Merzbox

Box set by Merzbow

Released

June 16, 2000

Recorded

December 27, 1979 – March 30, 1997

Genre

Noise, free improvisation, industrial

Length

49:54:47

Label

Extreme

Producer

Masami Akita

Merzbow chronology

Happenings 1000 Years Time Ago
(1999)

Merzbox
(2000)

Live at Radio 100
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Chunklet	ambivalent^[2]
Epicharmus	favorable^[3]
Stylus	neutral^[4]

Merzbox is a box set compilation by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It consists of 50 CDs spanning Merzbow's career from 1979 to 1997. 30 discs are taken from long out of print releases, while 20 are composed mainly of unreleased material. The box also contains two CD-ROMs, six CD-sized round cards, six round stickers, a poster, a black long-sleeve T-shirt, a medallion, and the Merzbook, all packaged together in a "fetish" black rubber box. It is limited to 1000 numbered copies.^[5]^[6] A Merzbox Sampler was released in 1997.

The Merzbook, subtitled The Pleasuredome of Noise, is a 132-page hardcover book written by Brett Woodward with over 100 images. It contains an extensive biography, culled from previous interviews and articles, a new interview, and essays by Achim Wollscheid, Jim O'Rourke, Damion Romero, Eugene Thacker, and Jonathan Walker. Masami Akita provides extensive liner notes for each disc. The book was also released separately with the Merzrom included.

The Merzrom is an interactive multimedia CD-ROM, designed by Troy Innocent. A second CD-ROM contains various Extreme press and a catalog. The "Merzdallion" medallion was designed by Marcus Davidson. Art direction and design were by Doriana Corda. Audio mastering was by François Tétaz.

History

Extreme's original plan was to reissue Collaborative, their only vinyl release, for the label's tenth anniversary. There was then discussion of reissuing other early releases, with talk of a ten disc box, the number was finally set at 50 discs. The Merzbox was originally scheduled for release in late 1997, and available for pre-order, but kept getting delayed until it was finally released in 2000.^[7]^[8] It was officially launched on June 16, 2000 at Sónar, Barcelona, where Merzbow also performed.

Those who had pre-ordered received a two CD album called Decomposition with remixes of Eugene Thacker and Shane Fahey followed by the original tracks, the Merzbox Sampler, and two posters.^[9] These were then made available with purchase of the Merzbox for extra money.

The Merzbox was exhibited at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna from April 4 to April 7, 2002. Merzbow performed opening and closing concerts. All 60 hours were webcast live.^[10]

In December 2002, Georgia Tech's student-run radio station WREK broadcast the entire 50-disc Merzbox without interruption. An article in Creative Loafing described the Merzbow Marathon as "what may be the most obscure and counterintuitive move in the history of radio."

Between the final recordings of the set and its release, Merzbow switched to using a laptop, having first acquired a Macintosh to work on the artwork for the set.^[6]

Masami Akita has stated in a 2009 interview that he has enough unreleased material for another 50 CD box.^[11] Between 2010 and 2013, he released four 10 box sets of unreleased raw material recorded from 1987 to 1997; Merzbient, Merzphysics, Merzmorphosis, and Duo. 2012 also saw the release of Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983, a 10 LP box set that included some full-length albums only partially released in the Merzbox.

Album listing

OM Electrique

OM Electrique
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	December 27, 1979 at home
Length	58:38

The first noise recordings of Merzbow. Previously unreleased.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"OM Electrique Part 1"	31:17
2.	"OM Electrique Part 2"	7:55
3.	"Untitled Taped Drum Solo"	8:59
4.	"Untitled Guitar Solo"	10:25

Personnel

Masami Akita – tape recorder, percussion, meditation, guitar, Merztronics, taped drums, voice, water

Metal Acoustic Music

Metal Acoustic Music
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	January 1980 at home
Length	46:59

Earliest Merzbow recording available until the release of the Merzbox.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Balance of Neurosis"	46:59

Notes

All tracks from Metal Acoustic Music cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981

Personnel

Masami Akita – Merztronics, tape recorder, recorded percussion

Remblandt Assemblage

Remblandt Assemblage
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1980 at home
Length	53:19

First work using tape manipulation. Only a few copies distributed.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Remblandt Assemblage"	9:44
2.	"Voice of Scwitters"	2:09
3.	"Theme of Dadaist"	9:39
4.	"Hans Arp"	1:47
5.	"Tape Dada"	5:52
6.	"Music Concret"	2:34
7.	"Prepared Guitar Solo 1"	17:32
8.	"Prepared Guitar Solo 2"	3:59

Notes

Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1980
All tracks from Remblandt Assemblage cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, prepared acoustic guitar, noise, tabla, percussion, microphone, voice, radio, concret sounds, egg cutter

Collection Era Vol. 1

Collection Era Vol. 1
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	1981 at various locations
Length	66:16

The three Collection Era discs are compiled from the ten volume Collection series. The first five volumes were recorded for Ylem and consist of studio sessions with Kiyoshi Mizutani. However, Ylem went out of business before they could be released. Masami Akita then released them himself and recorded five more at home using previous Collection session recordings mixed with new material and effects.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Electric Environment"	24:00
2.	"Untitled Material Action"	23:57
3.	"Telecom Manipulation"	18:18

Notes

Mixed at Ylem/Gap Works, Tokyo, 3 June 1981
Tracks 1–2 from Collection 001 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981
Track 3 from Collection 002 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, ring modulator, violin, tabla, voice, guitar, percussion, drums, radio
Kiyoshi Mizutani – drums on track 1, percussion on track 2, organ on track 3

Collection Era Vol. 2

Note: The contents of CD 5 and CD 6 were switched (5 has eight tracks and 6 has seven), the info below is as it appears in the Merzbook.

Collection Era Vol. 2
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	1981 at various locations
Length	66:45

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Merz Rock 1"	1:58
2.	"Merz Rock 2"	8:23
3.	"Merz Gamlan 1"	15:54
4.	"Merz Gamlan 2"	5:55
5.	"Merz Scat"	11:29
6.	"Merztronics Jazz Mix"	11:45
7.	"Merztronics Rhythm Mix"	11:17

Notes

Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts, 1981
Tracks 1–4 from Collection 007 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981
Track 5 from Collection 009 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981
Tracks 6–7 from Collection 010 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982
Merztronics tape used on tracks 6–7

Personnel

Masami Akita – taped drums, tabla, guitar, tapes, Synare 3, percussion, ring modulated recorders, voice, endless tape, noise, rhythm box
Kiyoshi Mizutani – wood bass on track 6

Collection Era Vol. 3

Collection Era Vol. 3
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	1981–1982 at Lowest Music & Arts
Length	66:56

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled	5:17
2.	Untitled	5:59
3.	Untitled	10:35
4.	Untitled	6:13
5.	Untitled	4:53
6.	Untitled	6:51
7.	Untitled	3:14
8.	Untitled	22:52

Notes

Tracks 1–7 from Collection 008 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981
Track 8 from Tridal Production cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982

Personnel

Masami Akita – guitar, tape, damaged tape recorder, bass guitar, Dr. Rhythm, ring modulator, percussion, rubber guitar, violin, tape loops, Synare 3, tabla, drums, synthesizer
Kiyoshi Mizutani – guitar on track 1, piano on track 4, violin on tracks 7–8

Paradoxa Paradoxa

Paradoxa Paradoxa
Live album by Merzbow
Recorded	March 22, 1981 at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo
Length	72:23

The first Merzbow live performance.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Paradoxa Paradoxa Pt. 1"	46:14
2.	"Paradoxa Paradoxa Pt. 2"	26:08

Notes

Mastered from original live recording
Track 1 from Paradoxa Paradoxa cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982
Track 2 previously unreleased

Personnel

Masami Akita – Merztronix, tape, solar organ on track 2, violin, Dr. Rhythm, alto saxophone, radio, feedback
Kiyoshi Mizutani – solar organ on track 1, violin, tape, piano
Masahiro Kurose – live recording

Material Action for 2 Microphones

Material Action for 2 Microphones
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	July 1981 at Mizutani home studio, Kasai
Length	70:45

"Material Action" was a term for using household objects to make quiet sounds, which were then amplified, inspired by John Cage's "Cartridge Music". The term itself was taken from Otto Muehl. This recording was used as raw material for other works such as Material Action 2 N.A.M.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hoochie Coochie Scratched Man"	25:31
2.	"Yumin, Non Stop Disco"	21:14
3.	"New Acoustic Music No. 7"	23:58

Notes

Mixed at Lowest Music & Arts Studio, 1981
All tracks from Material Action for 2 Microphones cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1981

Personnel

Masami Akita – condenser microphone, environmental percussion, scratched sound, tapes, turntable, radio
Kiyoshi Mizutani – condenser microphone, percussion, additional synthesizer

Yantra Material Action

Yantra Material Action
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1981 at various locations
Length	42:33

Originally intended to be the first Merzbow LP, but it went unreleased. Six months later the label then asked again to release the LP, but Akita decided to record new material – which became Material Action 2 N.A.M. Includes reworks of past recordings with added effects and new instrumentation. The liner notes were to have been written by Fred Frith, who heard the tape and liked it.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled	11:25
2.	Untitled	2:52
3.	Untitled	1:48
4.	Untitled	4:37
5.	Untitled	1:06
6.	Untitled	8:40
7.	Untitled	7:26
8.	Untitled	4:35

Notes

Mixed at Junktion Music Works, 1981
All tracks from Yantra Material Action cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1983

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, junks, noise, percussion, radio, drums, guitar
Kiyoshi Mizutani – percussion, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, tapes
H. Kawagishi – sound engineering

Solonoise

Solonoise
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	1982 at Lowest Music & Arts
Length	69:58

Solonoise means "Solar-Noise", inspired by Georges Bataille's The Solar Anus.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Solonoise Pt. 1"	23:55
2.	"Solonoise Pt. 2"	23:42
3.	"Solonoise Pt. 3"	22:21

Notes

Tracks 1–2 from Solonoise 1 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982
Track 3 from Solonoise 2 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982

Personnel

Masami Akita – electronics, ring modulator, violin, voice, treated tapes, acoustic guitar, Nil Vagina tape loop, treated percussion, Synare 3, TV, styrofoam
Kiyoshi Mizutani – violin, electric piano on track 1

Expanded Music

Expanded Music
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	1982 at Lowest Music & Arts
Length	65:24

Conceptual works manipulating various inputs using feedback processed audio mixer. Inspired by Stan Brakhage's scratched films.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Manipulation 1"	17:37
2.	"Manipulation 2"	5:28
3.	"Manipulation 3"	6:36
4.	"Manipulation 4"	3:53
5.	"Manipulation 5"	2:51
6.	"Manipulation 6"	2:15
7.	"Manipulation 7"	1:57
8.	"Manipulation 8"	5:45
9.	"M.F.S.W 1"	18:58

Notes

Tracks 1-8 from Expanded Music 2 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982
Track 9 from Musick for Simulation World cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1983

Personnel

Masami Akita – TV test signal, feedback mixer, damaged tape recorder, Dr. Rhythm, tapes, percussion, synthesizer

Nil Vagina Tape Loops

Nil Vagina Tape Loops
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	1982 at Lowest Music & Arts
Length	75:26

Featuring a four track tape recorder found in the street. A different sound was recorded on each track, and then played back randomly.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nil Vagina Tape Loop No. 0"	14:08
2.	"Nil Vagina Tape Loop No. 1"	30:19
3.	"Nil Vagina Tape Loop No. 2"	28:28

Personnel

Masami Akita – Sony 464 tape recorder, Nil Vagina tape loop, treated tapes, percussion, Synare 3, Dr. Rhythm

Notes

Track 1 from Solonoise 2 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982
Tracks 3–4 from Lowest Music 2 cassette, Lowest Music & Arts, 1982

Material Action 2 N.A.M

Material Action 2 N.A.M
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	September–October 1982 at Junktion Music Works, Tokyo
Length	40:59

The first Merzbow LP. The 2 in the title refers to Yantra Material Action, which was meant to be the first LP. Sounds include styrofoam and a typesetting machine (Kiyoshi Mizutani worked at a typesetting company at the time). Includes raw material from Material Action for 2 Microphones.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nil Ad Mirari"	22:47
2.	"Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity"	18:12

Notes

All tracks from Material Action 2 N.A.M. LP, Chaos, 1983

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, junk percussion, electro-acoustical noise, organ, tape collage, recording, mixing
Kiyoshi Mizutani – tapes, synthesizer, violin, machine noise
H. Kawagishi – engineering

Mechanization Takes Command

Mechanization Takes Command
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1982–1983 at Merz-bau Studio, Machida and ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	69:37

First release on ZSF Produkt. Akita changed the name of his label since he wanted to release other artists. Featuring the Synare 3, which was later destroyed by Bara on stage in the late 90s.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Electric Pygmy Decollage"	14:12
2.	"Mechanization Takes Command"	11:01
3.	"Peaches Red Indian"	10:46
4.	"Sahara"	5:44
5.	"Iggy"	3:15
6.	"Suicidal Machine"	14:17
7.	"Ai-Da-Ho"	10:19

Notes

Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya March 1983
All tracks from Mechanization Takes Command cassette, ZSF Produkt, 1983

Personnel

Masami Akita – Pearl drum kit, various percussion, tapes, TV, Synare 3, voice, tabla, Dr. Rhythm, ring modulator, guitar, feedback, synthesizer, recorder, scrap metals, devices

Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2

Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	March 27–28 and May 5, 1982 at Merz-bau, Tokyo
Length	68:33

Title inspired by the Nyingmapa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Made with different equipment and instruments than other recordings of the same period. Featuring instruments recorded on tape, then slowed down or played backwards.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Denegation"	10:07
2.	"Indifferent Pt. 1"	6:20
3.	"Indifferent Pt. 2"	8:01
4.	"Ooinon for Satva Karman (Sprashutavia) Decoup"	21:46
5.	"Dharma Kamarage"	22:17

Notes

Produced by Lowest Music & Arts, 1982
Tracks 1–4 from Dying Mapa I cassette, Aeon, 1983
Track 5 from Dying Mapa II cassette, Aeon, 1983

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, radio, ring modulator, percussion, noise, rhythm box, guitar
Kiyoshi Mizutani – violin, percussion

Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3

Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	March 27–28, 1982 at Merz-bau, Tokyo
Length	69:40

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sukha, Chanda, Tanno, Kless"	23:28
2.	"Genetic Erotic (Sie Wiro Weib)"	22:57
3.	"Rejet, Ictus, Connotation, Accompagnement, Penisersatz, Stigma Indelible etc."	23:14

Notes

Produced by Lowest Music & Arts, 1982
Track 1 from Dying Mapa II cassette, Aeon, 1983
Tracks 2–3 from Dying Mapa III cassette, Aeon, 1983

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, radio, ring modulator, percussion, noise, rhythm, junk electronics, TV, guitar, bass
Kiyoshi Mizutani – violin, percussion

Agni Hotra

Agni Hotra
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1984–1985 at ZSF Produkt, Asagaya
Length	63:09

Originally intended to be the second Merzbow LP, but it went unreleased. Includes outtakes from Ushi-Tra, which is from the same period. Loops were included on Loop Panic Limited.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Agni Hotra"	18:26
2.	"Asagaya in Rain"	3:51
3.	"Swamp Metal"	6:29
4.	"Loops in Flames"	12:30
5.	"Arbertus Magnus"	7:14
6.	"Kunyan"	7:52
7.	"Untitled Waves"	6:45

Notes

Tracks 1–4 from first Agni Hotra master
Track 5 from second Agni Hotra master
Track 6 appeared with different mix on Ushi-Tra cassette, Cause & Effect, 1985
Track 7 from Ushi-tra recording session

Personnel

Masami Akita – distorted tape loops, metals, recorder, tapes, tape reel, percussion, shakujo, bells, noise

Pornoise 1kg Vol. 1

Pornoise 1kg Vol. 1
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	December 1984 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	59:17

In the 80s Masami Akita had a mail art project called Pornoise, in which he made collages using discarded magazines – in particular pornographic magazines – taken from the trash. These were then sent along with his cassettes, the idea being that his art was like cheap mail order pornography. Pornoise/1kg was released as part of these activities, the 1kg refers to the total weight of the original package.^[12] The voice on "Night Noise White" is taken from the "Halt Tape".

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Industrial"	3:32
2.	"Loop Fuck 1"	6:12
3.	"Loop Fuck 2"	5:39
4.	"Obituary 1"	5:15
5.	"Obituary 2"	7:12
6.	"Night Noise White"	31:24

Notes

All tracks from Pornoise/1kg cassette box, ZSF Produkt, 1984

Personnel

Masami Akita – distorted Sony 464, feedback mixer, radio, loop tapes, Synare 3, rhythm box, ring modulator, devices
Kiyoshi Mizutani – taped typesetting machine noise and taped synthesizer on tracks 2–4 with distorted process

Pornoise 1kg Vol. 2

Pornoise 1kg Vol. 2
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	December 1984 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	61:35

Field recordings on "Dynamite Don Don" include street sounds recorded from a moving bicycle, and a house being demolished across from Akita's apartment.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Karhma"	31:24
2.	"Dynamite Don Don Pt. 1"	16:54
3.	"Dynamite Don Don Pt. 2"	13:16

Notes

All tracks from Pornoise/1kg cassette box, ZSF Produkt, 1984

Personnel

Masami Akita – distorted Sony 464, feedback mixer, loop tapes, Synare 3, ring modulator, field recording tapes, devices

Pornoise 1kg Vol. 3

Pornoise 1kg Vol. 3
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	December 1984 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	59:41

The voice on "UFO vs British Army" is taken from the "Halt Tape". Some other samples are from horror films.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"UFO vs British Army"	30:46
2.	"Toy 69"	28:55

Notes

All tracks from Pornoise/1kg cassette box, ZSF Produkt, 1984

Personnel

Masami Akita – distorted Sony 464, feedback mixer, loop tapes, Synare 3, ring modulator, devices

Pornoise Extra

Pornoise Extra
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	December 1984 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	59:26

Additional tracks from the Pornoise 1kg sessions. Original release had different track titles.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flesh Radio 1"	4:49
2.	"Flesh Radio 2"	4:51
3.	"Dance of Dharma-Kala"	13:29
4.	"Psycotic Orange"	0:42
5.	"Helgas Death Disco"	5:34
6.	"Eros Pandra"	8:28
7.	"Kirie"	6:45
8.	"Domine"	5:54
9.	"Chopin Is Dead"	5:55
10.	"Risa Supersex"	2:55

Notes

All tracks from Pornoise/Extra cassette, ZSF Produkt, 1985

Personnel

Masami Akita – feedback mixer, radio, loop tapes, Synare 3, rhythm box, ring modulator, distorted Sony 464, devices
Kiyoshi Mizutani – sampled electric piano

Sadomasochismo/Lampinak

Sadomasochismo/Lampinak
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	1985 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	54:57

Includes unused tracks for Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Antimony Pt. 1"	10:30
2.	"Antimony Pt. 2"	13:05
3.	"Eyes of Isonokami"	11:44
4.	"The Lampinak-Sarpent Power"	10:29
5.	"Carcass on the Floor"	4:35
6.	"Village of 8 Graves"	4:30

Notes

Tracks 1–3 from Sadomasochismo cassette, ZSF Produkt, 1985
Tracks 4–6 from The Lampinak cassette, ZSF Produkt, 1985

Personnel

Masami Akita – various metal percussion, chain, loops, noise electronics, Synare 3, tapes

Mortegage/Batztoutai Extra

Mortegage/Batztoutai Extra
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	November 1984 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	62:03

Original recordings for the Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets album. Includes samples from François Bayle, Conlon Nancarrow, Ivo Malec, Luc Ferrari.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anus Anvil Anxiety" (long version)	14:40
2.	"Radio 1511"	24:01
3.	"Mortegage Inc. Batztoutai"	23:21

Notes

Track 1 appeared edited on Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets LP, RRRecords, 1986
Track 2 previously unreleased
Track 3 appeared in different order on Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets LP

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, voice, electronics, scrap metals, percussion, field recordings

Enclosure/Libido Economy

Enclosure/Libido Economy
Compilation album by Merzbow
Recorded	July 1987, 1988, November 1989 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	58:04

First of two cassettes made with raw material from Ecobondage, Vratya Southward being the second.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enclosure"	17:27
2.	"Scarabe"	5:33
3.	"Interline No. 1-3"	18:10
4.	"Itch"	5:39
5.	"Libido Economy No. 1"	5:39
6.	"Libido Economy No. 2"	5:32

Notes

Tracks 1–3 from Enclosure cassette, ZSF Produkt, 1987
Track 5 from Enkele Gemotiveerde Produktiemedewerkers compilation, Midas Music, 1990
Track 6 from Network 77 compilation, Network 77, 1990

Personnel

Masami Akita – bowed instruments with piano wires, ring modulator, tapes, feedback mixer, effects, percussion, turntable

Vratya Southward

Vratya Southward
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1987 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya and July 1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	61:18

Second cassette made with raw material from Ecobondage. "Electric Red Desart" includes a field recording of the Menkake gyōretsu (面掛行列^?, mask procession) festival at the Goryō shrine in Kamakura. Masami Akita posted photos of the procession on his blog in 2010.^[13]

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Electroacoustic Voyage"	23:47
2.	"Electric Red Desart"	18:19
3.	"Lightning" (bonus)	19:10

Notes

Tracks 1–2 from Vratya Southward cassette, ZSF Produkt, 1987
Track 3 previously unreleased

Personnel

Masami Akita – cymbals, various percussion, electronics, paper pipe, tapes, plastic, voice, flute, toy marimba, scratch records, electric violin on tracks 1–2; feedback mixer, piano strings on metal box on track 3

Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP – I'm Proud by Rank of the Workers

Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP – I'm Proud by Rank of the Workers
Live album by Merzbow
Recorded	March 23–24, 1988 in Khabarovsk, USSR
Length	57:34

First two of three performances. First performance was stopped for being "too wild", so they then played more conventionally. Includes Batztoutai material on backing tape, and Russian radio.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Live at Trade Unions Place of Culture Hall 23 March 1988"	29:21
2.	"Live at Soviet Army Officers House Hall 24 March 1988"	28:13

Notes

Recorded live at Jazz-on-Amur '88, Khabarovsk, Russia
Live PA recordings by Russian staff
Remastered from original live recording
Different versions appeared on Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP LP, ZSF Produkt, 1988

Personnel

Masami Akita – electric bowed instruments, tape, radio on track 1; drums, tape on track 2
Kiyoshi Mizutani – piano, low feedback US MP guitar on track 1; piano, guitar on track 2

Storage

Storage
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	February–April 1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	67:59

Due to issues with sound quality, the recording was edited for the LP release. The full-length recording is released here for the first time. The working title for the album was War Storage, which is now used for the track titles.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"War Storage Pt. 1"	23:02
2.	"War Storage Pt. 2"	23:48
3.	"War Storage Pt. 3"	21:08

Notes

All tracks from Storage LP, ZSF Produkt, 1988

Personnel

Masami Akita – bowed instruments with piano wires, percussion, tapes, effects, guitar
Kiyoshi Mizutani – submitted raw material on track 2

Fission Dialogue

Fission Dialogue
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1987–1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Asagaya
Length	57:47

Unreleased tracks from Ecobondage and Storage period.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"White Gamlan"	16:27
2.	"Fission Dialogue"	9:08
3.	"Inside Tangues in Tera-Aspic"	32:11

Personnel

Masami Akita – cymbals, various percussion, electronics, voice, byan, bowed instruments, paper pipe on tracks 1–2; noise electronics, turntable, scrap metals on track 3

Collaborative

Collaborative
Studio album by Merzbow + S.B.O.T.H.I.
Recorded	1988
Length	48:11
Producer	Masami Akita, Achim Wollscheid

Essay by Jonathan Walker from the original LP is reprinted in the Merzbook.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Joint" (Merzbow + S.B.O.T.H.I.)	20:51
2.	"Code-Geräusch-Aggregate" (S.B.O.T.H.I. + Merzbow)	20:12
3.	"Jointed" (Merzbow)	7:06

Notes

Track 1 recorded at ZSF Produkt on 8 March 1988
Track 2 produced 1988
Track 3 recorded at ZSF Produkt (live) on 1 May 1988
All tracks from Collaborative LP, Extreme, 1988

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, metals, scratch, guitar, mixing on track 3
Kiyoshi Mizutani – samples, guitar, balalaika, byan on track 3
Achim Wollscheid – raw materials on track 1, production on track 2

Crocidura Dsi Nezumi

Crocidura Dsi Nezumi
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	August 1987 and August 1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	63:07

"Unplugged noise" made using household objects; violin sound is violin bow on plastic cassette case or wood, acoustic guitar is a rubber band, Tibetan trumpet is a toilet paper tube, electrical sounds are made with metal. "Environmental drums" are the floor, gas stove, the spring of a table lamp.

Names are taken from the Latin names of the Dsinezumi shrew, Japanese stoat, and Japanese least weasel. Other titles were inspired by Frank Zappa's song "The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet" and Sun Ra's album Strange Strings.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mustela Erminea Nippon"	23:00
2.	"Mustela Sixasa Namiyei" (Including: The Revenge of the Son of Monster Magnet)	23:50
3.	"Strange Strings"	16:16

Notes

Tracks 1-2 from Crocidura Dsi Nezumi cassette, ZSF Produkt and Banned Production, 1988
Track 3 previously unreleased

Personnel

Masami Akita – environmental drums, bowed instruments, paper pipe, plastic, woods, flute, insects, effects on tracks 1–2; bowed instruments, motor, noise electronics on track 3

KIR Transformation

KIR Transformation
Live album by Merzbow + Achim Wollscheid
Recorded	1989 at KIR, Hamburg
Length	40:39
Producer	Masami Akita, Achim Wollscheid

From a concert with Achim Wollscheid: first Merzbow played, then Wollscheid played using a recording of Merzbow's set, then Merzbow and Wollscheid played together.

All tracks written by Masami Akita and Achim Wollscheid.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"KIR Transformation" (Merzbow + Achim Wollscheid)	40:39

Notes

Edited by Achim Wollscheid, 1997

SCUM Vol. 1

SCUM Vol. 1
Studio album by SCUM
Recorded	May–December 1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio and various rehearsal studios
Length	59:55

SCUM was project to create new works out of previous Merzbow sessions using cut-ups, effects, and mixing. Name taken from the SCUM Manifesto. The track titles influenced by American post-war art. This was last LP record on ZSF Produkt.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cockchola"	12:54
2.	"Extract 1"	4:21
3.	"Extract 2"	5:48
4.	"Extract 3"	1:18
5.	"Extract 4"	5:59
6.	"Kinetic Environment"	11:46
7.	"Yeah, But That Was Just Dyke Stuff / Great Nude Variation No. 2"	17:46

Notes

Order of this CD is same as the original master tapes
Tracks 2–5 previously unreleased
All others from Scissors for Cutting Merzbow LP, ZSF Produkt, 1989

Personnel

Masami Akita – electronics, tapes, bowed instruments, percussion, metal junks, motor, piano wires, noise generator, drums, guitar, radio
Kiyoshi Mizutani – junks, effects on raw materials

SCUM Vol. 2

SCUM Vol. 2
Studio album by SCUM
Recorded	May–December 1988 at ZSF Produkt Studio and various rehearsal studios
Length	60:46

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Music for Funk Arts No. 1" (long version)	22:51
2.	"Music for Funk Arts No. 2" (long version)	22:09
3.	"Great Nude Variation No. 1"	12:05
4.	"Extract 5"	3:40

Notes

Order of this CD is same as the original master tapes
Track 4 previously unreleased
All others from Scissors for Cutting Merzbow LP, ZSF Produkt, 1989

Personnel

Masami Akita – electronics, tapes, bowed instruments, percussion, metal junks, motor, piano wires, noise generator, guitar, electric shaver, radio, effects
Kiyoshi Mizutani – guitar, junks, effects on raw materials

Severances

Severances
Studio album by SCUM
Recorded	July 2, 1989 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	61:28

Includes two covers, "Deaf Forever" by Motörhead and the Jimi Hendrix version of "Wild Thing".

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"UP Steel CUM"	16:24
2.	"Catabolism Variation Stereo No. 1"	14:02
3.	"Deaf Forever / Wild Thing / Electric Shaver Forest / De-Soundtrack Variation No. 1 / Rap the Khabarovsk"	31:01

Notes

Drum track of "Rap the Khabarovsk" was recorded live in Russia
All tracks from Severances cassette, Discordia/Concordia, 1989

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, turntables, electronix, drum kit, percussion, voice, metal percussion, bowed instruments, electro-shaver, motor, self-made junk
Kiyoshi Mizutani – tape materials: guitar on tracks 1 and 3; keyboard, computer rhythm on track 2

Steel CUM

Steel CUM
Studio album by SCUM
Recorded	1989 at various locations
Length	56:36

The EP on Vertical Records was remixed and released without permission, with the cover made using one of Masami Akita's collages. "But a result of EP was fine. So, I'm agreed. But EP is still bootleg."^[6]

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mona"	2:51
2.	"Great Nude Variation No. 3"	5:57
3.	"Duck Exercise"	17:14
4.	"Blues in C Minor"	24:23
5.	"Body"	6:09

Notes

Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio 1989
All tracks from Steel Cum cassette, ZSF Produkt, 1990
Some parts appeared on Steel Cum 7", Vertical, 1992

Personnel

Masami Akita – guitar, drums, tapes, electronics, metal bowed instruments, feedback mixer, turntable
Kiyoshi Mizutani – drums, guitar on some parts

Cloud Cock OO Grand

Cloud Cock OO Grand
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	October 1989 – January 1990 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	78:58

During the European tour in 1989, Masami Akita could only bring simple equipment, and created a new live electronics style, different from his acoustical and tape based studio work, leading to the harsh noise Merzbow became known for in the 1990s. Cloud Cock OO Grand was the first example of this style, Merzbow's first digital recording, and the only CD on ZSF Produkt.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brain Forest for Metal Acoustic Concret"	23:37
2.	"Spinnozaamen"	24:01
3.	"Autopussy Go No Go"	7:40
4.	"Modular"	15:12
5.	"Postfix"	8:26

Notes

Mixed at ZSF Produkt Studio 17 April 1990
Track 4 includes live recordings at V2, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Diogenes, Nijmegen, September 1989
All tracks from Cloud Cock OO Grand CD, ZSF Produkt, 1990

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, noise electronics, metals, distorted DBX, turntable, loops, bowed instruments, metal harp, short wave
Reiko Azuma – bowed instruments on track 4
Peter Duimelinks – original live recordings

Newark Hellfire, Live at WFMU, USA

Newark Hellfire, Live at WFMU, USA
Live album by Merzbow
Recorded	September 23, 1990 at WFMU Studio, New Jersey
Length	58:45

Radio session from Merzbow's first American tour.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Newark Hellfire"	58:45

Notes

Live recording by WFMU
Remastered from original recording at ZSF Produkt Studio
An excerpt appeared on Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi CD, Alchemy, 1991

Personnel

Masami Akita – feedback audio mixer, metals, electronics, electric shaver
Reiko Azuma – metals, bowed instruments

Hannover Cloud

Hannover Cloud
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1990 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	55:28

Features outtakes from Hannover Interruption and Cloud Cock OO Grand. "Rocket Bomber" uses raw materials from Sadomasochismo.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Magnetic Void"	20:35
2.	"Rocket Bomber"	15:17
3.	"Untitled Cock"	6:13
4.	"Autopussy Go No Go 2"	13:22

Notes

Tracks 1–2 outtakes from Hannover Interruption LP, Dradomel, 1990
Track 3 outtake from Cloud Cock OO Grand CD, ZSF Produkt, 1990
Track 4 different mix appeared on Cloud Cock OO Grand

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, metals, tapes

Stacy Q, Hi-Fi Sweet Leaf

Stacy Q, Hi-Fi Sweet Leaf
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	April–May 1991 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	52:57

Originally made as raw material for "Crash for Hi-Fi", "Wing Over", and "Another Crash for High Tide". Includes the use of a scratched Cloud Cock OO Grand CD.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Decomposed Cockoo"	26:29
2.	"Stacy Q, Hi Fi Sweet Leaf"	26:28

Notes

All tracks no editing

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, tapes, scratched CD, radio, sound effect records, guitar

Music for True Romance Vol. 1

Music for True Romance Vol. 1
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	May 1992 – 1993 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	59:50

Backing tracks made for True Romance, a performance art project with Seido and Bara.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"True Romance Theme"	3:52
2.	"Mystic Cave"	2:27
3.	"She Floating-Preparation"	15:43
4.	"She Mutilation-Main Ritual"	15:17
5.	"Injured Emperial Soldiers Marching Song"	22:29

Notes

Tracks 1–4 made for Blood Orgy of the She Dolls soundtrack, 1992
Track 5 made for "Isis and Secret Army Hyper Vivisection" performance at MOMA, Kyoto, 1993

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, electronics, disks

Brain Ticket Death

Brain Ticket Death
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1993 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	49:56

Track 4 samples Brainticket's self-titled song from their album Cottonwoodhill. It's also a reference to Nurse with Wound, who used the same bit on Brained by Falling Masonry.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Metal of Doom"	6:36
2.	"Electric Peekaboo"	3:45
3.	"Iron Caravan"	5:33
4.	"Brain Ticket Death"	34:01

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, metals, turntable, bass, guitar

Sons of Slash Noise Metal

Sons of Slash Noise Metal
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1992, February – March 1993 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	60:25

Tracks 1 and 3 were made as raw material for recordings of the same period. Track 2 is a remix of a fragment.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Veddah"	16:53
2.	"Cross Toad"	10:57
3.	"Slash Embryo"	32:34

Notes

All tracks remastered from original mother tape, no editing

Personnel

Masami Akita – metals, noise electronics, scratched CD, radio, tapes

Exotic Apple

Exotic Apple
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1992–1994 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	61:45

Includes Arthur Lyman samples. Yuuri Sunohara is a director, producer, model etc. for Kinbiken/Right Brain. "Apple Rock" includes unused material originally made for Flying Testicle.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunohara Youri Is Suzanna Erica"	10:16
2.	"Moon Over the Bwana A"	5:30
3.	"Apple Rock 1"	14:20
4.	"Apple Rock 2"	16:17
5.	"Apple Rock 3"	7:23
6.	"Apple Rock 4"	7:55

Notes

Track 1 from Melt compilation, Work In Progress, 1992
Track 2 from Land of the Rising Noise compilation, Charnel House, 1993

Personnel

Masami Akita – tapes, noise electronix, metals, guitar, EMS Synthi A, Roland TR-606

Liquid City

Liquid City
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	December 1994 – January 1995 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	57:12

Originally intended to be part of a CD+CD-ROM called Scatologic Baroque, but it was canceled. The material for the CD-ROM was use for the book Anal Baroque. Part of the "World Trilogy" with Magnesia Nova and Green Wheels. "Liquid City 17-1-95" was recorded on the same day as the Great Hanshin earthquake. "Tiabguls" is a Throbbing Gristle tribute.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Liquid City 17-1-95"	19:11
2.	"Dalitech Filters"	21:09
3.	"Tiabguls"	9:16
4.	"Cheese Car Commando"	7:35

Notes

Track 3 from Entertainment Through Pain compilation, RRRecords, 1995

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, metals, EMS, voice

Red Magnesia Pink

Red Magnesia Pink
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	April–August 1995 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	61:20

Outtakes from Red 2 Eyes, Magnesia Nova, and Pinkream.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Minus Zero"	5:57
2.	"Etic"	4:08
3.	"Delta X"	4:33
4.	"Tremolo Man"	10:27
5.	"Euclids Pickel"	13:48
6.	"Chameleon Body"	9:18
7.	"Little Bang!"	7:38
8.	"You-Bahn"	5:27

Personnel

Masami Akita – EMS Synthi 'A', noise electronics, metal, filters, voice

Marfan Syndrome

Marfan Syndrome
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	September 1994 – January 1995 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	51:51

"Marfan Syndrome for Blue" is first track to use EMS synthesiser. Track 2 is a reference to Claes Oldenburg, who creates oversized sculptures of everyday objects, including soft sculptures.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Marfan Syndrome for Blue" (remix)	7:07
2.	"Oldenbergs Soft Gun"	18:39
3.	"Spider Nest Castle Pt. 1"	12:26
4.	"Un Br Che"	11:25
5.	"Yosef Voice"	2:12

Notes

Track 1 appeared with different mix on Eternal Blue Extreme compilation, Somnus, 1994
Track 4 appeared edited on Coruscanto by Reiko Azuma, Nekoisis, 1995
All others previously unreleased

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, EMS, Synare 3, metals, rubber bass guitar, telephone signal, tape, voice
Reiko Azuma – voice on tracks 1 and 5

Rhinogradentia

Rhinogradentia
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1995–1996 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	55:36

Named after a fictitious order of mammals. Masami Akita performed solo twice as Zecken, playing this style.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rhinogradentia"	14:52
2.	"Silver Scintillator"	16:41
3.	"Narco"	24:02

Notes

Remixed in 1997

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, EMS, audio generator, filters

Space Mix Travelling Band

Space Mix Travelling Band
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	1994–1997
Length	59:03

Tracks 1–2 are based on four channel tape: two channels recorded in 1994 and used on tracks of the same period, and two channels of EMS recorded in 1996. Additional EMS and Moog overdub and final mix in 1997.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Travelling 1997"	20:04
2.	"Floating Manhattan"	14:06
3.	"Hongkong Suite"	24:52

Notes

Raw materials of tracks recorded during 1994–1996
Track 3 different mix used as raw material for Brisbane–Tokyo Interlace with John Watermann, Cold Spring, 1996

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, EMS, Moog, metals, voice, tapes

Motorond

Motorond
Live album / Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	January 1997 at ZSF Produkt Studio and March 30, 1997 at Guilty, Tokyo
Length	59:18

Track 1 was most recent live performance when Merzbox was compiled.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motorond Pt. 2"	31:25
2.	"Motorond Pt. 1"	27:53

Notes

All remixed at ZSF Produkt Studio, April 1997
Track 2 last 10 minutes appeared on Non Stop Noise Party, Hond in de Goot, 2000

Personnel

Masami Akita – noise electronics, Novation Bass Station, metals, pressure pedal
Bara – voice

Annihiloscillator

Annihiloscillator
Studio album by Merzbow
Recorded	December 1996 – March 1997 at ZSF Produkt Studio
Length	60:17

Selection of recent tracks when Merzbox was compiled. Track 3 is a reference to Marguerite Yourcenar's Dark Brain of Piranesi, an essay about Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Carceri prints.

All tracks written by Masami Akita.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hair Gun"	13:16
2.	"Kyoko Hamuras Air Clyster"	12:14
3.	"Black Brain of Piranese"	13:26
4.	"Soft Parts 1 & 2"	17:29
5.	"Wild Pair"	3:50

Notes

Raw material for track 2 recorded live in California, 1995
Track 4 appeared on Merzbow/Kadef split 10", Dreizehn, 1997

Personnel

Masami Akita – metal, noise electronix, EMS on tracks 1–2, Theremin on tracks 1–4, Moog on track 4
Reiko Azuma – noise on track 2
Bara – voice on track 2

References

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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)

Collaborations

Aerovivanda #1 (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 Music of True Romance for Hyper Meat Performance

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)
Original Body Kingdom/Gala Abe Sada 1936 (1994)
Electroknots (1995)
Wakantanka / Aboriginie of Anniversary 50 Years After War (1995)
Music for the Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man (1995)
Red 2 Eyes (1997)
Tint (1997)
Happenings 1000 Years Time Ago (1999)

Live albums

Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi (1991)
Dutch Tour 1989 (1992)
Noizhead (1995)
Akasha Gulva (1996)
Live at 20000V 30 Sep 1995 (1996)
Mort Aux Vaches: Locomotive Breath (1998)

Video albums

Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990 (1990)
Live July 5th, 1995 (1996)

Box sets

Metalvelodrome (1993)

Remix albums

Scumtron (1996)

Compilation albums

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

Collaborations

Music for Man with No Name (1994)
Plays (1996)
Sound Pressure Level (1998)
She (1999)

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 Magnetism (2003)
Live in Geneva (2005)
Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 (2007)

Video albums

Live in Germany 1996 (2001)
Equilibratura Elettronica (2005)

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)

Collaborations

湯島の白梅 (2001)
不味苦 (2001)
Satanstornade (2002)
Live CBGB's NYC 1998 (2003)
Partikel (2004)
04092001 (2005)
In Real Time (2005)
Sun Baked Snow Cave (2005)
Merzdub (2006)
Partikel II (2007)
Walrus / Groon (2007)
Rock Dream (2007)
SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth (2008)
Keio Line (2008)

2010–present

Studio albums

2010	Graft Ouroboros 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

2015	Wildwood Konchuuki

2016	Kakapo Hatobana

Extended plays

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

Live albums

Kookaburra (2013)

Compilation albums

Another Merzbow Records (2010)

Box sets

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

Collaborations

Klatter (2011)
Mer Mar (2012)
Cuts (2013)
Partikel III (2013)
Full of Hell & Merzbow (2014)
Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper (2015)
Merzxiu (2015)
Flying Basket (2015)
Gensho (2016)
An Untroublesome Defencelessness (2016)

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