East Bionic Symphonia
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East Bionic Symphonia were a group of improvisers and artists who studied together under Takehisa Kosugi
at the Bigakko artschool in Tokyo
in the mid-1970s. As a graduation project they recorded an album of free improvisation
that was edited by Kosugi and released on the ALM
label in 1976. Several of the members went on to have careers in underground music and the visual arts. The remnants of the group reconvened in 1997 under the name Marginal Consort
and continue to play annually.
The original members were Kazuo Imai
, Kaoru Okabe, Yasushi Ozawa
, Tomonao Koshikawa, Hiroshi Shii, Masami Tada, Tatsuo Hattori, Kazuaki Hamada, Masaharu Minegishi, & Chie Mukai
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc26MxG7lfs
Takehisa Kosugi
is a Japanese composer and violinist associated with the Fluxus movement.Kosugi studied musicology at the Tokyo University of the Arts and graduated in 1962....
at the Bigakko artschool in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
in the mid-1970s. As a graduation project they recorded an album of free improvisation
Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved. The term can refer to both a technique and as a recognizable genre in its own right....
that was edited by Kosugi and released on the ALM
Alm
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label in 1976. Several of the members went on to have careers in underground music and the visual arts. The remnants of the group reconvened in 1997 under the name Marginal Consort
Marginal Consort
Marginal Consort is a Japanese collective/free improvisation group made of sound and visual artists, who have played one concert annually since 1997. The group originally grew out of the East Bionic Symphonia, who recorded one album in 1976...
and continue to play annually.
The original members were Kazuo Imai
Kazuo Imai
is a Tokyo-based guitarist who plays in a rigorous and original free improvisation idiom. His music joins the rigour and texture of contemporary classical with the passion of free jazz. He has played with many Western and Japanese improvisers, including Lee Konitz, Barre Phillips, Arthur Doyle, Han...
, Kaoru Okabe, Yasushi Ozawa
Yasushi Ozawa
was a Japanese musician and sound engineer, best known as the bassist in Keiji Haino's rock group Fushitsusha. He was also a member of the free improvisation group Marginal Consort, and in the past he played with East Bionic Symphonia and Machine-Gun Tango .- Discography :*East Bionic Symphonia...
, Tomonao Koshikawa, Hiroshi Shii, Masami Tada, Tatsuo Hattori, Kazuaki Hamada, Masaharu Minegishi, & Chie Mukai
Chie Mukai
is a female Japanese composer and musician, best known for her underground improv-folk group Ché-SHIZU. She has been involved in improvised performance since 1975, when she participated in the East Bionic Symphonia group, a graduation project for students of Takehisa Kosugi at the Bigakko art...
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External links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaNKhVjiBQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc26MxG7lfs