Merzbow discography
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 279 |
| ↙Live albums | 74 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 5 |
| ↙EPs | 31 |
| ↙Tribute and cover albums | 2 |
| ↙Remix albums | 3 |
| ↙Box sets | 14 |
| ↙Compilation tracks | 231 |
| ↙Splits | 43 |
| ↙Appearances | 111 |
This is a comprehensive discography of Masami Akita, a Japanese noise musician best known as Merzbow. Since 1980 he has released over 400 recordings, collaborated with dozens of musicians, contributed hundreds of exclusive tracks to compilations, and made numerous guest appearances on recordings by other artists.
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 Releapse), 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: 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | Hannover Interruption | Dradomel | |
| Music for Bondage Performance | Extreme | ||
| Documentation/Collaboration | Korm Plastics | with Kapotte Muziek | |
| Grav | Silent | with PGR and Asmus Tietchens | |
| 1992 | Metal Mad Man | Stinky Horse Fuck | |
| Recycled | 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 | |
| Noisembryo | Releasing Eskimo | ||
| Flare Gun | Ten Bob Swerver | ||
| Hole | Heel Stone | ||
| 1995 | Dadarottenvator | Praxis Dr. Bearmann | |
| Green Wheels | Self Abuse | ||
| The Science of Dissecting Society | Praxis Dr. Bearmann | with Richard Ramirez | |
| Horn of the Goat | Freek | with Consumer Electronics | |
| 1996 | Music for Bondage Performance 2 | Extreme | |
| Pulse Demon | Release | ||
| 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 | with Gore Beyond Necropsy | |
| Merzbow Mixed Total | Sterilized Decay | with Total | |
| Decomposition | Extreme | with Eugene Thacker and Shane Fahey | |
| 1998 | Psychorazer | Kubitsuri Tapes | |
| 1930 | Tzadik | ||
| Tauromachine | Release | ||
| Maschinenstil | Dual Plover | ||
| Aqua Necromancer | Alien8 | ||
| New Takamagahara | [OHM] and Jazzassin | ||
| 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 | |
| Dharma | Hydra Head | ||
| Frog | Misanthropic Agenda | ||
| Puroland | [OHM] | ||
| 2002 | Ikebukuro Dada | Circumvent | |
| Amlux | Important | ||
| Megatone | Inoxia | with Boris | |
| A Taste Of... | Mego | ||
| Merzzow | Opposite | ||
| 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 | with Elliott Sharp | |
| Scene | Waystyx | ||
| Early Computer Works | |||
| Sun Baked Snow Cave | Hydra Head | with Boris | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Dead Leaves | licht-ung | ||
| Tombo | Fellacoustic | ||
| Hodosan | Vivo | ||
| 2009 | Camouflage | Essence Music | |
| Somei... | Low Impedance | ||
| 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 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 | Klatter | Daymare | with Boris |
| Jigokuhen | Important | ||
| April 1992 | Green Records and Tapes | ||
| Kamadhenu | Hypnagogia | ||
| Variations for Electric Fan | Rainbow Bridge and Phage Tapes | ||
| Yaho-Niwa | Nuun | ||
| Dead Zone | Quasi Pop | ||
| Surabhi | Hypnagogia | ||
| Lop Lop | Rustblade | ||
| 2012 | Mer Mar | Editions Mego | with Lasse Marhaug |
| Gman//HJYUGTF2 | Midnight Sea | ||
| Merzbuddha Variations | Duenn | ||
| Uzu Me Ku | Samboy Get Help! | ||
| Kibako | Rustblade | ||
| 2013 | Cuts | RareNoiseRecords | with Balázs Pándi and Mats Gustafsson |
| Takahe Collage | Handmade Birds | ||
| Partikel III | Cold Spring | with Nordvargr | |
| Samidara | Placenta | ||
| Grand Owl Habitat | The Death of Rave | ||
| No Closure | Dead Section / Wands / Cold Spring | with Scott Miller and Lee Camfield | |
| Merzbow Meets M.B. | Menstrualrecordings | with M.B. | |
| Tamayodo | Rustblade | ||
| 2014 | Full of Hell & Merzbow | Profound Lore / Daymare / A389 / Stab/Repeat | with Full of Hell. Includes Sister Fawn |
| Nezumimochi | Cold Spring | ||
| 2015 | Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper | RareNoise | with Pándi, Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore |
| Merzxiu | Kingfisher Bluez | with Xiu Xiu |
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 (1990-09-07 Bulkhead, Santa Cruz) | |||
| US Tour 1990 (1990-09-08 Armpit, San Francisco) | |||
| 1993 | Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990 | Vanilla | |
| 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 | |
| V | Les Disques Victo | with Pan Sonic | |
| Live CBGB's NYC 1998 | Digital Hardcore | with Alec Empire | |
| 2005 | 04092001 | Inoxia | with Boris |
| Live in Geneva | Walnut + Locust | ||
| 2007 | Electric Dress | No Fun Productions | with Carlos Giffoni and Jim O'Rourke |
| Synth Destruction | Important | with Carlos Giffoni | |
| Rock Dream | Diwphalanx / Southern Lord | with Boris | |
| 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 | |
| Live at Fluc Wanne, Vienna 2010/05/18 | Dry Lungs | with Balázs Pándi | |
| 2011 | Lou Lou... In Tokyo | Daymare / SIGE | 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 | ||
| 2013 | Cat's Squirrel | Black Truffle / Hospital Hill | with Oren Ambarchi |
| Kookaburra | Hospital Hill | ||
| 2014 | Live Frying: Wolf Eyes & Merzbow | American Tapes | with Wolf Eyes |
| 2015 | Live in Tabačka 13/04/12 | Tabačka Records | with Balázs Pándi and Mats Gustafsson |
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 | |
| 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 | aka Now |
| Electroploitation | Lunhare and Hax | ||
| Music for Man with No Name | Fusetron and Stuart | 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 2001 | Hummingbird | L.S.D. Organisation | |
| 2004 | Mini Cycle / Yoshino Tamago / Yonos Bigfoot | [OHM] | |
| Oumagatoki | Hypnagogia | with The New Blockaders | |
| 2005 | Free Piano | Misanthropic Agenda | with John Wiese |
| 2006 | Black Bone, Part 5 | Blossoming Noise | |
| 2007 | Walrus / Groon | Hydra Head | with Boris |
| 2009 | Merzbannon | Tizona | with Racebannon |
| Tempi / Matatabi | Dot Dot Dot Music | ||
| 2011 | ZaRa | licht-ung | |
| 2012 | Ko To No O To | Retort | |
| 2014 | Pulse Vegan | Elevator Bath |
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 | |
| 2013 | Duo | Tourette |
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 | Black Leather Jesus |
| 1996 | Voice Pie | Release | Bastard Noise |
| Smegma Plays Merzbow Plays Smegma | Tim/Kerr | Smegma | |
| Arctic Twilight / Anthem of the Sun | Dirter Promotions | Slugbait | |
| Merzbow / Lasse Marhaug | Jazzassin | Lasse Marhaug | |
| Destructible Foundation / Drain | Self Abuse and Mother Savage Noise Productions | MSBR | |
| Merzbow / Xome | Gentle Giant | Xome | |
| Seven Inches Inside Vagina | Stinky Horse Fuck | Smell and Quim | |
| 1997 | Soft / Lärm, Hitze und faulige Gerüche | Dreizehn | Kadef |
| Ejaculation Generater 2 / ? / Emission | Blast First | Masonna / MC Hellshit & DJ Carhouse | |
| Milanese Bestiality / Drunk on Decay | Old Europa Cafe | The Haters | |
| Balance | Human Wrechords | Ladybird | |
| 1999 | Merzbow / Aural Torture Mechanism | Fistfight and Counterattack Experimental Arts | Aural Torture Mechanism |
| Subsidia Pataphysica | Manifold | 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 | |
| 2009 | Supernova 2 | Interstellar Records | Bulbul / Peach Pit / Wolfgang Fuchs |
| 2010 | Oh Lucy!!! / Tipping Foul into the Dirt | Chrome Peeler | The Guilt Øf... |
| 2011 | Guya / Greed | CX | Cris X |
| 2012 | Freak Hallucinations | Obfuscated | Actuary |
| 2013 | Amniocentesi / Envoise 30 05 82 | Menstrualrecordings | M.B. |
| Fragment B / 28th Flux | Menstrualrecordings | M.B. | |
| 2015 | Level | Rustblade | Askew |
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 / Industria Tepa | ||
| "Envoise" | Rising from the Red Sand (Volume Five) | Third Mind | ||
| "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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "(live)" | GX Jupitter Larsen Is a Idealistic Idiot | Nihilistic | ||
| "My Rubber Dutch Wife" | Nice Noise Volume 3 | Nihilistic | ||
| 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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "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 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 | ||
| "Last Splash" | Organismus 3 – The Final Compilation | Escape 3 Organisation | ||
| "Crack Groove" | Release Your Mind | Release | ||
| "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 | ||
| "Pretties for You" | Music Should Hurt | Self Abuse | ||
| "Silent Night" | The Christmas Album | Sony | ||
| "Iro Moyo 2 (Colour Decola 2)" | Tinker Compilation | Tinker | ||
| "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 | |
| "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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "Audio Pubic" | Rebirth of Fool: Volume One | Dual Plover | ||
| 1998 | "Landing on Audio" | Freak Animal #11 | Freak Animal | |
| "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 | ||
| 1999 | "Redskin" | Coalescence | Alien8 | |
| "Fireball" | Sadomachinism | Misanthropic Agenda | ||
| "Ab Hunter" | Split Series 1–8 | Fat Cat | ||
| 2000 | "Routemaster" | Avanto-00 | Avanto | |
| "2000" | Immersion | Starkland | ||
| 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 | ||
| "Horiwari / Pass By" | Mutations – Sonic City | Airplane Label | ||
| "Condition #1" | Scanning of Modulations | Uplink | 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 | ||
| "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 | |
| "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 | ||
| 2014 | "Weka" | Just Sign on the Dotted Line | Electro-Faustus | |
| "Extract I" | Sonic Protest 2014 | Sonic Protest | ||
| "Mix 05.23" | Ode to Marco Veronesi | Agnostic Dumplings Nursery |
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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 2011 | Arranged, mixed | "Land" | Alchemic Heart | Vampillia | Important |
| Remix | "Maguro (Merzbow remix)" | Bo Ningen | Bo Ningen | Knew Noise | |
| 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 |
| 2014 | Loops, noise, effects | Tikkun | Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi | Cuneiform | |
| Composition | "Dissolution" (解散) | Sick/Tired | Dissolution | A389 | |
| 2015 | Remix | "Parracide Agent Service (Merzbow remix by Masami Akita)" | Endon | Bodies III | Daymare |
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 |
| 2014 | The Black Album | Tourette | with John Duncan |
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 |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 1997 | Drums | Ferocity of Practical Life | Hijokaidan | Fourth Dimension | |
| Drums | Sound of the Sea | Hijokaidan | Xn | ||
| 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 |
| 1999 | Special guest | untitled, untitled | Ins Gefängnis geworfene blind Sklaven | Enema Syringe | Selfish 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 |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | Drums | The Noise | Hijokaidan | Alchemy | |
| 2012 | Electric percussion | "Yumbo" | Mimi-Nuki: Secondary Works of Satoshi Sonoda 1982–1989 (耳抜き) | Satoshi Sonoda | P.S.F. |
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 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 | |
| 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 | aka SPL |
| 2001 | 湯島の白梅 | Tigerbeat6 | |
| 不味苦 | Noise Asia | ||
| 2005 | In Real Time | Ytterbium | |
| Equilibratura Elettronica | AV | with Ogino Knauss |
| Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Not Knowing What Is and Is Not" | OR MD comp | Or |
| 2014 | "Untitled Mix" | No Bullshit: A Sonic Tribute to Zbigniew Karkowski (1958-2013) | SOMN |
| Year | Role | Track(s) | Title | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Music | "Mental" | 3plicity | Ogino Knauss | AV |
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. They later released the album Satanstornade under their real names.
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| To be announced | Essence | CD / CD box set. Scheduled for June 2015 |
| Animal Liberation | 4iB Records | Split CD with Raven and Dao De Noize |
| Flying Basket | Family Vineyard | LP with Akira Sakata, Jim O'Rourke, and Chikamorachi |
| Music for Urbanism | Murmur Records | CD with Shinji Miyadai |
References
- "Merzbow". Primordial 2: 2–3. 1985.
- Wehowsky, Ralf (1987). "Masami Akita aka Merzbow: Eine Cassettographie". Bad Alchemy 7: 45–46.
- Woodward, Brett (1999). Merzbook: The Pleasuredome of Noise. Melbourne, Australia: Extreme Records. ISBN 0646383264.
- Akita, Masami (March 2000). "Merzbow Discography". Studio Voice (in Japanese) (INFAS Publications) (291).
- "Merzbow". Archived from the original on April 17, 2001. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
External links
- Merzbow discography at Discogs
- Merzbow discography at MusicBrainz
- Merzbow discography at Rate Your Music