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previous artist: michael yonkers		there are 7 titles featuring ami yoshida in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: tatsuya yoshida

$13.25

back in stock as of
april 18th, 2008

first in stock on
october 18th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
digital-musics

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 047 cd

ami yoshida / christof kurzmann “a s o” compact disc

a s o

erstwhile press release...

ami yoshida voice, microphone
christof kurzmann lloopp, clarinet

ami yoshida and christof kurzmann are both well-respected artists within the international community, each performing in a wide range of contexts from abstract to pure pop. both are best known for their long-running duos, yoshida for cosmos (with sachiko m) and kurzmann for schnee (with burkhard stangl). this project finds them in far less comfortable territory, and a s o is the outcome of two years of hard work.

ami yoshida strives to create a pure sound, abstracting her voice until it becomes almost completely unrecognizable. she created her unique style with no conventional training, initially inspired by meredith monk. cosmos and astro twin (with utah kawasaki) are her two longest-running projects, and their split release won the 2003 ars electronica award. she has also recorded as a solo artist, most notably tiger thrush (imj), a kaleidoscopic catalog of 99 fragments. her small catalog almost exclusively finds her working with other tokyo-based musicians; a s o is one of her first releases to break that formula.

kurzmann has been a prominent part of both the vienna and (more recently) the berlin scenes over the past decade. as an organizer, he cofounded the phonotaktik festival, helped begin the prominent rhiz club in vienna, and runs the prestigious charhizma label. since moving to berlin in 2001, he has organized countless shows, including the berlin half of amplify 2004: addition. kurzmann has been an essential part of many erstwhile-related live events, in tokyo, berlin and the just concluded erstquake 3 in nyc, and was the first to work at amann studios for an erstwhile release, beginning a crucial relationship for the label.

a s o contains recordings from the first meeting of yoshida and kurzmann in march 2004. the collaboration was a difficult one, partly because of their wildly different backgrounds and partly because of the communication issues due to their language differences. four translators helped the project along over the course of the two years it took to make this record (taku unami, toshimaru nakamura, yuko zama and kae uchihashi). although it was a long and complicated journey, the end result is very organic and accomplished. a s o contains an extremely broad range of abstract approaches from both artists, resulting in a wildly different soundworld from any of their previous recordings, and has been beautifully captured as always by recording engineer christoph amann. the impeccably minimal yet lush cd design is by hirozumi takeda, utilizing images provided by asuna.

$13.25

back in stock as of
april 18th, 2008

first in stock on
december 18th, 2003

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
digital-musics

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 024 cd

cosmos “tears” compact disc

i (24:29)
ii (18:09)
iii (12:09)

erstwhile press release...

sachiko m: sinewaves (1, 3), contact microphone on objects (2)
ami yoshida: voice

sachiko m and ami yoshida, both from tokyo, met in 1997 and formed the duo of cosmos the following year.

sachiko m has developed a unique style utilizing a memory-free sampler, creating pure, piercing sine waves with the device's built-in test tones and noise. she has also recently begun exploring the use of contact microphones, as documented on the second track of tears. sachiko has worked extensively as a solo artist, in groups such as filament, i.s.o., and hoahio, and in duo with toshimaru nakamura, as captured on do (erstwhile). she also founded and runs the superb amoebic label.

ami yoshida strives to create a pure sound, abstracting her voice until it becomes almost completely unrecognizable. in 1997, she released a duo cd, spiritual voice (1040), with tamaru on electronics. cosmos is the first project since then to feature her prominently, although she appears on otomo yoshihide's cathode and ensemble cathode projects, and her solo pieces are a highlight of the 10-cd japan improv box set.

though both women reside in tokyo, cosmos only perform together occasionally, so each meeting is very special. tears is taken from two of those rare encounters, in september 2001 and february 2002. sachiko and ami incrementally build an atmosphere of fragile, yet deeply focused, intensity, forging a symbiotic fusion between human and electronic expression.

$14.41

new to stock as of
june 22nd, 2007

threads:
circuit-bendingelectro-acoustic-improvisation

for 4 ears (switzerland) #for 1759 cd

masahiko okura / günter müller / ami yoshida “tanker” compact disc

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "tanker"

for 4 ears press release...

cd 1759
okura müller yoshida – tanker

masahiko okura - alto sax, tubes
günter müller - ipod, electronics
ami yoshida - voice

cover artwork by barbara hediger

released 1.6.2006

$16.72

back in stock as of
november 20th, 2007

first in stock on
august 30th, 2006

threads:
free-improvisation
minimalism-drones

improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 504 cd

ami yoshida “tiger thrush” compact disc

99 tracks (total time: 67 minutes 58 seconds)

improvised music from japan press release...

improvised music from japan / imj
ami yoshida
tiger thrush

improvised music from japan, imj-504
released in july 2003

recorded by ami yoshida at her house in tokyo, january-march 2003
packaged in a cardboard jacket
produced by ami yoshida

ami yoshida: voice, computer

the long-awaited solo album of amazing "howling voice" performer ami yoshida is finally here. it's hard to believe yoshida's sounds, with their myriad nuances, are those of a human voice--they could easily be mistaken for minute digital noises. over the past several years, this artist's work--including projects with otomo yoshihide (guitar, turntable); and the duos cosmos, with sachiko m (sinewaves), and astro twin, with utah kawasaki (analog synthesizer)--has garnered considerable attention on the improvised music scene both inside and outside japan. her 1997 release spiritual voice was a collaboration with the cd's producer, tamaru (bass guitar, effects), so this is essentially yoshida's first solo album. this past june, the album astro twin/cosmos (released 2002), featuring her duo work with sachiko m and kawasaki, took the top prize in the digital musics division at the annual ars electronica festival in linz, austria. consisting of 99 tracks (total time, 67'58") recorded by ami yoshida between january and march of this year, tiger thrush is a compendium of her extraordinary vocal powers. in her own words, it's "like a pictorial dictionary, arranged by category, of the sounds [she is] currently able to produce."

$11.54

back in stock as of
september 27th, 2007

first in stock on
september 27th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation

a bruit secret (france) #abs 201 cd

“from_to” compact disc

utah kawasaki (synthetiser) / jean-philippe gross (electric conductor)
yoichiro shin (percussions / laptop) / olivier brisson (percussions / electronics)
masafumi ezaki (trumpet) / hugo roussel (self-input mixing board)
yasuo totsuka (mixing board) / quentin dubost (guitar)
masahiko okura (bass tube) / sharif shenaoui (guitar)
ami yoshida (voice) / alfredo costa monteiro (accordion)
taku unami (banjo) / david n.mayer (prepared guitar)
kazushige kinoshita (violin) / fabrice eglin (guitar / amp)

interesting cultural-exchange disc, with the cream of the japanese hibari scene going toe to toe with a selection of artists from the a bruit secret & vert pituite rosters...

a bruit secret press release...

various artists
from_to
[cd]
abs201

(a coproduction by hibarimusic, fragment, pricilia, vertpituite & a bruit secret)

depicted on record is an a-topics meeting in music in the open space between two scenes.the 8 duets open on experimental proposals: 8 improvised musical meetings in the suspended time of mail exchanges. east to the west, japan & france.1+1 = 3. the musical arithmetic differs from what we were taught at school.each duet creates a sonic hybrid with a third element born out of the encounter of the musical identities.

hibari / abruitsecret / fragment / pricilia / vertpituite : from_to found its source in the will of 5 labels to gather young musicians from lebanon, france and japan playing in the fields of electroacoustic and improvised music. to renew them.

$10.32

back in stock as of
november 21st, 2006

first in stock on
october 8th, 2004

file under:
sound-research
minimal-drones
free-improv

antifrost (greece) #afro 2019 cd

“void” compact disc

ami yoshida untitled
ilios retitled
ronnie sundin untitled
roel meelkop fold
m.behrens untitled- for lida
coti void
jason kahn fluss
francisco lópez untitled#142
xabi erkizia esku huts
cremaster -/-hz
dieb13 !2.20
bernd schurer nothing is lost all is found

antifrost press release...

v.a

void (cd) 2003. antifrost |afro 2019|

released: november 2003

void is part of the void/full project.

thanks to the artists involved.

$16.72

back in stock as of
november 20th, 2007

first in stock on
august 30th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation

improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 501 cd

“meeting at off site vol. 1” compact disc

ami yoshida (voice)
brett larner (amplified ukelin)
nakamura and akiyama (7:40)
thomas ankersmit (sax)
taku sugimoto (guitar)
nakamura and akiyama (6:32)
tetsuro yasunaga (electronics)
nakamura and akiyama (5:07)
toshihiro koike (trombone)
taku sugimoto (guitar)
nakamura and akiyama (7:50)
utah kawasaki (synthesizer)
nakamura and akiyama (8:44)
jason roebke (bass)
taku sugimoto (guitar)
nakamura and akiyama (11:53)
otomo yoshihide (guitar)
gregor hotz (sax)
taku sugimoto (guitar)
akiyama (7:01)
michel henritzi (md players / electronics)
taku sugimoto (guitar)
nakamura and akiyama (4:34)
sachiko m (sampler with sinewave)
bruno meillier (synthesizer / electronics) (5:06)
seymour wright (sax)
nakamura and akiyama (4:33)

improvised music from japan press release...

improvised music from japan / imj
meeting at off site vol. 1

reset, reset 003 | improvised music from japan, imj-501
released in april 2002

toshimaru nakamura and tetuzi akiyama, with guests as indicated in the track list below
liner notes in english and japanese by toshimaru nakamura
recorded live by tetuzi akiyama and taku sugimoto at off site in yoyogi, tokyo, 2000-2001
compiled, edited and mastered by toshimaru nakamura
produced by toshimaru nakamura and yoshiyuki suzuki
packaged in a cardboard jacket
cd and jacket design by masae tanabe

toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board)
tetuzi akiyama (guitar, turntable, contact microphones)

ami yoshida (voice), brett larner (amplified ukelin), nakamura, and akiyama (7:40)
thomas ankersmit (sax), taku sugimoto (guitar), nakamura, and akiyama (6:32)
tetsuro yasunaga (electronics), nakamura, and akiyama (5:07)
toshihiro koike (trombone), taku sugimoto (guitar), nakamura, and akiyama (7:50)
utah kawasaki (synthesizer), nakamura, and akiyama (8:44)
jason roebke (bass), taku sugimoto (guitar), nakamura, and akiyama (11:53)
otomo yoshihide (guitar), gregor hotz (sax), taku sugimoto (guitar), and akiyama (7:01)
michel henritzi (md players, electronics), taku sugimoto (guitar), nakamura, and akiyama (4:34)
sachiko m (sampler with sinewave), and bruno meillier (synthesizer, electronics) (5:06)
seymour wright (sax), nakamura, and akiyama (4:33)

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