Born: January 20, 1970 Primary Instrument: Percussion
Tatsuya Nakatani -Percussionist-
BIOGRAPHY: Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. In 2006 he performed in 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with 163 artists worldwide. In the past 10 years he has released nearly 50 recordings on CD.
He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.
In addition to live solo and ensemble performances he works as a sound designer for film and television. He also teaches Masterclasses and Workshops at the University level. He also heads H&H Production, an independent record label and recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was selected as a performing artist for the Pennsylvania Performing Artist on Tour (PennPat) roster as well as a Bronx Arts Council Individual Artist grant. SHORT BIO: Tatsuya Nakatani is a contemporary percussionist, originally from Osaka, Japan. He performs creative music around the world. He has created a totally unique sound which defies category or genre. He utilizes the drum set, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls and metal objects. website: www.HHPRODUCTION.ORG
-谷”也：アメリカ在住のコンテンポラリー・'ーカッショニスト。ソ-”奏'動や-界各国のグルー-にてアメリカ大陸やヨー-ッ'、 -本各地にて”奏'動ならびにワークショッ-'行う。現在50タイトル以上のCDが発売されている。''ペンシルベニア州の推奨アーティスト となる。 website: www.HHPRODUCTION.ORG PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS : - Museums/institutions -
Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC, USA) Improvised music score for silent film “The Water Magician” (1933,directed by Kenji Mizoguchi) part of the Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibition.
Kennedy Center (Washington D.C., USA) Koji Kakinuma (Calliography) and Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese Flute)
Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, IL, USA) Duo Performance with Ken Vandermark (reeds)
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (TX) Solo Performance
MAMBA museo de arte mederno (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Duo Performance with Leonel Kaplan (Trumpet)
Japan Society (New York, NY) New York Butoh festival performance
Krannert Art Museum (Champaign, IL, USA) Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (Buffalo, NY) Farm Lab (Los Angeles, CA) I.C.A. Boston (Boston, MA, USA) Musee d'art moderne et contemporaine (Strasbourg, France) Le Carre Bleu Les Couronneries (Poiters, France) Le Crime (Lille, France) Fylkingen (Stockholm, Sweden) Kunstencentrum (Belgium)
- Art space/Clubs - Stone, Roulette, Knitting Factory, CBGB, Blue Note (New York, NY) The Elastic Arts Fundation, Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL) Instants Chavire (Paris, France) South Gate Space 798 Dashanzi Art District (Beijing, China) Pit Inn (Tokyo, Japan)
SCHOOL APPEARANCE : - residency or performance -
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) University of Denver (Denver, CO) University of Georgia (Athens, GA) University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE) University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR) University of California, San Diego (San Diego, CA) Kutztown University (Kutztown, PA) Nalopa University (Boulder, CO) Widener University (Chester, PA) Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) Youngstown State University (Youngstown, Ohio) College of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM) Bakersfield College (Bakersfielf, CA) The Rivers Music School (Weston, MA) Warwick Public School (Warwick, RI) Cheston Public School (Easton, PA) Milby High School (Houston, TX) Bel Aire High school (Houston, TX) Madison High school (Houston, TX) Stuk (Leuven, Belgium) St. Lukas Art Institute (Brussels, Belgium) Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) Jaotong University (Shanghai, China)
DISCOGRAPHY:
2008 “Solt Goes(live at Geiger)” Munthe, Grip, Nakatani - insubordinations netlabel 2007 “Hear Here Now” Rhythm Section Tatsuya Nakatani: percussion Peter Jacquemyn: double bass Fred Van Hove: piano, accordion (K-RAA-K)3 K055 2007 “Primal Communication” Tatsuya Nakatani Solo percussion, H&H 2007 “Scientists levitate small animals” Zepubicle 2007 “live from the devil's triangle” Thollem Mcdonas, Compilation of KFJC FM 2007 “Above & Beyond” Billy Bang Quintet -Justin Time 2007 “Beauty” HDN Trio -Konnex 2007 “HDN Trio Vinyl Release”-Foreign Frequency 2007 “Connections” Fenette 4-Fuller Street 2007 “Aporias” -Creative Source 2007 “in a trice” Onnyk -Bishop Records 2006 “The Enigma Carlos” -Highzero Festival, Baltimore, MD 2006 “gaping maw” -archive CD 2006 “No Stranger to The Air” from Between Trio-Sprout 2005 “Solitude”assif tsahar -Hopscotch 2005 “acombinatiofevents” John Dikeman-Archive 2005 “Limn” Nakatani-Chen Duo - H&H Producion 2005 “Mott Haven” Yukijurushi - H&H Producion 2005 “N.R.A.” -103 point 9 Record 2005 “Un titled” N.R.A. - H&H Producion 2005 “Lovely Hazel” Blue Collar -Public Eye Sore 2004 “New York Underground Orchestra”-Hopscotch 2004 “Masashi Harada Condanction Ensemble” - Emanem 2004 “Ayu Statim?” Kumi Nagao - H&H Producion 2004 “___is an apparition” Blue Collar -Rusbin 2004 “From Between”Doneda, Wright, Nakatani - SOS Edition 2004 “MAP” Second Press from previous release- H&H Production 2004 “Green Report 12” Solo percussion - H&H Production 2003 “Come Sunday” duet with Assif Tsahar -Hopscotch 2003 “13 definitions of truth” duet with Peter Kowald -Quakebasket 2003 “Orchestra Sommambulist” Laura Andel composer -Red Toucan 2003 “The Psychic paramount”Drew St.Ivany, Ben Armstrong 2003 “MAP” w/Mary Halvorson, Clayton Thomas-H&H Production 2003 “Yukijurushi” -H&H Production 2002 “the labyrinth New York Underground Orchestra”-Hopscotch 2001 “Bowed Metal Orchestra” -Self Released 2001 “Zuihitsu”James Coleman -Sedimental 2000 “this is nmperign's second cd” - Twisted Village 2000 “Fetish” Dave Gross, Michael Bullock- Tautology 1999 “there the eye goes not” Michael Bullock -Tautology 1999 “a-un” duet with Kenta Nagai -Self Released 1999 “Field Recordings, volume one:Birthday” -Intransitive 1998 “nmperign” w/ Greg Kelley,Bhob Rainey Twisted Village 1998 “Real Time”Dan DeChhellis,Phil Tomasic -Sachimay 1998 “Saturnalia” -Sublingual 1997 “a-un”improvisation on a street,w/kenta Nagai, Cassette -Self Released 1997-2002 “Green Report #1 to #11” hand made cassette and CD-R PAST/PRESENT COLLABORATOR :
-From USA- William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Billy Bang, Frank Lowe, Joe McPhee, Marc Ribot, Assif Tsahar Eugene Chadbourne, Steve Swell, Roy Campbell, Sabir Mateen, Daniel Carter, Cooper-Moore Jim Baker, Josh Abrams, Miya Masaoka, Joe Maneri, Mat Maneri, nmperign, Michael Zerang Susan Alcorn, Kyle Bruckman, Jack Wright, Gary Hassay, Donald Millar, LaDonna Smith Davery Williams, Kaoru Watanabe, Adam Rudolph and Etc... Dance/movement : Chris Ferris, Ximena Garnica, Zack Fuller, Claire Barratt, Oguri and Etc...
-From Europe- Peter Kowald, Peter Brotzmann, Michel Doneda, Barre Phillips, Le Quan Ninh, Joelle Leandre Fred Van Hove, Sophie Agnel, Phil Minton, Catherine Januiaux, Gunda Gottschalk Peter Jacquemyn, André Goudbeek, Xu Feng Xia, Rhodri Davis, Martin Archer, Veryan Weston Raymond Mcdonald, Phil Durrant, Alessandro Bosetti, Giani Gebia, Fabrice Charles, Bart Maris Ute Volker, Johannes Bauer, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Carl-Ludwich Hubsch, Fred Blondy Bertrand Gauguet, Sharif Sehnaoui, Christine Sehnaoui, Mazen Kerbaj, Mauro Pawlowski Hartmut Dorschner, Frank Gratkowski, Martin Kuchen, David Stackenass ... Dance/movement : Chantal Yzermans, Ly Thanh Tien, Anika Kristensen, Camille Mutel, Tadashi Endo and Etc...
-From Asia- Otomo Yoshihide, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Satoko Fujii, Michiyo Yagi Tetsu Saitoh, Masahiko Okura, Seiichi Yamamoto, Hideji Taninaka, Katsura Yamauchi, UA Keizo Nobori, Hiroshi Funato, Yasuhiro Usui, Koichi Akada,Atsuhiro Ito, Kan Tae Hwan Yukie Sato, Taku Unami, Masahiko Kono, Tatsu Aoki, Masashi Harada, Kazuo Imai, Kaoru Watanabe, Tamura Natsuki and Etc... Dance/movement : Yuko Kaseki, Takuya Ishide
FESTIVALS :
Festival Musique Actuelle-Victoriaville, Canada-2006 Musique Action festival-Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France-2004, 2007 Newnoise Louvain, Belgium-2007 Festival Beyond Innocence-Osaka, Japan-2004, 2005 Vision Festival-New York, NY, USA-2002, 2003, 2005 FONT Festival, New York, NY-2007 Seattle Improvised Music Festival, WA-2007 Edgetone new music summit, San Francisco, CA-2007 Bias Festival, Bloomington, IN-2007 NY Butoh Dance festival-New York, NY, USA-2003, 2005, 2007 2pi festival, China-2005 Birmingham Improv Festival, AL, USA-2004 Afuk Festival-Copenhagen, Denmark- June 2003 Dumbo Art Festival-Brooklyn, NY, USA-2002 Improvised and Otherwise-New York, NY, USA-2002, 2005 Autumn Uprising Festival-Boston, MA, USA-1997,1999,2000,2001,2002 Counter Fit Festival-Rochester, NY, USA-2005 Sound Less Name Festival - Houston, TX,USA-2004 Asian American Jazz Festival-Boston, MA, USA-2000 High-Zero Festival-Baltimore, MD, USA-2005 No Idea Festival-Austin, TX, USA-2005 Yokohama Improv Festival, Kanagawa, Japan -2007 Outpost Creative Soundspace Festival, Albuquerque, NM-2008 Bohemian National Home Festival, Detroit, MI-2008 RECENT TOURS :
2009 “Nakatani+Kaplan” (Argentina+Brazil, Chille) - March “Solo” (USA, cross country) - January-February
2008 “Solo and various collaboration” (Japan)-November “Doneda+Nakatani” (France)-October “Nakatani+Polipmnick” (NE, SD, MN, KS, WI, USA)-September “Solo and various collaborations” (New York, Boston, PA) June-August “Solo” (MI, USA) May “Weaver+Balistreri” (NM, USA) May “Solo” (USA, cross country)-February-May
2007 “Joel Grip+Solo” (Sweden+Denmark)-December “Stackenass+Nakatani” (USA)-November “Onnyk+Solo”(Japan)-October “from between trio”(USA)-September “Kaplan+Nakatani” (Argentina)-August “Solo”(San Francisco, CA)-July “Aporias Trio” (UK, Scotland)-June “NRA”(France)-May “Peter Jacquemyn”(Belgium,France,Germany,Holland)-April “Solo”(USA,New England)-March “Solo”(USA,WA)-February “Assif Tsahar”(Japan)-January
2006 “Solo”(USA,cross country)-October to December “Yukijurushi”(Japan)-November “Solo”(USA,MW, S)-September “Yukijurushi”(USA,MW)-September “Solo”(USA,Northeast)-July “NRA”(Canada,Quebec-USA)-May “Solo”(Germany,France,Scotlands)-February to March “From Between trio”(Japan)-February “Peter Jacquemyn+Assif Tsahar”(Belgium,Netherlands)-Jan to Feb “Yukijurushi”(USA,midwest)-January
2005 “Audrey Chen”(China,Japan)-Nov to Dec “Yukijurushi”(Japan)-September “Alcorn,Chen”(USA,South,East)-July “Solo”(USA,Midwest)-June “Audrey Chen”(USA,S)-April “From Between trio”(France)-February “From Between trio”(USA)-January
2004 “Solo”(UK,Ireland,Scotland)-December “Solo”(Japan)-November “Blue Collar”(USA,Mideast)-October “Assif Tsahar”(USA,East)-October “Le Quan Ninh”(USA,East)-September “Toshi Makihara”(USA,East)-September “MAP”(USA,MW)-June “Solo”(Europ,France,Belgium)-May “Solo”(USA,South)-April
2003 “Assif Tsahar”(Japan)-December “Billy Bang Quintet/Frank Lowe”(USA,MW,South)-May “Solo”(Europe,Denmark,Sweden,Germany,Belgium)-June “Solo”(USA,MW)-May “Claire Barratt”(Canada,Ottawa)-April “Psychic Paramount”(Europe,France, Italy National)Feb
PRESS:
“ Nakatani's sparse punctuation suggests observance of esoteric ritual “ ---Julian Cowley, The Wire Magazine, UK---
“ Orchestral brilliance, Tatsuya Nakatani is a methodical musician concerned with the development of an idea in time. His beginnings are arresting; his endings are satisfying. The right duration and variety of events are fully charged with a visceral intensity that can captivate a true listener..... The music is clear. This CD merits close listening. It will purify any space. “ ---Review by Eric Zinman, Improvisor Magazine---
“ A special gift for ultra subtle sounds and a great attention to detail... quite breath-taking “ ---”Green Report 12” Solo Percussion Disk Review by Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music gallery, NYC---
“ Nakatani, one of the few cats who has truly mastered bowed metal percussion, using gongs, cymbals, and Tibetan singing bowls to get a full range of textural delights and rich, sonorous drones. “ ---”Limn” Disk Review by Michael Anton Parker, Downtown Music gallery, NYC---
“ A master of percussive dynamics “ ---”Lovely Hazel” Disk Review by Derek Taylor, One Final Note Magazine---
“ His playing combines minimal gestures with real texturalism and an almost painterly approach to percussion; in some ways, he is operating in a space similar to that occupied by Le Quan Ninh. “ ---”Green Report 12” Solo percussion Disk Review by Jason Bivins, One Final Note magazine---
“ Nakatani's contributions are crucial to the proceedings, taking a lead voice on more than one occasion...Nakatani's approach takes in both conventional and extended techniques, and his unique use of a variety of percussion (including what sound to be bongos and Roto-toms) is compelling. “ ---”Come Sunday” Disk review by Matthew Sumera, All About Jazz Magazine---
“ The musicians develop ideas through breaths, scrapes, tones, flutters, vibrations, and silence... The brew here is the the perfect timing of Nakatani's bell and drum, the overblown saxophone, the breath. “ ---”From Between” Disk Review by Mark Corroto, All About Jazz Magazine---
“This Artist was selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Roster. Funding may be available to support performance engagements with presenters in DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV and the US Virgin Islands”
http://www.pennpat.org/home.asp
---July 2008
