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Masami Akita

Masami Akita has been played on NTS shows including Kasra V, with Unlock The Mysteries Of The Sun first played on 5 May 2018.

The man behind the legendary Japanoise project, Merzbow. He has released over 300 CDs, LPs and cassettes since the early 1980s.

BIOGRAPHY Masami Akita was born in Tokyo in 1956. He began his career in music at age 15 as a drummer in a high school band. At the time he listened to psychedelic music, progressive rock and later free jazz, and all have influenced his music. Later he went to Tamagawa University to study art. It was there that he learned…

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Unlock The Mysteries Of The Sun
Masami Akita, Russell Haswell
Warp Records2002
Unlock The Mysteries Of The Sun
Masami Akita, Russell HaswellWarp Records2002
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