Foldings, by Akiyama / Nakamura / Sugimoto / Wastell

Foldings

by Akiyama / Nakamura / Sugimoto / Wastell

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	1.	First Fold 28:04
	2.	Second Fold 29:25

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"Three of the most important figures in Japan's improv scene combine with multi-instrumentalist Mark Wastell for this remarkable album on Confront. Foldings was awarded an honourary mention at 2003's Prix Ars Electronica, also scooping a top ten place in The Wire magazine's improvised recordings of the year list. Londoner Mark Wastell visited Tokyo's legendary Offsite venue, rendezvousing with guitarist Taku Sugimoto, no-input mixing board maestro Toshimaru Nakamura and Tetuzi Akiyama, who on this release takes up residence behind a turntable. As with so much of the output from these musicians (certainly from around the time this performance was recorded) much of the music is heartstoppingly quiet and infinitesimal, with the tiniest of gestures punctuating a gauze of near-absence throughout. It's heroically disciplined stuff though, and ranks as one of the most radical and involving documents within the electroacoustic, super-silent 'onkyo' canon. If you've got the patience for it, this is marvellous stuff." (BOOMKAT)

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released October 10, 2020

Tetuzi Akiyma : turntable, air duster
Toshimaru Nakamura : no-input mixing board
Taku Sugimoto : acoustic guitar, preparations
Mark Wastell : violoncello, preparations, contact mic, amplifier.

Recorded live in concert at Offsite, Yoyogi, Tokyo on January 19th, 2002 by Taku Sugimoto.

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