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.
Remblandt Assemblage is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. This is the first Merzbow album to use tape manipulations. Only a few copies were made and distributed on cassette in 1981, but otherwise it was not widely available until being partially reissued on the Merzbox in 2000. The complete album was reissued as a double LP by Urashima in November 2016.
Severances is an album by the Merzbow side project SCUM, on this release SCUM is an acronym for "Society for Cutting Up Merzbow". It was later included in the Merzbox.
The Lampinak is a studio album by the noise artist Merzbow. It was released in 1985 on ZSF Produkt. The album was partially included in the Merzbox.
Solonoise 1 is an album by the Japanese noise artist Merzbow. The name means "Solar-Noise", and was inspired by the book The Solar Anus by Georges Bataille. It was originally released on cassette in 1982 and reissued in 1989 as a remixed version. It was included in the Merzbox and Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983.
Material Action 2 N.A.M. is an album by the Japanese noise group Merzbow. It was the first non-cassette Merzbow release. The "2" in the title refers to Yantra Material Action, which was intended as the first Merzbow LP. Chaos was distributed by Eastern Works, which is sometimes listed as the label. The album was later included in the Merzbox.
Cloud Cock OO Grand is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was Merzbow's first CD and showcases his then-new harsh noise style.
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.
Pinkream is a 1996 album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was originally released as a double 10" LP with one side blank, it was then reissued on CD with two bonus tracks.
Lowest Music 2 is a studio album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It features hand-manipulated tape loops, and is related to the releases Solonoise 1, Solonoise 2, and Live Performance Feb. 85. It was remixed and reissued in 1990 on cassette by Extreme, and was included in the Merzbox in 2000. The original recording was reissued on June 16, 2016 on LP by Urashima.
Merzbient is a boxed set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, it is composed of previously unreleased raw material recorded 1987–90.
Storage is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. Due to issues with sound quality, the original recording was edited for this release. The original full-length recording was issued in the Merzbox in 2000. The working title for the album was War Storage, which was later used for the track titles of the Merzbox version. The full-length version was reissued as a three-sided double LP in December 2016 by Menstrualrecordings.
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.
Live Performance Feb. 85 is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was released by both Le Syndicat in France and Merzbow's own ZSF Produkt label. Despite the title, it was recorded at Merzbow's home studio. It was soon reissued on ZSF retitled Nil Vagina Mail-Action. The reissue says that it was originally released as Life Performance, but the original releases have it written "Live". It was reissued on CD on March 7, 2016 by Cold Spring titled simply Life Performance.
Sadomasochismo is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was partially included in the Merzbox.
Pornoise/1 kg is a box set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. Additional material from the sessions was released as Pornoise/Extra.
Mechanization Takes Command is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The title is taken from Sigfried Giedion's book. It was released on cassette in 1983 and an edited reissue in 1989. It was partially included in the Merzbox. The full release was included in Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983.
Batztoutai with Material Gadgets, subtitled De-Composed Works 1985~86, is a double album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is a remixed reissue of the 1986 album Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets with a bonus disc of loops recorded at the same time.
Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983 is a box set compilation by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, it is composed of recordings from the earliest years of Merzbow. It is released on ten LPs. Some material was partially included in the Merzbox.
Collection 009 is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is the ninth volume of the Collection series. The first five volumes were recorded for Ylem and consist of studio sessions with Kiyoshi Mizutani, then a member of Merzbow. 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.
