Masami Akita "the Godfather of Noise" was born
in 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. Akita formed the premier Japanese Noise group
Merzbow in 1979. Merzbow have released over 250 recordings on tape, LP
and CD to date. Akita has worked with many different media, both in the
directorial and soundtrack role. He has also developed performance works
and art installations involving butoh dance and other Japanese cultural
forms. Merzbow has collaborated with many of today's most important recording
artists and continues to be one of the most prolific musicians alive.
Work is in progress for the third part of the Partikel
trilogy for Cold Spring - 'Partikel III', the critically acclaimed collaboration
with Nordvargr.
The new full-length album from Merzbow for Cold Spring
called 'Anicca' has been completed and will be released in September 2008.
