SOUNDROOM

SOUNDROOM Vol.45

- SOUNDTRIPtokyo -

Guest Live: Toshikazu Goto (gift lab), Yukitomo Hamasaki + Shota Hirama, ucnv Band (members: ucnv (visuals), Utah Kawasaki (synthesizer), AEN (laptop), soundworm (optical guitar), Keiichi Nakano 2UP (drums), Takahiro Kawaguchi (laser), CARRE (guitar/rhythm box), Hirozumu Takeda) / DJ: 37A (PANTY), inu (nonSectRadicals), graffiti by 37A

Open/Start 19:00

Presented By SOUNDROOM & Commune Disc

Cal Lyall and Yasufumi Suzuki Special Interview!! (JP only)

Artist Information:

Toshikazu Goto (gift lab)

gift lab hp

Yukitomo Hamasaki

HAMASAKI YUKITOMO began his music career at the age of 18, taking his cues from djing at AOYAMA MIX in Tokyo. In 2000、he released his mix tape "INCOMMUNICABLE" under the name DJ HAMASAKI. It was distributed in the UK and has became highly regarded for the steadfast style, which reflects his musical background. In 2004 he has released "adjustructure" from angel's egg under the name of his unit, Nothing's Clear. After the creation, he has been keen to join some experimental music and sound art events which revolved around the use of software MAX/MSP, instead of vinyl.
He has participated in Sound Cave at Tokyo Designer's Block, Laptop orchestra, laptop orchestra for visual etc... In 2007, he launched his sound and design label, mAtter. As soon as he launched the label, he began to offer the concept. He has provided the concepts for CD jackets and architectures since then.
mAtter hp
myspace

Shota Hirama

shotahirama is a Sound Artist from New York, US and currently live in Tokyo, Japan. Inspired by Modern Art, Dada, Bauhaus and Minimalism. Also known for the founding of the Edition NIkO (NIkO Label), ENG (electronoise group) and JANDEATH. His musical focus is characterized by digital synth and field recording with computer software processing and improvisation, which generates a large palette of possible sounds including; grainy textures, complex patterns of smooth drones, and microscopic clicks and cuts. Shota, as a solo artist or in other project, has released music on the following record labels: Improvised Music From Japan (Japan. CD/BOOK), Re-Records (Hongkong. CDR album), mAtter (Japan. DVD/BOOK, coming 2010), Under The Spire Recordings (UK. CDR album, coming 2010), and net labels: TecnoNucleo (Spain. mp3 album, 2007), Alg-a (Spain. mp3 album, 2008), NTNS Radio (Netherlands. mp3 compilation, 2009).
SIGNAL DADA
myspace

ucnv

VLC Bending on Vimeo

Utah Kawasaki

Analog synthesizer, laptop
Born in Tokyo in 1976. Inspired by his visits to the Paris Peking record shop, Utah Kawasaki began producing music in 1994, and between '94 and '95 released so many titles on tape that he himself lost count. In '96 he released a solo CD on Zero Gravity, a sub-label of Transonic Records. Since then he has contributed to a number of compilation CDs. Astro Twin, a duo with voice performer Ami Yoshida, is one of his main projects. The duo's first album Astro Twin / Cosmos (a 2-CD set shared with Cosmos, the duo of Sachiko M and Ami Yoshida), was released on F.M.N. Sound Factory in 2002. Kawasaki toured Europe in October 2000 with the group Mongoose, which he formed wtih Taku Sugimoto and Tetuzi Akiyama. He also put out a solo CD utah.mod.radi. in 2002 on Radio, a sub-label of 360°.
Improvised Music from Japan
Photo © 2004 Yoshiyuki Suzuki

AEN (Yasufumi Suzuki)

As director of the Commune Disc label and curator of the monthly Soundroom event at Super Deluxe, Yasufumi Suzuki keeps close quarters with many performers we know and respect. As an artist in his own right he produces resplendent solo work, very often the result of his two old tape recorders overdubbed into layered and sublime pieces of music. As a live performing artist, he is a fearless improvisor, taking the stage in a number of contexts with musical innovators from Japan and overseas.
Commune Disc / SOUNDROOM / MySpace

soundworm

Hiromits Shoji plays Downsized drum kit, Upright piano, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Electric bass, Alto saxophone, Walkie talkie, Reel to reel recorder, Short wave, Toy instruments, and many Electric circuits.
sara disc
soundworm blog
myspace

Keiichi Nakano (2UP)

myspace: 2UP

@highti 2005

Takahiro Kawaguchi

Born in Osaka, 1980.In 2000, Kawaguchi started thinking about field recordings. His interest lies not in the kind of field recordings that focus on sound tones obtained in the field, but on the configuration of sound in a specific space. He creates recorded works using sound-making objects, presents installations, and is active in the field of improvised music. He plays solo performance, installations, and the member of following groups, Hello (Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kanda, and Takahiro Kawaguchi) / Off Cells (Seiijiro Murayama, Taku Unami, Utah Kawasaki and Takahiro Kawaguchi) / Akibin Orchestra (Masafumi Ezaki's orchestra for empty bottles).
hp
Ftarri / Ftarri: Hello

CARRE

MGMD | CARRE / MySpace

Hirozumu Takeda

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37A

PANTY

inu (nonSectRadicals)

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