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previous artist: mitchell akiyama		there are 21 titles featuring tetuzi akiyama in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: alasehir

$13.45

back in stock as of
october 15th, 2008

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november 25th, 2006

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minimalism-drones
doom

archive (usa) #archive 26 cd

tetuzi akiyama / phantom limb “hot ginger” compact disc

hot ginger (31:40)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "hot ginger"

akiyama-san here completing a twin-guitar/twin-organ lineup of otherwise brooklynite children-of-the-night improvisors - in spots indiscernable from something the double leopards would do (well... would have done about 3 years ago when they were still together...)

picking out tetuzi’s unique voice from the mêlée is actually kind of tough - that could be him deferring to constant feedback-arc / motor-rhythm chug throughout. builds to a nice triumphant metalloid blat about midway through, loses a little steam, regains some of it, then wavers under the threshold for the remainder.

as far as tour-layover audio documents are concerned, just about anything from akiyama’s summer ‘06 north american jaunt is going to be worth your (half) hour, no matter what the context - this coming from someone who did a little improvising / fine dining / sight-seeing with the man himself.

archive press release...

tetuzi akiyama & chris forsyth: electric guitar
jaime fennelly & shawn edward hansen: electric organ

phantom limb + tetuzi akiyama “hot ginger cd”

audio - ontime meeting between tetuzi akiyama and phantom limb (1/2 of psi) recorded back a few months ago at freepoint radio in brooklyn. basically a 30min’ish improv drone piece for two guitars and two organ type things. all and all was a fun night with cool tunes so good to get this thing out into the world for more then the 20 people that were actually there to hear it.

package - single pressing of 500 copies dropped in a two sided silkscreened deal art work by fritz welch of psi and others, silkscreening from alan sherry over at siwa records. layout pictured below samples to come soon

$16.24

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november 28th, 2008

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october 15th, 2007

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minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 014 cd

taku sugimoto guitar quartet “taku sugimoto guitar quartet” compact disc

stay iv
aria

bottrop-boy press release...

taku sugimoto guitar quartet
s/tcd / b-boy 014

first cd from the quartet featuring tetuzi akiyama, yoshihide otomo and toshimaru nakamura under the guidance of taku sugimoto. two long and extremely minimal acoustic/electric guitar tracks.

$24.65

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august 7th, 2008

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june 12th, 2007

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bo’weavil (uk) #weavil 15 lp

tetuzi akiyama “pre-existence” long playing record

atheist (3:45)
reinforcement (4:01)
mystification (3:28)
fireside (4:42)
hollowness (3:28)
mutuality (5:16)
condemnation (3:51)
yearnings (3:32)

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

gorgeous set of minimal acoustic-guitar improvisations from tetuzi akiyama, nestled smack between the takoma-lineage and more gestural/“onkyo” notions of instrumental space. one his tetuzi’s finest recordings, as effective a rainy-day record as loren mazzacane connors’ seminal “in pittsburgh.” this absolutely comes to life on vinyl; highly recommended.

bo’weavil press release...

pre-existence
tetuzi akiyama

tetuzi akiyama is often associated with the improvising community in tokyo generated around tokyo's off site venue. but to tetuzi's sound owes just as much to the country blues guitarists of the '30s. his sound has taken the blues form into a new world of minimalist improvisations. his loose playing side steps the usual clichés of the guitar in both the free improv and traditional folk scenes. he can be heard to amazing effect on ,"time between", on the locust music compilation wooden guitar. also highly recommended is his spare blues ramblings on, relator, on taku sugimoto's slub label.

tetuzi has a varied number of very different projects from free improvisations, working with musicians across the globe, to hard minimalist electric blues boogies, a startling example can be found on idea records "don't forget to boogie" lp and headz live cd version.

$24.65

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bo’weavil (uk) #weavil 12 lp

donald mcpherson / tetuzi akiyama “vinegar & rum” long playing record

smokestack blues
grotto
distant steps
oblique manner
between the trees
grassy slope
lasting worth
table talk
painstacker
vague inklings
it was john
tales of the hump

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "smokestack blues"

duo session between new zealand guitarist donald mcpherson and tetuzi akiyama; slightly detuned, lurching duo interactions bathed in a fine mist of tape hiss, excellent.

bo’weavil press release...

vinegar & rum
donald mcpherson / tetuzi akiyama

this lp and cd recorded in new zealand in 2004, is the duo recording of new zealand guitarist donald mcpherson and japanese guitarist tetuzi akiyama. a beautiful meeting of 2 virtuoso acoustic guitarists, both thoroughly schooled in the vast world of improvising.

this record finds tetuzi and donald playing melodic folk improvisations that grow and morph into compositions that on each listening uncover some new layer of beauty. both playing on acoustic guitar, they have a level of communication and understanding of each others playing, that allows a musical connection to grow and blossom into a full-length recording of delicate melodic mayhem.

the lp is limited hand numbered edition of 500, and has 2 tracks that are in an extended form.

$16.95

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bo’weavil (uk) #weavil 12 cd

donald mcpherson / tetuzi akiyama “vinegar & rum” compact disc

smokestack blues (5:16)
grotto (4:21)
grassy slope (4:46)
distant steps (3:41)
oblique manner (2:46)
painstacker (2:28)
fogbounds (6:58)
vague inklings (1:38)
erratum orbits (3:17)
table talk (2:57)
between the trees (5:39)
lasting worth (2:57)
it was john (0:58)
tales of the hump (3:06)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "table talk"

cd version ...

bo’weavil press release...

vinegar & rum
donald mcpherson / tetuzi akiyama

this lp and cd recorded in new zealand in 2004, is the duo recording of new zealand guitarist donald mcpherson and japanese guitarist tetuzi akiyama. a beautiful meeting of 2 virtuoso acoustic guitarists, both thoroughly schooled in the vast world of improvising.

this record finds tetuzi and donald playing melodic folk improvisations that grow and morph into compositions that on each listening uncover some new layer of beauty. both playing on acoustic guitar, they have a level of communication and understanding of each others playing, that allows a musical connection to grow and blossom into a full-length recording of delicate melodic mayhem.

the cd is limited to 1000, there are 2 extra tracks on the cd that do not appear on the vinyl version.

$15.75

back in stock as of
january 24th, 2008

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may 3rd, 2006

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free-improvisation
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bvhaast (netherlands) #bvhaast 0404 cd

tetuzi akiyama / jozef van wissem “proletarian drift” compact disc

the golden mass, part i-ii (29:46)
ascension (13:42)

excellent improv set between akiyama (here on national) and van wissem (on... renaissance lute.)

bvhaast press release...

bvhaast 0404
tetuzi akiyama / jozef van wissem
proletarian drift

tetuzi akiyama: nylonstring resonator guitar, tuned to renaissance lute tuning
jozef van wissem: ten-course renaissance lute

recorded live directly onto dat by simpoh yanagawa at gendai heights, tokyo, on april 2, 2003

mastered by pascal sloet tot everlo
photograph by kathe burkhart
layout by meeuw

released in january 2004

$16.14

new to stock as of
april 30th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation

confront (uk) #confront 12 cd

tetuzi akiyama / toshimaru nakamura / taku sugimoto / mark wastell “foldings” compact disc

first fold (28:04)
second fold (29:25)

confront press release...

tetuzi akiyama / toshimaru nakamura / taku sugimoto / mark wastell
foldings
(confront, confront 12) (uk) (cd)

tetuzi akiyama: turntable, air duster
toshimaru nakamura: no-input mixing board
taku sugimoto: acoustic guitar, preparations
mark wastell: violoncello, preparations, contact mic, amplifier

recorded live by taku sugimoto at off site in tokyo on january 19, 2002
mastered by john wall
design by damien beaton

released january 2003

...

at 7pm on a cold tokyo evening in january 2001, taku sugimoto met mark wastell at the exit to yoyogi underground station. taku had with him his acoustic guitar and a cello that mark was to use for that evenings concert. they walked the short distance to offsite, more or less just around the corner. once inside, mark began to change the cello strings and taku started to arrange the recording equipment. tetuzi akiyama and toshimaru nakumara arrived shortly after and busily set about installing their instruments. offsite is a small performance and exhibition space with a lounge area upstairs selling cd's, books, magazines and drinks. once the musicians had soundchecked, they retired to the lounge. the audience began to arrive. close to 9.30pm the musicians returned to the performance area, seated themselves and started to play. 'foldings' documents that evenings concert

$14.71

back in stock as of
october 22nd, 2007

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august 7th, 2006

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creative sources (portugal) #cs 027 cd

tetuzi akiyama / jason kahn / utah kawasaki “ailack” compact disc

ailack (34:18)

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

“analog” improv trio date led by tetuzi akiyama (here on “tape delayed” electric guitar) with jason kahn on modular synth/cymbal and utah kawasaki on “dismantled roland synthesizer” ...

creative sources press release...

ailack | cs027

tetuzi akiyama tape delayed electric guitar
jason kahn analogue synthesizer, percussion
utah kawasaki dismanteled roland synthesizer, cell phone

total time 34:20 © 2005

recorded on 22 april 2004, tokyo, japan

cover design by jason kahn

$13.25

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april 18th, 2008

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july 18th, 2005

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erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 044 cd

tetuzi akiyama / günter müller “points and slashes” compact disc

///./// (5:56)
.//..//.. (16:00)
/./..././ (3:29)
../../../.. (4:54)
//.///.// (5:22)
././././. (5:50)

erstwhile press release...

tetuzi akiyama - tape-delayed electric guitar
günter müller - ipod, electronics

over the past decade, swiss-based günter müller has collaborated with many of the most prominent tokyo-based musicians, recording cds with otomo yoshihide, taku sugimoto, sachiko m, masahiko okura, and toshimaru nakamura. points and slashes is the latest of these, a duo collaboration with guitar wizard tetuzi akiyama.

it's impossible to pin down akiyama, a musician of diverse interests and activities, with a brief description. he has been playing electric guitar since he was 13, and formed his first improvising band ten years later, in 1987. in 1994, akiyama formed the hikyo string quartet to play avant-garde classical music. since 2001, he has released a wide variety of solo guitar projects, filtering the blues through morton feldman on the stunningly gorgeous relator, shaping resonant feedback on resophonie, and showing off distorted john lee hooker-style chops on don't forget to boogie. he has also released collaborative cds with martin ng (oimacta), tim barnes/masafumi ezaki (futuro), jason kahn/utah kawasaki (luwa, ailack), and utah kawasaki/masahiko okura (bject, object 4), and is currently busy with as-yet-undocumented projects with alan licht, oren ambarchi and donald miller.

müller continues to distance himself from his roots as a more traditional percussionist, currently incorporating such electronic devices as minidiscs (since 1998) and an ipod (since 2002). he's been involved with innumerable projects and other musicians over the past twenty-five years, including long-term musical relationships with jim o'rourke, voice crack, erikm, steinbrüchel, jason kahn, tomas korber and philip samartzis. müller has released more than twenty records on his own for 4 ears label, as well as others on grob, rossbin, cut, charhizma, creative sources, and list. points and slashes is his sixth project for erstwhile, following the world turned upside down, la voyelle liquide, poire_z +, time travel, and tint. an integral contributor to the erstwhile aesthetic, müller is the only musician to take part in each of the five amplify festivals.

müller and akiyama first played together in the what is music? festival in melbourne, australia in 2002. they later performed in auckland, tokyo and nyc, before recording points and slashes in april 2004 in tokyo. points and slashes comprises six distinct pieces, warm and comfortable, yet still challenging the listener at every turn. friederike paetzold's strikingly minimal design is inspired by the work of the italian 'spatialist' artist lucio fontana.

$16.72

back in stock as of
november 20th, 2007

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august 30th, 2006

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plunder-phonic

improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 519 cd

tetuzi akiyama / martin ng “oimacta” compact disc

kyua scattered (12:28)
silver-brown (10:29)
lost angels (for henry flynt) (10:58)
dolphin hotel (9:42)

improvised music from japan press release...

improvised music from japan / imj
tetuzi akiyama / martin ng
oimacta

improvised music from japan, imj-519
released on july 25, 2004

recorded by chris townend at bjb studios, sydney on 24th july 2002
mixing and mastering by martin ng at araça azul and bjb, sydney
packaged in a cardboard jacket
design and artwork by keiko matsunaga

tetuzi akiyama: acoustic guitar
martin ng: turntables

tetuzi akiyama has in recent years attracted tremendous interest on the japanese and international improvised music scenes. in addition to performing many times in europe, america, australia, and new zealand, he's been releasing a steady stream of solo and group recordings on these countries' labels. oimacta, a duo album he recorded in a sydney studio with martin ng (turntable feedback), promises to become one of his most widely recognized works. akiyama's instrument here is the acoustic guitar. ng, who lived in sydney at the time of recording and has since moved to the u.s., is known for his duo album with sydney guitarist oren ambarchi, and for his participation, along with martin tétreault and otomo yoshihide, in the "turntable hell" uk tour of may '02. if you didn't know beforehand what instruments the musicians were playing on these four tracks, you'd be hard put to identify the sources of their sound. its rich colors, and the mysterious atmosphere it evokes, are awe-inspiring.

$15.75

back in stock as of
january 24th, 2008

first in stock on
june 23rd, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

incunabulum (netherlands) #inc 003 cd

tetuzi akiyama / jozef van wissem “hymn for a fallen angel” compact disc

it never rains but it pours (14:49)
silver angels across the way (5:52)
the cry of the hawk (3:04)
the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom (3:27)
southern cross (7:16)
dark is the sun (9:41)
no murmur at the door, so frequent on its hinge before (8:08)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "southern cross"

second disc from the improv duo of tetuzi akiyama (acoustic guitar) and jozef van wissem (lute) ; as the pair begin to have more of an understanding for each other’s modus, the music relies less on their individual roles and more on shared vocabulary...

sparkling, intimate recording; you can almost hear the tiny glass shards from tetuzi’s bottleneck fly off & assault the mic in regular intervals...

incunabulum press release...

incunabulum inc003
tetuzi akiyama / jozef van wissem
hymn for a fallen angel

tetuzi akiyama - martin hd-28 guitar, bottle neck
jozef van wissem - baroque lute, bottle neck, edits

barcode: 6 89076 54794 9

minimal classical contemporary folk blues played by japanese rising improv star guitarist tetuzi akiyama and dutch / american lute player / composer jozef van wissem, their second cd as a duo.

...

jozef van wissem / tetuzi akiyama

many guitar-players in the contemporary scene take a restrained, not-in-your-face approach to playing the guitar, an approach that is often highly personal and seemingly anti-virtuoso. they bring the guitar in new directions, in areas that maybe even derek bailey and keith rowe did not touch upon, drawing us even further into the specific sound of the guitar. one could think for instance of anette krebs, taku sugimoto or olaf rupp. and, of course, one should mention the tetuzi akiyama.

tetuzi akiyama initiated the famous off-site series of improvised music in tokyo (together with toshio nakamura), a series that became one of the birth-places of 'silent' electro-acoustic improvisation. as a guitar player akiyama has performed solo, and cooperated and recorded with amongst others taku sugimoto, günther müller, jason kahn and bo wiget. sometimes these collaborations lead to very sparse improvisations, with sounds that are on the brink of silence; sometimes they resulted in a layering of sound combining bleeps, clicks, shrieking electronics with relentless, yet not necessarily loud, sounds from akiyama's guitar. in his playing of both nylon- and steelstring acoustic guitars, and various electric guitars, akiyama focusses very much on resonance and timbre. this is most apparent on what is without doubt his most appealing release until now: the aptly titled don't forget to boogie (2004). on this cd akiyama plays the most rudimentary blues-licks often using a distorted guitar sound. he repeats the same lick over and over again, until it begins to 'boogie', and in the monotony of the repeated lick he brings out various overtones and rhythmic figures and little noises that are idiomatic to this type of guitar playing, but would normally be suppressed. the result is pure rapture and hypnotizes the listener, it is exuberant, restrained and minimal at the same time. although in his duo with van wissem we probably will not hear the 'rock 'n roll'-side of akiyama (his latest band seems to be called the satanic abandoned rock 'n roll society), there is even in akiyama's playing of the nylon string guitar, some sort of grainy, rudimentary influence of the blues – filtered through 40 years of improvised music.

jozef van wissem probably plays the most unlikely instrument in the world of contemporary improvised music: the renaissance lute. he has accomplished the strange feat of bridging the idiom of seventeenth century lute literature and twenty-first century free improv of the silent type – especially in his working duo with tetuzi akiyama. although van wissem uses subtle electronic sound manipulation, he has largely stayed faithful to the particular timbre, resonance and playing technique of the lute. this turns out to blend particularly well with akiyama's prepared guitar. van wissem first came to be noticed a few years ago because of his radical conceptual approach to renaissance lute music: he deconstructed existing compositions, for instance by playing them backwards. he also composed his own pieces for lute, using palindromes and mirrored structures. his music therefore does not have a traditional linear progression, nor leads to a climax, it rather stays on the same level of intensity. his music is quiet and not so much demands concentrated listening, as it will bring the listener in a state of concentrated listening – an aspect that makes van wissem a natural ally of the current post-reductionist improvising musicians. van wissem also manages the bv/haast label, and performs regularly around the world in duo with guitar-wizard of captain beefheart-fame, gary lucas.

$17.36

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april 7th, 2008

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march 12th, 2007

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korm plastics (netherlands) #kp 3027 cd
brombron (netherlands) #brombron 12 cd

tetuzi akiyama / greg malcolm “brombron 12: six strings” compact disc

so we go (9:52)
life on it's way (4:15)
strangers (7:57)
nijmegen duck (8:31)
scenic tunnel (4:24)
leaving home (10:04)
comes and goes (5:24)
last dance (6:14)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "six strings"

korm plastics press release...

tetuzi akiyama & greg malcolm - brombron 12: six strings
korm plastics kp 3027
cd only

korm plastics is proud to present the eleventh release in the brombron series. originally a co-production between staalplaat and extrapool, it is now hosted by co-curator frans de waard. in the year 2000 frans de waard and extrapool started the brombron project. two or more musicians become artists in residence in extrapool, an arts initiative in nijmegen, the netherlands, with a fully equipped sound recording studio. these artists can work in a certain amount of time on a collaborative project; a project they always wished to do, but didn't have the time or the equipment to realize.

for this twelfth installment all the machines were switched off, microphones installed and duets for two acoustic guitars were recorded by tetuzi akiyama and greg malcolm. improvising along the way, along set theme's as well as new ones, they have come up with the most unlikely release in the brombron series thus far.

greg malcolm is an extraordinary guitarist from new zealand who has played everywhere on the globe and with all most everyone, including rosy parlane, toshimaru nakamura, tetuzi akiyama and bruce russell, as well as solo releases on his own label, corpus hermeticum, kraak and celebrate psi phenomenon

tetuzi akiyama plays the guitar with primitive and practical implications, by adding a desire of his own to the instrument's characteristic nature in minimal and straight method. he delicately and sometimes boldly controls the volume of the sound from micro to macro level, and tries to quantize his physical system.

$13.61

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april 19th, 2007

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august 24th, 2004

locust (usa) #locust 56 cd
object (united states) #object 4 cd

bject “object 4” compact disc

1 (6:44)
2 (6:33)
3 (22’54)
4 (16’50)

4th outing in the locust “object” series and... wow. fantastic trio date by masahiko okura, tetuzi akiyama, and utah kawasaki working in & out of both the “all encompassing no music” and maximal synth-blat/humor-driven uplink factory/zero gravity scenes. very gratifying in a fluxus non/anti-music sense, but also a feasible outing for the eai purist given akiyama’s (omni) presence @ amplify 2003.

locust press release...

masahiko okura - tubes and alto sax
tetuzi akiyama - turntable without records, contact microphone and electric guitar
utah kawasaki - analog synthesizer, cellular phone and contact microphone

following their knock out debut on japan’s hibari label, the collective trio bject comprised of three fabled players in tokyo’s vibrant onkyo scene – masahiko okura, tetuzi akiyama & utah kawasaki – deliver us the 4th installment in our object series of creative improvised sound. over four tracks, cell phone trickle, turntable w/out records, disemboweled guitar, willowing tube & saxophone chirps & ticklish synthesizer sputter produce a warm, surprisingly shapely textural soundfield.

$11.41

back in stock as of
march 29th, 2008

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october 5th, 2006

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electro-acoustic-improvisation

rossbin (italy) #rs 002 cd

utah kawasaki / tetuzi akiyama / jason kahn “luwa” compact disc

luwa fabrik (21:59)
zurich (24:46)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "luwa fabrik"

rossbin press release...

author: kawasaki / akiyama / kahn
title: "luwa"
label: rossbin
format: cd
catalog #: rs002
time: 47:00

utah kawasaki: synthesizer
tetuzi akiyama: electric guitar and electronics
jason kahn: electronics

recorded live october 17, 2000
sonique serie 3, luwa fabrik, zürich
mastered by jason kahn

$9.36

back in stock as of
september 3rd, 2008

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free-improvisation
modern-psych

western vinyl (usa) #west 049 cd

tetuzi akiyama “the ancient battle to control death” compact disc single

close the door (2:22)
remember (1:36)
i will be with you (2:24)
the sun was covered (1:15)
break silence (1:09)
something from this moment (2:35)
it shall be not your tremble (4:05)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "close the door"

may 2008 release ; an ep-length set of songs by tetuzi akiyama, here putting sword / scepter & “boogie” conventions aside in favor of a sprightly collection of detuned / finger-picked acoustic guitar patterns & overdubbed west-coast vocal harmony ...

quite nice, actually ; completely out of left-field afa akiyama’s prior recorded output is concerned ...

western vinyl press release...

| west049 | tetuzi akiyama - the ancient balance to control death

tetuzi akiyama's contribution to the portrait series, the ancient balance to control death is a departure in a career of departures. in addition to akiyama's trademark improvised, blues-infused, guitar work, the ep features intense multi-layered vocals. the end result is a collection of unique japanese blues that could only have come from one of japan's most distinct and creative improvisers.

$110.01

back in stock as of
january 12th, 2008

first in stock on
december 18th, 2003

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
guitar-themed
modern-composition
analogue-synth
digital-musics
concert-recordings

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 033-040 cd

“amplify 2002: balance” septuple compact disc and dvd set

seven discs and a dvd!

disc one (outside festival shows)

thomas lehn / toshimaru nakamura (13:12)
günter müller / tetuzi akiyama / nakamura (19:20)
christof kurzmann / nakamura (24:08)
lehn / nakamura / taku sugimoto (13:20)

disc two (studio sessions) - günter müller / toshimaru nakamura - tint

.tint (4:51)
..tint (4:58)
...tint (15:11)
....tint (13:25)
.....tint (10:20)

disc three (festival):

cosmos (sachiko m/ami yoshida) (24:35)
keith rowe / lehn / marcus schmickler (39:29)

disc four (festival):

müller / otomo yoshihide (36:10)
lehn / schmickler (39:41)

disc five (festival):

burkhard stangl / kurzmann / sugimoto (24:00)
rowe / nakamura (31:49)

disc six (festival):

stangl / müller (33:43)
nakamura / sachiko (21:30)

disc seven: (seven guitars):

seven guitarists: rowe / akiyama / oren ambarchi / nakamura / otomo / stangl / sugimoto (cornelius cardew - treatise pp. 82-84) (38:25)
seven guitarists (improvisation) (31:03)

dvd - balance beams

"balance beams” (109:00)
5.1 surround sound audio-only versions of the rowe/lehn/schmickler and müller/otomo sets
three short individual features based on the three nights of outside festival performances that discs 1 and 7 were chosen from
including keith rowe discussing with the other guitarists how he believes a musician should approach performing the graphic score of cardew's treatise.

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erstwhile press release...

thomas lehn - analogue synthesizer
toshimaru nakamura - no-input mixing board
tetuzi akiyama - amplified acoustic guitar
günter müller - ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics
christof kurzmann - g3
taku sugimoto - electric guitar
sachiko m - sinewaves, contact mike
ami yoshida - voice
keith rowe - guitar, electronics
marcus schmickler - digital synthesizer, computer
otomo yoshihide - electric guitar, turntables, electronics
burkhard stangl - acoustic and electric guitars, electronic devices
oren ambarchi - guitar, electronics

the amplify 2002: balance box set has been designed and assembled to recreate as much as possible the experience of being in tokyo in late october 2002 for the week-long whirlwind of music and camaraderie revolving around the 2002 amplify festival.

the annual series of amplify festivals began in 2001 in nyc, followed in 2002 by the event documented in this box. amplify returned to nyc in february 2003, and the next amplify will be in cologne and berlin in may 2004, co-curated by keith rowe and jon abbey. the festivals are closely tied to the erstwhile label, and are designed to showcase an ambitious amount of music within a short time period, demanding increased attention and focus from both the musicians and the audience. this box set aims to convey at least part of the intense atmosphere created by amplify's climate of total immersion.

the amplify 2002: balance box set contains over seven hours of music on seven cds, consisting of:

1) eight of the twelve sets from the festival itself, which took place over three nights at star pine's cafe in kichijoji, tokyo.

2) two cds compiled from the smaller club shows which took place before and after the festival itself, organized by toshimaru nakamura and taku sugimoto, including an entire disc by the all-star guitar septet of keith rowe, tetuzi akiyama, oren ambarchi, nakamura, otomo yoshihide, burkhard stangl and sugimoto.

3) a studio recording by the duo of günter müller and toshimaru nakamura, recorded that same week. this disc has been carefully sequenced and constructed, and is essentially a regular erstwhile release contained within the larger box.

the box also features a dvd by filmmaker jonas leddington and a 52 page, full-color booklet with photography by yuko zama and twenty separate essays by many of the people involved in the festival.

leddington's dvd contains a 109-minute visual document titled "balance beams," which is built around the festival itself and includes structured excerpts from all twelve sets, commentary from the musicians, behind-the-scenes footage, as well as images and sounds from tokyo. footage of the stangl/kurzmann set includes cuts of viennese filmmaker michaela grill's schnee video, as it was shown live in tokyo.

the dvd extras include 5.1 surround sound audio-only versions of the rowe/lehn/schmickler and müller/otomo sets, as well as three short individual features based on the three nights of outside festival performances that discs 1 and 7 were chosen from, including keith rowe discussing with the other guitarists how he believes a musician should approach performing the graphic score of cardew's treatise.

the box set is a limited edition of 800 copies, and will not be reprinted.

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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 515 cd

“meeting at off site vol. 3” compact disc

hakon kornstad (sax)
tetuzi akiyama (electric guitar)
toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board) (6:23)
masafumi ezaki (trumpet) tetuzi akiyama (resonator guitar)
toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board) (7:23)
o.blaat (power book)
sachiko m (sinewaves)
tetuzi akiyama (resonator guitar) (19:17)
oren ambarchi (electric guitar)
keiichi sugimoto (electric guitar)
tetuzki akiyama (acoustic guitar) (11:14)
paul hood (gp3 / etc.)
tetuzi akiyama (amplified acoustic guitar)
toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board) (9:54)
günter müller (electronics / selected drums)
tetuzi akiyama (acoustic guitar)
toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board) (13:32)

improvised music from japan press release...

improvised music from japan / imj
meeting at off site vol. 3

improvised music from japan, imj-515
released in december 2003

toshimaru nakamura / 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 at off site in yoyogi, tokyo, may-october 2002
compiled by toshimaru nakamura and tetuzi akiyama
cd edited and mastered by toshimaru nakamura
packaged in a cardboard jacket
cd and jacket design by tanabems

toshimaru nakamura: no-input mixing board (1, 2, 5, 6)
tetuzi akiyama: electric guitar (1), resonator guitar (2, 3), acoustic guitar (4, 6), amplified acoustic guitar (5)

(6:23) hakon kornstad (sax), tetuzi akiyama (electric guitar), and toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board)
recorded on may 11, 2002

(7:23) masafumi ezaki (trumpet), tetuzi akiyama (resonator guitar), and toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board)
recorded on june 1, 2002

(19:17) o.blaat (power book), sachiko m (sinewaves), and tetuzi akiyama (resonator guitar)
recorded on july 5, 2002

(11:14) oren ambarchi (electric guitar), keiichi sugimoto (electric guitar), and tetuzki akiyama (acoustic guitar)
recorded on august 10, 2002

(9:54) paul hood (gp3, etc.), tetuzi akiyama (amplified acoustic guitar), and toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board)
recorded on september 6, 2002

(13:32) günter müller (electronics, selected drums), tetuzi akiyama (acoustic guitar), and toshimaru nakamura (no-input mixing board)
recorded on october 12, 2002

gallery off site in yoyogi, tokyo, is one of the world's most well known venues for new improvised music. meeting at off site, the monthly improvisational performance series hosted by tetuzi akiyama and toshimaru nakamura, has in recent years been off site's main event. the six tracks on this cd are edited recordings of the meetings of may through october, 2002. this is the final collection of original-format meetings, in which hosts akiyama and nakamura improvised with one or two guest musicians from japan or overseas. (subsequently, the format was changed to a solo session by a guest musician.) in other words, it is the final segment of a trilogy. here is the "off site sound," characterized by extreme quietness and sparsity of sound. as a document of internationally recognized cutting-edge improvised music, meeting at off site vol. 3 should not be missed. guest musicians are hakon kornstad, masafumi ezaki, o.blaat, sachiko m, oren ambarchi, keiichi sugimoto, paul hood, and günter müller.

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“meeting at off-site vol. 2” compact disc

sean meehan (percussion)
tetuzi akiyama & toshimaru nakamura (15:23)
mark wastell (cello)
taku sugimoto (guitar)
tetuzi akiyama & toshimaru nakamura (13:01)
aki onda (cassette recorder)
tetuzi akiyama & toshimaru nakamura (10:50)
aki onda (cassette recorder)
tetuzi akiyama & toshimaru nakamura (7:11)
kaffe matthews (computer)
andrea neumann (inside piano)
tetuzi akiyama & toshimaru nakamura (8:14)
tim barnes (percussion)
tetuzi akiyama & toshimaru nakamura (7:56)
dj peaky (turntables)
tetuzi akiyama & toshimaru nakamura (9:55)

improvised music from japan press release...

improvised music from japan / imj
meeting at off site vol. 2

(improvised music from japan, imj-506)
released in may 2003

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 taku sugimoto and tetuzi akiyama at off site in yoyogi, tokyo, december 2001-may 2002
compiled and produced by toshimaru nakamura and tetuzi akiyama
cd edited and mastered by toshimaru nakamura
packaged in a cardboard jacket
cd and jacket design by tattaka (bit rabbit)

tetuzi akiyama plays amplified acoustic guitar on all tracks except #2 (turntable and air duster), and #7 (electric bass).
toshimaru nakamura plays no-input mixing board on all tracks except #7 (tabletop guitar).

(15:23) sean meehan (percussion), tetuzi akiyama, toshimaru nakamura. december 5, 2001
(13:01) mark wastell (cello), taku sugimoto (guitar), tetuzi akiyama, toshimaru nakamura. january 19, 2002
(10:50) aki onda (cassette recorder), tetuzi akiyama, toshimaru nakamura. february 16, 2002
(7:11) aki onda (cassette recorder), tetuzi akiyama, toshimaru nakamura. february 16, 2002
(8:14) kaffe matthews (computer), andrea neumann (inside piano), tetuzi akiyama, toshimaru nakamura. march 16, 2002
(7:56) tim barnes (percussion), tetuzi akiyama, toshimaru nakamura. april 6, 2002
(9:55) dj peaky (turntables), tetuzi akiyama, toshimaru nakamura. may 3, 2002

gallery off site in yoyogi, tokyo--one of the world's most well known venues for performance of the new improvised music. off site's core event is the monthly improvisation series meeting at off site, established and still hosted by tetuzi akiyama and toshimaru nakamura. following the critical success (both domestic and international) of vol. 1, released 2002, this second cd of live recordings documents the period between december 2001 and may 2002. like the first volume, it consists of excerpts from concerts by the two meeting hosts, plus one or two guest musicians. the difference is that here, the excerpts are fewer and longer, allowing the listener to better appreciate each musician's unique style. this cd documents the musical evolution--which one might even call the off site sound--characterized by extreme quietness and sparsity of sound. this is an indispensable record of the improvised music avant-garde currently gaining worldwide attention.

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“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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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 304/5 cd

“improvised music from japan 2004” book and double compact disc set

four color - ae (6:36)
masahiko okura - entasi (5:32)
shuichi chino - envelope (4:34)
samm bennett - bang-up debonair skeleton (3:21)
samm bennett - repairs (2:36)
samm bennett - shimmy-she-bobble (2:40)
tetuzi akiyama / martin ng - soul delay (6:10)
yumiko tanaka - untitled (6:35)
han bennink / kazuo imai - untitled (5:21)
une chance pour l'ombre - untitled (11:18)
optrum - volcanic kant (0:24)
optrum - godzilla vs. ayaya (0:55)
optrum - new motor head banging & dc/dc (1:18)
optrum - 22 century gewalt woman (2:49)
optrum - improvised music from hell (0:23)
naoaki miyamoto - akatsuki ni (4:56)
sachiko m / toshimaru nakamura / otomo yoshihide - untitled (20:04)
mi yeon - untitled (6:14)
park je chun - for togashi masahiko (8:54)
kang tae hwan - untitled (7:42)

improvised music from japan press release...

improvised music from japan
improvised music from japan 2004

bilingual english-japanese
192 pages; 21cm (h) x 15cm (w)
2 cds included (all but one track previously unreleased)

contentsspring road 2003

spring road 2003--europe and north america (tetsu saito)
pile of ashes / spring road 2003--japan (michel doneda)
exploring infinite possibilities--kazue sawai and the koto (kazue yokoi)
kazuo imai interview (yoshiyuki suzuki)

forget aki onda (ed baxter)

yumiko tanaka interview (toyoki okajima)

resonating out of rhythm and texture--a dialog with samm bennett about his new solo album secrets of teaching yourself music (shigenori noda)

tetuzi akiyama interview (toshimaru nakamura)

studio mescalina diary 2001-2003 (haco)

kazuhisa uchihashi interview (yoshiyuki suzuki)

from ria to ralia (ami yoshida)

masahiko okura interview (taku unami)

sachiko m interview--about the solo concert series bar sachiko (atsuhiro ito)

erstwhile 2004 (yuko zama)

view masters--a report on events in 2003 (h.v.m.)

uncomfortable orchestra--lmc festival, london, september 2003 (otomo yoshihide)

taku sugimoto interview (yoshio otani)

luc ferrari japan tour 2003--a report (haruyuki suzuki)

seoul meeting
introduction (otomo yoshihide)
kang tae hwan interview (otomo yoshihide) (interpreter: moon cheol)
park je chun, mi yeon, otomo yoshihide--a tripartite talk (interpreter: moon cheol)
cd reviews
japanese pages

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locust (usa) #locust 33 cd

“wooden guitar” compact disc

jack rose - red horse II (14:41)
steffen basho-junghans - a north thurningian raga (14:27)
tetuzi akiyama - time between (20:39)
steffen basho-junghans - smiling penguins (5:06)
sir richard bishop - corpuscle (15:17)

locust press release...

being an inspired excursion into the creases and folds of modern deltadelica and a loosely worn blues by four unaccompanied guitarists doing their thing and going it alone for a really long time.

a simple title with a simple idea, wooden guitar brings together some of our favorite guitarists for a fine tour de force of unaccompanied performances. germany's steffen basho-junghans, seattle's sir richard bishop (the sun city girls), japan's tetuzi akiyama and virginia's jack rose (pelt) give us a fresh look at a very old instrument with a handful of gloriously stretched out solo compositions in the spirit of the great takoma gatherings of years past. this edition is a hand pulled, embossed silkscreened package in a numbered edition of 1,000.

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