Toshimaru Nakamura - no-input mixing desk
John Butcher - saxophones
Toshimaru Nakamura and John Butcher first improvised together in Japan in 2002 and since then they occasionally meet and perform as a duo. Rumbling, growling, buzzing, whistling and rustling sounds, this improvisational duo explores and combines different types of noises. Butcher's album Cavern with Nightlife includes a duo with Toshimaru Nakamura in Super Deluxe, Tokyo.
Ronny Wærnes writes about the duo's performance in their album Dusted Machinery (released by Monotype Records):
"So, what does it sound like? Dusted Machinery is mostly low in volume, subtle, barely listenable sounds from both. Prickling, squeaking, sometimes sounding like alarms from my electrical system, in combination with small whistling sounds, or just wind blowing. On a few occasions there are louder and more rumbling sounds, but it is really sparse in that regard. What is remarkable is the (at least what appears to be) amount of control coming from the mixing board, which means Nakamura is twisting the knobs in very small, controlled movements."
-published in freq Frebruary 2013. Online at:
http://freq.org.uk/reviews/nakamura-butcher-dusted-machinery/
Excerpt from the duo's album Dusted Machinery:
Sources / More about the duo:
http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk/Nakamura.html#cav
http://www.monotyperecords.com/en/mono041.html#null
Toshimaru Nakamura, as he states in his very laconic biography, he started playing the no-input mixing desk, "after long unhappy years with the electric guitar". In 1997, he abandoned the electric guitar along with his rock and jazz background and he started performing with no-input mixing desk. As an improvisor, he is interested in creating music that doesn't express emotions and while performing he is always very still, something that considers to be a sign of honest music-making.
Sources / More about Toshimaru Nakamura:
http://www.japanimprov.com/tnakamura/profile.html
http://www.furious.com/perfect/toshimarunakamura.html
No comments:
Post a Comment