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» Masami Akita's top 10 list:

1. Brian Davison's Every Which Way - s/t
2. East Of Eden - s/t
3. Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
4. King Crimson - Islands
5. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
6. Roxy Music - s/t
7. Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One
8. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
9. Spooky Tooth - Ceremony
10. Deep Purple - In Rock

Patron saint or supreme master of noise. Masami Akita deserves both titles. Highly influential artist - a status that only the chosen ones can achieve - with a vast career and extensive discography, he managed to successfully re-invent himself during the last few years after being presented, experimenting and finally embracing the digital age with its infinite possibilities and perspectives.

Every new album of his new laptop era is a dive into fresh and exciting ideas, with a growing taste for more complex, surprisingly catchy structures and once unlikely rhythms, not abandoning the intense walls of disturbing noise and occasional bursts of sound from the beloved EMS synth.

» Selected discography:

• Pulse Demon
CD (Release Entertaiment, US, 1995)
• Aqua Necromancer
CD (Alien8 Recordings, Canada, 1998)
• Hard Lovin' Man
CD (Anoema Recordings, Finland, 2001)
• Puroland
CD (Ohm Records, Norway, 2001)
• Amlux
CD (Important Records, US, 2002)
• Frog+
2CD (Misanthropic Agenda, US, 2002)
• Animal Magnetism
CD (Alien8 Recordings, Canada, 2003)
• SHA MO 3000
CD ltd. 900 copies / boxset edition ltd. 99 copies
(Essence Music, Brazil, 2004)
• CAMOUFLAGE
CD ltd. 800 copies / boxset edition ltd. 149 copies
(Essence Music, Brazil, 2009)

» Words on previous releases:

"Despite sonic evidence to the contrary, Merzbow does have roots. He has spoken of his early admiration for everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Iannis Xenakis, and elaborated at length on the meaning of his uses of bondage and porn images with some of his music. (...) Masami Akita is his own context, and listeners enter that world at their own risk."
Dominique Leone (Pitchfork Media)

"The myriad of ways in which Akita destroys, demolishes, and alters these sounds makes it clear that his many years of dedication to experimental audio work has taught him a lot of worthy lessons. We can all be glad of our continued opportunities to enjoy the results."
Mason Jones (Dusted magazine)

"Criticisms of the genre are plagued with the notion that the majority of noise records produced all sound alike. Merzbow isn't content to follow the sheep. Instead, he's opted to put them on his record."
Alex Wlasenko (Tangmonkey.com)

» Some of the albums that inspired Masami Akita on Sha Mo 3000:

	Lula Côrtes & Zé Ramalho - Paebirú (1974) One of the world's rarest albums (most copies were destroyed after a flood in the label's office). An insane masterpiece of dark and acid psychedelia with strange acoustic and electric instrumentation, fuzz guitars and sound techniques similar to the ones used by legendary krautrockers like Faust and Can. Mythic. » Listen to "Trilha de Sumé"
	Módulo 1000 - Não Fale Com Paredes (1972) Another weird monster rarity from the most obscure Brazilian vaults. Wild experimental psychedelic rock never listed on the influential Nurse With Wound list. » Listen to "Turpe est Sine Crine Caput"