Masami Akita discography
This is a comprehensive discography of the Japanese noise musician Masami Akita, best known for his project Merzbow. Since 1980 he has released hundreds of recordings, collaborated with dozens of musicians, contributed over two hundred exclusive tracks to compilations, and made numerous guest appearances on recordings by other artists.
Akita has released recordings on over a hundred independent labels all over the world. Some of the labels which have made multiple releases include: Alchemy, Alien8, Blossoming Noise, Cold Spring, Cuneiform, Dirter Promotions, Extreme, Hydra Head, Important, Mego, Release Entertainment, RRRecords, Rustblade, Slowdown, Soleilmoon, Tzadik, and Vivo. In the 1980s, he released five LPs and dozens of homemade cassettes on his own labels Lowest Music & Arts and ZSF Produkt.
From 2009, reissues and archival releases of previously unreleased material have become a significant part of Merzbow's output. In 2018, the Japanese label Slowdown Records began releasing archival recordings on a semimonthly basis, ultimately releasing 96 archival CDs by the end of 2022.
Merzbow has appeared twice on the Billboard charts for one week each time, both for collaborations: Gensho with Boris appeared at number 21 on the Heatseekers Albums chart and at number 24 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart for the week of April 9, 2016. Cuts Up, Cuts Out with Balázs Pándi, Mats Gustafsson and Thurston Moore appeared at number 21 on the Jazz Albums chart and at number 13 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart for the week of May 5, 2018.
Note: Release reissues and compilation tracks taken from albums are not listed. The infobox count includes all aliases.
As Merzbow
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Video albums
EPs and singles
Remix albums
Box sets
Splits
Compilation tracks
Appearances
As Masami Akita
Studio albums
Compilation tracks
Appearances
As 3RENSA
with Duenn and Nyantora;Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 2018 | Redrum | Slowdown / Entr'acte |
| 2020 | Another World | Room40 |
| 2022 | 3D | Fallen Moon |
;Live albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 2020 | space_echo by HardcoreAmbience | P-Vine | with Matsuo Ohno |
As Abe Sada
with S.M.U.T.;EPs and singles
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1994 | Original Body Kingdom / Gala Abe Sada 1936 | Stomach Ache |
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1998 | untitled | RRR 500 | RRR |
As Bustmonsters
with Zev Asher, Shohei Iwasaki, Fumio Kosakai, Masahiko Ohno, Tetsuo Sakaibara, and Yamazaki Maso;EPs and singles
;Splits
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 1993 | Whitehouse / You Don't Have to Say Please | RRR | Xper Xr |
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1992 | "Live at Donzokohouse, Kyoto, 14.DEC, 1991" | Oh! Moro Volume 5 | Maru Ka Batsu |
As Flying Testicle
with Zev Asher and Yamazaki Maso;Studio albums
;EPs and singles
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1993 | "Testicle Rider" | Come Again II | Silent |
As House Hunt Hussies
;Compilation tracks| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1984 | "Shagging Cherri" | Sexorama 1 | ZSF Produkt |
As Kikuri
with Keiji Haino;Live albums
As Maldoror
with Mike Patton;Studio albums
As MAZK
with Zbigniew Karkowski;Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 1998 | Sound Pressure Level | Or | aka SPL |
;Live albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 2001 | Tigerbeat6 | |
| 2001 | Noise Asia | |
| 2005 | In Real Time | Ytterbium |
;Video albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 2005 | Equilibratura Elettronica | AV | with Ogino Knauss |
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 2003 | "Not Knowing What Is and Is Not" | OR MD comp | Or |
| 2014 | "Untitled Mix" | No Bullshit: A Sonic Tribute to Zbigniew Karkowski | SOMN |
;Appearances
| Year | Role | Track | Title | Artist | Label |
| 2005 | Music | "Mental" | 3plicity | Ogino Knauss | AV |
As Merzbow Null
with Kiyoshi Mizutani, Kazuyuki Kishino, Yuji Okano, and others;Live albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 1983 | Darh Eroc Evil | ZSF Produkt / Nux Organization | |
| 1983 | Yapnord Rasa | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1983 | Falso 800 | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1983 | Mondo Bizzaro | ZSF Produkt | with Tetsuo Furudate |
| 1983 | Babilonia | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | Numen Quad Habitat Simulacro / Punka Overie | ZSF Produkt | with Tibeta Ubik |
| 1984 | Tokyo 260384 | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | Live Documental | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | Zeekfeedz Acme | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | Das | ZSF Produkt / Nux Organization | |
| 1984 | Tentatool Komestool | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | Deus Irae | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | Sonic Command & Sculpture | ZSF Produkt | with Hideharu Suzuki |
| 1984 | B-Semi Live | ZSF Produkt | with Nord |
| 1984 | Merzbow Null & Produktion | ZSF Produkt | with Produktion |
| 1984 | Disembody | ZSF Produkt / Nux Organization | with The Hanatarashi |
As Pornoise
;Compilation tracks| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1984 | "New Cunts" | Sexorama 2 | ZSF Produkt |
As Satanstornade
with Russell Haswell. They later released the album Satanstornade under their real names.;Live albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 2000 | Live at the Neils Yard Rough Trade Shop London | Falsch |
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1999 | "01.DAT.128.mp3", "03.DAT.128.mp3" | Falsch | Falsch |
| 2002 | "Enhanced Amalgamated Computer Experience" | All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 | ATP |
As SCUM
;Studio albums| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 1989 | Scissors for Cutting Merzbow | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1989 | Severances | Discordia/Concordia and ZSF Produkt | |
| 1989 | Scan Has Undergone Several Minor Revisions | ZSF Produkt / Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen | |
| 1990 | Steel Cum | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1992 | Axx / Spooning | SPH / ZSF Produkt | with Merzbow |
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1989 | "Rute No.-1" | Rectangle Overtures | Ache |
As Secrets
with Tetsuya Mugishima;Studio albums
;Live albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 1983 | Live at Club 49 Vol. 1 | Stratosphere Music | |
| 1983 | Live at Club 49 Vol. 2 | Stratosphere Music | |
| 1984 | Live Performance | ZSF Produkt | with Merzbow |
As Tibeta Ubik
with Kazuyuki Kishino;Live albums
| Year | Title | Label | Note |
| 1984 | Twilight Oaum | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | 2 | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | 3 | ZSF Produkt | |
| 1984 | Numen Quad Habitat Simulacro / Punka Overie | ZSF Produkt | with Merzbow Null |
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1985 | "N.A.M 24" | Overload Extasya | Nux Organization |
As True Romance
with Tetsuo Sakaibara and Toshiyuki Seido;Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1997 | Music of True Romance for Hyper Meat Performance | Membrum Debile Propaganda |
;Video albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1992 | Blood Orgy of the She Dolls | ZSF Produkt |
| 1992 | Live at Mandala 2 | ZSF Produkt |
| 1992 | Live at Moma | ZSF Produkt |
| 1992 | Live at Nice, France | ZSF Produkt |
| 1992 | Pleasure Room of Anti Education | ZSF Produkt |
;Compilation tracks
| Year | Track | Title | Label |
| 1995 | "Live at P3 Art & Environment" | Macrocephalous Compost II° | Old Europa Cafe |
| 1995 | "Electronic Love Medical" | Pathological Resonance | Anomalous |