Improvised Music from Japan / "IMJ 2009" Festival

Takuma Makino, Manabu Suzuki, and Junichi Hamaji

Takuma Makino: electric guitar
Manabu Suzuki: self-made electronics
Junichi Hamaji: composition, soprano saxophone, live electronics

Takuma Makino

Guitarist. In 2008 he released the solo album In the Suburbs. In the same period he started the unit NRQ with Yuki Yoshida, etc. Since around 2003 he has been a member of the band Yuasawan, which released the album Minato in '09. Also in '09, Makino and Tadahiko Yokogawa composed the music for Episode 6 of the NHK Educational TV series Tokidoki Mayomayo.



Manabu Suzuki

In 2000, Suzuki began performing improvised music on instruments that he designed and made himself using electronics technology. Currently he is a member of the Kazuo Imai Trio, RGB and others. In his composed works, Suzuki makes use of analog and digital oscillators, microcomputers, MIDI, wireless radios, and video signals. He also creates works commissioned by other musicians.



Junichi Hamaji

Composer, saxophone player. Hamaji composes chamber music works for sax and computer, and live electronics pieces in which the sax is used as a device. He also performs solo improvisation on saxophone. In July 2009, Hamaji and composer Satoshi Fukushima presented a work at the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art.


Last updated: May 2, 2010

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