ITARU OKI / OTOMO YOSHIHIDE - ENCOUNTER (FUDEBUSHOW KIKAKU, 2007)

 

1. Encounter

Itaru Oki, flugelhorn, rubber hose, shakuhachi, trumpet
Otomo Yoshihide, guitar, turntables

Recorded live at Big Apple, 29 November 2005

Fudebushow Kikaku ‎– FBPCD-004

CD Rip

JUNJI HIROSE + YOSHIHIDE OTOMO ‎– SILANGANAN INGAY (TANGA-TANGA, 1989)

A1. Noise From Far East
A2. The Time To Live And The Time To Die
A3. 1.2.3.4.
A4. 6 And 14 Wave
A5. Black And Blue
A6. Green Bicycle
A7. Intolerable Fellow

B1. Short Tune
B2. Mob?
B3. For T.T.
B4. Crying Sky
B5. #7
B6. Jalan
B7. Don't Be Late!
B8. Rip


Junji Hirose, self-made instruments, toy rhythm box, toy voice-changer, toys, autoharp, tenor saxophone

Otomo Yoshihide, turntables, cassette tapes, hand-made guitar, small instruments, toys




Recorded live at Space Alta Yokohama, 28. April 1989

Tanga-Tanga ‎– R-001

Vinyl Rip

Otomo Yoshihide Trio (+Itaru Oki)- Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris Sep 27th 2008

Taking on board certain points raised in email exchanges/ critiques ,
that we are too focused on the old, somewhat anally fixated on excavating the obscure past ,through endlessly fetishizing vinyl objects which are the ever present talismen of socially retarded middle class white males,and their attendant painfully self conscious intellectual pretensions....(to the detriment and exclusion of the here and now , the fresh , new vibrant and important)

in that spirit here is a concert, i like very much by the Otomo Yoshide trio, a stripped down version of his phenomenal  new Jazz quartet/quintet , (with Veteran trumpteter Itaru Oki as special guest on one piece only)..


(original taper/seeders notes)

Otomo Yoshihide Trio
Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
Sep 27th 2008

Otomo Yoshihide g
Mizutani Hiroaki b
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro dms
guest Oki Itaru fl,tpt on set 2 track 03 (encore)

Audience MD recording :
Sony ECM-MS907 > Sony MZ-N707 >
HDD > Creative wave studio >
Nero noise reduction > FLAC

Set 1
01 31'21 (starts with "Song for Che" by Charlie Haden)
02 12'39

Set 2
01 17'
02 19'24 ("Lonely Woman" by Ornette Coleman)
03 14'40

PS
I first became aware of Yoshihide through the uniquely eclectic,post Modern Noise rock of 'Ground Zero' in the early 90's, and have been a fan ever since..
Yoshihide has gone on to numerous projects , many such as Filament the unique electro acoustic improv group, with sachiko M and Yoshimitsu Ichiraku, have abandoned known formal,structural and instrumental conventions, using sine wave generators, empty samplers and no input mixing boards
to create light subtly nuanced complex pulsating interlocking drones
...
Yoshihide is also a/(THE)contemporary monster Free Jazz guitarist , surpassing in ferocity and frenetically inventive energy such obvious role models as Masayuki Takayanagi and Sonny Sharrock ..

a note to anyone who likes this, there are many available releases of Yoshihide's  currently available
this is a great place to check out items and to buy from

Other great examples of Yoshihide playing shit hot Guitar in a 'free jazz',idiom are the collaborations with the Thing (Shinjuku Crawl is killer!!!) ,on smalltown supersound, and the Amazing, O.Y,New jazz Quartet Live in Lisbon on Cleanfeed,
S
Enjoy!!

The Thing plus Otomo Yoshihide and Akira Sakata live at Super Deluxe, Tokyo, 2009

Following up this fine series of Japanese improv, here's a more recent collaboration between Scandinavian power trio The Thing and Otomo Yoshihide and Akira Sakata, recorded live at Super Deluxe in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan on 9 September 2009.

Setlist :
1.? [ 24min 42sec ] The Thing plus Otomo Yoshihide
2.? [ 11min 43sec ] Mads Gustafsson (ts) and Akira Sakata (as)
3.? [ 08min 44sec ] Mads Gustafsson (flutophone) and Akira Sakata (cl)
4.? [ 30min 04sec ] TT, OY and AS
5.? [ 14min 46sec ] TT, OY and AS
-encore-
6.? [ 09min 26sec ] TT, OY and AS


The Band:
Mats Gustafsson(ts, flutophone)
Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten(bass)
Paal Nilssen-Love(drums)
Otomo Yoshihide(guitar)
Akira Sakata(as,cl, voc)

Different combinations here, first with The Thing and Otomo Yoshihide, then a couple of duets with Mads Gustafsson and Akira Sakata and the whole crew in full flight. As I mentioned in a previous post, there is a sense of continuity from the 60s/70s pioneers and up to the younger generation of European and Japanese players with Sakata representing the binding thread in this instance. Gustafsson has professed to be an admirer of Sakata, so this gig presented an opportunity for them to get together and blow out on a couple of duets as part of the set. The Thing has worked with guitarists before, among others Thurston Moore and Terrie Ex and here Otomo Yoshihide provides the right screechy foil to the rhythm section of Haaker Flaten and Nilssen-Love who, by the way, also worked with guitarist Raoul Björkenheim as the Scorch Trio, a name quite appropriate for the music they dished out. No mellowing out here!

Video clips can be found on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8l_UOS7kk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqw5T8g-50

and considering the season we're heading into:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7lRGDxMx0

Yes, Akira Sakata does sing!

Recorded and upped to Dime/YouTube by "fykfyk"who keeps a steady track of musical events in the Tokyo underground. Thanks, mate!