Masami Akita
Masami Akita is the given name of the Japanese power electronics composer, writer, editor, cultural theorist, environmentalist, and animal rights activist Merzbow. He has recorded well over 400 albums. Akita, deeply influenced by Dada and surrealism, holds an ever-shifting fascination with found objects, free improvisation, and noise. He began "officially" releasing albums under his own name in 1983. Most of these recordings are collaborations -- but the actual reason for the differentiation from "Merzbow" is unclear. In 2016, Kouen Kyoudai, a collaborative recording with Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and indie pop artist Eiko Ishibashi, was issued on Editions Mego. It was recorded and mixed by Jim O'Rourke. Consisting of two long tracks, it is only the eighth album in Akita's catalog to appear under his own name.
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The Prosperity of Vice, The Misfortune of Virtue
Electronic - Released by Editions Merzbow on 16 Jun 1996
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Satanstornade
Electronic - Released by Warp Records on 25 Nov 2002
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Pulverized Purple
Kikuri, Masami Akita, Keiji Haino
Classical - Released by Les Disques VICTO on 1 Jan 2008
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Kouen Kyoudai 公園兄弟
Experimental - Released by Editions Mego on 18 Mar 2016
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