Born in Tokyo in 1975, he started playing drums at 15 years old. After graduating from the Faculty of Visual Arts at Musashino Arts University, he made the move to New York in 1998 to begin a career as a freelance drummer. The year 2000 brought him back to Tokyo, where he soon formed the band ’moai’ amongst a series of activities as a session player on numerous recordings and live performances.
In 2005, he unveiled his electronic/noise-based solo project ’Jimanica’, releasing his first drum solo album ’Entomophonic’ from the vanguard ’mao’ label.
Jimanica live at Tsuki Miru Kimi Omofu, Tokyo Mar 26 2006
Jimanica × Ametsub live at Super Deluxe, Tokyo Dec 11 2007
FUJAKO came out of the clash of Jonathan Uliel Saldanha and Nyko Esterle, two producers obsessed with echo and bass. The first one, raised in Portugal and part of the collectives Soopa and Mécanosphère, deals with sonic alchemy, and is also known as HHY. The second one, raised in France, part of the Radon collective and a rider of the sound waves, is also known as Ripit. Both met to summon music of unlooped hip-hop, filled with spectres of haunting dub and ecstatic scapes.
LANDFORM, their first record (out on Wordsound Digital) was born in a small stone house studio in the burnt forests and mountains of Portugal, between paradise and the gate of hell, made from soundscapes and beats recorded on mostly acoustic instruments, created in an hostile -yet natural- environment. After the initial production phase in the woods, LANDFORM was then haunted by the voices of several guests such as Sensational, Seraphim, Native, Cheravif and Scalper, as well as by the additional trash turntablism of DJ Urine.
:::LIVE:::
the chef cooks me
9dw
cumulonimbus
U&Design
LAZYgunsBRISKY
SuiseiNoboAz
dry as dust
the mornings
オワリカラ
yumeiroecho
WEEKEND
HITOE
&11月末解禁1BAND
free released for your look+listening as DVD+CD / .iso files / mov+mp3. DOWNLOAD -> www.myspace.com/ryutakwbt
DVD/mov is including two "table-top guitar" solo, two duo performance,
some studies and some more. 104.min Stereo. duo with Celebrante in Una Casa Buenos Aires,
Ryusaku "Rutang" Ikezawa in YahiroHIGHTI, Tokyo.
CD/mp3 is including a recording of acoustic resophonic guitar solo. It is a contemporary local blues that has sewwt tone. 21.min Monoral.
Catch the auditory hallucinations and modulations caused by chain of movement and interference without no computer in this works. it is magical and beautiful. hope to enjoy, sincerely.
71 minutes of experimental noise jazz.
More info here.
Listen on last.fm.
|˟˟| (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.
This issue also comes with bonus material including :
The Areola Treat "Sibbi" (mp3)
Noisy Pipes "Sex Mex and Hot Cakes" (mp3)
Laurier Tiernan "You Will Die As I Have Lived" (mp3)
and the video to Laurier's single "The End Of The World" and some clips from the VJ Fest Istanbul.
