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previous record label: important		there are 10 titles on improvised music from japan in stock. they are listed below.		next record label: impulsy stetoskopu

$16.72

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electro-acoustic-improvisation

improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 701 cd

tetsuya umeda “ocktet” compact disc

shapes (6:28)
nekiri (3:59)
rotation (7:06)
8 frogs (4:46)
across a bridge (1:25)
ki (6:30)
electricphant (4:59)
ar cut (7:35)
on off (3:48)

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improvised music from japan / imj
tetsuya umeda
ocket

improvised music from japan, imj-701
released on may 14, 2006

corded by tetsuya umeda at thz307 and bridge, osaka, 2003-2004
takeshi azuma, february 15, 2006
artwork and design by tetsuya umeda
inludes liner notes by tetsuya umeda in japanese and english (translation by nathan thompson)
packaged in a cardboard jacket

all tracks by tetsuya umeda + his selfmade sound tools and custom made speakers

$16.72

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free-improvisation

improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 528 cd

katsura yamauchi / michel doneda “la drache” compact disc

pe (17:08)
l (9:58)
ge (12:53)
ve (12:38)
m (6:36)

sax duets performed/recorded in 2004 by katsura yamauchi and michel doneda.

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improvised music from japan / imj
katsura yamauchi/michel doneda
la drache

improvised music from japan, imj-528
released on february 26, 2006

all compositions by michel doneda and katsura yamauchi
recorded by pierre-olivier boulant in castelmaurou, france, may 9, 2004
edited by pierre-olivier boulant and michel doneda
design and drawings by elico suzuki (suzueri)
packaged in a cardboard jacket
katsura yamauchi: alto saxophone
michel doneda: soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone on track 3

alto sax player katsura yamauchi was born in oita, kyushu, in 1954. in 2002 he quit his company job to become a full-time musician, and each year since '03 has traveled to europe and strengthened his ties with musicians in france, germany, the netherlands, switzerland, and so on.

in the process he met and found a kindred spirit in one of france's leading improvisers, soprano/sopranino saxophonist michel doneda (who happens to be the same age as yamauchi). they've played together many times since. both musicians have performance styles characterized by a total absence of melodious phrases and a constant exploration of the nature of sound. continuing in this direction, la drache is permeated throughout with fresh yet tension-filled sound structures.

all five tracks were recorded in france in 2004.

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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 526 cd

klaus filip / toshimaru nakamura “aluk” compact disc

pace (9:25)
stroll 25:01)
aluk (13:34)

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klaus filip / toshimaru nakamura
aluk

improvised music from japan, imj-526
released on april 30, 2006

recorded by masae ito at tanker, tokyo, may 29, 2005 (1, 3), and by dieter kovacic at sperrmuecc studio, vienna, june 30, 2005 (2)
mixed by toshimaru nakamura in tokyo
mastered by nicholas bussmann in berlin
design by tanabemse
packaged in a cardboard jacket

klaus filip: lloopp
toshimaru nakamura: no-input mixing board

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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 522 cd

kato hideki / james fei “sieves” compact disc

(10:47)
(4:52)
(5:21)
(7:09)
(3:00)
(4:51)
(7:54)

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improvised music from japan / imj
kato hideki / james fei
sieves

improvised music from japan, imj-522
released on september 26, 2004

recorded by kato hideki and james fei at o'farrill kato studio, nyc, june 2003, and organized sound, nyc, august 2003
reverberation at columbia university computer music center, september 2003
mastered at organized sound by kato hideki and james fei
design by tanabemse
packaged in a cardboard jacket
includes liner notes in japanese by kato hideki and in english by james fei

kato hideki: electric bass and bass synthesizer
james fei: oscillators, filters, spring reverb, contact mike, and miscellaneous electronics

based in new york city since 1992, kato hideki--a former member of otomo yoshihide's group ground-zero and tony buck's band peril--has been involved in myriad projects in america and europe, including fred frith and ikue mori's death ambient, and a multimedia collaboration with nicholas collins. taiwan-born james fei studied with alvin lucier and anthony braxton following his move to the u.s. (also in '92). now living in new york, he's active as a composer and improviser, and as an instructor at columbia university's computer music center. fei is also a sax player, although he doesn't use the instrument on this album. in recent years, kato and fei have been performing as a duo at live music venues and galleries in new york. sieves was made through a process of excerpting, editing, mixing, and mastering electronic performance and recording using feedback; live-performance-like analog mixes; and performance-recording of acoustic reverberation. not limited to mere documentation and editing, the recording process was treated as a form of improvisation and composition.

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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)

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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.

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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 514 cd

han bennink / kazuo imai “across the desert” compact disc

attention (8:40)
eyes right (9:06)
left turn (5:30)
go upwind (6:16)
my eyes wouldn't focus (6:29)
across the desert (2:30)
imagination is obscene (6:54)
what? where? (5:11)
in fifty years i may be gone (2:02)

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improvised music from japan / imj
han bennink / kazuo imai
across the desert

improvised music from japan, imj-514
released in december 2003

recorded by naoaki kose at earth studio, tokyo, on may 27, 2002
mixed by naoaki kose at earth studio on august 15 and september 17, 2003
mastered by shuichi chino at chino chika on october 4, 2003
produced by kazuo imai
packaged in a cardboard jacket
design by kazuo imai

all music by han bennink and kazuo imai

han bennink: drums
kazuo imai: acoustic guitar, electric guitar

european free jazz/free improvisation pioneer han bennink (drums) made this studio recording with kazuo imai (guitar) in tokyo in may of 2002. imai, who in the '70s studied with masayuki takayanagi and takehisa kosugi, currently performs both on his own and with the annual five-member collective improvisation project marginal consort. across the desert contains nine duo pieces. imai plays both acoustic and electric guitar while bennink delivers strong, constantly changing rhythms. here are two musicians who know their instruments inside out. their unique affinity is powerfully conveyed in these dynamic exchanges.

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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 513 cd

toshimaru nakamura “side guitar” compact disc

1st rhythm guitar (14:25)
2nd rhythm guitar (23:38)
3rd rhythm guitar (9:59)

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improvised music from japan / imj
toshimaru nakamura
side guitar

improvised music from japan, imj-513
released in december 2003

recorded by toshimaru nakamura on june 1 and 3, 2003
treated and mastered by toshimaru nakamura in september 2003
packaged in a cardboard jacket
design by tanabems

all improvised by toshimaru nakamura

toshimaru nakamura: fender telecaster, gibson es-125

toshimaru nakamura's main instrument of late has been what he calls the "no-input mixing board." rather than input external sound sources into the mixer, he treats it as a self-contained instrument by controlling its internal feedback--the result being a truly original performance style. over the past four years, nakamura has released the solo "nimb" cds no-input mixing board (on the zero gravity label), no-input mixing board 2 (a bruit secret), vehicle (cubic music), and no-input mixing board [3] (alcohol). these releases and his many live performances in japan and abroad have been widely acclaimed, particularly in the west. but nakamura started out as a guitarist, and still plays his guitar from time to time. side guitar is the solo guitar album he's been itching to make. the title comes from the term used in the sixties and seventies, in the heyday of japanese "group sounds" bands, for backup--or rhythm--guitar players. this is nakamura's homage to the "side guitar" playing he once aspired to. don't be misled, however, by the album title, or by the track title "rhythm guitar." this is still the nakamura of the no-input mixing board: the sound, consisting mainly of feedback from the guitar, is uniquely abstract. as you listen, you'll catch sight of a musician who remembers his "side guitar"-idolizing self of 30 years ago as he pursues the joy of making sound.

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improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 505 cd

shoji hano “48” compact disc

004 (21:52)
008 (34:03)

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improvised music from japan / imj
shoji hano
48

improvised music from japan, imj-505
released in may 2003

recorded live by tsutomu suto (morgue-sha) at bin spark on march 12, 2003
mixed and mastered by tsutomu suto (morgue-sha) on march 18, 2003
packaged in a cardboard jacket
cd and jacket design by juca izusawa (bit rabbit)
produced by shoji hano and yoshiyuki suzuki
includes liner notes in japanese and english by kazue yokoi

shoji hano: drums

drummer shoji hano began his performing career in the '80s, playing with artists like toshinori kondo (trumpet) and kaoru abe (alto sax, etc.). since his first european tour in 1990, he has played in many countries and collaborated with a wide range of musicians. some of hano's performances with sax players peter brötzmann of germany and the late werner lüdi of switzerland, american bassist william parker, english guitarist derek bailey, etc., have been recorded on cd. as evidenced by his great collaboration with power sax player brötzmann, hano's drumming, with its amazing strength and speed, is situated firmly in the realm of free improvisation and free jazz; but it also has roots in the rhythmic style of the kokura taiko drumming he grew up hearing at local festivals in his native kokura, kyushu. hano has established an incomparable and absolutely inimitable style, and the clearest expression of his unique approach is undoubtedly in the drum solo. this performance was recorded live in march 2003 at bin spark, tokyo. it is hano's first all-drum-solo album, and a superior document of the full range of his talent.

$23.27

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bedroom
beat-research

improvised music from japan (japan) #imj 308/9 cd

“improvised music from japan extra 2006 special berlin issue” book and double compact disc set

adeline rosenstein / andrea neumann - pas perdus (2:23)
annette krebs / steffi weismann - le vol (3:46)
kommando raumschiff zitrone - roger (7:14)
michael thieke unununium - schaum (3:38)
lucio capece / axel dörner / robin hayward - inflie (7:37)
tunar - antwort auf den regen (8:23)
alessandro bosetti - african feedback: extracts 1 to 8 (4:13)
tony buck / andrea neumann - without title (8:13)
sink - ausland 1 [excerpt] (7:43)
marzipan marzipan - ennio (1:28)
kalkl & leidenschaft - leningrad sunrise (13:14)
boris hauf - it's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it (5:44)
phillip sollmann - room two (8:44)
thomas ankersmit - negatieve bijdrage (5:00)
ignaz schick / jason forrest - blood orchid (11:22)
burkhard beins - for ian curtis (3:08)
rechenzentrum - a capitalistic landscape (4:20)
blumm & tau - eskimono (4:34)

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improvised music from japan
improvised music from japan extra 2006 special berlin issue

improvised music from japan, imj-308/9
out december 24, 2006

in japanese only
80 pages; 21cm (h) x 15cm (w)
2 cds included
cover and cd design by suzueri

in addition to interviews of 12 musicians/1 group residing in berlin (gregor hotz, nicholas bussmann, merle bennett, thomas ankersmit, ignaz schick, hans strobl, pure, annette krebs, andrea neumann, caramel empties, alessandro bosetti, boris baltschun, and kai fagaschinski), this "extra" issue of imj features 2 cds with 18 tracks by a total of over 30 musicians, almost all of whom are berlin residents: adeline rosenstein/andrea neumann, annette krebs/steffi weismann, kommando raumschiff zitrone, michael thieke unununium, lucio capece/axel doerner/robin hayward, tunar, alessandro bosetti, tony buck/andrea neumann, sink, marzipan marzipan, kalkuel & leidenschaft, boris hauf, phillip sollman, thomas ankersmit, ignaz schick/jason forrest, burkhard beins, rechenzentrum, and blumm.

the interviews were conducted by toshimaru nakamura during a visit to berlin in january 2005 (with the exception of the email interview of annette krebs by taku sugimoto, which took place between january and april 2006). in addition to discussing their musical activities, the artists share many of their thoughts about the berlin scene. their candid views reveal the dynamism that has characterized that scene since the late '90s. berlin musician nicholas bussmann was in charge of the selection of artists for the accompanying cds, and the result is an ideal compilation for those who want to know more about today's berlin scene. through the words and music of musicians on the scene, this issue explores the current situation of improvised music (and related genres) in berlin.

$26.91

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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)

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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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