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Ami Yoshida / Toshimaru Nakamura: Soba to Bara

Read "Soba to Bara" reviewed by John Eyles


Over the past decade Japanese Onkyo musicians such as vocalist Ami Yoshida, no-input mixing board player Toshimaru Nakamura, Sachiko M, Taku Unami and Otomo Yoshihide have had a profound effect on improvisers outside Japan, as far away as London, Berlin and USA. Albums by such musicians and their collaborators have been common among the releases from Erstwhile, so it is hardly surprising that the label's latest offering has a distinctly Japanese look to it, including sleeve notes in Japanese by ...

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Ami Yoshida / Christof Kurzmann: ASO

Read "ASO" reviewed by John Eyles


Two years in the making, this album arrived at about the same time as First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Quincunx), in which Christof Kurzmann also plays a central role. Comparisons between the two are instructive; both albums feature clarinet, electronics and voice--in the case of the Quincunx album, the recorded voices of Roberta Flack and an (unnamed) Chinese singer, here Ami Yoshida.

The role of the voices is the main (huge!) difference between the two. Unlike the pop ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Soba to Bara

Erstwhile Records
2009

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ASO

Erstwhile Records
2007

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