybrid Noisebloom Psychorazer

1998	1930 Tauromachine Maschinenstil Aqua Necromancer New Takamagahara Vibractance

1999	Blues Maggots Paradise Pachinko Tentacle Door Open at 8 am

Extended plays

Artificial Invagination (1991)
Neo Orgasm (1993)
Rod Drug 93 (1993)
Nil Vagina for Mice (1993)
Electroploitation (1994)
White Blues (1994)
Electroknots (1995)
Wakantanka / Aboriginie of Anniversary 50 Years After War (1995)
Red 2 Eyes (1997)
Tint (1997)
Happenings 1000 Years Time Ago (1999)

Live albums

Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990 (1990)
Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi (1991)
Dutch Tour 1989 (1992)
Noizhead (1995)
Akasha Gulva (1996)
Live July 5th, 1995 (1996)
Live at 20000V 30 Sep 1995 (1996)
Mort Aux Vaches: Locomotive Breath (1998)

Box sets

Metalvelodrome (1993)

Remix albums

Scumtron (1996)

Compilation albums

Age of 369/Chant 2 (1996)
Merzbox Sampler (1997)

Soundtrack albums

Music for the Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man (1995)

2000–2009

Studio albums

2000	Collapse 12 Floors

2001	Hard Lovin' Man Dharma Frog Puroland

2002	Amlux Fantail Ikebukuro Dada Merzbeat A Taste Of... Merzzow

2003	Cycle Animal Magnetism SCSI Duck

2004	Tamago Offering Yoshinotsune Electro Magnetic Unit Merzbird Sha Mo 3000 1633

2005	Bariken Dust of Dreams Rattus Rattus Merzbuddha Sphere Early Computer Works Scene Senmaida Merzbuta

2006	Minazo Vol. 1 Bloody Sea F.I.D. Minazo Volume Two Metamorphism

2007	Merzbear Coma Berenices Zophorus Peace for Animals Higanbana

2008	Here Arijigoku Dolphin Sonar Eucalypse Anicca Protean World Dead Leaves Tombo Hodosan

2009	Camouflage Somei... Hiranya Don't Steal My Coat Microkosmos \| Volume 1

Extended plays

Hummingbird (2001)
Mini Cycle / Yoshino Tamago / Yonos Bigfoot (2004)
Black Bone, Part 5 (2006)
Tempi / Matatabi (2009)

Live albums

Live at Radio 100 (2000)
Live in Germany 1996 (2001)
Live Magnetism (2003)
Live in Geneva (2005)
Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 (2007)

Box sets

Merzbox (2000)
24 Hours – A Day of Seals (2002)
Timehunter (2003)
Last of Analog Sessions (2004)
Houjoue (2005)
Turmeric (2006)
13 Japanese Birds (2009)

Remix albums

Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (2003)
Frog Remixed and Revisited (2003)

2010–present

Studio albums

2010	Graft Ouroboros Marmo Untitled Nov 1989 9888A

2011	Jigokuhen April 1992 Kamadhenu Variations for Electric Fan Yaho-Niwa Dead Zone Surabhi Lop Lop

2012	Gman//HJYUGTF2 Uzu Me Ku Merzbuddha Variations Kibako

2013	Takahe Collage Samidara Grand Owl Habitat Tamayodo

2014	Nezumimochi

Extended plays

ZaRa (2011)
Ko To No O To (2012)
Pulse Vegan (2014)

Live albums

Live at Henie Onstad Art Centre (2010)
Kookaburra (2013)

Compilation albums

Another Merzbow Records (2010)

Box Set

Ecobag/13 Birds in a Bag +1 (2010)
Merzbient (2010)
Merzphysics (2012)
Merzmorphosis (2012)
Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983 (2012)
Duo (2013)