#Kazumoto Endo

[zef-zef]

Kazumoto Endo

source: Kazumoto Endo on X 📸: ???

#photography #artist photograpy #Kazumoto Endo #Japan

[ujuro]

Harsh noise is so good

#save me kazumoto endo save me #words of mine #merzbow you’re my only hope

[evilthotiana]

Ive always held the opinion that swifties heads would explode if they heard Merzbow, Boredoms, Gerogerigegege, Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Whitehouse, Nurse with Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten, Brainbombs, Egor Letov, Death in June, Current 93, La Monte Young, Moondog, Lou Harrison, Henry Cowell, Luigi Russolo, Popol Vuh, Fishmans, Jean Jacques Perrey, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Rainbow Caroliner, Taj Mahal Travellers, Fushitsusha, Peter Brötzmann, John Cage, Scott Walker, Unwound, Dead, Frank Zappa, Morton Feldman, Captain Beefheart, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nang Nang, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Nara Leão, Basic Channel, Raymond Scott, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Noah Howard, Terry Riley, Peter Sotos, Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho, Boyd Rice, Mahmoud Ahmed, Henry Flynt, Kazumoto Endo, David Tudor, Aporea, Half Japanese, Mega Banton, Secret Chiefs 3, Keiji Haino, Ramleh, Otomo Yoshihide, John Zorn, Joe Meek, Robbie Basho, Phil Spector, Faxed Head, Harry Partch, Wesley Willis, Fred Frith, The Residents, Sun Ra, Sun City Girls, Hans Krüsi, Royal Trux, Jandek, Yat-Kha, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Pärson Sound, The Dead C, Comus, Cromagnon, Eliane Radigue, Arthur Doyle, Shizuka, The Red Krayola, Henry Cow, Magma, Opus Avantra, Pan.Thy.Monium., Murmuüre, Ksiezyc, Gong, Cukor Bila Smert', cLOUDDEAD, Muslimgauze and Kaoru Abe

[ripempezardexerox]

Dices Merzbow, yo digo Justin Beiber

Dices Boredoms, yo digo Katy Perry

Dices Gerogerigegege, yo digo Skrillex

Dices Coil, yo digo Lady Gaga

Dices Throbbing Gristle, yo digo Black Eyed Peas

Dices Whitehouse, yo digo Taylor Swift

Dices Nurse With Wound, yo digo Bruno Mars

Dices Einstürzende Neubauten, yo digo Maroon 5

Dices Brainbombs, yo digo Drake

Dices Egor Letov, yo digo One Direction

Dices Death in June, yo digo LMFAO

Dices Current 93, yo digo Beyonce

Dices La Monte Young, yo digo Carly Rae Jepsen

Dices Moondog, yo digo Kelly Clarkson

Dices Lou Harrison, yo digo Coldplay

Dices Henry Cowell, yo digo PSY

Dices Luigi Russolo, yo digo Imagine Dragons

Dices Popol Vuh, yo digo Lana Del Ray

Dices Fishmans, yo digo Ellie Goulding

Dices Jean Jacques Perrey, yo digo P!nk

Dices Les Rallizes Dénudés, yo digo Owl City

Dices Rainbow Caroliner, yo digo Carrie Underwood

Dices Taj Mahal Travellers, yo digo Christina Aguilera

Dices Fushitsusha, yo digo Ariana Grande

Dices Peter Brötzmann, yo digo Rihanna

Dices John Cage, yo digo Jennifer Lopez

Dices Scott Walker, yo digo Ed Sheeran

Dices Unwound, yo digo Mumford & Sons

Dices Dead, yo digo Tyga

Dices Frank Zappa, yo digo Shakira

Dices Morton Feldman, yo digo Macklemore

Dices Captain Beefheart, yo digo Big Time Rush

Dices Pharoah Sanders, yo digo Akon

Dices Albert Ayler, yo digo Foster the People

Dices Ornette Coleman, yo digo The Weeknd

Dices Alice Coltrane, yo digo Panic! at the Disco

Dices Arnold Schoenberg, yo digo Florida Georgia Line

Dices Pierre Boulez, yo digo Big Sean

Dices György Ligeti, yo digo Gym Class Heroes

Dices Karlheinz Stockhausen, yo digo Miley Cyrus

Dices Nang Nang, yo digo The Lumineers

Dices Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, yo digo Jay-Z

Dices Nara Leão, yo digoCharlie Puth

Dices Basic Channel, yo digo Mac Miller

Dices Raymond Scott, yo digo Twenty One Pilots

Dices Delia Derbyshire, yo digo Harry Styles

Dices Daphne Oram, yo digo Charli XCX

Dices Noah Howard, yo digoBTS

Dices Terry Riley, yo digo Iggy Azalea

Dices Peter Sotos, yo digo John Legend

Dices Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho, yo digo OneRepublic

Dices Boyd Rice, yo digo Migos

Dices Mahmoud Ahmed, yo digo Logic

Dices Henry Flynt, yo digo Bastille

Dices Kazumoto Endo, yo digo Five Seconds of Summer

Dices David Tudor, yo digo Pentatonix

Dices Aporea, yo digo The Chainsmokers

Dices Half Japanese, yo digo Fall Out Boy

Dices Mega Banton, yo digo David Guetta

Dices Secret Chiefs 3, yo digo Greta Van Fleet

Dices Keiji Haino, yo digo Alicia Keys

Dices Ramleh, yo digo Kanye West

Dices Otomo Yoshihide, yo digo T-Pain

Dices John Zorn, yo digo Lizzo

Dices Joe Meek, yo digo WALK THE MOON

Dices Robbie Basho, yo digo Cardi B

Dices Phil Spector, yo digo EXO

Dices Faxed Head, yo digo Solange

Dices Harry Partch, yo digo Lil Nas X

Dices Wesley Willis, yo digo Disclosure

Dices Fred Frith, yo digo Sam Smith

Dices The Residents, yo digo Michael Buble

Dices Sun Ra, yo digo Paramore

Dices Sun City Girls, yo digo Linkin Park

Dices Hans Krüsi, yo digo Florence + The Machine

Dices Royal Trux, yo digo Rascal Flatts

Dices Jandek, yo digo Eminem

Dices Yat-Kha, yo digo Chance the Rapper

Dices Loren Mazzacane Connors, yo digo Mariah Carey

Dices Pärson Sound, yo digo Snoop Dogg

Dices The Dead C, yo digo Adele

Dices Comus, yo digo Shawn Mendes

Dices Cromagnon, yo digo Chris Brown

Dices Eliane Radigue, yo digo Camilla Cabello

Dices Arthur Doyle, yo digo Halsey

Dices Shizuka, yo digo The 1975

Dices The Red Krayola, yo digo Billie Eilish

Dices Henry Cow, yo digo A$AP Rocky

Dices Magma, yo digo Dua Lipa

Dices Opus Avantra, yo digo Kendrick Lamar

Dices Pan.Thy.Monium., yo digo Nicki Minaj

Dices Murmuüre, yo digo Madonna

Dices Ksiezyc, yo digo Britney Spears

Dices Gong, yo digo Post Malone

Dices Cukor Bila Smert', yo digo Jonas Brothers

Dices cLOUDDEAD, yo opino que te calles

Dices Muslimgauze, ¡¡ YO GRITO POP!!

Dices Kaoru Abe, y te parto la madre

El 92% de la juventud está escuchando Avant Garde Noise. Si eres parte de ese 8% que aun escucha música de verdad, comparte este post a tus contactos de facebook.

¡¡¡¡ No dejes que el espíritu del POP muera !!!!

[special-grade-fujioshi]

Okay reblog this and tag with a numerical response for how many of these artists you listen to. It's stereotypical "tumblr user" music.

Merzbow

Boredoms

Gerogerigegege

Coil

Throbbing Gristle

Whitehouse

Nurse with Wound

Einstürzende Neubauten

Brainbombs

Egor Letov

Death in June

Current 93,

La Monte Young,

Moondog,

Lou Harrison

Henry Cowell

Luigi Russolo

Popol Vuh

Fishmans

Jean Jacques Perrey

Les Rallizes Dénudés

Rainbow Caroliner

Taj Mahal Travellers

Fushitsusha

Peter Brötzmann

John Cage

Scott Walker

Unwound

Dead

Frank Zappa

Morton Feldman

Captain Beefheart

Pharoah Sanders

Albert Ayler

Ornette Coleman

Alice Coltrane

Arnold Schoenberg,

Pierre Boulez

György Ligeti

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Nang Nang

Thinking Fellers Union Local 28

Nara Leão

Basic Channel

Raymond Scott

Delia Derbyshire

Daphne Oram

Noah Howard

Terry Riley

Peter Sotos

Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho

Boyd Rice

Mahmoud Ahmed

Henry Flynt,

Kazumoto Endo

David Tudor

Aporea

Half Japanese

Mega Banton

Secret Chiefs 3

Keiji Haino

Ramleh

Otomo Yoshihide

John Zorn

Joe Meek

Robbie Basho

Phil Spector

Faxed Head

Harry Partch

Wesley Willis

Fred Frith

The Residents

Sun Ra

Sun City Girls

Hans Krüsi

Royal Trux

Jandek

Yat-Kha

Loren Mazzacane Connors

Pärson Sound

The Dead C

Comus, Cromagnon

Eliane Radigue

Arthur Doyle

Shizuka

The Red Krayola

Henry Cow

Magma

Opus Avantra

Pan.Thy.Monium.

Murmuüre

Ksiezyc,

Gong

Cukor Bila Smert'

cLOUDDEAD

Muslimgauze

Kaoru Abe

[xpander]

hello character playlist maker. i want to play a game. you must make a 20 song character playlist for any character of your choosing. but if you use any song by the following artists, the computer will explode. you have 30 minutes. make your choice.

Merzbow

Boredoms

Gerogerigegege

Coil

Throbbing Gristle

Whitehouse

Nurse with Wound

Einstürzende Neubauten

Brainbombs

Egor Letov

Death in June

Current 93

La Monte Young

Moondog

Lou Harrison

Henry Cowell

Luigi Russolo

Popol Vuh

Fishmans

Jean Jacques Perrey

Les Rallizes Dénudés

Rainbow Caroliner

Taj Mahal Travellers

Fushitsusha

Peter Brötzmann

John Cage

Scott Walker

Unwound

Dead

Frank Zappa

Morton Feldman

Captain Beefheart

Pharoah Sanders

Albert Ayler

Ornette Coleman

Alice Coltrane

Arnold Schoenberg

Pierre Boulez

György Ligeti

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Nang Nang

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Nara Leão

Basic Channel

Raymond Scott

Delia Derbyshire

Daphne Oram

Noah Howard

Terry Riley

Peter Sotos

Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho

Boyd Rice

Mahmoud Ahmed

Henry Flynt

Kazumoto Endo

David Tudor

Aporea

Half Japanese

Mega Banton

Secret Chiefs 3

Keiji Haino

Ramleh

Otomo Yoshihide

John Zorn

Joe Meek

Robbie Basho

Phil Spector

Faxed Head

Harry Partch

Wesley Willis

Fred Frith

The Residents

Sun Ra

Sun City Girls

Hans Krüsi

Royal Trux

Jandek

Yat-Kha

Loren Mazzacane Connors

Pärson Sound

The Dead C

Comus

Cromagnon

Eliane Radigue

Arthur Doyle

Shizuka

The Red Krayola

Henry Cow

Magma

Opus Avantra

Pan.Thy.Monium.

Murmuüre

Ksiezyc

Gong

Cukor Bila Smert'

cLOUDDEAD

Muslimgauze

Kaoru Abe

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for March 5, 2018; #156.

Prurient & The Rita “Side A”

Russell Haswell “Coventry”

Ames Sanglantes “Clinical Chaos”

Aaron Dilloway “Inhuman Form Reflected”

Ex-Models “Buy American”

Muslimgauze “Azzazin (Untitled 6)”

Kazumoto Endo “Shinjuku Kahki Pants”, “14:18:45″

Maurizio Bianchi “Maidanek”

Bill Orcutt “Collective Action”

Total “The Very Witch Of Fuck”

V/Vm “All Night Long (Butcher All Night)”

Sightings “Black Peter”

Latrine Psychology Guild “Track 02″

Ryke “VII”

Trepaneringsritualen “A Black Egg”

Genocide Organ “I Don’t Wanna Die”

John Wiese “Decelerator”, “New Wave Dust”

Boredoms “Super You”

Killer Bug “Masked Porno Star”

Ramleh “Weird Tyranny”

Military Position “Poor Fools”

Sun City Girls “Fresh Kill Of A Cape Hunting Dog”

Pan Daijing “Sex”, “Come To Sit, Come To Refuse, Come To Surround”

G. Jupitter-Larsen & The Haters “War Of The Worms”

Brume “Untitled”

Con-Dom “How Welcome I Death to Who I Have Nothing More To Do Than Die”

Monte Cazazza “To Mom On Mother’s Day”

Lasse Marhaug “Feed Feel Pt. 2″

Death Squad “Kontrol”

Bonus noise broadcast.

#omega #music #noise #mixtapes #playlists #cassettes #tapes #obscura #Monte Cazazza #Haters #Pan Daijing #Military Position #Ramleh #Boredoms #John Wiese #Maurizio Bianchi #Aaron Dilloway #Prurient #The Rita

[musikatlach]

Musik Atlach Presents Ordvician Wings #3 Saturday,  December 2, 2023@Asagaya Yellow Vision charge 2500yen+1drink open 19:00 start 19:30 SACHIKO vDBG (Masami Kawaguchi, Shizuo Uchida,Keiko Higuchi) Yoshiko Honda+Kaori Komura+Jun Kawasaki

SACHIKO 光束夜、OVERHANG PARTYのベーシストとして参加する傍ら、ヴォイスによるドローンを主軸としたソロユニットをはじめる。06年ファーストアルバムを発表後コンスタントに作品を発表。幾つかのフェスティバルに参加、欧州ツアーを行う。他に「Tangerine Dream Syndicate」「Albedo Fantastica」等で活動。レーベル「Musik Atlach」主宰。 

vDBG 川口雅巳(g)、内田静男(b)、ヒグチケイコ (ds)の３ピースバンド。 川口雅巳/ masami kawaguchi 1970年生まれ。90年代より東京アンダーグラウンドシーンで活動を開始。現在は自身のロックユニット"川口雅巳ニューロックシンジケイト"を中心にソロによるパフォーマンス、またガレージロックから即興までジャンルを問わず多くのミュージシャンとセッションも行っている。

内田静男/ shizuo uchida 80年代より、触媒夜、滲有無にて活動。現在、Hasegawa-Shizuoやalbedo gravitas、Mai Mao、Archeusなどのユニット、そしてソロで演奏。Bassを中心にした、インプロヴィゼーションを行う。

ヒグチケイコ/ keiko higuchi 身体、声、呼吸のつながりを探求し、即興からジャズまで幅広くこなすボーカリスト。アメリカ・ボストンにて活動開始、'98年に帰国以来、多くのライブやダンス・演劇、作品集に参加。過去には写真や執筆を発表。現在も国内外のミュージシャンとのコラボレーションやソロでの演奏など、活動は多岐に渡る。vDBGにおいてはドラムスを担当。今のところ、とにかくとにかく叩くことに専念。

本田ヨシ子 ヴォイス。自らの声を多重録音をして音を作り上げるソロ活動の他、即興音楽家や舞踏 ダンス 映像 ジャンルを問わず、様々なアーティストとの共演を行っている。2019年CDアルバム「０１」をリリース。

香村かをり/Korean percussion 高校時代に大熊ワタル氏(現シカラムータ)に出会い「闇射」でドラマーを務め、吉祥寺マイナー等で活動。自身のバンド「子供劇場」、ソロ活動として「天国注射の昼」やG.I.S.M.の初期ギグ等に参加。1986年、韓国伝統打楽器グループ「サムルノリ｣に衝撃を受け88年渡韓。漢陽大音大国楽科にて打楽器と理論を学ぶ。2019年6月崔善培氏を日本に招聘、大友良英氏らと共演したことをきっかけに即興演奏活動を開始、伝統リズムの枠を超えジャズ、ロック、ノイズ、民族楽器、ダンス、舞踏などさまざまなアーティストとの表現を試みている。ノイズのKazumoto Endo氏と2枚のアルバムをリリース。

河崎純 音楽詩劇研究所代表。1975年生まれ。早稲田大学文学部在学中に音楽活動をはじめ、ベーシストとして活動。主に舞台作品の音楽監督、構成、委嘱作品の作曲。演劇・ダンス・音楽劇、実験的なパフォーマンスを中心にこれまで100作以上の舞台作品の音楽監督、作曲、演奏を手掛ける。歌、朗読、演劇、コンテンポラリーダンス、伝統芸能の要素を用いた詩劇、音楽劇スタイルの舞台作品の作、構成、演出。近年は特にトルコ、ロシアでの様々なプロジェクトに主要メンバーとして参加。アジアとヨーロッパの境界線上の地からアジアを再考し、新たな国際的な芸術活動に対する視座を得る。2022年は著書「ユーラシアの歌」（ぶなのもり）、韓国、ロシアの歌手を擁する二作の作曲作品CD「HOMELANDS」「STRANGELANDS」(BishopRecords)を発表。

#sachiko #keiko higuchi #shizuo uchida #masami kawaguchi #yoshiko honda #kaori komura #jun kawasaki #Bandcamp #Youtube

[zef-zef]

Kazumoto Endo - Uszkodzony Falownik From VA - Hard Panning ((The Ultimate Contemporary Cut-Up Harsh Noise International Compilation) (Triangle, 2014)

#2010s #Japan #Kazumoto Endo #Electronic #Noise #Harsh Noise #Cut-Up Noise #Experimental #Triangle.Records #Somnolent Shelter Records #2014 #Bandcamp

[gokupowers]

do you think dave would listen to Merzbow, Boredoms, Gerogerigegege, Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Whitehouse, Nurse with Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten, Brainbombs, Egor Letov, Death in June, Current 93, La Monte Young, Moondog, Lou Harrison, Henry Cowell, Luigi Russolo, Popol Vuh, Fishmans, Jean Jacques Perrey, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Rainbow Caroliner, Taj Mahal Travellers, Fushitsusha, Peter Brötzmann, John Cage, Scott Walker, Unwound, Dead, Frank Zappa, Morton Feldman, Captain Beefheart, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nang Nang, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Nara Leão, Basic Channel, Raymond Scott, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Noah Howard, Terry Riley, Peter Sotos, Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho, Boyd Rice, Mahmoud Ahmed, Henry Flynt, Kazumoto Endo, David Tudor, Aporea, Half Japanese, Mega Banton, Secret Chiefs 3, Keiji Haino, Ramleh, Otomo Yoshihide, John Zorn, Joe Meek, Robbie Basho, Phil Spector, Faxed Head, Harry Partch, Wesley Willis, Fred Frith, The Residents, Sun Ra, Sun City Girls, Hans Krüsi, Royal Trux, Jandek, Yat-Kha, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Pärson Sound, The Dead C, Comus, Cromagnon, Eliane Radigue, Arthur Doyle, Shizuka, The Red Krayola, Henry Cow, Magma, Opus Avantra, Pan.Thy.Monium., Murmuüre, Ksiezyc, Gong, Cukor Bila Smert', cLOUDDEAD, Muslimgauze and Kaoru Abe?

uhhhh you forgot deftones

#ask #LOL #homestuck #dave

[brunz]

not a pic of me but this is my favorite shirt i own because i love the design but also i bought it directly from kazumoto endo through facebook lol

[special-grade-fujioshi]

Love when ppl get pissed at the music copypasta, like you were so ready to talk abt how pretentious you think music fans are that you thought there really was a guy who thinks you should listen to Merzbow, Boredoms, Gerogerigegege, Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Whitehouse, Nurse with Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten, Brainbombs, Egor Letov, Death in June, Current 93, La Monte Young, Moondog, Lou Harrison, Henry Cowell, Luigi Russolo, Popol Vuh, Fishmans, Jean Jacques Perrey, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Rainbow Caroliner, Taj Mahal Travellers, Fushitsusha, Peter Brötzmann, John Cage, Scott Walker, Unwound, Dead, Frank Zappa, Morton Feldman, Captain Beefheart, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nang Nang, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Nara Leão, Basic Channel, Raymond Scott, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Noah Howard, Terry Riley, Peter Sotos, Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho, Boyd Rice, Mahmoud Ahmed, Henry Flynt, Kazumoto Endo, David Tudor, Aporea, Half Japanese, Mega Banton, Secret Chiefs 3, Keiji Haino, Ramleh, Otomo Yoshihide, John Zorn, Joe Meek, Robbie Basho, Phil Spector, Faxed Head, Harry Partch, Wesley Willis, Fred Frith, The Residents, Sun Ra, Sun City Girls, Hans Krüsi, Royal Trux, Jandek, Yat-Kha, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Pärson Sound, The Dead C, Comus, Cromagnon, Eliane Radigue, Arthur Doyle, Shizuka, The Red Krayola, Henry Cow, Magma, Opus Avantra, Pan.Thy.Monium., Murmuüre, Ksiezyc, Gong, Cukor Bila Smert’, cLOUDDEAD, Muslimgauze and Kaoru Abe

[ujuro]

I think I could wittle down a top 25 of all time album list from the 357-items long favorite music list I have on rym…maybe thirty…cause wonder girls reboot not being in the 13 feels wrong…I need pink moon…scott walker’s bisch bosch…shinsei kamattechan’s tanoshiine…shihatsumachi underground…les rallizes denudes ‘77 live…tommy airline…nakamori akina fushigi…kazumoto endo while you were out…asnaqetch werqu…ymo technodelic…HOLE LIVE THROUGH THIS HOW DID I FORGET THAT ONE…TOGAWA JUN TAMAHIME SAMA OMG I NEED THAT ONE IN THERE…the white noise an electric storm as a stand in for all the early electronic shit I like…fuck it recordings of shortwave numbers stations okay that’s like 14 more

#words of mine

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for February 29, 2020; #219.

Bastard Noise Young World

51717″אדגמה”

Kazumoto Endo “Shinjuku Kahki Pants”

Merzbow “Anti-Whaling Song Pt. 2″

Aaron Dilloway “Switch 2″

Orphx “Excruciate”

Prurient “Franciscan Friars Hide”

Alberich “Rumbala”

Puce Mary “Fragments Of A Lily”

Pharmakon “Self Regurgitating System”

Ritual Chair “Don’t Contact Me Again”

JFK “Star-Killer”

Ramleh “Religious Attack”

Consumer Electronics “Locust”, “Knives Cut”

Leap Day broadcast; one-time-only deluxe noise volume.

#omega #music #playlists #mixtapes #noise #darkness #Bastard Noise #Merzbow #Aaron Dilloway #Orphx #Prurient #Alberich #Puce Mary #Pharmakon #Ritual Chair #Consumer Electronics

[zappak]

Vital Weekly reviewed latest three releases on zappak.

Takashi Masubuchi & Yosuke Morone – Particles and Waves Kaori Komura & Yutaka Hirose – Diastrophism Dance p.o.p. (psychology of perception) – Alien Stewardess

The Japanese Zappak label is always surprising, with music on the fringe of improvisation, sound art, and conceptual art, plus it usually introduces new names. New names such as Yosuke Morone, who plays electronics and prepared sounds in duet with Takashi Masubuchi on acoustic guitar. I know him from various releases on Ftarri, which is also the location where they played on January 28, 2023, and it’s the first time they played together. Radical music is a perfect example of what the label stands for. Two pieces on this CD are named after their duration, ‘[34:18]’ and ‘[33:02]’. The first opens with a high-frequency sine wave sound, which is piercingly loud (and I can’t imagine what it sounds like to someone thirty years younger than me), and the guitar plays individual notes, very quiet and sparse. Think Taku Sugimoto but with a backing of sine waves. Slowly, these sine waves (created with function generators) alter in white noise and, towards the end of this piece, intense bass sounds. The high piercing tones don’t return in the second piece, in which Morone’s contribution is quite different. More like obscured tape hiss, being slowly amplified. In both pieces, there is a gradual build-up towards something much louder (but not noisy). There isn’t much interaction between both players, but that’s the idea of the music here: no responding to each other. The guitar sounds clean, while the electronics are deliberately vague and strange. This works better in the second piece than in the first piece.

The name Kaori Komura popped up in Vital Weekly 1393 when she worked with Kazumoto Endo on a track for a compilation, and she plays Korean percussion instruments. In the 1980s, she was a hardcore punk band GISM member. Yutaka Hirose is a tuba player from Tokyo. He’s also “a member of some bands and ensembles such as “tail”, “Zayaendo”, “Aosaba” and “Itsuki-Hirose”. This CD shows a more traditional side of Zappak’s interest in improvised music. The two pieces were recorded a year ago at Permian in Tokyo. Both instruments sound the way they are supposed to, even when I haven’t got a particular notion about the percussion; it sounds percussion, drum, and cymbal-like. I think their music is all about interaction, and they cleverly play with the notion of loud versus quiet. Sometimes, they are both quiet or loud and sometimes, there is that distinction. In ‘Roaring Pulse’, Komura plays an ongoing rhythm at various points, which you do not often see in improvised music. It’s something I somehow enjoy, maybe as something to hang to in what otherwise may come across as slightly more chaotic. At just under an hour long, this is quite a ride, perhaps better enjoyed with one piece at a time. Let this be my choice of improvised music for this week.

And lastly, p.o.p. (psychology of perception) is preferred in lowercase; I am not sure why you would write between brackets what p.o.p. stands for. Why not use one or the other but not both simultaneously? This is the CD that is not by Japanese musicians, and also to have more than two pieces of music, and is a double CD. I reviewed their ‘Tabriz’ CD in Vital Weekly 888 when p.o.p. was a duo of Reinhold Friedl (piano) and Hannes Strobl (electric bass). With their second release, ‘Ikebana’ (not reviewed in Vital Weekly), they were a quartet, adding Nara Krahl (cello) and Elena Kakaliagou (French horn). The information says, “Alien Stewardess”, concentrates on the question: What do the musicians’ bodies know? Four individual musicians, each with his/her own sound and body memory, create a network of interferences and thus a multiplication of the sonic-kinetic perspectives: sensual, three-dimensional, and organic. Let yourself be guided by the alien stewardess in and out of time and space! Enjoy the journey…” This is the sort of text that is too cryptic for me. It reads well, but what does it mean? As with the previous Zappak release, this is all very nicely improvised, albeit of a much different kind, but two discs spanning some 150 minutes of music is a bit much. In their common approach, they like their sounds to be close together, like an acoustic (almost, that is) drone, out of which small sounds pop (pun intended) up. Because their pieces are long, twenty to thirty minutes (except the first ten minutes), playing this music must sometimes be an endurance test, with full-on concentration. Each piece is like a massive and dense cloud; if you look closely, you’ll see the more minor changes. Maybe there is some chaos, too; if you listen closely, it seems as if not much of this makes much sense, and at the same time, there is that tranquil feeling, almost spacious music. Maybe it’s not strange to think of this music as a fruitful meeting of improvisation and modern composition. Great release, but very long. (Reviewed by Frans de Waard)

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