| Electroploitation | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Studio | ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length | 10:27 | |||
| Label | Lunhare / Hax | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
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Electroploitation is an EP by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. [1] Remixes are included on Music for Bondage Performance 2 .
All music is composed by Masami Akita.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Kaoru Ide's Pet" | 5:40 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Nympho A Mari Eguro's Urge" | 4:47 |
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. A Merzbox Sampler was released in 1997.
Merzbird is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It continues the beat-oriented work of Merzbeat. The outer sleeve depicts a performer of the Shirasagi no mai, the inner sleeve has a black metal-style photo of Masami Akita.
Venereology is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was inspired by death metal and grindcore.
Frog is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was inspired by frogs and utilizes their sounds. Masami Akita exhibited the audio and images at Yokohama Triennale 2001 in an installation called "Moss Garden". It was reissued on CD in 2002, retitled Frog+, with a bonus disc of additional material and a screensaver.
Blues Maggots is a studio album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was the last Merzbow release through Masami Akita's label, ZSF Produkt.
Animal Magnetism is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The cover depicts Masami Akita's pet silkie chickens. Pier 39 is a pier in San Francisco taken over by sea lions.
Metal Acoustic Music is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The name was inspired by Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music album. It was the earliest recorded Merzbow material available until OM Electrique was included in the Merzbox in 2000.
Cycle is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It features recordings of Masami Akita's pet chickens. Material from this album was performed live at Radio Nova in Oslo, which was released as Mini Cycle / Yoshino Tamago / Yonos Bigfoot.
Coma Berenices is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Dust of Dreams is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Fantail is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is named after the fantail breed of pigeon, which Masami Akita raises.
Noisembryo, subtitled Psycho-Analytic Study of Coital Noise Posture, is an album by the Japanese musician Merzbow.
Arijigoku is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is the fourth Merzbow release on Vivo Records. Arijigoku (蟻地獄) refers to the antlion larva or its pit.
Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita. Merzbow is best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists.
Dolphin Sonar is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The album is a protest against the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. Masami Akita is a supporter of Sea Shepherd and Dolphin Sonar includes liner notes by founder Paul Watson.
Dead Leaves is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Hiranya is an album by Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The album was originally supposed to be released for Merzbow's appearance on May 17 at No Fun Fest in New York City, but Masami Akita cancelled his tour due to travel restrictions caused by the swine flu outbreak. The album art parodies that of Aqualung by Jethro Tull, with the human figures replaced with birds. The artwork of Graft was also inspired by a Jethro Tull record.
Ecobondage is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, it uses "handmade thin metal percussion, with an emphasis on scratched metal noises". The title stands for "Bondage Economy". The album was inspired by Michel Foucault's book The Birth of the Clinic, and Masami Akita wrote Anagram of Perversion, his first book, during the recording of the album.
Merzbuddha Variations is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It features outtakes from the Merzbuddha sessions.
Duo, subtitled Masami Akita & Kiyoshi Mizutani Selected Studio Sessions 1987–89, is a box set album by the Japanese noise project Merzbow. It is composed of unreleased studio sessions recorded with Kiyoshi Mizutani. Some of these recordings were used as raw material for solo releases like Scissors for Cutting Merzbow, but the original recordings were unreleased until now. These recordings mirror albums like Ecobondage, Enclosure, and Storage. The art edition comes with a bonus CD with a recording from 1979.
