Masami Akita

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    21 April 2016

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The man behind the legendary Japanoise project, Merzbow. He has released over 300 CDs, LPs and cassettes since the early 1980s. BIOGRAPHY Masami Akita was born in Tokyo in 1956. He began his career in music at age 15 as a drummer in a high school band. At the time he listened to psychedelic music, progressive rock and later free jazz, and all have influenced his music. Later he went to Tamagawa University to study art. It was there that he learned of Kurt Schwitters' Merz, or art made from rubbish, including Schwitters' Merzbau, or "Merz building". This is the s… read more
The man behind the legendary Japanoise project, Merzbow. He has released over 300 CDs, LPs and cassettes since the early 1980s. BIOGRAPHY Masami Akita was born in Tokyo in 1956. He began his career in music at age 15 as a drummer in a high school band. At the time he listened to psychedelic … read more
The man behind the legendary Japanoise project, Merzbow. He has released over 300 CDs, LPs and cassettes since the early 1980s. BIOGRAPHY Masami Akita was born in Tokyo in 1956. He began his career in music at age 15 as a drummer in a high school band. At the time he listened to psychedelic music, progressive rock and later free jazz, and all have influenced his… read more

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1 Slide Slide
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2 Junglegym Junglegym
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3 Play track Ikebana : Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled Looping Jane
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4 The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue 1
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5 The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue 5
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6 The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue 13
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7 Play track Fend Off Your Miserable Grief Fend Off Your Miserable Grief
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8 Play track Pulverized Purple That Place Into Which You Fell Was Lined With a Cushion of Pain and Is No Proof of Your Continuing Existence
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9 68 8 68 8
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10 Play track The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue 2
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  1. 715 listeners

    1 Jan 1996 · 18 tracks

    The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue
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  2. 130 listeners

    21 Apr 2016 · 2 tracks

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  3. 12 listeners

    1996 · 18 tracks

    The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue (Electro-Music for Romantica)
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    1996 · 18 tracks

    The Prosperity of Vice, the Misfortune of Virtue: Electro‐Music for Romantica
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