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Shiroyama
SUDA Seishu (1947–) is a master of the Satsuma-biwa and Heike-biwa, traditional Japanese instruments. He was born in Tokyo and studied Satsuma-biwa with Tsuji Seigo and Heike-biwa with Kindaichi Haruhiko. In 1970, he won the Biwa Music Competition an…
Monooto
Monooto represents a genuine encounter with objects. The whispers of countless items draw us into an unfamiliar realm, directing our ears toward the shadows where they reside. This is the emerging music genre known as “monooto”. Interestingly, the Ja…
Unaesthetic Harmony
Yengo is an artist recognized for creating experimental sound pieces, including live performances that arrange sound in an installation-like fashion and compositions that heavily feature the repetition of a single motif. Yengo's debut release on ato.…
Revolving Lantern
a0n0 is an electronic musician and a member of the fluid collective "時の崖_tokinogake". His music blends sharp, provocative noise that pushes the limits of audio equipment and hearing, with sequences of sound that are both mellow and lyrical, creating …
しるしまみれ / Shirushi - Mamire
Masahiro Sugaya began his career in the 1980s, working alongside the environmental music scene of that era while also making a significant impact in stage music through his involvement with Pappa TARAHUMARA.
Over the past 20 years, Sugaya has shifted…
Cinema Ouvido: Experimental music by filmmakers from Latin America
This compilation introduces the sound pieces created by the Latin American experimental filmmakers and is curated by the film artist Tetsuya Maruyama. Tetsuya Maruyama born in 1983 in Yokohama, Japan and currently based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gra…
Agora
Born in Athens, raised in Yokohama, and currently based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Spends daily life at Ipanema Beach, enduring a heat index over 60°C, cracking coconuts with a pinky, eating the flesh inside, and diving into the ocean—on repeat. Alway…
Space Noise
Born in Tokyo, 1978. Lives and works in Kanagawa. Takashi Makino graduated from Cinematography / Sound Recording course at Department of Cinema at Nihon University College of Art, Japan in 2001 and he studied about film, lighting, and music under Qua…
Unshaping
Artist Rie Nakajima is known for arranging small devices in an installation-like manner, presenting the movement of each device as a “performance.” This “performance” may be an attempt to highlight the interaction between humans and devices, as well …
Yama no Kawa
Mshukai is an improvisation group that revolves around Imao Takuma, known as a contemporary artist and percussionist Pedal. The group performs in unconventional spaces such as baseball fields or inside closets, responding playfully to the environment…
Ever-Present / つねなるもの
This work captures the sounds that were born while Masami Tada carried various small electronic equipment and hiked Mount Kobo in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the improvisation he performed at its summit.
Transcendental Meeting at Hatagaya
Jared Carrigan plays synthesizer and sampler. Yuya Oguma plays bass guitar with effects. Zefan Sramek plays synthesizer with looper and effects. Recorded at Forestlimit in Hatagaya, Tokyo. Mastered by Taku Unami. "I bathe in the lake and walk through…
Oscillating Stars
Archival release, composed and improvised by Seiji Nagai (Taj Mahal Travellers). Mastered by Taku Unami. For more than two decades, Seiji Nagai has been creating experimental sounds with a computer, and when he improvises, he mixes them in real time.…
Footprint
Tip! Limited edition. Stunning tape by Tomonao Koshikawa (of Takehisa Kosugi, East Bionic Symphonia and Marginal Consort fame), mastered by Taku Unami. Falling somewhere in liminal space between cosmic music, drone, and musique concrète, with immersi…