Masonna

Who is Masonna?

Yamazaki "Maso" Takushi is the birthname of Japanese noise musician and performer known most widely for his solo project Masonna.

Born in Kyōto, 1966. He operates the Coquette Records label and is also a member of the group Christine 23 Onna, Maso is also the manager of Jojo Hiroshige's Alchemy Records store. He has an analog synthesizer project called Space Machine, with other projects which include Triple Yama's, Kinkakuji, Gokurakuji, South Saturn Delta & Andromelos.

He was a member of the noise group Flying Testicle with Merzbow, as well as the Japanoise supergroup Bustmonster which included Akita Masami from Merzbow on drums.

Maso has said that he became interested in making noise music when he heard the sounds of destruction on television as a child, but that his first exposure to the Japanese noise genre was Hanatarash's debut LP, which at the time did not impress Maso. It was however later, upon happening on an LP entitled LSD by a Tokyo noise band named Nord, and mistakenly thinking it was an album by the band LSD, that these experiences had possibly kindled his future interest.