Toshimaru Nakamura

Since 1994, Toshimaru Nakamura frequently visited Europe, worked and performed in various projects. In the course of these visits, Nakamura has formed the duo "repeat" with an American drummer, Jason Kahn in 1998. They released their first CD in the same year, and continuing working. Up until now, the duo has four CDs released.

Nakamura put aside his guitar around 1998, and concentrated more on producing electronic music. He acquired a unique instrument and style, with the so called "no-input mixing board". He presented it first in the CD of the duo with Sachiko M.

Beside all this, has been working with the Bagnolet Choreogaraphy Competition winning dancer Kim Ito as a composer/sound designer for his theater works since 1996. The works has been performed in Japan, USA, England, France, Germany, Israel and more...

Nakamura has been organising and hosting a monthly improvised music gathering at "Bar Aoyama", now change its place to the gallery OFF SITE, with guitarists Taku Sugimoto and Tetuzi Akiyama since 1998. Inviting guest musicians, it has been growing as an important meeting point in the Tokyo improvised/experimental music scene.

Nakamura has been active in these years with appearances in overseas festivals and tours in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America. He has released many CDs including four solo discs.

Discography;

solo;
"no-input mixing board 3" (alcohol), 2003
"vehicle" (cubic music 08) 2002
"no-input mixing board 2" (a bruit secret 02), 2001
"no-input mixing board" (Zero Gravity, ZGV-026), 2000

with Repeat;
"pool"(cut records, cut 009), 2002
"select dialect" (cut records, cut 005), 2000
"temporary contemporary" (For 4 Ears records, For4EarsCD1032), 1999
"repeat" (cut/reset, cut 002, reset 001), 1998

with Sachiko M;
"do" (Erstwhile records, erstwhile 013), 2001
"un" (meme, memeCD 011), 1999

with Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama,
"Meeting at Off Site vol.2" (IMJ 505) 2003
"Meeting at Off Site vol.1" (IMJ 501/reset003) 2002
"the improvisation meeting at Bar Aoyama" (reset 002) 1999

with Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, Mark Wastell
"foldings" (confront, confront 12) 2003

with Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, Otomo Yoshihide,
"taku sugimoto guitar quirtet" (bottrop-boy, b-boy 014) 2003

with Bruno Meillier;
"Siphono" (SMI, NM210), 2001,

with Andrea Neumann;
"ATON" (rossbin 01), 2001

with Keith Rowe;
"Weather Sky" (Erstwhile 018) 2001

October 31st, 8:00 PM

Toshimaru Nakamura (no input mixing board),
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar and daxophone),
Gene Coleman (bass clarinet)

Television Power Electric ( Todd Carter, Brent Gutzeit, Michael Hartman, Ernst Karel, and Toshimaru Nakamura - acoustic and electronic instruments )

Dual CD release show for:

False Walls release  - Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Gene Coleman "Storobo Imp"
and
Kuro Neko Music release - Television Power Electric "2" featuring Toshimaru
Nakamura, Todd Carter, Michael Hartman, and Brent Gutzeit

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