Michiyo has performed/recorded with: Peter Brötzmann, Mark Dresser, John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Alan Silva, Akira Sakata, Jim O'Rourke, Han Bennink, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Håkon Kornstad, Otomo Yoshihide, Ned Rothenberg, Eivind Aarset, Jason Roebke, Knut Buen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Satoko Fujii, Joëlle Leandre, Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Bill Laswell, Thomas Strønen, Kazutoki Umezu, Masahiko Sato, Carl Stone, Ab Baars & Ig Henneman, Kang Tae Hwan, Tamaya Honda, Assif Tsahar, Billy Bang, MZN3 (Kjetil Møster, Per Zanussi, Kjell Nordeson), Todd Nicholson, Nori Tanaka, Keiji Haino, Thomas Morgan, Josh Berman, Hugues Vincent, Sachiko M., and Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree). Her koto has been featured in ex-Judy & Mary guitarist/singer Takuya's rock band, and she has recorded and performed with pop idol Ayumi Hamasaki.
Influences
King Crimson, Mark Dresser, Porcupine Tree, Elliott Sharp, John Cage, The Necks, Underworld, Fred Frith, Queen, Kim Sinh, Bill Frisell, Masahiko Sato, Marc Ribot, Peter Brötzmann, Isis, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, traditional Korean musics (esp. Pansori), Paal Nilssen-Love, Ned Rothenberg, Somei Sato, Bay City Rollers
Michiyo Yagi (21-string koto, 17-string bass koto, 13-string koto, voice) studied koto under the late Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. Between 1989 and 1990 she was Visiting Professor of Music at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, U.S.A. During her tenure she premiered numerous modern compositions for koto and came under the influence of maverick American composers such as John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow, and John Zorn. Her solo koto CD "Shizuku" was produced by Zorn and released on the Tzadik label in 1999. In 2001 she recorded "Yural" with her koto ensemble Paulownia Crush for the East Works label. Under the auspices of the Japan Foundation, Michiyo toured Russia with Paulownia Crush in the fall of 2004.
Subsequent CD releases include "Seventeen" (Zipangu, 2005), entirely recorded on the giant 17-string bass koto; "Live! at SuperDeluxe" (Idiolect/Bomba, 2006), a trio performance with bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love; and "Head On" (Idiolect, 2008), a limited-edition live album of the touring trio with Nilssen-Love and Peter Brötzmann. A studio recording with Dresser and Rothenberg, a duo album with Sharp, a “Nordic” session with Eivind Aarset and Raymond Pellicer, and another live Brötzmann/Yagi/Nilssen-Love recording are forthcoming.
An eclectic performer who continually challenges conventions, Michiyo has made frequent appearances on Japanese TV and has performed at the Kongsberg Jazz, Moers Jazz, Punkt, Musique Actuel Victoriaville, Archipel, Bang on a Can, Tokyo Summer, Vision, Instal, and Music Unlimited festivals.
avec un peu d'avance, je te souhaite "un bon anniversaire",HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!! tout ces passages pour le morceau de Steven Wilson, le passage ou tu joue me bouleverse!!!!!!!!! merci pour ton passage sur Insurgentes........
Thank you very much for the connection - and a big pleasure to listen to Your beautiful, sensitive, lyrical and intelligent music and excellent performance!
71 minutes of experimental noise jazz.
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|˟˟| (pronounced 'gate') is a Tokyo-based experiment in solo improvisation on multiple instruments simultaneously. The project’s music is influenced / inspired by among others free jazz, noise, drone, industrial, and Mongolian and Japanese traditional music. See profile page for more information and links.
Crikey!!! Another new track just uploaded. 'RETARDIS' a tune inspired by a man who couldn't cope with the harshness that is this world. Thanks and all the best to you!!!
amazing, amazing...when it gets cold, i'll burn all my guitars and just stare into the flames and smile. what choice do i have after listening to you? at least i have the patience to wait for winter...that's something...
