Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and Japanese onkyo.
Toshimaru Nakamura | |
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 Nakamura at Cafe Oto, London, May 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Free jazz, free improvisation, onkyokei, rock and roll |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Mixing console, guitar |
| Website | japanimprov |
He began his career playing rock and roll guitar, but gradually explored other types of music, even abandoning guitar, and started working on circuit bending. He uses a mixing console as a live, interactive musical instrument: "Nakamura plays the 'no-input mixing board', connecting the input of the board to the output, then manipulating the resultant audio feedback."[1][2]
Nakamura's music has been described as "sounds ranging from piercing high tones and shimmering whistles to galumphing, crackle-spattered bass patterns."[3]
Nakamura founded the ensemble A Paragon of Beauty in 1992.[2] He has recorded solo albums, worked as a session musician, and collaborated with artists including Sachiko M ("a kindred spirit"[2]), Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, John Butcher, Espen Reinertsen, Nicholas Bussmann, Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, dancer Kim Ito, and drummer Jason Kahn.
Sources
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2004.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c Todd S. Jenkins (2004). Free jazz and free improvisation, p.250. ISBN 0-313-29881-5. "His principal tool is his 'no-input' mixing board used to create feedback and tiny electronic sounds that are amplified tremendously."
- ^ "Toshimaru Nakamura interview". Furious.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.