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1st set: light 2nd set: darkness where light is not reflected, there is darkness in a vast room, two sets, one enormous stage improvisation by Taketeru Kudo (butoh dance) + Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board) + Pearl Alexander (double bass) Artist Information: ##Taketeru Kudo  ##Toshimaru Nakamura  Toshimaru Nakamura has been producing electronic music on self-named "no-input mixing board," after long unhappy years with the electric guitar. The name describes the method of his music. "No" external sound source is connected to "inputs" of the "mixing board." Mostly an improviser, occasionally a composer for dancers, an instrumentalist for compositions. ##Pearl Alexander  Born in 1982. A graduate of University of Michigan where she studied double bass performance under Diana Gannett. Living near Tokyo since 2009, she has collaborated with wide variety of musicians and dancers including Toshimaru Nakamura, Carl Stone, Hiromichi Sakamoto, Yuji Katsui, Jean Sasportes and Tetsu Saitoh, among others. She performed on Tetsu Saitoh's bass ensemble GEN311 DVD released on the Kadima Collective Label. She played on two modern music recordings while at the University of Michigan. One of those recordings, Songs of Innocence and Experience conducted by Leonard Slatkin, won 3 Grammy Awards in 2006.