| He played in rock bands while at college, but turned to improvisation after discovering free jazz and free improvisation musicians like guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Kaoru Abe and guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi (from whom he took lessons).In 1981, Otomo began improvising in clubs (Jazu Kissa), performing on guitar and also using tapes and electronics.Ground Zero
Otomo began to release records in the late 1980s and has been very prolific, working in a variety of styles and collaborating with a wide range of musicians.Sachiko M and Yoshimitsu Ichiraku.These groups abandoned the frenetic postmodern pastiche of Ground Zero, and emphasised small gestures and low volume.Yoshihide largely stopped using records as a sound source, instead manipulating the turntable itself with a wide variety of objects and contact microphones.Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble, a group that played more traditional jazz (albeit with added sine waves from Sachiko M and noisy passages), which released Flutter and Dreams on the Tzadik label.Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet, has released ONJQ LIVE (2002), a collaboration with Tatsuya Oe (Captain Funk) entitled ONJQ+OE (2003), and Tails Out (2003).Yoshihide New Jazz Orchestra, his largest group thus far.Christian Marclay (Moving Parts, 2000) and another Japanese electronic musician, Nobukazu Takemura (Turntables + Computers, 2003).Otomo Yoshihide, Without Kuryokhin, released in 1998 and dedicated to the memory of Russian jazz and experimental musician Sergey Kuryokhin.This page was last modified 20:45, 8 January 2008.He played in rock bands while at college, but turned to improvisation after discovering free jazz and free improvisation musicians like guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Kaoru Abe and guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi (from whom he took lessons).Otomo studied at the Meiji University from 1979, where he studied ethnomusicology, concentrating on the Japanese pop music of World War II and the development of musical instruments during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.Samples of instruments and music from this period are found in several of his works.In 1981, Otomo began improvising in clubs (Jazu Kissa), performing on guitar and also using tapes and electronics.Ground Zero
Otomo began to release records in the late 1980s and has been very prolific, working in a variety of styles and collaborating with a wide range of musicians.They played music in a variety of styles, perhaps best described as noise rock with an experimental edge and a heavy emphasis on sampling.Sachiko M and Yoshimitsu Ichiraku.These groups abandoned the frenetic postmodern pastiche of Ground Zero, and emphasised small gestures and low volume.Yoshihide New Jazz Orchestra, his largest group thus far.Christian Marclay (Moving Parts, 2000) and another Japanese electronic musician, Nobukazu Takemura (Turntables + Computers, 2003).John Zorn's game pieces).Otomo Yoshihide, Without Kuryokhin, released in 1998 and dedicated to the memory of Russian jazz and experimental musician Sergey Kuryokhin.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Moved Permanently
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Otomo Yoshihide perhaps was more known as an innovative Jazz Guitarist when he started out, although he is now known for both Jazz and his experimental noise work with such groups as Ground Zero and Filament.He became interested in found sound and turntablism and experimental music in general and works now with a core of frequent collaborators as well as other outside musicians.Comics
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