Japanoise
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Japanoise, a portmanteau of "Japanese" and "noise", is the distinctively intense and experimental style of noise music that emerged in Japan from the late 1970s onward.
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Merzbow
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Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous arti
Japanoise
…style of noise music that emerged in Japan from the late 1970s onward. Nick Cain of The Wire identifies the "primacy of Japanese Noise artists like Merzbow, Hijokaidan and Incapacitants" as one of the major developments in noise music since 1990. Certain Japanese noise artists themselves feel uncomfortable…
Masami Akita performing live at ISSUE Project Room in 2010
Masami Akita and Balázs Pándi live in 2010