Headz 014
Otomo Yoshihide and Nobukazu Takemura met for the first time in the spring of this year during the “Space Invaded” incident, in Tokyo’s Roppongi district. The occasion is unique, keeping in mind that the two have been working in close proximity for going on two decades, yet have never shared the same floor during [...]
Italia, aside from standing on its own as the definitive solo statement from Japanese improv guitarist Taku Sugimoto, is the first bullet in the catalog of A Bruit Secret, the young French label. Sugimoto has been a primary force on Japan’s Onkyo scene for now over a decade, and these three pieces from two [...]
Toshimaru Nakamura
No-Input Mixing Board
Zero Gravity (ZGV-026)
As the title indicates, Toshimaru Nakamura’s instrument of choice is a mixing board sans input. By connecting the output cables of the board to the input jacks, waves of feedback are created. Nakamura, with great subtlety, controls these whines, clicks, and wails and creates abstract structures of great beauty and [...]