Merzbow

Peter Rehberg of Editions Mego Dead at 53

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2021

Peter Rehberg — the influential electronic music figure behind the Editions Mego label — has died. The artist and label founder suffered a...

Boris and Merzbow Team Up for New Album '2R0I2P0'

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2020

Boris and Merzbow are once again joining forces. The Japanese noise titans will be releasing their latest collaborative album, 2R0I2P0, on...

Merzbow Readies New Album 'Noise Mass'

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2019

After giving his Venereology album the reissue treatment earlier this year, Merzbow is revisiting another of his releases from 1994 for a n...

Merzbow

Venereology

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2019

Merzbow is one of the world's premier noise artists and, with over 400 releases, the most prolific musician you don't know. This one-man ou...

Quebec's FIMAV Reveals Full 2018 Lineup with Merzbow, Lori Freedman, Walter Boudreau

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2018

Quebec's Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) is set to celebrate its 34th year from May 17 to 20, and organ...

​Nine Inch Nails' Alessandro Cortini and Merzbow Join Forces for New Album

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2017

Experimental drone hero and onetime Nine Inch Nails member Alessandro Cortini has teamed up with esteemed Japanese noise artist Merzbow for...

Merzbow / Holzkopf & Botfly / Bitter Fictions

The Palomino Smokehouse, Calgary AB, May 22

PUBLISHED May 23, 2014

Noise thrives on improvisation and inconsistency; even the commercially successful acts with noise integrations, like the wildly different...

Merzbow Hits Canada on Upcoming Tour

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2014

Legendary Japanese noise artist Merzbow (a.k.a. Masami Akita) is as renowned for his ear-piercing live shows as he is for his enormous disc...